Leading On Empty Quotes

The manner in which an author chooses to quote others can be intriguing. Why did he choose this particular quote? Did he agree with the quote or was he using it to make a comparison? Why quote this person instead of someone else? The answers to all of these questions, and many others, can be fascinating. The quotes below come from Wayne Cordeiro’s book Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and... [Read more]

Ratiocination

“I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.” – Omar Bradley, general “Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.” – Henry Kaiser, industrialist “Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.” – Phillips Brooks, clergyman “Courage is rarely reckless or... [Read more]

Abundant Life

“It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all” (Ecclesiastes 7:18). “Don’t be fanatically religious and don’t be irreverently blatant. Remember that the two extremes have to be held in the right balance.” Oswald Chambers  Read More →

Abundant Living

“A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up” (Ecclesiastes 3:3). “Every possibility I have of producing a fine character in time, I can use to produce the opposite; I have that liberty from the Creator. God will not prevent my disobeying Him; if He did, my obedience would not be worth anything.” (Oswald Chambers)  Read More →

Abundant Life

“Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto you” (Matthew 9:29). “Jesus never tells us what to see, but when His touch is upon our eyes, we know that we see what He is seeing, He restores this pristine innocence of sight. ‘Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.’” (Oswald Chambers)  Read More →

Abundant Life

“The very God of peace sanctify you wholly…” (1 Thessalonians 5:23). “God never develops one part of our being at the expense of the other; spirit, soul and body are kept in harmony. Remember, our spirit does not go further than we bring our body.” (Oswald Chambers)  Read More →

Abundant Life

“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth” (Ecclesiastes 7:1). “Solomon is speaking of character, not of reputation. Reputation is what other people think of you; ‘character is what you are in the dark,’ where no one sees but yourself…Solomon says that the man who has attained a sagacious character during life is like a most refreshing,... [Read more]

Abundant Life

“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock” (Matthew 7:24). “We speak of building castles in the air; that is where a castle should be—whoever heard of a castle underground! The problem is how to get the foundation under your castle in the air so that it can stand upon the earth.” (Oswald Chambers)  Read More →

Abundant Life

“Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit” (John 12:24). “Death is God’s delightful way of giving us life.” Chambers  Read More →