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.
BILL HYBELSGod wants to father all of us until we’re dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.
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I’m praying to the God who has always been faithful to me, who has never let me down no matter how frightened I was or how difficult the situation looked.
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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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We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.
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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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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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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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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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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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Everyone wins when a leader gets better
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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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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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Once you understand that God has given a gift, then training becomes more seriously. When you receive better training, you become more effective in the leadership position that God has assigned to you.
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It’s a huge responsibility to have influence and to steward it in a way that leads to God-honoring leadership.
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