“The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you”

At the end of the day, God’s love for me, for you, and for the world is settled at the cross.

Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.

People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don’t plan not to.

When people are convinced you want something FOR them rather than something FROM them, they are less likely to be offended when you challenge them.

Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.

The health of your marriage tomorrow will be determined by the decisions you make today.

I’ve talked to many individuals who want to discuss their problems. But they don’t really have problems. They have chosen to live in the wrong direction. They don’t need a solution. They need a new direction.

My hope is not in riches but in him who richly provides.

Learning never takes place while you’re talking.

Jesus doesn’t take sides; He takes over.

The starting block for people who are going to stay in love is mutual submission.

Imagine a world where unbelievers were critical of what we believed but envious of how well we treated one another.

It takes a habit to break a habit. You can pray every day for a generous heart, but until you start acting in that direction, nothing’s going to change.

Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.

You cannot communicate complicated information to large groups of people. As you increase the number of people, you have to decrease the complexity of the information.

You have no idea the numbers of people that God may want to influence through you.

I’m very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn’t choose.

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

While I am working I am not conscious of what I am putting on the canvas.

Consciousness is a concept that can sound esoteric, but all it really means is caring.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

A man’s hatred is always concentrated upon that which makes him conscious of his bad qualities.

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.