Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
BILL HYBELSDon’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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It helps certain church leaders identify the fact that they have the spiritual gift of leadership that the Bible talks about in Romans 12:8.
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Coaching is the most important servant/leadership element in helping people accomplish their goals.
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Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.
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Prayerless people cut themselves off from God’s prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.
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Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness.
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Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I’d see it in my lifetime.
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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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If you are too busy or too proud to pray with your children, you are too busy and too proud.
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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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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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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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Savor every day you have the privilege to lead.
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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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