“The goal of the Church isn’t to do “good church” nor have powerful services. Those things are great but it’s not the goal. The goal of the Church is to equip and deploy an army of passionate God lovers, followers of Jesus Christ who transform culture through the power of the Holy Spirit and unstoppable, undeniable love.” -Reggie Mercado
Read More“A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God.” -Leonard Ravenhill
“Self condemnation says that our mistakes and temporary failures are more powerful than the forgiveness from the Cross.” -Florence Pagador
Read More“When you want the reward without doing the work, you make yourself a target for the poisonous mentality of entitlement.” -Erik Frederickson
“Anyone that really wants the truth ends up at Jesus.” ~Johnny Cash
Read More“If the butterfly still thinks it is a caterpillar, it will never fly.” -Nathaniel White
"Never fear failure. Fear not having given it your all." - Steve Hutchinson (at his Hall of Fame speech for the NFL)
“We need to get rid of the notion that prominence is the definition of significance - prominence happens to a few people but significance is for everyone.” -Jack Hayford
Read More“It is amazing how many things we think we need that we don’t need - when we are satisfied in Him.” - Me
“The cross is not meant to shame us. It is meant to take away our shame.” -Miguel Que
“People who need the most love often ask for it in the most unpleasant manner.” -Miguel Que
Read More“Man promotes by the height of the tree. God promotes by the depth of the roots.” - Gabriel Lopez
“One time, God gave me a dream where I was preaching and people were thirsty for how God was about to move in healing. I said, ‘We don’t need to prove how good of sponges we are, but how good of water He is.’” - Jesse Cupp
Read MoreWhen you become proud of the revelation (or spiritual knowledge) you have received, you cut yourself off from the ability to live it out. Pride and the empowering grace of the Holy Spirit don’t mix together well. (1 Peter 5:5)
Read More“If we get offended by people in the body of Christ not doing as much as (or what) we are, we may tend to plateau or even regress spiritually. Promotion is from God. He doesn’t seem to like to promote that kind of spiritual pride.” -Me
I think spiritual growth is greatly helped when our hunger for what we haven’t yet experienced is greater than our complacency for what we have.” -Me
“Getting impressed with what God has given to you (gifts, possessions, etc.) is a poor substitute for getting impressed with God.” -Me
Read More“Accountability feels like an attack when you’re not ready to acknowledge your toxic behavior.” -Miles McPherson
“The fruit of our life reveals what we believe.” - Erik Frederickson
“I wonder how often people think they’re under spiritual attack but really it is just their spiritual pride that disconnected them from God...” -Me
Read More“When your faith is 100% secure in the Lord and you have put all of your eggs in his basket, the latest headlines don’t move you, whatever they say. They may grieve you or bless you, but they don’t shake you or move you. God alone is your rock.” -Michael Brown
"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed." - Denzel Washington
“The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.” -Plato
Read More“If you cater to fear long enough, it becomes your companion and your lens through which you see the world.” -Dean Goossen
“It takes far more energy to be religious than it does to actually know Jesus.” -Erik Frederickson
“If the Holy Spirit was given without limitation, what if the only limits there are are the ones we believe there are.” - me
Read More“I wonder how many answers to prayer people give up on because, even though it would happen, it won’t happen the way they thought it would. Sort of like Naaman and the leprosy...” - Me
“The problem is we are all looking for unconditional love while carrying a big bag of conditions.” - Erik Frederickson
Read More"Sir, my concern is not whether God is on my side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."-Abraham Lincoln
“Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them." - Hudson Taylor
Read More“If your favorite moments in life are when people approve or notice you instead of when you connect people to God, you might be living for something way too shallow.” - Me
“You know you are worshipping when you forget you are worshiping.” -Andrea Di Meglio
Read More“Move past the mistakes you have made, take a look at the patterns and deal with those.” - Henry Cloud
“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” -Billy Graham
“If reasonable men don’t keep talking, unreasonable men will take over the narrative.” -Bishop Jakes
Read More“Don’t ever let someone make you feel guilty because they are suffering the consequences of their own actions.” -Henry Cloud
“Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.” -St. Alphonsus Ligouri
Read More“When the church is worried about negative reactions over speaking the truth…it has lost all ability to say anything meaningful in culture.” -Kevin Dedmon
“The place in your life where you compromise in worship [stop obeying God] is where you quit growing.” -Chris O’Dell
Spiritual gifts can plateau when the focus is on one's own gifts rather than on love for those who would be blessed through what God can do through that gift. -Me
Read More“If you have more input from the media then the Word of God, then your discouragement is self-inflicted.” -Bill Johnson
“You can blame the circumstances, but backsliding always begins in the heart.” -A.W. Tozer
“Shaming someone into action creates acting. Inspiring someone into action creates change.” - Neil Strauss
“Wherever you run from God is the spiritual level you stay at...” -Chris O’Dell
Read More"I put gifts in other people for you to enjoy... not for you to be jealous of." -Joyce Meyer
“Once you stop living to prove yourselves to others, you will see your real purpose.” -Ankit Sajwan
Read MoreAn idol is whatever we follow instead of obeying God. And once we make something an idol, the joy/fulfillment that came from that thing invariably will start to fade... because fulfillment ultimately comes from God. - Me
"You can't recover from what you aren't willing to uncover." - Dr. Russ Irwin (in other words - inner healing doesn't come by avoiding)
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