Bill Hybels quotes

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. (Bill Hybels)
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. View quote
Bill Hybels
Authentic Christianity is a supernatural walk with a living, dynamic, communicating God. View quote
Bill Hybels
I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity. View quote
Bill Hybels
Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good. View quote
Bill Hybels
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. View quote
Bill Hybels
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. View quote
Bill Hybels
The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do. View quote
Bill Hybels
Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It's true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer. View quote
Bill Hybels
I can write about prayer, you can read about prayer...but sooner or later you have to fall to your knees and just plain pray. Then, and only then, will you begin to operate in the vein of God's miracle-working ways. View quote
Bill Hybels
If the request is wrong, God says, "No." If the timing is wrong, God says, "Slow." If you are wrong, God says, "Grow." But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, "Go!" (Bill Hybels)
Don't ask God to bless junk food and miraculously transform it so that it has nutritional value. That's not how God works. View quote
Bill Hybels
God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers. View quote
Bill Hybels
Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live. View quote
Bill Hybels
How do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting your focus from the size of your mountain to the sufficiency of the Mountain Mover and then stepping forward in obedience. View quote
Bill Hybels
Nothing that matters in this world happens unless leaders lead it. View quote
Bill Hybels
Dignity does not float down from heaven it cannot be purchased nor manufactured. It is a reward reserved for those who labor with diligence. View quote
Bill Hybels
It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead. View quote
Bill Hybels
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. View quote
Bill Hybels
Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity. View quote
Bill Hybels
More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat. (Bill Hybels)
We will probably have to pay a price for devoting our lives to building the kingdom of God. Jesus did. View quote
Bill Hybels
Never forget that if you are God's child through Jesus Christ, you are praying to a Father who couldn't love you more than he already does. View quote
Bill Hybels
Prayer is a bridge from despair to hope. View quote
Bill Hybels
Confession is probably the most neglected area of personal prayer. View quote
Bill Hybels