Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world.
BILL HYBELSEveryone wins when a leader gets better
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Life’s great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings.
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You can never underestimate the amount of energy and frequency you must give to vision casting. You can never underestimate it.
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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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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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If you are anything like me you’ll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.
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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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Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.
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Don’t get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment
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If we were to boil down Christianity to its core, we’d be left with simply this: relationship with God. The living, loving God of the universe has spoken throughout history, and still speaks today – not just to pastors or priests, but to anyone who will listen. God will speak to you.
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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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The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
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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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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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Personally, I’ve never understood inactivity. Why a person would sit when he could soar, be a spectator when he could play, or atrophy when he could develop…is beyond me!
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The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.
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The grander the vision the greater the price tag.
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God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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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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Nothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church.
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There isn’t a single motivation, thought, act, or word that has slipped out of your being and escaped the full, undivided attention of God.
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Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
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Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don’t.
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And when enough churches are thriving, you can affect a region, a country, and eventually the entire world with the positive, life-changing power of Jesus Christ and the redeeming and restoring work of his people.
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It helps certain church leaders identify the fact that they have the spiritual gift of leadership that the Bible talks about in Romans 12:8.
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