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.
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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.
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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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Life’s great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings.
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Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
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Leadership in church is one of the biggest challenges that the Church is facing because without strong leadership, the church rarely lives out its redemptive potentials.
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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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God is looking for women and men who are full on for Him… people who have abandoned their own program and are just looking for how they can use their unique talents and abilities to further God’s activities and programs in this world.
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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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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can. You will read when you feel like it, and you will read when you don’t.
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It’s not the things I don’t understand about the Bible that bother me; it’s the things I understand with perfect clarity and don’t comply with that keep me up at night.
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We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.
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You may well have to simplify to live the life God is inviting you to live.
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God made you on purpose, for a purpose
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Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
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Leadership is not for the faint of heart
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