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Don't fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
I want my life to have had more value than just acquiring stuff and living comfortably. I may die rich, or I may die broke. But I won't die with my music still in me.
Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth.
Some of you could be worshipping God but you're playing with a video game.
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
Regardless of others' reactions, do your best to stay true to yourself. Make the choices that allow you to look in the mirror and feel good about the person gazing back at you.
What we really yearn for as human beings is to be visible.
If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment.
When we hear a house has fallen do we ask if the ceiling fell with it?
Spend time cultivating your deepest desires, no matter how impractical or impossible they seem. It's perfectly OK to want the impossible. It's not OK to pretend that your desires don't matter.
Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.
Fear of God failing us leads us to "cover for God." This means we ask, expect, and are satisfied with less.
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
The only thing stopping you is fear, and the only thing that will get you past it is courage. What you do with your life isn't up to your parents, your boss, or your spouse. It's up to you and you alone.
Things are always harder than you think they're going to be.
Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.
The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
Are you one of those people who notices the problems of the world and says ... somebody ought to do something about that? Why not you? If you feel a strong urge to see a problem fixed, then why not act on it?
All people deserve access to health at prices they can afford.
Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.
My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered
Saying no isn't easy, but it's a required skill if you wish to have any degree of focus in your life. If you say yes too often, you'll likely fall into the common trap of saying yes to the good while simultaneously saying no to the best.
After all this atrocity, this is how human beings really pray.
You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.
The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
If you don't make a conscious choice... someone else will decide for you. It may be your boss, a family member, an advertiser, a collective social influence, or someone or something else, but it won't be something of your deliberate choosing.
Four billion people on Earth make less than four dollars a day.
The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.
What is the cost of not daring? What is the cost of not trying?
Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do. Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the work. And, yes, you do the work.
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
I have also been touched by the dark side of power and leadership.
Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give.
In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.
Human beings want to see each other. We want to be heard by each other.
Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer you. My God listens to me. He answers me.
It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.
Africans didn't want saving, thank you very much, least of all not by me.
It's not that there aren't a million other things to learn about God, but He says you've got to start with the fear of the Lord because that's the beginning of wisdom.
We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.'
The time for us to begin innovating and looking for new solutions is now.
When systems are broken, it's an opportunity for invention and innovation.
What we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little.
Sometimes the most important things that we do are things we cannot measure.
Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty.
When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity.
People really don't want handouts, that they want to make their own decisions.
Very small investments can release the infinite potential that lies in all of us.