Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.

When God wants to make a mushroom, he does it overnight, but when He wants to make a giant oak, He takes a hundred years. Great souls are grown through struggles and storms and seasons of suffering. Be patient with the process.

The heart of the issue is an issue of the heart. And that's why I'm a pastor, not a politician. Because I think only - only God can change hearts. And only God can take the evil out. I don't think you can legislate the evil out of people.

What matters in life is not so much what happens to us, but what happens in us

All leaders are learners. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. I learn as much as I can, from as many as I can, as often as I can.

We don't praise God to feel good, but to do good.

If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.