It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
BILL HYBELSAnd they fail to understand that the only people with the strength to pay that price are those who have plumbed the depths of their relationship with God, and have dealt with their own brokenness.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
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Humility enables us to learn from each other.
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Vision is the most powerful weapon in the leader’s arsenal.
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Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.
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Your culture will only ever be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be.
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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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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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You can never underestimate the amount of energy and frequency you must give to vision casting. You can never underestimate it.
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If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!
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Leaders have to figure it out when there is no road map.
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The leader is the organization’s top strategist… systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.
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Religion is spelled ‘D-O’, because it consists of the things people do try to somehow gain God’s forgiveness and favor. But the problem is that you never know when you’ve done enough. But thankfully, Christianity is spelled differently.
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