Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.

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.

The number one problem in our society today is short-term thinking.

We're going to serve in eternity. We're not going to sit around on clouds; you know this whole idea of heaven is wearing white robes with angels and play a harp. To me, that would be hell. I can't think of anything more boring.

Every small group has at least one 'difficult' person in it. If you don't immediately recognize who that person is -- it's probably you!

You can't make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something

The most desired gift of love is not diamonds or roses or chocolate. It's focused attention.