The Lord’s Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God’s attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.
BILL HYBELSYou’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.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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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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Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
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It’s one thing to see a vision; it’s another thing to be seized by a vision.
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If you’re a serious minded leader, you will read. You will read all you can.
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Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
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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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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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Religion is spelled ‘D-O’, because it consists of the things people do try to somehow gain God’s forgiveness and favor. But the problem is that you never know when you’ve done enough. But thankfully, Christianity is spelled differently.
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Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.
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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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Leadership is not for the faint of heart
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You can never underestimate the amount of energy and frequency you must give to vision casting. You can never underestimate it.
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Your culture will only ever be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be.
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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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