The rewards of godly leadership are so great and the responsibilities of the leader so heavy that no one can afford to take the matter lightly.

Faith puts no limits on God, and God puts no limits on faith.

Nothing happens when a desensitized preacher, preaches a desensitized sermon, to an already desensitized world.

Life’s tough – It’s even tougher if you’re stupid.

It is the Will of God to take the Thorn of Affliction to the Throne of Grace and turn it into a ministry.

If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives …

“If one generation compromises what they have been taught it is no wonder the next generation can say they have not compromised what they have been taught.”

“In reality, we often base our opinions on our beliefs, which can have an uneasy relationship with facts. And rather than facts driving beliefs, our beliefs can dictate the facts we chose to accept. They can cause us to twist facts so they fit better with our preconceived notions. Worst of all, they can lead us to uncritically accept bad information just because it reinforces our beliefs. This reinforcement makes us more confident we’re right, and even less likely to listen to any new information.”
– Joe Keohane in How facts …

Focus on today. God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.

There are two kinds of people on earth today,
Just two kinds of people, no more, I say.
Not the good and the bad, for ’tis well understood
That the good are half-bad and the bad are half-good.
No! The two kinds of people on earth I mean
Are the people who lift and the people who lean.
There are two kinds of people on earth today;
Just two kinds of people, no more, I say,
Not the sinner and saint, for it’s well understood,
The good are half bad, and the bad and half good . . .
No; …