Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.

Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.

The local church is the hope of the world.

You can never underestimate the amount of energy and frequency you must give to vision casting. You can never underestimate it.

If you are too busy or too proud to pray with your children, you are too busy and too proud.

Leaders, your God-given job is not merely to preside over something, not to pontificate to your underlings how smart you are, not merely to preserve something from its gradual demise; it's to figure out what God wants to get done in this world, figure out what role you play in that, and then to move something or someone from here to there.

Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It's true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.