God is looking for women and men who are full on for Him… people who have abandoned their own program and are just looking for how they can use their unique talents and abilities to further God’s activities and programs in this world.
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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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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We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.
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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.
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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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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
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Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
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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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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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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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Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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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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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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