Bill Hybels Quotes

Once 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.
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God Leadership Position Seriously
We made a mistake. What we should have done when people crossed the line of faith and become Christians, we should have started telling people and teaching people that they have to take responsibility to become ‘self feeders.’
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Christian Mistake Spiritual
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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Christian Prayer Rushing
Life’s great moments evolve from simples acts of cooperation with God’s mysterious promptings.
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Cooperation Moments Mysterious
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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Leader Light Our World
You’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.
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Jobs Leader Passion
Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them
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Church God Love People
The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.
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Community Conflict Spirit
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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Behavior Humans Levels
Build something with enduring value.
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Endure Something Values
Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence.
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Discipline Doe Heaven
Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
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Ability Energy Valuable
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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Pursue Safe Vision
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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Men People Unique
Humility enables us to learn from each other.
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Each Other Enables Humility
If you are anything like me you’ll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.
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Battle Fighting Home Running
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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Hands Jesus Nails Pierced
Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
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Character Quality Spiritual
God made you on purpose, for a purpose
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God Made Purpose
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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Encouraging Evil Giving Humble Somebody
God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.
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Delight Pouring Risk
It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.
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Coincidence Praying
The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.
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Church Hands Leader
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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Changing Country Jesus Life
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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Equipment Exercise Prayer
it’s to figure out what God wants to get done in this world, figure out what role you play in that, and then to move something or someone from here to there.
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God Someone Something World
There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
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Local Church Locals Nothing

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