Vision is the most powerful weapon in the leader's arsenal.

Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.

If I've learned anything about prayer, it's that desperation drives discipline.

I can write about prayer, you can read about prayer, but sooner or later you have to fall to your knees and just plain pray. Then, and only then, will you begin to operate in the vein of God's miracle-working ways.

People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.

If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!

Leaders have to figure it out when there is no road map.