Leaders provide for their people what the people cannot provide for themselves.

When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment you create trust!

Unless you want to carry the whole load yourself, you need to be developing leaders.

The better you are at surrounding yourself with people of high potential, the greater your chance for success.

My potential is what God gives me - that's His gift to me - what I give back to Him is what I do with that potential.

When I had something I thought God was talking to me about, the first thing I did, before I ever talked to the congregation, was to sit down with the major influencers of the church and share with them what I thought God was speaking to me. I gave them time for input or questions. Many times they would ask questions and I would reply, "I need to spend more time on this. I'm not sure I'm thinking clearly there." Other times they added value and helped make this vision better or more accessible to the people.

Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.