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There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.

Bill Hybels

Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
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Church Healing Suffering
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
It’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
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Another One Thing Vision
If we were to boil down Christianity to its core, we’d be left with simply this: relationship with God. The living, loving God of the universe has spoken throughout history, and still speaks today – not just to pastors or priests, but to anyone who will listen. God will speak to you.
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Christianity Speak Today
We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.
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Average Blind Spots Weakness
Live each day with an open ear toward heaven, eager to respond to any whisper from God.
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Day Each Ears Heaven
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
The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them
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Motivated People Way
Coaching is the most important servant/leadership element in helping people accomplish their goals.
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Coaching Goals People
There isn’t a single motivation, thought, act, or word that has slipped out of your being and escaped the full, undivided attention of God.
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Attention Escaped Motivation Undivided
Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?
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Levels Lord Noise
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
Don’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
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Conversation Credibility Way
The leader is the organization’s top strategist… systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.
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Envisioning Leadership Organization
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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Christian Mistake Spiritual
People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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Giving Leader People

There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.

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There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.

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