Quotes about Change

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

It takes a good habit to replace a bad habit.

in this book I want to address a question that I think is commonly in the minds of Christian people when they read the Acts of the Apostles: what can we learn from these people who turned the world upside down in so short a space of time?

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Our moral and cultural traditions have not kept pace with our economic possibilities. We try to match new demands with a spiritual life not designed for them.

increasingly short periods of time—first 1,200 years, then less than 600 years, then less than 125 years, then 50 years.

I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.

We want people who have hearts that break for our world and the people in it and do something about it.

The twentieth century saw the emergence of a Churchless Mission and a Missionless Church.

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.

Where kairos is an event word—something that has a beginning and ending—repentance (metanoia) is a process word, as is believe (pistis). The Circle is a process, a way of living that does not have a specific beginning and ending. One does not become a disciple of Jesus and stand still; discipleship is a lifestyle of learning. And this learning begins with a change of heart.

Only God can change a season of war into a season of peace. Would you agree with me in prayer for peace?