It’s not the things I don’t understand about the Bible that bother me; it’s the things I understand with perfect clarity and don’t comply with that keep me up at night.
BILL HYBELSIf I’ve learned anything about prayer, it’s that desperation drives discipline.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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The leader is the organization’s top strategist… systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.
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The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
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Don’t get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment
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Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
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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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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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Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.
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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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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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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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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.
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Leaders have to figure it out when there is no road map.
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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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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.
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