Idolatry is when you become the source of your own joy. Poverty of spirit is a wonderful thing.

I used to tell young preachers, in order to preach you've got to have the power of God on your life. Now I tell them, in order to tie your shoes you've got to have the power of God on your life.

Why would we want fame, when God promises us glory? Why would we be seeking the wealth of the world when the wealth of heaven is ours? Why would we run for a crown that will perish with time, when we're called to win a crown that is imperishable?

There is no such thing as a great man of God, only weak, pitiful, faithless men of a great and merciful God.

If Jesus is not enough to motivate you to godly living, you don't know Jesus.

When you leave the gospel behind, and there is no longer any power in your supposed gospel message, then you got to go to all the little tricks of the trade that are so prominently used today to convert men and we all know most of them all of them do not work.