Can't you. . . I don't. Find a hobby or something?" "Being charming is my hobby.
Faith is a creative force. When we operate by faith, we employ the creative power of God.
I know that there are some people who are perpetually negative. I sincerely believe that if you want to fly with the eagles you cannot afford to walk with the turkeys. I will walk away from those people when they start to attack the vision.
Faith is knowing something that no-one else does.
My work with churches has led me to the conclusion that the single most important element in having an effective and life-changing ministry is to capture God’s vision for your ministry. ”
Whoever buys into the vision God has for the congregation develops an affinity for all that is going on.
What we preach is what we get. We are farmers sowing seed. If we are unhappy with the harvest we’re reaping, we should sow different seed. If we want different results, we preach different messages.
Teach all men to fish, but first teach all men to be fair. Take less, give more. Give more of yourself, take less from the world. Nobody owes you anything, you owe the world everything.
Things have a behavior online, whereas in print, there is a single canonical expression for them, but online everything responds to different criteria or has inherent states to it based on that criteria. So, you have to design that in a different way. It's a completely different dynamic even though it may look similar.
If you want things to change, You have to change. If you want things to be better, You have to be better.
A great many men are mad, and no one knows it. They do not know it themselves