I’m praying to a God who wants to bear fruit through me, and I am going to trust that he is going to use me tonight. Not because of who I am, but because of who he is. He is faithful.
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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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Most 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.
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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father – authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.
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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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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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it’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.
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And they fail to understand that the only people with the strength to pay that price are those who have plumbed the depths of their relationship with God, and have dealt with their own brokenness.
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Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
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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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The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.
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Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It’s true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
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Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
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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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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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