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Guilt rarely results in positive behavior. But gratitude? Great things flow from a heart of gratitude.
Me and Sandra are thoroughly satisfied customers as parents of kids who came through this Orange model.
It's OK to offend people with the Gospel, but, good grief- let's don't offend them with something else.
If you devote yourself to more than yourself ... you will have more than yourself to show for yourself.
The followers of Jesus did not die for what they believed - they died for what they claim to have seen.
As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.
Jesus is the hope of the world and the local church is the vehicle of expressing that hope to the world.
The leader who refuses to move until the fear is gone will never move. Consequently, he will never lead.
It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God
What does it say about us that we are rarely perplexed by the good things that come our way, only the bad?
The church should be the safest place on the planet to talk about anything, including same-sex attraction.
If a man can predict his own death and resurrection, and pull it off, I just go with whatever that man says
Leaders learn to leverage the problems that never go away in a way to create progress for the organization.
When the house is on fire, don't tell me what your spiritual gift is. Just grab a hose and put out the fire.
The reason we're here today is because years ago God broke Reggie Joiner's heart over the state of children.
The greatest thing you do as a leader may not be what you do as a leader but who watches you do what you do.
If we want to reach the people that no one else is reaching, we've got to do things that no one else is doing.
Saying a prayer won't make you a Christian. Placing your faith in Christ as your savior makes you a Christian.
Your leadership development strategy is perfectly designed to produce the caliber of leader you currently have.
You have no idea what hangs in the balance of your decision on what to do with the burden God put in your heart.
Life is filled with problems to be solved and tensions to be managed. Sometimes it helps to know which is which.
Vions are born in the soul of a man or woman who is consumed with the tension between what is and what could be.
...often, stepping outside your comfort zone is not careless irresponsibility, but a necessary act of obedience.
Rich people have the potential to reach a point where they see money as the source of their safety and security.
All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life.
If a volunteer can help us with an immediate need, we can put them in a place to make their greatest contribution.
Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.
Two things make a relationship providential: when we hear from God through someone and when we see God in someone.
As counterintuitive as it seems, generosity begins wherever you are. It is important to make generosity a priority.
Imagine a world where unbelievers were critical of what we believed but envious of how well we treated one another.
Don’t strive to be a well-rounded leader. Instead, discover your zone and stay there. Then delegate everything else.
People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.
Preaching for life changes requires far less information and more application. Less explanation and more inspiration.
"How" is what kills vision and dreams. Don't ask "How" until we figure out the "What". The "How" can kill the "What".
There are some rich people who, no matter how much God sends their way, never seem to put their hope in their riches.
We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.
The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you
As a believer just because you gain more fame or authority doesn't mean anything, this means you have more feet to wash
Try to do for the next generation of church leaders what the previous generation of church leaders has not done for you.
Not the one who knows the most, but the one who loves faithfully and consistently the most, is a true follower of Jesus.
I'm not a philanthropist. While I care about the poor, the issue of local or global poverty doesn't keep me up at night.
Nothing is more honoring to your heavenly Father than making life decisions based upon what he has claimed about himself.
Leadership is not always about getting things done 'right.' Leadership is about getting things done through other people.
80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems ... they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.
What breaks my heart is in the United States hundreds of thousands wake up on a Sunday and church never crosses their mind.
Here's something to think about: If God appeared to you and asked, "Why should I let you into heaven?" how would you answer?
The great challenge is how to marry creativity with discipline so that discipline amplifies creativity without destroying it.
Generosity helps us cultivate awareness of things that really matter. Opportunities that make a real difference in the world.
There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God's ability to free you from the past.
What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.