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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There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.
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You don’t have to be any more talented, any richer, any slimmer, any smarter, any more or less of anything to partner with God. All you have to be is willing to be used by him in everyday way
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You can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.
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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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Your culture will only ever be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be.
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Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.
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Personally, I’ve never understood inactivity. Why a person would sit when he could soar, be a spectator when he could play, or atrophy when he could develop…is beyond me!
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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can. You will read when you feel like it, and you will read when you don’t.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.
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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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God wants to father all of us until we’re dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.
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Life is too short and the world too compassion-starved for you to keep subsisting in situations that drag you down and curtail your potential to help advance the Kingdom. There’s just too much at stake.
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When God transforms the life of just one leader, that leader can transform a church. When one church is transformed, you can transform a community.
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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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