Nitoy Gonzales > Recent Status Updates

"All growth begins with God—he defines our calling and he enables our change—and so inviting people to pray differently can be a crucial first step."

"Being people who are willing to be honest, willing to repent, willing to embrace grace and willing to show we believe we really are forgiven can be transformative in a church, helping others flourish and grow in its culture of care."

'If you want to help your church grow in its culture of care, one wonderful way to start is to look around the congregation, spot who is a bit more lonely, a bit more quirky or a bit more spiky, and say hello."

"One of the best ways to ensure your congregation never grows in this area of caring for one another well is to never talk about it. Just assume that people ought to get it automatically without any help. Do that, and the culture will never grow."

"If our churches are to flourish, we need to be multi- directional listeners. The first direction we need to be listening in is listening to God—listening to him in his word as the Spirit applies it to our hearts."

"To pursue happiness outside our Maker, and outside the way he made us, is to our demise."

"Our expectation of happiness in this world leads to disappointment because, in reality we're made for another."

"Real, genuine. lasting happiness on  this earth is a by-product of pursuing heaven."