You teach what you know, but you reproduce what you are.

The moment you come to a passage of scripture and say, "Oh, I know this one already," you're in deep trouble.

The measure of you as a leader is not what you do, but what others do because of what you do.

So it is with scripture. The word of God is there, able to transform your life. But you must probe for it. You have to penetrate the surface with more than just a cursory glance.

Maybe you've attended church for five, ten, or even twenty years, but you've never cracked open the Bible to prepare yourself for effectiveness as His instrument. You've been under the Word, but not in it for yourself.

The secret to concentration is elimination.

Biblically speaking, to hear and not to do is not to hear at all.