A label is a soul-tattoo that is ingrained deep in our hearts, so much so that it determines how we see ourselves, And how we see ourselves determines how we live... A destructive label leads to a destructive life. There is a soul thief, a dark enemy, who wants to nail ruinous labels to your heart so that he can steal your life. Jesus wants to give you life giving labels that release your potential for the good of the world.

Derwin L. Gray

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Being born again happens in an instant. Learning to live as a chi... by Derwin L. Gray

Being born again happens in an instant. Learning to live as a child of God takes a lifetime.

born-again lifetime children

People live out of either the hurt they feel or the healing Jesus provides. Your parents will never be perfect. And you will never be a perfect parent. But there is a perfect God who, over time, will bring healing to hurtful circumstances.

hurt healing jesus

You are a trophy of God's grace. He has future accomplishments wi... by Derwin L. Gray

You are a trophy of God's grace. He has future accomplishments with your name written on them.

accomplishment grace names

Substance and content over style and hype any day. by Derwin L. Gray

Substance and content over style and hype any day.

hype leadership christian

Local churches are ten times more segregated than the neighborhoods they are in and they are twenty times more segregated than the schools than the nearby schools.

twenties church school

Only 13.7% of churches in America are consider multiethnic. This means that 86.3 % of churches are homogenous.

church mean america

We must, by God's grace, embody the vision. If not, we are duplic... by Derwin L. Gray

We must, by God's grace, embody the vision. If not, we are duplicitous.

gods-grace vision grace

I coach church planters to look at the ethnic diversity of schools and neighborhoods they are near. This will be an indicator how ethnically diverse their congregation can become.

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You cannot cast a vision that has not cast a spell over you. by Derwin L. Gray

You cannot cast a vision that has not cast a spell over you.

over-you leadership christian

Leaders are like point guards, we set people up to score. by Derwin L. Gray

Leaders are like point guards, we set people up to score.

leadership christian people

It's hard to sin if you're preoccupied with Jesus. by Derwin L. Gray

It's hard to sin if you're preoccupied with Jesus.

leadership christian jesus

God will crush the pride out of us one way or another. He loves us, and His glory, too much not to do it.

crush too-much pride

Jesus' epic work through his sinless life, atoning death, resurrection, and ascension, and the sending of the Spirit, was so that God could have an ethnically diverse family of Jews and Gentiles.

ascension epic jesus

1 Timothy 3 lists only one gift, teaching, then follows w a list... by Derwin L. Gray

1 Timothy 3 lists only one gift, teaching, then follows w a list of character traits.

teaching leadership christian

When everything comes from Jesus, it is spiritual insanity to hav... by Derwin L. Gray

When everything comes from Jesus, it is spiritual insanity to have any form of pride.

pride spiritual jesus