God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.

How do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting your focus from the size of your mountain to the sufficiency of the Mountain Mover and then stepping forward in obedience.

The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.

More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat.

People won't give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.

He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father - authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.

Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.