The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.
BILL HYBELSWhenever you see something going well – whenever light begins to chase back the darkness that threatens to engulf our world – look closely. There stands a leader who is holding that candle.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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He [God] wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father – authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.
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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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Our minds, like the needle in that compass, can focus on a variety of subjects throughout the day. But in the end, when they’re left alone to settle, they’ll focus on the objects of our greatest affection.
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Wise leaders understand that the single greatest determinant of whether followers will ever own a vision deeply is the extent to which whose followers believe the leader will own it.
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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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Don’t get so addicted to vision that the people feel like equipment
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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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Whenever you see something going well – whenever light begins to chase back the darkness that threatens to engulf our world – look closely. There stands a leader who is holding that candle.
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Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution.
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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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You may well have to simplify to live the life God is inviting you to live.
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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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If it’s the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.
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And when enough churches are thriving, you can affect a region, a country, and eventually the entire world with the positive, life-changing power of Jesus Christ and the redeeming and restoring work of his people.
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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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