Savor every day you have the privilege to lead.
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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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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How do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting your focus from the size of your mountain to the sufficiency of the Mountain Mover and then stepping forward in obedience.
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If your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.
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Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.
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God didn’t make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
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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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Enjoy every single day you get to lead because it will be over in a blink.
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Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness.
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Leadership is not for the faint of heart
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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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Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!
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God made you on purpose, for a purpose
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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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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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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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