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 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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I’m praying to the God who has always been faithful to me, who has never let me down no matter how frightened I was or how difficult the situation looked.
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One thing is that life’s great moments evolve from simple acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings-nudges that always lean toward finding what’s been lost and freeing what’s been enslaved .
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Our conduct will never change God’s character.
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Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It’s true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
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Life’s great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings.
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There’s nothing like the local church when it’s working right. Its beauty is indescribable. Its power is breathtaking. Its potential is unlimited. No other organization on earth is like the church. Nothing even comes close.
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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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This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
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You don’t have to be any more talented, any richer, any slimmer, any smarter, any more or less of anything to partner with God. All you have to be is willing to be used by him in everyday way
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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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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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I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.
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If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.
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Most people feel best about themselves when they have given their very best.
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The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.
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Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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Whatever the capacity for human suffering, the church has a greater capacity for healing and wholeness.
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It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
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God made you on purpose, for a purpose
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Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
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It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person’s lead.
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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.
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I’m praying to a God who wants to bear fruit through me, and I am going to trust that he is going to use me tonight. Not because of who I am, but because of who he is. He is faithful.
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One of the greatest thrills in all of life is to feel the hand of God working through you and to be a part of the working reality of the church engaged in a movement larger than self.
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Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
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