Life’s great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings.
BILL HYBELSThe tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Coaching is the most important servant/leadership element in helping people accomplish their goals.
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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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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.
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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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I can write about prayer, you can read about prayer, but sooner or later you have to fall to your knees and just plain pray. Then, and only then, will you begin to operate in the vein of God’s miracle-working ways.
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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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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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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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People join organizations, they leave managers.
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There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
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Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
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Don’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
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I can usually sense that a leading is from the Holy Spirit when it calls me to humble myself, serve somebody, encourage somebody or give something away. Very rarely will the evil one lead us to do those kinds of things.
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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.
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A leader’s most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.
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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
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The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.
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God didn’t make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
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If you are anything like me you’ll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.
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Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
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