God didn’t make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
BILL HYBELSIf 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!
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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Life’s great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings.
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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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Every single decision you make as a leader has an effect on the spirit of those you lead.
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People join organizations, they leave managers.
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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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Personally, I’ve never understood inactivity. Why a person would sit when he could soar, be a spectator when he could play, or atrophy when he could develop…is beyond me!
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A leader’s most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.
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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
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It helps certain church leaders identify the fact that they have the spiritual gift of leadership that the Bible talks about in Romans 12:8.
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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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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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Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.
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Live each day with an open ear toward heaven, eager to respond to any whisper from God.
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Prayerless people cut themselves off from God’s prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.
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