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.
BILL HYBELSTo be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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I’m praying to a God who wants to bear fruit through me, and I am going to trust that he is going to use me tonight. Not because of who I am, but because of who he is. He is faithful.
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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.
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Most unmarried people have no idea what it takes to make a marriage work; they grossly underestimate the price people have to pay to build long-term, mutually satisfying relationships.
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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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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.
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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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Enjoy every single day you get to lead because it will be over in a blink.
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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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Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?
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If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
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It’s incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God’s plan
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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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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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