If you want to be a bridge of hope to the world, you've got to allow yourself to be walked on
If you reach the people nobody wants, God will give you the people everybody wants.
The call of God is what gets you out of bed everyday, not a burden for something.
Starbucks has kept me in the ministry.
I've discovered it is not sufficient simply to try to take time for quietness but that I must, with all diligence, make time. Whatever keeps me from prayer, solitude, and the Bible, however good it appears, is my enemy if I am to be God's devoted friend and follower.
It's not just our job to minister to other peoples' needs. We also have to minister to their potential.