Bill Hybels: Trending quotes (page 2)

“Adoration in prayer purges our spirit and prepares us to listen to God.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God

“As you walk with God, your faith will grow, your confidence will increase and your prayers will have real power.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Faith , Confidence

“God isn't interested in stock phrases. Talk to him. Talk to the Father sincerely.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Sincerity

“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.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God

“Don't let your prayers turn into a wish list for Santa Claus. Worship God and praise him when you come to him in prayer.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God

“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.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Love , God , Christ , Forgetting

“If you let even a little sin into your heart, it's going to contaminate your prayers. Your Christian life will not achieve its full potential.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Life , Heart

“A lot of spiritual gains come through pain, hurt, struggle, confusion and disappointment.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Pain , Disappointment , Hurt

“Our spirits, like our bodies, have requirements for health and growth. Some people don't want to pay the price of developing good spiritual habits.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

People , Health

“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.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Life

“Out-of-balance praying leads to no praying at all!”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“Prayer is a bridge from despair to hope.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Hope , Despair

“Don't ask God to bless junk food and miraculously transform it so that it has nutritional value. That's not how God works.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Food

“Our prayers can be more than empty wishes, vain hopes or feeble aspirations – but only when they are prayed from faith-filled hearts.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Faith , Hope , Heart

“Developing prayer fitness is similar to developing physical fitness: we must follow a pattern in order to stay balanced.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“When I pray, I'm not just telling God my problems, but rather I'm turning over my biggest concerns to him. It's only when I've put them in his capable hands that I can go about my day in his strength and freedom.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Problem , Freedom

“Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“Keep on praying because the Father does listen. He loves our company, he wants us to endure in prayerfulness and he is eager to do whatever is best for us.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Love

“How would you feel if your prayer requests were made public, displayed on a billboard or marquee? "Dear Lord, make me famous. Make me rich."”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Feeling

“We can have no deep, ongoing fellowship with God unless we obey him - totally.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God