What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.

As you give to fund God's needs, are you forced to trust Him to provide for yours? That's what a growing faith is about. And over the long haul, it's not enough just to commit to a percentage. Growth means reviewing your giving goals and occasionally increasing the percentage you give.

Most of us are married to a model of ministry and we flirt with the Great Commission.

Loyalty publicly results in leverage privately.

The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great; the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.

Your character is who you really are.

One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.