Quotes about Relationship

Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the King and keep it.1 —CORRIE TEN BOOM

To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.1 —JOHN CALVIN

Being a person of prayer is the most important calling in one's life.

He has joy in our friendship and in our partnering together in the work of the kingdom with Him.

Jesus does not want us to walk in a false humility that minimizes how much He enjoys loving us or how much He wants us to enjoy being loved by Him.

Prayer is not about informing or persuading God but about connecting with Him in relationship. He is looking for conversation and dialogue with

Fundamentally, effective leadership is based upon an invitation to relationship and a challenge to change. A gifted discipler is someone who invites people into a covenantal relationship with him or her, but challenges that person to live into his or her true identity in very direct yet graceful ways. Without both dynamics working together, you will not see people grow into the people God has created them to be.

Invitation is about being invited into a relationship where you have access to a person's life and all the vibrancy, safety, love and encouragement that reside there. To learn from the places you clearly see Jesus at work in people's lives, which you can see only by having access to them. But by accepting that invitation, you also accept the challenge that comes with it: The challenge to live into your identity as a son or daughter of the King.

You become part of the family by surrendering your agenda and joining God's deal.

Divorce is one of the key predictors of poverty for a child growing up in a home that's broken.

While I hate to ever lose a supporter, I've come to realize that one who would abandon me over a single statement or decision I made is a person who would abandon me sooner or later anyway.

You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.