God didn't make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.

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

The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them

The rest of the story from Acts 1:8 explains that Christ-followers have a mission while here on earth. They are to be Christ’s witnesses all over this planet. It’s as if Christ said, “Think you’re missing the book smarts, the street smarts, the looks, the talent, or the speaking ability to accomplish this mission? Don’t be concerned with those things, because you have my mountain-moving, life-transforming, death-defying power on your side.”

One of the greatest thrills in all of life is to feel the hand of God working through you and to be a part of the working reality of the church engaged in a movement larger than self.

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!

Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.