The best inspirational quotes are distributed daily to make a positive difference in your life. Many of these Kevin Rayner has collected for preaching / teaching. You could call some, "Sentence Sermons."
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The further you go in life, the more you realize what you're going to leave this Earth. It's not going to be, 'It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl,' but really and truly what you're going to leave on this Earth is the influence on others. --Joe Gibbs
Stand Tall And Smile = A platform makes us visible—it puts us above the crowd. Your platform is your opportunity to show or say something that can make a positive difference in the lives of others. Make your platform positive, and add value to people.
How Can You Use Your Platform to Serve Your Community? | MWM
Nehemiah 8:5 (NLT) Ezra stood on the platform in full view of all the people. When they saw him open the book, they all rose to their feet.
John 19:13 (NLT) When they said this, Pilate brought Jesus out to them again. Then Pilate sat down on the judgment seat on the platform that is called the Stone Pavement (in Hebrew, Gabbatha ).
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. --Rollo May
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. --Henrik Ibsen
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. --Tom Brokaw
In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. --Marianne Williamson
The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. --CORETTA SCOTT KING
One man can make a difference and every man should try. --JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS
Together we can do so much = There is only so much you can do alone, together you can achieve so much more. Lean on those that surround you and lift you up, allow them to be your biggest cheerleader. It is so valuable to have people that genuinely want to see you succeed in your life!
Rise above average = When you surround yourself with people who want to do better and be better, it will build you up to want to do the same. Together you can accomplish so much and rise above the average person. You will be amazed at how much you can accomplish when you do it with a group of people who want to see you come away better!
Find Your Community = We always do better when we have a community around us to help us get better. When others want you to succeed, you will succeed and do better. Find the community who builds you up, helps you grow, helps you reach the potential you know you have—you need other people to make you better—join that community, that place.
Find A Community That Will Help You Reach Your Goals = Community is one of the greatest things that can help you get to where you want to be. There are no truly self made people, only self made people built inside of communities. There is value in surrounding yourself with a community of like minded people.
How Can You Use Your Platform to Serve Your Community?
Use Your Platform = Community is the ability to use your platform to help improve the lives of others. What can you do? How can you make your community greater? Embrace and increase the strength of your community.
1 Peter 5:9{Resist him}, steadfast in your faith, [because you] know the same [kinds] of sufferings are being accomplished by your community of believers in the world.
Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Galatians 6:2 ESV Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Acts 2:42-47 ESV And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, ...
A beautiful woman uses her lips for Truth, her voice for Kindness, her ears for Compassion, her hands for Charity and her heart for Love. For those who do not like her, she uses Prayer.
Your mind knows only some things. Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything. If you listen to what you know instinctively, it will always lead you down the right path. --Henry Winkler
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love. --Jean de la Bruyere
The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. --Sigmund Freud
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. --Malala Yousafzai
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. --Maya Angelou
The ones who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless. --Oscar Romero
You Can Do More Together = We all want our voice to be more influential. By joining John Maxwell and the Maxwell Certified Team, you get to be bigger and better, and have a greater influence on others. John loans his voice, platform, and in return you can have a greater influence on others. Together you can do a lot more than by yourself. Together you can make a difference in the lives of people.
One of the best gifts you can give someone is allowing their voice to be heard. Add value, speak your truth, and influence those around you! Let's make a difference, together!
In this episode, Chris Goede and Perry Holley delve into aspiring leaders' pursuit of a seat at the organizational table, exploring motivations and necessary actions. They highlight prioritizing influence over title, advocating a broad perspective for organizational value, and underscore the significance of expressing a viewpoint, engaging in conversations, and maintaining a service-oriented mindset. The episode concludes by emphasizing the crucial balance of confidence and humility in leadership, highlighting the value of humility.
Matthew 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”
Proverbs 5:13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.
Acts 10:15 (MSG) The voice came a second time: “If God says it’s okay, it’s okay.”
John 9:37 (MSG) Jesus said, “You’re looking right at him. Don’t you recognize my voice?”
John 5:25 “And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice - the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.
Acts 12:22 The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, “It’s the voice of a god, not of a man!”
John 10:27 ESV My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and he with me.
Remember to pray always and seek the guidance of God who so loves you and your precious children. Note that before God you and your children are the apple of His eyes.
A conductor should guide rather than command. --Riccardo Muti
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer. --W. Somerset Maugham
The Bible is a study guide for social interaction. --Prince
The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us. --Dennis Banks
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon. --George Washington
Men give advice; God gives guidance. --Leonard Ravenhill
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. --John Wooden
You Can Do More Together = We all want our voice to be more influential. By joining John Maxwell and the Maxwell Certified Team, you get to be bigger and better, and have a greater influence on others. John loans his voice, platform, and in return you can have a greater influence on others. Together you can do a lot more than by yourself. Together you can make a difference in the lives of people.
The good stuff always comes with risk—and inevitable failure—and then another risk. Playing it safe will get you the bare minimum—the leftovers, even—all the discarded scraps that those who were willing to take the risks left behind. To get the ripest, juiciest fruit, you’ve got to get out of the shade and out on the limb.
Psalms 32:8 (MSG) Let me give you some good advice; I’m looking you in the eye and giving it to you straight:
Proverbs 16:9 (MSG) We plan the way we want to live, but only God makes us able to live it.
Psalms 25:5 (MSG) Take me by the hand; Lead me down the path of truth. You are my Savior, aren’t you?
Revelation 3:19 (MSG) “The people I love, I call to account—prod and correct and guide so that they’ll live at their best. Up on your feet, then! About face! Run after God!
James 3:4 - Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.
1 Corinthians 4:15 - For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Romans 2:19 - and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,
Acts 8:31 - And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
James 2:4 doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives?
Matthew 15:14 so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”
Galatians 5:16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.
Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.
Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord ; he guides it wherever he pleases.
John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
