How 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 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 HYBELSDevelop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
BILL HYBELSThe tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
BILL HYBELSI can write about prayer, you can read about prayer, but sooner or later you have to fall to your knees and just plain pray. Then, and only then, will you begin to operate in the vein of God’s miracle-working ways.
BILL HYBELSLeadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.
BILL HYBELSIf you don’t change your schedule, you’ll be the same person you’ve always been.
BILL HYBELSLeadership is not for the faint of heart
BILL HYBELSAnd they fail to understand that the only people with the strength to pay that price are those who have plumbed the depths of their relationship with God, and have dealt with their own brokenness.
BILL HYBELSYour culture will only ever be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be.
BILL HYBELSIt takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
BILL HYBELSPersonally, I’ve never understood inactivity. Why a person would sit when he could soar, be a spectator when he could play, or atrophy when he could develop…is beyond me!
BILL HYBELSI can usually sense that a leading is from the Holy Spirit when it calls me to humble myself, serve somebody, encourage somebody or give something away. Very rarely will the evil one lead us to do those kinds of things.
BILL HYBELSJesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world.
BILL HYBELSOne thing is that life’s great moments evolve from simple acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings-nudges that always lean toward finding what’s been lost and freeing what’s been enslaved .
BILL HYBELSMost people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.
BILL HYBELSIt’s spelled ‘D-O-N-E’, which means that what we could never for ourselves, Christ has already done for us. To become a real Christian is to humbly receive God’s gift of forgiveness and to commit to following His leadership.
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