If you say: I believed in God, I trusted God and He didn't come through - You only trusted God to meet your agenda.

We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry

If you didn't earn your salvation how are you going to un-earn it?

Big cities have a lot of 'younger brothers' who have left traditional parts of the world and their families for a more liberal lifestyle. But cities are filled to the gills with 'elder brothers' too.

The world says you are loved because of what you do. Jesus says you can now do all things because you are loved.

When you listen and read one thinker, you become a clone… two thinkers, you become confused… ten thinkers, you’ll begin developing your own voice… two or three hundred thinkers, you become wise and develop your voice.

Just because you cannot realize your highest aspirations in work does not mean you have chosen wrongly, or are not called to your profession, or that you should spend your life looking for the perfect career that is devoid of frustration. ... You should expect to be regularly frustrated in your work even though you may be in exactly the right vocation.