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.

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

Our sense of humor is a gift from God which should be controlled as well as cultivated.

A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more rigorous discipline from within. Those who rebel against authority and scorn self-discipline - who shirk the rigors and turn from the sacrifices - do not qualify to lead.

Spiritual leadership is the power to change the atmosphere by one's presence, the unconscious influence that makes Christ and spiritual things real to others.

We are not responsible for our endowments or natural abilities, but we are responsible for the strategic use of time.

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