God wants to father all of us until we’re dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.
BILL HYBELSGod delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father – authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.
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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
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If 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.
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If we were to boil down Christianity to its core, we’d be left with simply this: relationship with God. The living, loving God of the universe has spoken throughout history, and still speaks today – not just to pastors or priests, but to anyone who will listen. God will speak to you.
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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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It’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
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It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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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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Self awareness allows you to self-correct.
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I 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.
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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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There isn’t a single motivation, thought, act, or word that has slipped out of your being and escaped the full, undivided attention of God.
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Life is too short and the world too compassion-starved for you to keep subsisting in situations that drag you down and curtail your potential to help advance the Kingdom. There’s just too much at stake.
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