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.
BILL HYBELSOnce you understand that God has given a gift, then training becomes more seriously. When you receive better training, you become more effective in the leadership position that God has assigned to you.
More Bill Hybels Quotes
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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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To be developed as a leader, failure must be allowed. Failure only helps us improve.
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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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Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.
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Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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Personally, I’ve never understood inactivity. Why a person would sit when he could soar, be a spectator when he could play, or atrophy when he could develop…is beyond me!
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If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
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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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The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.
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Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness.
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Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it.
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If I’ve learned anything about prayer, it’s that desperation drives discipline.
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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.
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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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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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