God made you on purpose, for a purpose
BILL HYBELSTen 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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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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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It’s not the things I don’t understand about the Bible that bother me; it’s the things I understand with perfect clarity and don’t comply with that keep me up at night.
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Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
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Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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People won’t give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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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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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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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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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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This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
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