I’m praying to a God who wants to bear fruit through me, and I am going to trust that he is going to use me tonight. Not because of who I am, but because of who he is. He is faithful.
BILL HYBELSChurch is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let’s not go to Church, let’s be the Church.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
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If I’ve learned anything about prayer, it’s that desperation drives discipline.
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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.’
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How do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting your focus from the size of your mountain to the sufficiency of the Mountain Mover and then stepping forward in obedience.
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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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Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.
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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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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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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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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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Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness.
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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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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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Leaders need to have a ruthless commitment to resolving relational conflict regardless of how bad it feels.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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