“Thinking ‘outside of the box’ only becomes worthwhile when you find a way to fit your new ideas into the box, or a way to expand the box to accommodate those new ideas. Simply ignoring the reality of the box amounts to little more than fantasizing. Ultimately, there’s a world of difference between a man with ideas and a man with a plan.”
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Thought for the Day – Thinking Outside of the Box
Posted in Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes on November 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – Hearing God’s Voice
Posted in Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes on November 16, 2010| 1 Comment »
“I’ve come to believe that not only does God speak to us, but that He speaks in a way that we can understand. I’ve also come to believe that the reason most of us feel as though we can’t recognize His voice is because He is so often saying things that we don’t want to hear.”
Thought for the Day – The Proof & the Pudding
Posted in Opinions, Personal, Thought for the Day / Quotes on November 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
“I would rather live by principles that brand me naïve and lead to hope, than to adopt a philosophy that can be empirically defended, yet results in despair.”
Thought for the Day – Self Image
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes on October 29, 2010| 2 Comments »
What other people believe about you isn’t as important as what you believe about yourself. Only those things which we accept as being truth have the ability to genuinely impact how we live. Therefore the only words (positive or negative) that have the power to move us are those which we view as being true. If a man concludes in his heart that he is a failure, no amount of praise or encouragement can bring him to victory; and if a man concludes that he is an over-comer, no amount of criticism can hold him back. While we are generally powerless to keep others from speaking about us, we possess the ultimate responsibility for what we choose to accept as truth.
Thought for the Day – Rules of Engagement
Posted in Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes on October 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
God has called His people to be engaged in the world, but not to be invested in it. A distorted view of holiness can cause us to miss the former, while misguided notions about evangelism can result in us falling to the latter.
Thought for the Day – Building Bridges
Posted in Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes on October 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
God has not called His people to build a bridge between Him and the world; He has called them to be the bridge. While our human tendency is to erect monuments for posterity, God is far more interested in our personal involvement.
Thought for the Day – Unity
Posted in Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes on October 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Because every persons experience and perspective is to some extent unique, unity is not likely to come about through total agreement. For human beings, unity only becomes possible when we are willing to commit to standing together in spite of our differences.
Thought for the Day – Time Spent in the Valley
Posted in Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes on September 30, 2010| 2 Comments »
In the deepest part of the valley, you encounter the river that carved it. Ultimately, I believe this is why God allows us to spend time there.
Thought for the Day – Home is Where the Heart Is
Posted in Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes on September 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »
A child of God should never truly feel at home in a fallen world. Our efforts to find comfort in the things of this world only serve to drive us away from the One Person who can actually provide it.
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