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The church is in the hope business.
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
To become truly free, you must surrender.
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
Opposition is an inevitable reality of pastoral life.
I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism.
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
We do not need answers or formulas to minister in crisis.
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
I'm more concerned about who you're becoming than what you're doing.
Authentic spiritual authority is what puts you in touch with reality.
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life.
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
Tithing is considerably less popular than words like generosity or sharing.
A bad sermon is like a car wreck - everyone slows down to see what happened.
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus' death and resurrection.