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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.

Bill Hybels

Effective leaders do not fear passion. They welcome it. But from time to time passionate discussions digress into personal attacks, and real people get really hurt. In my view, leaders must head that off before it happens.
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Attack Hurt Passion Personal Real
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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Encouraging Evil Giving Humble Somebody
There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
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Local Church Locals Nothing
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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Battle Fighting Home Running
Every single decision you make as a leader has an effect on the spirit of those you lead.
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Decisions You Leader Make Spirit
Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
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Character Quality Spiritual
People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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Giving Leader People
It’s a huge responsibility to have influence and to steward it in a way that leads to God-honoring leadership.
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Influence Responsibility Way
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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Changing Community Life Organization
Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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Busy Christian Spiritual
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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Appreciate Father Heaven
And when enough churches are thriving, you can affect a region, a country, and eventually the entire world with the positive, life-changing power of Jesus Christ and the redeeming and restoring work of his people.
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Christ Country Eventually Positive Redeeming
People join organizations, they leave managers.
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Manager Organization People
God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.
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Delight Pouring Risk
God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.
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Crowns Easter Jesus
Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
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Authenticity Business Spiritual

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