Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
BILL HYBELSOur minds, like the needle in that compass, can focus on a variety of subjects throughout the day. But in the end, when they’re left alone to settle, they’ll focus on the objects of our greatest affection.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Legacy leaders are the only ones wiling to pay the price to fix a broken culture.
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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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I’m praying to a God who wants to bear fruit through me, and I am going to trust that he is going to use me tonight. Not because of who I am, but because of who he is. He is faithful.
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When you get to the end will God say, “Well done,” or, “What was up with that?”
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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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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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You’re a leader. It’s your job to keep your passion hot. Do whatever you have to do, read whatever you have to read, go wherever you have to go to stay fired up. And don’t apologize to anybody.
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The grander the vision the greater the price tag.
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People join organizations, they leave managers.
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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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If your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.
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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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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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And 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.
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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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