Effective leaders do not fear passion. They welcome it. But from time to time passionate discussions digress into personal attacks, and real people get really hurt. In my view, leaders must head that off before it happens.

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

Simplified living is about more than doing less. It’s being who God called us to be, with a wholehearted, single-minded focus.

Personally, I've never understood inactivity. Why a person would sit when he could soar, be a spectator when he could play, or atrophy when he could develop...is beyond me!

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!

A leader's most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.

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