Quotes from Bill Hybels

The tithe is a wonderful goal but a terrible place to stop.

If leaders don't have an antidote for fear they will be crushed by it. What is your antidote?

Simplified living is about more than doing less. It's being who God called us to be, with a wholehearted, single-minded focus. It's walking away from innumerable lesser opportunities in favor of the few to which we've been called and for which we've been created. It's a lifestyle that allows us, when our heads hit the pillow at night, to reflect with gratitude that our day was well invested and the varied responsibilities of our lives are in order.

Our conduct will never change God's character.

Leaders should never apologize for the strength of feeling that accompanies their God-given visions. God designed leaders to experience their longing, their desire, and their drive deeply, and to express it fully. And when they do, they energize others.

I look at tens of thousands of church leaders who still do need a bit of an awakening.

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.

There isn't a single motivation, thought, act, or word that has slipped out of your being and escaped the full, undivided attention of God.

God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.

When Christ- followers act from a place of godly character—when they keep the big picture in mind, when they put others' needs ahead of their own, when they order lives according to kingdom priorities—things change. Big things change.

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

The local church is the hope of the world.