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.
BILL HYBELSit’s to figure out what God wants to get done in this world, figure out what role you play in that, and then to move something or someone from here to there.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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Prayerless people cut themselves off from God’s prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.
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You 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.
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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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Effective leaders do not fear passion. They welcome it. But from time to time passionate discussions digress into personal attacks, and real people get really hurt. In my view, leaders must head that off before it happens.
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Vision is the most powerful weapon in the leader’s arsenal.
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Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?
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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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When God transforms the life of just one leader, that leader can transform a church. When one church is transformed, you can transform a community.
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The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.
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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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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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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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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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Leaders have to figure it out when there is no road map.
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