Don’t steamroll your way into a conversation before establishing any relational credibility.
BILL HYBELSI 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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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People will not follow a leader with moral incongruities for long. Every time you compromise character you compromise leadership. The foundation of firm leadership is character.
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You can never underestimate the amount of energy and frequency you must give to vision casting. You can never underestimate it.
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These are the people God will tap on the shoulder and say, “Come with me and we’re going to do something great in your lifetime. Come, we’re going to do this together.
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You can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.
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Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
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It helps certain church leaders identify the fact that they have the spiritual gift of leadership that the Bible talks about in Romans 12:8.
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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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Whenever you see something going well – whenever light begins to chase back the darkness that threatens to engulf our world – look closely. There stands a leader who is holding that candle.
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Leaders need to have a ruthless commitment to resolving relational conflict regardless of how bad it feels.
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Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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Don’t get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment
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Legacy leaders are the only ones wiling to pay the price to fix a broken culture.
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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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