I would never want to reach out someday with a soft, uncallused hand-a hand never dirtied by serving-and shake the nail-pierced hand of Jesus.
BILL HYBELSPlaying around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It’s true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
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Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.
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If you don’t change your schedule, you’ll be the same person you’ve always been.
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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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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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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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Your culture will only ever be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be.
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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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it’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.
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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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The grander the vision the greater the price tag.
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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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Live each day with an open ear toward heaven, eager to respond to any whisper from God.
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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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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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