Jillian Gilbey

“Jesus calls his disciples to exert a double influence on the community. A negative influence by arresting its decay as salt and a positive influence by bringing light into the darkness. God intends us to penetrate the world. Christian salt has no business to remain safe and sound inside churchy little salt shakers. Instead, we are to be rubbed into the secular world to stop it from going bad.”
― John Stott, Sermon on the Mount Seeking First the Kingdom of God 13 Studies for Individual or Groups

“Here are the qualifications required: the people you choose must:

A. Make you think smarter
B. Put lots of solutions on the table in a short amount of time

I don’t care who it is…the janitor or the intern or one of your most trusted lieutenants. If they can help you do that, they should be at the table. Believe me, you don’t want to be at a company where there is more candor in the hallways than in the rooms where fundamental ideas or matters of policy are being hashed out.

The best inoculation against this fate? Seek out people who are willing to level with you, and when you find them, hold them close.”
― Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

“We are caught between two worlds in more ways than we know. Some of us are literally navigating changes we didn’t anticipate and the feeling of displacement. Some of us are between two worlds of who we were before Christ and who we want to be in Christ. Some of us are navigating the tension of being the child yet being the parent. And most of us feel the tension between trusting God and trying to control everything for our own good. We are between two worlds: the spiritual and the temporal. Between two worlds: the seen and unseen. Between two worlds who we think others expect us to be and who we know ourselves to be. Between two worlds: the intersection of what we planned and how things really are. And right in the middle of our plans not turning out the way we hope and our inability to see God‘s purposes is where the grace of God changes us even if it doesn’t change our circumstances.”
― Ruth Chou Simons, When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace

“Do not settle for small prayers to a small God. Our Father is not a village god. The greater your view of God, the more you will expect from Him. The more you expect from Him, the more you are likely to receive.”
― Michael Reeves, Authentic Ministry: Serving from the Heart