The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them
BILL HYBELSWhen you get to the end will God say, “Well done,” or, “What was up with that?”
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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You don’t have to be any more talented, any richer, any slimmer, any smarter, any more or less of anything to partner with God. All you have to be is willing to be used by him in everyday way
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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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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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Build something with enduring value.
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When you get to the end will God say, “Well done,” or, “What was up with that?”
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Leadership is not for the faint of heart
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You cannot do leadership without a source of regenerative strength. What is your source?
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He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father – authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.
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It helps certain church leaders identify the fact that they have the spiritual gift of leadership that the Bible talks about in Romans 12:8.
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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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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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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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One of the greatest thrills in all of life is to feel the hand of God working through you and to be a part of the working reality of the church engaged in a movement larger than self.
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Leaders need to have a ruthless commitment to resolving relational conflict regardless of how bad it feels.
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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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