“Two things make a relationship providential: when we hear from God through someone and when we see God in someone.”

You can’t influence people you refuse to associate with.

Your friends will determine the quality and direction of your life.

Everything now will prepare you for the next step. Don’t run from adversity; lean into it with all your heart and God will make you a leader worth following.

One of the exciting things about being a believer is watching God unveil His plan for our lives.

There is something insincere about a man or woman who repeatedly tells God how much he or she loves Him while refusing to obey Him.

My high school science teacher once told me that much of Genesis is false. But since my high school teacher did not prove he was God by rising from the dead, I’m going to believe Jesus instead.

In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.

There is an appropriate way to use your story, not as an excuse but as a testimony to God’s ability to free you from the past.

Your greatest accomplishment may not be something you do but someone you raise.

Dreamers dream about things being different. Visionaries envision themselves making a difference.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what’s right and the courage to do what’s right-even when it’s hard.

Next generation leaders are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.

The Church must stop expecting outsiders to act like insiders while insiders act like outsiders.

Leaders who refuse to listen, will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing helpful to say.

What could be and should be can’t be until God is ready for it to be.

Actions don’t only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.

Allah is the Greatest. I’m just the greatest boxer.

Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

You can’t be good to others without God being good back to you. There are blessings connected to helping others.

There is no pain worse than not achieving a dream when it is your fault. If God did not want you to have it, that is one thing. But if you do not get what you desire because you are lazy, there is no pain worse than that.

If you’re going to stay in faith, you have to remember what God said. Go back to His promises. Start thanking Him for what He told you. Start declaring favor, victory, healing.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.