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.
BILL HYBELSDestructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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I can write about prayer, you can read about prayer, but sooner or later you have to fall to your knees and just plain pray. Then, and only then, will you begin to operate in the vein of God’s miracle-working ways.
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There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
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You 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
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God didn’t make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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How 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.
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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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It’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
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If I’ve learned anything about prayer, it’s that desperation drives discipline.
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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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Everyone wins when a leader gets better
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If it’s the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.
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Whenever you see something going well – whenever light begins to chase back the darkness that threatens to engulf our world – look closely. There stands a leader who is holding that candle.
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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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