Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?
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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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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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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The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.
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Enjoy every single day you get to lead because it will be over in a blink.
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God made you on purpose, for a purpose
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It’s not the things I don’t understand about the Bible that bother me; it’s the things I understand with perfect clarity and don’t comply with that keep me up at night.
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When God transforms the life of just one leader, that leader can transform a church. When one church is transformed, you can transform a community.
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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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Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
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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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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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If your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.
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Legacy leaders are the only ones wiling to pay the price to fix a broken culture.
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The Lord’s Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God’s attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.
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The real deal is always going to win in the end.
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