God 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 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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Enjoy every single day you get to lead because it will be over in a blink.
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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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Personally, I’ve never understood inactivity. Why a person would sit when he could soar, be a spectator when he could play, or atrophy when he could develop…is beyond me!
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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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Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.
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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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It’s spelled ‘D-O-N-E’, which means that what we could never for ourselves, Christ has already done for us. To become a real Christian is to humbly receive God’s gift of forgiveness and to commit to following His leadership.
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God didn’t make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
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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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The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them
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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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Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?
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This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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Build something with enduring value.
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