The mind is either at war with God or it is being renewed. There is no middle ground.

Jesus is interested in changing cultures, not just putting bodies in chairs.

Don't rely on leaders to do things you're equipped to do yourself.

Whatever you gain through self promotion you'll have to sustain through self promotion. When our promotion comes from God, He sustains it.

People who refuse to step out and be used by God become the critics of those who do. Risk takers, the ones who thrill the heart of God, become the targets of those who never fail because they seldom try.

Doesn’t it honor Him more when His children no longer see themselves only as sinners saved by grace, but now as heirs of God? Isn’t it a greater form of humility to believe Him when He says we are precious in His sight when we don’t feel very precious?

In His mercy, God gives us the level of revelation that our character is prepared to handle.