Prayerless people cut themselves off from God’s prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.
BILL HYBELSIf you don’t change your schedule, you’ll be the same person you’ve always been.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Our minds, like the needle in that compass, can focus on a variety of subjects throughout the day. But in the end, when they’re left alone to settle, they’ll focus on the objects of our greatest affection.
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it’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.
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The real deal is always going to win in the end.
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If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
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I 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.
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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.
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People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.
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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.
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The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.
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It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
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Coaching is the most important servant/leadership element in helping people accomplish their goals.
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It’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.
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If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.
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