The Church is not an enforcer of rules, but an outpost of grace

Within the soil of a discouraging season can often be the seeds of incredible blessing, miracles and breakthrough!

Great churches aren't built on the gifts or talents of a few, but on the sacrifice of many.

You'll never come second by putting God first.

When ordinary people pray, extraordinary things can happen.

Leaders goal: Avoid building around only ONE person's ministry gifting. Longevity is in a team, not an individual!

Though there are times when it may seem like God is silent, he is never absent.

Love is a very compelling argument.

Be outrageous enough to trust God. Don't be adjusting your vision downward. Keep believing for radical things in Christ.

The strength of a good friendship that goes the distance will be unconditional love.

Leaders goal: Understand the power of serving a leader further down the road than you because leadership is contagious.

Emotions are inherent in your nature, but their content is dictated by your mind. Your emotional capacity is an empty motor, and your values are the fuel with which your mind fills it.

Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as is enough.

They're gonna make it look like suicide. I know how those bastards think.

As a musician, I have always refrained from criticizing another artist.

Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.

The only thing I really love is Fiji water. That's like the only crazy request - I don't like any other water.

There's almost nothing like native Midwesterner anywhere else in the world, except in Asia. They're miracles all in themselves.

I live my life with a sense of urgency that most people cant comprehend.

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.