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.
BILL HYBELSYour culture will only ever be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.
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Don’t get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment
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Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I’d see it in my lifetime.
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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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For 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.
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The real deal is always going to win in the end.
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It’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
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Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
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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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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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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.
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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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We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.
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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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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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