God of Hope

Leadership is not someone at the top. It’s the person who takes the initiative and takes responsibility for either the opportunity or the crisis right in front of them. -Os Guiness, social critic

So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. (1 Peter 1:13)

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. (James 5:17)

Love is not just looking at each other; it’s looking in the same direction. -Antoine de Saint Exupéry

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. -William Ward Ayer

We’re just about as happy as we make up our minds to be. -Abraham Lincoln

Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent. -Mignon McLaughlin

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. -Ranier Maria Rilke

Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn’t really know very much. (1 Corinthians 8:2)

This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9)

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse. -Jim Rohn

The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is. -Nadine Gordimer