For a marriage relationship to flourish, there must be intimacy. It takes an enormous amount of courage to say to your spouse, ‘This is me. I’m not proud of it – in fact, I’m a little embarrassed by it – but this is who I am.
BILL HYBELSWhen God transforms the life of just one leader, that leader can transform a church. When one church is transformed, you can transform a community.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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It’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
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Vision is the most powerful weapon in the leader’s arsenal.
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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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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.
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He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father – authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.
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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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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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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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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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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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The more varied the environments in which you exercise your leadership gift, the stronger that gift will become. You will become a far more effective leader.
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Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world.
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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
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Your culture will only ever be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be.
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Most unmarried people have no idea what it takes to make a marriage work; they grossly underestimate the price people have to pay to build long-term, mutually satisfying relationships.
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