John Bunyan, author of the classic book the Pilgrim’s Progress, said “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who cannot pay you back.” Make a decision that you will live to give. Be on the lookout each day for somebody you can bless. Don’t’ live for yourself; learn to give yourself away, and your life will make a difference.
I believe God's keeping the records and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life; somehow, some way God will make it up to you.
I want get across to not just the church world. I want to get outside those walls to everyday people.
Friend, there's no greater investment in life than in being a people builder. Relationships are more important than our accomplishments.
A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that.
Mormonism is a little different, but I still see them as brothers in Christ.
I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class.
I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.
When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.
Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be.
Well I think a lot of times we're putting things off and I'm going to do it later. I'm going to break this bad habit or I'm going to pursue this dream or I'm going to treat my spouse better.
When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled.
It's flattering to people who stop you and say that you've helped them and all. But, again, you know, you've got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.
That's it. I'm going to start making the right choices.
The main message of it is to not get stagnant and that God wants us to continue to grow and become a better person.
Hold on to that new, enlarge vision of victory that God has given you. Start expecting things to change in your favor. Dare to boldly declare that you are standing strong against the forces of darkness.
That's my thing - keep filled with faith. Keep doing what you can do and I believe God will do what you can't do.
Isn't it funny how babies laugh a lot? I read a toddler, a young child laughs 300 times a day. The average adult laughs, like, four times a day. God put it in them. He put the laugh in us, but I think sometimes we let life get us down, you know, have bad breaks, and we lose our breaks.
You have to turn it around and say God still has a great plan for my life. I may not understand things that happen, but faith is all about trusting when you don't understand it.
God's used me to help turn their life around or give them hope, you know? It's very rewarding
I think we use God's word. I think the principles that you hear Dr. Phil and some of those others talk about many times are right out of the Bible.
I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It's not about the money.
I want to be blessed so I can build orphanages. Blessed so I can build hospitals and do other things with our finances.
If you can be a blessing to somebody else, you're sowing a seed for God to help you.
My friends and I had fun together, but I was more reserved, not at all the life of the party. I would just be the quiet one in the room.
