We 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 HYBELSYou will do whatever you have to do to increase your leadership input, because you know as well as I do that it will make you better.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?
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Everyone wins when a leader gets better
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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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Humility enables us to learn from each other.
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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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Religion is spelled ‘D-O’, because it consists of the things people do try to somehow gain God’s forgiveness and favor. But the problem is that you never know when you’ve done enough. But thankfully, Christianity is spelled differently.
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The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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The Lord’s Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God’s attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.
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It’s incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God’s plan
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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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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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And 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.
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You can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.
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If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!
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