The Outflow Of The Mouth

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” -Steve Jobs

We do not fight for victory, we fight from victory - Craig Groschel speaking on spiritual warfare(1 John 4:4)

Jesus was saying, “Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I’m telling you that I have come to bring strife and division.” Sometimes this means saying goodbye to friends. It means saying goodbye to things that would hold you back. It means no longer straddling the fence and trying to get along with everyone. It means that you can’t live in two worlds. - Pastor Greg Laurie, October 24, 2007 Devotional

A low view of God is the cause of a hundred lesser evils, but a high view of God is the solution to ten thousand temporal problems - A.W. Tozer

All truth and no grace is brutality. You can’t just pound people with the truth you have to care for people and reach out to them. - James McDonald, Walk in the Word, 10-17-2007

People need to be reminded more than they need to be instructed - Samuel Johnson (via Patrick Lecioni)

“Great leadership is found in the moment when all eyes are on you and how you use the power you have” - Andy Stanley, Day 1 of Catalyst 2007

The church is like Noah’s Ark, sometimes it stinks but if you get out you’ll drown - Shane Claiborne, Catalyst 2007

If Jesus had a church in Simi Valley, I bet mine would be bigger. If the apostle Paul had a church in Simi Valley, I bet mine would be larger. In fact, I bet people would leave their churches to come to mine. I would be more popular than Jesus. Why? Because I don’t call them to the same commitment Jesus would call them to. He would challenge them to a tougher calling of sacrifice and crucifixion. - Francis Chan, at the 2007 Catalyst Christian Leadership Conference