Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.

I added up all the money the church paid me for the first 25 years and gave it all back.

Never use prayer as an excuse to procrastinate doing what you already know is the right thing to do.

God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.

If others don't use their gifts, you get cheated, and if you don;t use your gifts, they get cheated.

The next sentence is one of the most important spiritual truths you will ever learn: God develops the fruit of the Spirit in your life by allowing you to experience circumstances in which you're tempted to express the exact opposite quality. Character development always involves a choice, and temptation provides that opportunity.

I love the verse in Job, where it says a man deserves the devotion of his friends even when he forsakes the Almighty. Now what that verse means to me is, even if I were to say, right now I don't believe in God. I still need you to be my friend, and say, I can believe God for you right now. I'm going to hold you up while you are ranting and railing, and God can handle my ranting and railing because He certainly handled David's and Job's and so many others.