God uses everything for good in our lives.

You'll never do anything creative, innovative or world changing if you fear criticism. Pioneers are easy targets for arrows!

In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesn't delineate between legal and illegal.

I think everyone does selective reading. Everybody has a filter, and that is real easy for critics to see things from their perspectives, and I'm going, I didn't mean that at all. And believers do the same.

Failure isn't a character quality. It's just an event. How you respond to failure is your character.

The fact is, you can say you love God and sing that you trust God and put him first, but your checkbook is where you can show just how much God's grace means to you.

The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.