One of the greatest thrills in all of life is to feel the hand of God working through you and to be a part of the working reality of the church engaged in a movement larger than self.
BILL HYBELSI’m praying to the God who has always been faithful to me, who has never let me down no matter how frightened I was or how difficult the situation looked.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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The Lord’s Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God’s attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.
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For a marriage relationship to flourish, there must be intimacy. It takes an enormous amount of courage to say to your spouse, ‘This is me. I’m not proud of it – in fact, I’m a little embarrassed by it – but this is who I am.
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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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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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Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
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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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Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
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Vision is the most powerful weapon in the leader’s arsenal.
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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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It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
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There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
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Don’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
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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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I would never want to reach out someday with a soft, uncallused hand-a hand never dirtied by serving-and shake the nail-pierced hand of Jesus.
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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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