Discipline works from the inside out, and punishment tries to work from the outside in.

Every problem must find it's owner before we can ever offer a solution

In order to be able to make and keep commitments... to enduring, intimate relationships... you need to be a certain kind of person. You need to be a powerful person. Powerful people take responsibility for their lives and choices. Powerful people choose who they want to be with, what they are going to pursue in life, and how they are going to go after it.

If you want to make a difference, then get good at doing something and not just talking about something

Each believer comes to understand his or her significance in relationship to the whole Body, and the conviction begins to take hold: “I carry something that no one else carries. I must develop and release my gifts into the Church and the world and do my part in bringing Heaven to earth.” Honor empowers people.

An old meaning of the word 'restoration' is to find someone with a royal bloodline who has been removed from the throne and then restore the person to that throne - to a position of honor.

Powerful people do not try to control other people. They know it doesn't work, and that it's not their job. Their job is to control themselves.