Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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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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There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
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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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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I’d see it in my lifetime.
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We live in a world that is crying out for better leadership.
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The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.
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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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We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.
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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.
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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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Self awareness allows you to self-correct.
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Authentic 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.
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