The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.
BILL HYBELSDignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
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Enjoy every single day you get to lead because it will be over in a blink.
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You’re a leader. It’s your job to keep your passion hot. Do whatever you have to do, read whatever you have to read, go wherever you have to go to stay fired up. And don’t apologize to anybody.
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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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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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There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
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Effective leaders do not fear passion. They welcome it. But from time to time passionate discussions digress into personal attacks, and real people get really hurt. In my view, leaders must head that off before it happens.
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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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You cannot do leadership without a source of regenerative strength. What is your source?
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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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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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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
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Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
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And they fail to understand that the only people with the strength to pay that price are those who have plumbed the depths of their relationship with God, and have dealt with their own brokenness.
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