I’m praying to a God who wants to bear fruit through me, and I am going to trust that he is going to use me tonight. Not because of who I am, but because of who he is. He is faithful.
BILL HYBELSI’m praying to a God who wants to bear fruit through me, and I am going to trust that he is going to use me tonight. Not because of who I am, but because of who he is. He is faithful.
BILL HYBELSIt’s a huge responsibility to have influence and to steward it in a way that leads to God-honoring leadership.
BILL HYBELSIf you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.
BILL HYBELSLeaders have to figure it out when there is no road map.
BILL HYBELSIt’s not the things I don’t understand about the Bible that bother me; it’s the things I understand with perfect clarity and don’t comply with that keep me up at night.
BILL HYBELSI hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.
BILL HYBELSLive each day with an open ear toward heaven, eager to respond to any whisper from God.
BILL HYBELSThere’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.
BILL HYBELSWe made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become ‘self feeders.’
BILL HYBELSEveryone wins when a leader gets better
BILL HYBELSHow do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting your focus from the size of your mountain to the sufficiency of the Mountain Mover and then stepping forward in obedience.
BILL HYBELSYou are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
BILL HYBELSThe worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.
BILL HYBELSMost unmarried people have no idea what it takes to make a marriage work; they grossly underestimate the price people have to pay to build long-term, mutually satisfying relationships.
BILL HYBELSIf you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can. You will read when you feel like it, and you will read when you don’t.
BILL HYBELSPeople won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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