Every single decision you make as a leader has an effect on the spirit of those you lead.
BILL HYBELSThis is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Religion 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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It’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
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If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
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Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
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If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.
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Don’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
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Authentic Christians are persons who stand apart from others. Their character seems deeper, their ideas fresher, their spirit softer, their courage greater, their leadership stronger, their concerns wider, their compassion more genuine and their convictions more concrete.
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And they fail to understand that the only people with the strength to pay that price are those who have plumbed the depths of their relationship with God, and have dealt with their own brokenness.
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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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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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If it’s the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.
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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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God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.
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Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!
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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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Once you understand that God has given a gift, then training becomes more seriously. When you receive better training, you become more effective in the leadership position that God has assigned to you.
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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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I can usually sense that a leading is from the Holy Spirit when it calls me to humble myself, serve somebody, encourage somebody or give something away. Very rarely will the evil one lead us to do those kinds of things.
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There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.
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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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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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This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
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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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When you get to the end will God say, “Well done,” or, “What was up with that?”
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Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
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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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