He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father – authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.
BILL HYBELSNothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
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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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Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
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If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.
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The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.
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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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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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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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Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don’t.
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People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.
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People join organizations, they leave managers.
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The grander the vision the greater the price tag.
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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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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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