Quotes About Inspiration

Hurting people look toward individuals who, like Jesus, have both fire and compassion in their eyes, individuals who inspire and who will speak the truth in love—even if it stings.

Every Artist is a Cannibal,every Poet is a Thief.All kill for inspiration and sing about their grief

Can you imagine your second album the difficult second album it's about God? Everyone is tearing their hair out and Chris Blackwell says, "It's okay. There's Bob Marley and Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, it's a tradition. We can get through it.

Vision over visibility

Embedded in the larger story of redemption is a principle we must not miss: God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.

What will you reach for to give you hope, courage, and a reason to continue?

Belief in eternity can clarify your values and renew your hope.

On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. PSALM 145:5

You're not generally angry because things are in the way of God and his kingdom purposes. You're angry because something or someone has gotten in the way of something you crave, something you think will inspire contentment, satisfaction, or happiness in you. Your heart is desperate to be inspired, and you get mad when your pursuits are blocked. Where you look for awe will fundamentally control the thoughts and emotions of your heart in ways you normally don't even realize.

Developing leaders is not just downloading theological knowledge and ministry skill, but calling people to lead with hearts captured by the awe of God.

The church is in desperate need of a leadership community whose function is not just structured to achieve with efficiency but is more deeply shaped by the comforts and calls of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things in the lives of others.

In fact, one of the things that makes a sermon compelling is that the preacher is worshiping his way through his own sermon.

Your story is a biography of wisdom and grace written by another.

Horizontal awe is meant to do one thing: stimulate vertical

It's so easy to load life onto your shoulders and be more motivated by low-grade anxiety than by divine awe.

When awe of God has captured your heart, ministry will fill your schedule.

No awesome thing in creation was meant to give you what only the Creator is able to give. Every awesome thing in creation is designed to point you to the One who alone is worthy of capturing and controlling the awe of your searching and hungry heart.

Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returning to the Moon may be worthy and attainable, but it fails to capture the public's imagination. What does get people excited is the prospect of a mission to Mars.

The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.

If you are receptive and humble, mathematics will lead you by the hand.

As We May Think

My brain is open.

A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.