Whenever you see something going well – whenever light begins to chase back the darkness that threatens to engulf our world – look closely. There stands a leader who is holding that candle.
BILL HYBELSIf your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It’s true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
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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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Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.
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It’s a huge responsibility to have influence and to steward it in a way that leads to God-honoring leadership.
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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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God wants to father all of us until we’re dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.
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You don’t have to be any more talented, any richer, any slimmer, any smarter, any more or less of anything to partner with God. All you have to be is willing to be used by him in everyday way
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The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.
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The leader is the organization’s top strategist… systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.
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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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When you get to the end will God say, “Well done,” or, “What was up with that?”
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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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The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.
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There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.
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Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.
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Build something with enduring value.
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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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People join organizations, they leave managers.
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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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The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.
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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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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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It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
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Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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If your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.
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