Embrace who you are and your divine purpose. Identify the barriers in your life, and develop discipline, courage and the strength to permanently move beyond them, and keep moving forward.
It is no accident that the words discipline and disciple resemble each other in the English language. The most common word in the Gospels for a Christian is disciple.
(n.) The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts.
There is no shortcut for hard work that leads to effectiveness. You must stay disciplined because most of the work is behind the scenes.
The point at which things happen is a decision. In stead of focusing on yourself, focus on how you can help someone else.
I never think of him as a scholar assaulting me with how much he knows, but as a teacher eager to share a lifelong passion for the subject.
pessimists see people as liabilities to manage, as burdens or threats that we must minimize.
Happiness is activity of soul.
The most precious gifts you can think of are not ends in themselves. They all lead to God. Ultimately, that is what all His gifts are for.
The struggle against the weakness in yourself is never a solitary struggle. No person can achieve self-mastery or his or her own.
There is no condition of life in which we cannot abide in Jesus. We have to learn to abide in Him wherever we are placed. Our Brilliant Heritage, 946 R
Online life is so delicious because it is socializing with almost no friction.
Being self-owned is a state of mind.
Some Christians believe the harder that one thinks, the colder faith will grow. Augustine grew more brilliant as he grew more pious, more creative as he became more orthodox. His period of heresy was...
We need to be making disciples telling people about Jesus & move them beyond conversation into a heart relationship with Him in the fullness
The aesthetic and the agonistic are one, according to the ancient Greeks.
you turn into a shrewd tactician, making a series of cautious semicommitments without really surrendering to some larger purpose. You lose the ability to say a hundred noes for the sake of one overwhe...
I'm of the opinion and quite certain that our 'personal histories' with God are meant to be well informed by the Scriptures
Some teachers only teach us and go but some teachers teach us and they leave indelible footprints which continue to teach us forever! Great teachers live and leave distinctive footprints. Great teache...
Our task is to carry the Lord's peace into every situation, into every duty.
You should train disciples and followers to work and perform better than you did
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