Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.
BILL HYBELSYou may well have to simplify to live the life God is inviting you to live.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
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It’s incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God’s plan
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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.
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If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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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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Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?
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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
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The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.
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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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The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.
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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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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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You 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.
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If the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!
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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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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.
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If you don’t change your schedule, you’ll be the same person you’ve always been.
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Humility enables us to learn from each other.
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Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let’s not go to Church, let’s be the Church.
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Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!
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Religion is spelled ‘D-O’, because it consists of the things people do try to somehow gain God’s forgiveness and favor. But the problem is that you never know when you’ve done enough. But thankfully, Christianity is spelled differently.
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For a marriage relationship to flourish, there must be intimacy. It takes an enormous amount of courage to say to your spouse, ‘This is me. I’m not proud of it – in fact, I’m a little embarrassed by it – but this is who I am.
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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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Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
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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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