Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I’d see it in my lifetime.
BILL HYBELSTen years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I’d see it in my lifetime.
BILL HYBELSBuild something with enduring value.
BILL HYBELSGod didn’t make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
BILL HYBELSDignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
BILL HYBELSThis is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
BILL HYBELSReligion is spelled ‘D-O’, because it consists of the things people do try to somehow gain God’s forgiveness and favor. But the problem is that you never know when you’ve done enough. But thankfully, Christianity is spelled differently.
BILL HYBELSLife is too short and the world too compassion-starved for you to keep subsisting in situations that drag you down and curtail your potential to help advance the Kingdom. There’s just too much at stake.
BILL HYBELSGod made you on purpose, for a purpose
BILL HYBELSIf your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.
BILL HYBELSit’s to figure out what God wants to get done in this world, figure out what role you play in that, and then to move something or someone from here to there.
BILL HYBELSChurch is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let’s not go to Church, let’s be the Church.
BILL HYBELSIf you are anything like me you’ll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.
BILL HYBELSNothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
BILL HYBELSFor a marriage relationship to flourish, there must be intimacy. It takes an enormous amount of courage to say to your spouse, ‘This is me. I’m not proud of it – in fact, I’m a little embarrassed by it – but this is who I am.
BILL HYBELSWe live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.
BILL HYBELSThere isn’t a single motivation, thought, act, or word that has slipped out of your being and escaped the full, undivided attention of God.
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