God made you on purpose, for a purpose

Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let's not go to Church, let's be the Church.

If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!

The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.

Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't.

If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.

You have never looked in the eyes of someone who does not matter to God.

If you don't change your schedule, you'll be the same person you've always been.

You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.

The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.

Respect Death and You Live In Life

Under normal periods any man's success hinges about five percent on what others do for him and 95 percent on what he does.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

I make myself strict rules in order to correct my nature. But it is my nature that I finally obey.

It's true that most people find it far more comfortable to trust an authority than to have their faith questioned.

But oh, San Francisco! It is and has everything - you wouldn't think that such a place as San Francisco could exist.

I can't really say I'm batting badly. I'm not batting long enough to be batting badly

Those opportunities to play in championship games are few and far between

Life is a reflection of what you think. If your thoughts are negative, the world you see will be the same.

A lyrical, brave and complex novel that takes enormous risks and pulls them all off.