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.
BILL HYBELSI 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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
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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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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.
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One thing is that life’s great moments evolve from simple acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings-nudges that always lean toward finding what’s been lost and freeing what’s been enslaved .
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The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them
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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.
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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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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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Leadership is not for the faint of heart
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Life is too short and the world too compassion-starved for you to keep subsisting in situations that drag you down and curtail your potential to help advance the Kingdom. There’s just too much at stake.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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Legacy leaders are the only ones wiling to pay the price to fix a broken culture.
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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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