Perhaps the hardest lesson we learn from failure is that we aren’t as great as we thought we were.

Do your work by faith, and leave the results with the Lord.

It’s our job to prepare the younger generation to step in and take over.

Your heart grows by giving out, but your mind grows by taking in; and both are necessary to a happy and balanced life of service. 

Readers are leaders only if they turn their learning into living.

As we mature in Christ, we stop choosing between the good and the bad and start distinguishing the better and the best. 

Remember, the best thing you can do for your ministry is build a godly family; and the best thing you can do for your family is build a ministry that glorifies God. Home and ministry are friends, not enemies; and it’s your job to keep them that way.

No matter what kind of Christian service God has called you to, it’s a privilege to be in ministry and to serve Jesus Christ. 

First and foremost, I think, is the job of pleasing the Lord because you’re doing what He wants you to do.

The Word of God reveals the God of the Word; and the servants must know the Master if we are to serve Him acceptably. 

We read the Bible to get to know the heart and mind of God. The better we know God, the better we can enjoy Him and minster for Him. 

The Word of God reveals the character of God to us, and as it does, it also renews the mind so that we start to think the way God wants us to think.

What we think determines what we are and what we do.

I suggest you discipline yourself to spend time daily in a systematic reading of God’s Word. Make this “quiet time” a priority that nobody can change.

When God speaks, that word has power; and when we believe that word and act on it, the. power goes to work. 

Whether you’re cooking a dinner, cleaning the nursery, folding bulletins, or raking leaves on the church lawn, ask God to use your part of the ministry to reach lost people with the gospel. 

Many disagreements and divisions start when we focus on a minor detail and forget the big picture. 

Don’t focus on yourself or the people you serve; focus God and His glory.

In the economy of God, suffering and glory go together. 

What grace that God not only gives us work to do and the ability to do it, but He then rewards us for what He enabled us to accomplish!

You aren’t responsible for the way others treat you, but you are responsible for the way your respond.

As long as your enemies are on the outside, you’re safe; but when you let them get on the inside, you’re in for trouble.