It’s incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God’s plan
BILL HYBELSFor 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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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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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It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
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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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One thing is that life’s great moments evolve from simple acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings-nudges that always lean toward finding what’s been lost and freeing what’s been enslaved .
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Vision is the most powerful weapon in the leader’s arsenal.
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I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.
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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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The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them
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If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.
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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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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.
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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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We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become ‘self feeders.’
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