One of my great goals in life is to live long enough to where I am in the pulpit, preaching my heart out, and I die on the spot, my chin hits the pulpit - boom! - and I'm down and out. What a way to die!

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

When each elder or pastor has his will aligned with the Lord's, we waste no time arguing for our own.

People are far more important than rigid rules and demanding expectations.

I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.

There is only one you. God wanted you to be you. Don't you dare change just because you're outnumbered!

If you never get criticized, chances are you aren't getting anything done.