For Me The Most Radical Demand Of

All That Is Good Is Ours Not By Right But By The Sheer Bounty Of A Gracious God

Leadership In The Church Is Not Entrusted To Successful Fund Raisers, Brilliant Biblical Scholars, Administrative Geniuses, Or Spellbinding Preachers...but To Those Who Have Been Laid Waste By A Consuming Passion For Christ - Passionate Men And Women For Whom Privilege And Power Are Trivial Compared To Knowing And Loving Jesus.

The First Step In Faith Is To Stop Thinking About God At The Time Of Prayer.-

Live In The Wisdom Of Accepted Tenderness. Tenderness Awakens Within The Security Of Knowing We Are Thoroughly And Sincerely Liked By Someone... Scripture Suggests That The Essence Of The Divine Nature Is Compassion And That The Heart Of God Is Defined By Tenderness.

The Sorrow Of God Lies In Our Fear Of Him, Our Fear Of Life, And Our Fear Of Ourselves. He Anguishes Over Our Self-absorption And Self-sufficiency... God's Sorrow Lies In Our Refusal To Approach Him When We Sinned And Failed.