People of vision gauge decisions on the future; the story of the past cannot be rewritten.

It is obvious that Paul did not regard prayer as supplemental, but as fundamental-not something to be added to his work but the very matrix out of which his work was born. He was a man of action because he was a man of prayer. It was probably his prayer even more than his preaching that produced the kind of leaders we meet in his letters.

True leadership is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you.

Pride takes many forms, but spiritual pride is the most grievous. To become proud of spiritual gifts or leadership position is to forget that all we have is from God, all the position we occupy is God's appointment.

The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.

Jesus was the meeting place of eternity and time, the blending of deity and humanity, the junction of heaven and earth.

The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.