The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.
BILL HYBELSReligion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Leadership is not for the faint of heart
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Legacy leaders are the only ones wiling to pay the price to fix a broken culture.
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Most unmarried people have no idea what it takes to make a marriage work; they grossly underestimate the price people have to pay to build long-term, mutually satisfying relationships.
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If I’ve learned anything about prayer, it’s that desperation drives discipline.
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The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.
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Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.
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Live each day with an open ear toward heaven, eager to respond to any whisper from God.
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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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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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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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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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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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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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God didn’t make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
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Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.
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