This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
BILL HYBELSDon’t get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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These are the people God will tap on the shoulder and say, “Come with me and we’re going to do something great in your lifetime. Come, we’re going to do this together.
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It’s incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God’s plan
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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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If I’ve learned anything about prayer, it’s that desperation drives discipline.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world.
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Everyone wins when a leader gets better
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Nothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church.
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You will do whatever you have to do to increase your leadership input, because you know as well as I do that it will make you better.
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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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I’m praying to the God who has always been faithful to me, who has never let me down no matter how frightened I was or how difficult the situation looked.
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When God transforms the life of just one leader, that leader can transform a church. When one church is transformed, you can transform a community.
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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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If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
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The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.
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The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them
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Humility enables us to learn from each other.
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Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!
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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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God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.
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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.
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The real deal is always going to win in the end.
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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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And when enough churches are thriving, you can affect a region, a country, and eventually the entire world with the positive, life-changing power of Jesus Christ and the redeeming and restoring work of his people.
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