Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.
BILL HYBELSThe 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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.
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Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world.
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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let’s not go to Church, let’s be the Church.
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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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Self awareness allows you to self-correct.
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Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.
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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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Don’t get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment
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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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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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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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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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Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
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I would never want to reach out someday with a soft, uncallused hand-a hand never dirtied by serving-and shake the nail-pierced hand of Jesus.
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