Our 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.
BILL HYBELSThe tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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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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We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.
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Nothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church.
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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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It’s incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God’s plan
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Don’t get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment
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Life’s great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings.
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We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.
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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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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 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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The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.
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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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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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