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Church work ought to be at its core the work of loving people like God loves them

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Bill Hybels
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
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Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Kalamazoo
Michigan
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Jesus is not directing the angelic choir, taking long naps, or doing crossword puzzles. He is completely focused on building his church, the hope of the world.
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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. You will do whatever you have to do to increase your leadership input, because you know as well as I do that it will make you better.
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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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Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness.
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People won't give their best unless their leader challenges them to do so.
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Storms draw something out of us that calm seas don't.
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God made you on purpose, for a purpose
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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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Leadership grit begets grit. Lead by example.
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The grander the vision the greater the price tag.
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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.
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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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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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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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It's a huge responsibility to have influence and to steward it in a way that leads to God-honoring leadership.
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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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The best gift you can give a human being is an introduction to a God who loves them.
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Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
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