209 Quotes by Bill Hybels

Prayerless people cut themselves off from God’s prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.

Not only do you not do your best work in the “dangerously over-challenged” range, but if you stay in this range for very long, something in your life will break. I don’t care how resilient you are, how much energy you naturally possess, or how much mental toughness you think you have; something will break. You will not be exempt from this law. Your health, marriage, connection with your kids, relationship with God, emotional well-being – something is going to crack.

Effective leaders are always monitoring vision leakage.

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.

The only way to motivate people is to live a motivated life in front of them.

Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I’d see it in my lifetime.

A leader’s most valuable asset is not their time but their energy and ability to energize others.

God wants to father all of us until we’re dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.

The mark of community is not the absence of conflict. It’s the presence of a reconciling spirit.