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.
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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
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We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become ‘self feeders.’
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Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
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The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.
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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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God didn’t make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
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You can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.
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You may well have to simplify to live the life God is inviting you to live.
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God wants to father all of us until we’re dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.
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Our minds, like the needle in that compass, can focus on a variety of subjects throughout the day. But in the end, when they’re left alone to settle, they’ll focus on the objects of our greatest affection.
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