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.
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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I would never want to reach out someday with a soft, uncallused hand-a hand never dirtied by serving-and shake the nail-pierced hand of Jesus.
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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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Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world.
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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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it’s to figure out what God wants to get done in this world, figure out what role you play in that, and then to move something or someone from here to there.
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Legacy leaders are the only ones wiling to pay the price to fix a broken culture.
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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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Your culture will only ever be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be.
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God wants to father all of us until we’re dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.
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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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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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It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
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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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Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
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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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