Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
BILL HYBELSYou will do whatever you have to do to increase your leadership input, because you know as well as I do that it will make you better.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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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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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 hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.
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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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Every single decision you make as a leader has an effect on the spirit of those you lead.
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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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Leaders need to have a ruthless commitment to resolving relational conflict regardless of how bad it feels.
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Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It’s true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
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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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If you are too busy or too proud to pray with your children, you are too busy and too proud.
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Leaders have to figure it out when there is no road map.
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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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If you are anything like me you’ll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.
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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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Leadership in church is one of the biggest challenges that the Church is facing because without strong leadership, the church rarely lives out its redemptive potentials.
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A leader’s most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.
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Live each day with an open ear toward heaven, eager to respond to any whisper from God.
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God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.
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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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Nothing on earth has greater potential to change lives and carry out His kingdom work in your community, than your local church.
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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
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We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.
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The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
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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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The real deal is always going to win in the end.
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