I 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 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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.
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Every single decision you make as a leader has an effect on the spirit of those you lead.
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This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
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Leadership is not for the faint of heart
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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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You can never underestimate the amount of energy and frequency you must give to vision casting. You can never underestimate it.
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If you don’t change your schedule, you’ll be the same person you’ve always been.
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Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!
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Self awareness allows you to self-correct.
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Effective leaders do not fear passion. They welcome it. But from time to time passionate discussions digress into personal attacks, and real people get really hurt. In my view, leaders must head that off before it happens.
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One of the greatest thrills in all of life is to feel the hand of God working through you and to be a part of the working reality of the church engaged in a movement larger than self.
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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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Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.
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Most 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.
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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.
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