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.
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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Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
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You can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.
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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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If we were to boil down Christianity to its core, we’d be left with simply this: relationship with God. The living, loving God of the universe has spoken throughout history, and still speaks today – not just to pastors or priests, but to anyone who will listen. God will speak to you.
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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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You cannot do leadership without a source of regenerative strength. What is your source?
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Personally, 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!
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Leadership is not for the faint of heart
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If it’s the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.
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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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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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There isn’t a single motivation, thought, act, or word that has slipped out of your being and escaped the full, undivided attention of God.
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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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Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don’t.
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