Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.

[God] wants you to go home, look at your bucket of seed, and determine in your heart how much you'd like to sow. He wants you to consider thoughtfully your current circumstances, your life, your potential, and your finances. He wants you to involve your family. He wants you to pray about it. And then He wants you to come up with a plan.

Strange as it may sound, it is more difficult to maintain a faith walk when we begin to see our dreams come true. When hopes become realities it is easy to shift our faith onto the thing we have dreamed of and off of the One who was the source of our provision.

Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.

The goal of leadership is not to eradicate uncertainty but rather to navigate it.

Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior

God doesn’t want to take your money. He just doesn’t want your money to take you.