[And lately, Thomas has been re-reading a book he's found particularly meaningful:] The Purpose Driven Life ... If you only talk about the past, there is no future. |
And that, my friends, is the duty of the church. |
During the next 90 days, people are going to be more open to the Gospel than in years. It is God's responsibility to make people receptive; it is our responsibility to sow the seed. |
Faithful servants never retire, ... You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God. |
God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out, ... The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.' |
God loves to bring good out of bad. He loves to turn crucifixions into resurrections. Every obstacle is an opportunity. Every problem has potential. Every crisis is an opportunity for ministry. Every hurt God wants to use for His glory. |
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less. |
I believe one of the secrets of effective ministry is keep it simple-be simple... Simple does not mean shallow and simple doesn't mean simplistic, and simple doesn't mean superficial. It just means understandable. |
I hope that the community will cooperate and not hassle the clerks with what they have to do. It's a good store and serves a good need to the community. |
I think vision is highly overrated today. I think what really blesses a ministry is, if you want the power of God in your life, its humility and integrity. I'll take a person who's humble and has integrity over a person who has vision any day. A lot of people have vision just based on ego, but it's in that dependence upon God that we get His vision and develop more trust in Him. |
I'm Southern Baptist, our church is Southern Baptist, and we cooperate in SBC missions support at every level, |
If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done, ... God will use anybody if you're available. |
It basically means the bar closes and everything you've got invested is lost. |
It comes from service. It is by giving our lives away that we find meaning, because that's the way we're wired, I believe, by God. |
Jesus taught in the temple and the marketplace, |