I don't think success is what we've made of ourselves; I think it's what we've made of others.
I'm all for getting together with men and women in small groups around Scripture and letting it just wash over us, but for me, I've been meeting with the same ten guys for like 15 years now, but we don't have a Bible study every Friday, we have a Bible doing.
I never know what all of the steps are but I do know the next step.
Do what lasts, get around to everything else.
Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
That's all the information I need to know about the church, Jesus picked it. And so instead of me telling the church how she would really look better if she had this in her hair, or that over there, I think I'm just respecting the Groom's pick.