When ordinary people pray, extraordinary things can happen.

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.

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

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

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.

Addiction is to the habits of mind that technology allows us to practice.

Above all else, tragedy requires the finest appreciation by the writer of cause and effect.

Maybe one of the strangest opportunities was I got to ring the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange.

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom

Poverty is not what's in your pocket - its what you have in your head.

So many times, I have a speech ready but no dice. Always a bridesmaid, never a mother.

if love doesnt come first and linger after, if love cant wait and endure disappointment and seperation, then its not love.

Whatever a person's ultimate concern may be, it will have an enormous influence on everything else the person does or believes.

There comes a time in every man's life when he's gotta handle up on his own. Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze, Please...they got problems of their own.