Sifted Quotes

“We can teach what we know, but ultimately, we will reproduce what we are.”
― Wayne Cordeiro, Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments

“there are two pains in life: the pain of discipline, or the pain of regret. You choose.”
― Wayne Cordeiro, Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments

“God must first accomplish something in you before he can accomplish something through you.”
― Wayne Cordeiro, Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments

“In the information age in which we live, technology has a way of selling us on convenience. If something can’t be done electronically, we are not interested in doing it. But the bottom line for effective ministry must never be our own convenience. It takes blisters, commitment, and a willingness to go wherever the Lord leads us to get it done. This may be a foreign concept to some leaders;”
― Wayne Cordeiro, Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments

“I used to pray, “I’m gonna live for God!” Now I pray, “God, come live through me.” I used to pray, “I’m gonna work for God!” Now I pray, “God, come do your work through me.” I used to pray, “I’m gonna serve God!” Now I pray, “God, please come and serve through”
― Wayne Cordeiro, Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments

“I’ve heard someone say that faith can be defined as living in advance what you will understand only in reverse.”
― Wayne Cordeiro, Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments

“Psalm 42:11 (NIV): “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him.”
― Wayne Cordeiro, Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments

“But here are a few leadership tips learned from scars: Learn quickly what hills you will die on and which ones you must not. Learn when to build bridges and when to draw lines, and don’t get the two mixed up! Learn when to confront and when to let it die and never bring it up again. Learn that when you become a leader, you can never again get angry in public. You can never defend yourself when a staff person or leader has been hurt by your comments. The best thing to do is to begin with the wash of repentance,”
― Wayne Cordeiro, Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments