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

God is looking for women and men who are full on for Him... people who have abandoned their own program and are just looking for how they can use their unique talents and abilities to further God's activities and programs in this world. These are the people God will tap on the shoulder and say, “Come with me and we're going to do something great in your lifetime. Come, we're going to do this together.

Humility enables us to learn from each other.

The leader is the organization's top strategist... systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.

We will probably have to pay a price for devoting our lives to building the kingdom of God. Jesus did.

Most unmarried people have no idea what it takes to make a marriage work; they grossly underestimate the price people have to pay to build long-term, mutually satisfying relationships. And they fail to understand that the only people with the strength to pay that price are those who have plumbed the depths of their relationship with God, and have dealt with their own brokenness.

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