Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.
BILL HYBELSReligion 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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Enjoy every single day you get to lead because it will be over in a blink.
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It’s spelled ‘D-O-N-E’, which means that what we could never for ourselves, Christ has already done for us. To become a real Christian is to humbly receive God’s gift of forgiveness and to commit to following His leadership.
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Life is too short and the world too compassion-starved for you to keep subsisting in situations that drag you down and curtail your potential to help advance the Kingdom. There’s just too much at stake.
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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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Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
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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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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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The leader is the organization’s top strategist… systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.
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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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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can. You will read when you feel like it, and you will read when you don’t.
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This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
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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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Prayerless people cut themselves off from God’s prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.
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Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don’t.
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