Half the ills we heard within our hearts are ills because we hoard them.
Leaders need the courage to acknowledge when something isn't working.
Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase. You will look back longingly on risks not taken, opportunities not seized, and dreams not pursued. Stop running away from what scares you most and start chasing the God-ordained opportunities that cross your path.
If you seek answers you won't find them, but if you seek God, the answers will find you.
You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. . . . Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows. . . . Your prayers for your children are the greatest legacy you can leave.
There comes a moment when you must quit talking to God about the mountain in your life and start talking to the mountain about your God. You proclaim His power. You declare His sovereignty. You affirm His faithfulness. You stand on His Word. You cling to His promises.
Vision beyond your resources? Don't let fear dictate your decisions. If your vision is God-given, it will most definitely be beyond your ability and beyond your resources. The God who gives the vision is the same God who makes provision.
I don't want to stand with somebody's praise.
I hope that my niece in 20 years is going to say to me, 'Aunt Stevie, what was with your hair?'
What is drawing? How does one get there? It's working one's way through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do. How can one get through that wall? - since hammering on it doesn't help at all. In my view, one must undermine the wall and grind through it slowly and patiently.
It takes a vice to check a vice, and virtue is the by-product of a stalemate between opposite vices.