Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
BILL HYBELSPersonally, I’ve never understood inactivity. Why a person would sit when he could soar, be a spectator when he could play, or atrophy when he could develop…is beyond me!
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.
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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.
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People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.
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Leaders need to have a ruthless commitment to resolving relational conflict regardless of how bad it feels.
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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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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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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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God made you on purpose, for a purpose
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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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Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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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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