We are at this moment as close to God as we really choose to be. True, there are times when we would like to know a deeper intimacy, but when it comes to the point, we are not prepared to pay the price involved.

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.

A visionary may see, but a leader must decide.

True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience.

If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.

Often truly authoritative leadership falls on someone who years earlier dedicated themselves to practice the discipline of seeking first the kingdom of God. Then, as that person matures, God confers a leadership role, and the Spirit of God goes to work through him.

Faith never knows where it is being led, or it would not be faith. True faith is content to travel under sealed orders.