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 HYBELSThe 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 HYBELSSelf awareness allows you to self-correct.
BILL HYBELSIf there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
BILL HYBELSVisionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.
BILL HYBELSI can write about prayer, you can read about prayer, but sooner or later you have to fall to your knees and just plain pray. Then, and only then, will you begin to operate in the vein of God’s miracle-working ways.
BILL HYBELSThere is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
BILL HYBELSIf you are anything like me you’ll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.
BILL HYBELSIf 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.
BILL HYBELSGod 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.
BILL HYBELSAuthentic 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.
BILL HYBELSIs the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?
BILL HYBELSGod is looking for women and men who are full on for Him… people who have abandoned their own program and are just looking for how they can use their unique talents and abilities to further God’s activities and programs in this world.
BILL HYBELSWhatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
BILL HYBELSDon’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
BILL HYBELSIf the request is wrong, God says, No. If the timing is wrong, God says, Slow. If you are wrong, God says, Grow. But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, Go!
BILL HYBELSThe worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.
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