I 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.
BILL HYBELSChurch work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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You can live and lead small, live and lead safe, live and lead selfishly, or you can pursue a grander vision.
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You may well have to simplify to live the life God is inviting you to live.
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You are the most difficult person you will ever lead.
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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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When God transforms the life of just one leader, that leader can transform a church. When one church is transformed, you can transform a community.
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The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.
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Everyone wins when a leader gets better
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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.
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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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This is the power and the promise of full-throttle faith, of living a life fueled solely by God.
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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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We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.
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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can. You will read when you feel like it, and you will read when you don’t.
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Prayerless people cut themselves off from God’s prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.
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It’s not the things I don’t understand about the Bible that bother me; it’s the things I understand with perfect clarity and don’t comply with that keep me up at night.
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