People should wake up in the morning and say 'I am not a job seeker, I am a job-creator.
It is a basic tenet throughout the Scriptures that God rewards diligence, faithfulness, endurance, and steadfastness.
We often think of great faith as something that happens spontaneously so that we can be used for a miracle or healing. However, the greatest faith of all, and the most effective, is to live day by day trusting Him. It is trusting Him so much that we look at every problem as an opportunity to see His work in our life.
We must realize that the ministries and gifts of the Spirit are for everyday life, not just meetings.
It takes two wings for an eagle to fly. If an eagle were to try to fly with just one wing he would only spin around in circles on the ground. The same is true with many people who are trying to soar spiritually on their faith, but have not added patience. These just keep going around in circles, getting more and more frustrated and kicking up a lot of dust. Any truth that we teach without this counter balancing truth will lead us to frustration, not fulfillment.
The Holy Spirit is not “the Doer,” but rather the “Helper. ” He will not do it without us, but if we engage He will help us with what we need to make it happen
A successful Christian life will not be based on how much work we have done, but rather, on how close to the Lord we have become and how obedient we have been.
The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek.
I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining. I'm about getting things done.
I haven't turned into an absolute geek who doesn't like doing fun things.
. . . Men do not sufficiently realize that their future is in their own hands. Theirs is the task of determining first of all whether they want to go on living or not. Theirs is the responsibility, then, for deciding if they want merely to live, or intend to make just the extra effort required for fulfilling, even on this refractory planet, the essential function of the universe, which is a machine for the making of gods.