Our conduct will never change God’s character.
BILL HYBELSDon’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.
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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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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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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
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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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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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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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We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become ‘self feeders.’
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The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.
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It’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
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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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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
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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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This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
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