Brian Houston quotes:

The starting point for building great relationships is making wise decisions about who we allow close to us. We need people who will build us up and take us forward, and good friends will do just that.

The devil doesn't care how big your church is - he cares how influential it is.

Don't be fooled into thinking that you have the capacity to achieve your best on your own. A training partner in the gym is a great asset because when you think you have reached your limit, there is someone who can push you to go further.

To choose life with God is to choose a blessed life.

Living life with a clear conscience is the fruit of a repentant heart and new life through Jesus Christ.

Leaders goal: Avoid building around only ONE person's ministry gifting. Longevity is in a team, not an individual!

We planted the church by starting a Sunday night outreach. The very first Sunday we had 70 people turn up. The second week, there were 60, the third week, 53, and by the fourth week, 45. I've often joked that we worked it out at the time- we had only four and a half weeks left until there were no more people. It was about that time that we had our first ever commitment to Christ. We outgrew the school hall after 12 months. The crowds were so big that we were using road-case as the platform, and what should have been the stage as a balcony so that we could fit more people in.

You'll never come second by putting God first.

The strength of a good friendship that goes the distance will be unconditional love.

A blessed life is one that understands that when God saves you, He has others in mind. I believe every Christian needs to know that they are not only saved, but are also called to live a life of purpose.

The Church is not an enforcer of rules, but an outpost of grace

Simply put, if you want Bible results, you have to live by Bible principles.

Love God. Live Called. It's not just devotional, it's vocational!

Church should be enjoyed, not endured.

Authenticity is essential to the soul!

Within the soil of a discouraging season can often be the seeds of incredible blessing, miracles and breakthrough!

Praise works best at the start, before the miracle, before the breakthrough, before the restoration.

Great churches aren't built on the gifts or talents of a few, but on the sacrifice of many.

How do you view God in a desert? There's two types of birds. There's vultures, and there's hummingbirds. One lives off dead carcasses, rotting meat. The other lives off the beautiful, sweet, nectar in a particular flower, on a particular desert plant, in the same desert. They both find what they're looking for. Do you know - take it all the way back into the Old Testament - and the Muslim and you, we actually serve the same God. Allah, to a Muslim; to us, Abba Father, God.

Love is a very compelling argument.

The purpose of God's blessing is to enable you to be a great channel of blessing to others. If you have nothing, there is nothing you can do for anyone else; if you have a little, you can only help a little; but if you have plenty, there is a whole lot you can do. When you are blessed, you have a mighty foundation from which to impact others. You are blessed to be a blessing.

Be outrageous enough to trust God. Don't be adjusting your vision downward. Keep believing for radical things in Christ.

When ordinary people pray, extraordinary things can happen.

Though there are times when it may seem like God is silent, he is never absent.

Leaders goal: Understand the power of serving a leader further down the road than you because leadership is contagious.

You don't change the world out of obligation, but you will out of glorious obsession.

The way to get the mind of God, is seek to know the heart of God!

Every season is filled with lessons.

Leaders goal: Don't be afraid of vulnerability & transparency, (without being pitiful). People respond to authenticity.

Find friends who ALIGN with your destiny & lose friends who ALIENATE you from destiny!

It isn't about singing a particular hymn or reciting a prayer â?? it's about a relationship with your Heavenly Father who loves and cares for you.

Anything can happen and it probably will.