perspective

To the barefoot man, happiness is a pair of shoes.
To the man with old shoes, it's a pair of new shoes.
To the man with new shoes, it's more stylish shoes.
And of course, the fellow with no feet would be happy to be barefoot.
Measure your life by what you have, not by what you don't.

Michael Josephson

leadership

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

-Tom Peters

quote

"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny."

#CSLewis

surrender

'Surrender' is not when we give God something, it's when we give God everything. 

Perry Noble, Newspring

evolved

I'm glad I don't have to hunt for my food, I don't even know where sandwiches live.

pursuit

You will know that you are in proper pursuit of Jesus when your life is desirable and transferable to those around you. 

–Jim Thompson, Fellowship Greenville

truth in perspective

"We are not producing worshippers in this country. Rather we are producing a generation of spectators, religious onlookers lacking, in many cases, any memory of a true encounter with God, deprived of both the tangible sense of God's presence and the supernatural relationship their inmost spirits crave." 

Sally Morgenthaler, Exploring the Worship Spectrum

need

Sin is disobedience to God. If you lose sight of God, you lose sight of how to please God.
Sin is something we cannot conquer – If we could there would be no need for a Savior.

sermon note

We bring nothing to the cross, but the sin that necessitates it.