It hit me that the students were talking about me, not God. I was standing before a holy God and robbing Him of the glory that was rightfully His.

When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.

Every year in my life, I trust fewer and fewer people.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.

When the church really takes on the humble characteristics of Christ, that's going to lead to revival.

It is easy to use the phrase 'God's will for my life' as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience. ... My hope is that instead of searching for 'God's will for my life' each of us would learn to seek hard after 'the Spirit's leading in my life today.' May we learn to pray for an open and willing heart, to surrender to the Spirit's leading with that friend, child, spouse, circumstance, or decision in our lives right now.