Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
BILL HYBELSChurch work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
BILL HYBELSBusyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
BILL HYBELSYou will do whatever you have to do to increase your leadership input, because you know as well as I do that it will make you better.
BILL HYBELSDon’t get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment
BILL HYBELSIf you are too busy or too proud to pray with your children, you are too busy and too proud.
BILL HYBELSIt’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
BILL HYBELSYour energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
BILL HYBELSIf there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
BILL HYBELSHow 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.
BILL HYBELSA leader’s most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.
BILL HYBELSit’s to figure out what God wants to get done in this world, figure out what role you play in that, and then to move something or someone from here to there.
BILL HYBELSTruly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
BILL HYBELSAnd 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.
BILL HYBELSYou 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
BILL HYBELSMost unmarried people have no idea what it takes to make a marriage work; they grossly underestimate the price people have to pay to build long-term, mutually satisfying relationships.
BILL HYBELSAuthentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.
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