“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!”

If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can. You will read when you feel like it, and you will read when you don’t.

Nothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church.

Our minds, like the needle in that compass, can focus on a variety of subjects throughout the day. But in the end, when they’re left alone to settle, they’ll focus on the objects of our greatest affection.

Don’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.

Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness.

Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.

We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.

People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.

And they fail to understand that the only people with the strength to pay that price are those who have plumbed the depths of their relationship with God, and have dealt with their own brokenness.

Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.

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

People join organizations, they leave managers.

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

We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.

Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!

Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.

So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.

The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.

The Night is young & full of rest I can’t describe the way she’s dress’d She’ll pander to some strange requests Anything that you suggest Anything to please her guest.

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas.

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.

No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.

Be kind to one another, even when it’s not requested.

Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.