Our minds, like the needle in that compass, can focus on a variety of subjects throughout the day. But in the end, when they're left alone to settle, they'll focus on the objects of our greatest affection.

The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

Leadership requires a non-stop demand of fortitude from Day 1 to the end.

People join organizations, they leave managers.

Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.

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!

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.