Craig Groeschel
If you don't know the purpose of something, all you can do is misuse it.Collection: Purpose
To those of you who are leading LifeGroups, I want you to know, you are the heroes of our mission.Collection: Hero
Our thoughts are either focused on what's eternal, life-changing, and true, or lost in the details of our temporary, selfish, false beliefs.Collection: Life Changing
Unfortunately, the Bible won't tell you directly, "Thou shalt take the new job in marketing..." or "Thou shalt go directly from undergraduate school to honor me in graduate school." While the Bible doesn't speak to some of our specific decisions, it does speak to every decision about who God wants us to become.Collection: Jobs
Don't resent, fear, or judge the next generation, believe in them.Collection: Believe
How bad you want something determines what you will do to get it.Collection: Want Something
The things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don’t are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It’s our burden.Collection: Keys
If you delegate authority, you will build leaders.Collection: Leader
The things closest to the heart of God are often the most offensive to the Pharisees.Collection: Heart
When we generally make healthy choices about food (or wise choices about life), we tend to move in the right direction, living as we believe God wants us to live. If we make an intentional exception for a special treat or for a diversion, that might not be a big deal. But if we step off the best path, we're tempted to detour into more unwise choices. In that case, your decision does matter.Collection: Wise
To reach people no one else is reaching we must do things no one else is doingCollection: People
As an organization changes your mindset as a leader also has to change. This becomes the lid to you organization. Whenever my organization starts to settle I believe I have to lift my lid, my capacity I have to think and act in a different way to achieve different results.Collection: Believe
Most of us could stop doing something that's hindering our passion for Jesus and effectiveness in following him.Collection: Jesus
The New Testament is peppered with "one another" reminders. While Scripture says to love another, encourage one another, offer hospitality to one another, be kind to one another, many people are content tolerating one another, if not ignoring one another.Collection: People
Not taking risks ultimately leads to failure.Collection: Risk
Without being legalistic, we should be careful and wise in all decisions we make.Collection: Wise
If you are not dead, you are not done.Collection: Done
We need to step into certain uncertainty. Without faith it is impossible to please God.Collection: Needs
Tragically, many people have this faithless, wishy-washy mindset, which causes them to lose the battle in their minds before they ever fight it in the world.Collection: Fighting
I'd argue that people today aren't rejecting Christ so much as they're rejecting the church.Collection: People
God has given you every thing you need to reach every person you need to reach.Collection: Needs
Be yourself. Authenticity trumps cool every time.Collection: Being Yourself
Some decisions are obviously much more inconsequential than others. For example, let's say you choose the blue shirt over the red one; not much is likely to change. Red meat over white meat once a week won't likely make a huge difference in your health. But if you believe that grilled chicken is healthier than a cheeseburger, your lunch choice might cause you to pause; especially if you know that the cheeseburger also comes with fries and a large chocolate shake.Collection: Believe
The Bible is the best and most important tool in discerning direction from God.Collection: Important
Personally, I hate flossing. So this is the first discipline I quit when I am stressed. But if I stop this one important habit, then I might be tempted to cheat on my eating plan, stay up too late, or skip my Bible reading. If I stay faithful in doing something that I don't enjoy, I tend to believe that I'm disciplined. Therefore, I eat better, go to bed on time, and stay in God's Word.Collection: Hate
Twenty-nine years ago, I came to faith in Christ after a gentleman from the Gideon's International gave me a free copy of the New Testament Bible. I started in Matthew and read all the way to Ephesians 2 when it finally clicked for me. After reading about salvation by grace through faith, I cried out to Jesus for his forgiveness and surrendered my whole life to Him. At that moment, I became a new person.Collection: Jesus
God could have programmed us as robots to do whatever he tells us, but then we'd never have the freedom to love and worship him.Collection: Robots
Because my life was changed by God's Word, I love every organization that helps people know him through his Word.Collection: Organization
The more I looked, the more I found Christian Atheists everywhere.Collection: Christian
The younger generation can smell fakes - Authenticity trumps cool.Collection: Smell
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.Collection: Teaching
With prayer, you may be able to start one discipline or habit that will overflow into many more positive, God-honoring traits.Collection: Prayer
Those who have it stick with what brings it.Collection: Sticks
I was a full-time pastor and a part-time follower of Christ.Collection: Followers
When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving.Collection: Gratitude
Honor, publicly, results in influence, privately.Collection: Honor
In each big decision, we'll always make them by faith.Collection: Decision
As we're growing closer to God, I ask people to decide when God wants them to stay planted exactly where they are.Collection: People