You may well have to simplify to live the life God is inviting you to live.
BILL HYBELSGod wants to father all of us until we’re dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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When God transforms the life of just one leader, that leader can transform a church. When one church is transformed, you can transform a community.
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Life’s great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings.
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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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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.
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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.
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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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Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
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If 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.
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Self awareness allows you to self-correct.
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There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
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For 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.
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We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.
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Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.
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If you are too busy or too proud to pray with your children, you are too busy and too proud.
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