“True intimacy is only build around the freedom to disagree.”

Endings are a part of life, and we are actually wired to execute them. But because of trauma, developmental failures, and other reasons, we shy away from the steps that could open up whole new worlds of development and growth.

He is the Truth, and He wants us to deal in truth with ourselves and our loved ones. We want the truth about you and your family to flood into and overrun the secrets that keep you in bondage to dysfunctional behavior and relationships.

Who a person is will ultimately determine if their brains, talents, competencies, energy, effort, deal-making abilities, and opportunities will succeed.

Because dating is a human exercise, it can be a tightrope fraught with danger. You will be dating imperfect people, and some of them are more imperfect than others. In addition, you are not perfect either, so that complicates the picture.

We all make mistakes, but the people who thrive from their mistakes are the successful ones.

I’m not an expert in the sociological realities of all the pastors in the world, but I would say that there are some very, very positive things about the state of integrity in church leaders.

To grow, we need things that we do not have and cannot provide, and we need to have a source of those things who looks favorably upon us and who does things for us for our own good.

Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls.

Diligence is not easy, but we can’t reach our goals without it.

The business of church is ultimately people. You’re trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all of their time helping and growing other people, they ignore their own growth.

Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

You aren’t alive if you aren’t in need.

The opposite of bad is not good.The opposite of bad is love

Whatever’s happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don’t treat it like it’s the whole story. Keep writing the story.

Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.

There’s no better way to become a disintegrated character than to be your own authority.

I don’t like talking. It’s how I’m built. Some people gab all day and some play it smogo. I don’t mind talking or smiling, it’s just I don’t do it very much. I haven’t got a smiling face or a talking mouth.

Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city.

I found Rome built of bricks; I leave her clothed in marble.

You can walk in and out. I have built no doors.

Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble.

The old must always make way for the new, and one thing must be built out of the ruins of another. There is no murky pit of hell awaiting anyone.

We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.