Bill Hybels: Pray

“Sensing the carelessness and one-sidedness of our prayers, we start to feel guilty about praying. Guilt leads to faint-heartedness and that in turn leads to prayerlessness.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Feeling , Sense

“When Jesus prayed the model prayer we call the Lord's Prayer, his first requests were that God's name be shown reverence, that his kingdom come, that his will be done.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God

“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

“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

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

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“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

“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

“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

“The key is to practice praying - and to practice praying regularly, privately, sincerely and specifically.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Sincerity

“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.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Way , Reading

“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.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Faith , Mountain

“One reason we stop praying or let our prayer lives fade is that we are too comfortable.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“I sometimes wonder if my requests are legitimate. So I'm honest with God. I say, "Lord, I don't know if I have the right to ask for this. I don't know how I should pray about it. But I hand it over to your now, and if you'll tell me how to pray, I'll pray your way."”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Way

“Sin is plenty strong enough to create an ever-widening gap in one's relationship with God. The wider the gap, the less likely we are to pray. And the less we pray, the wider the gap becomes.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Strong

“If you're tolerating sin in your life, my friend, don't waste your breath praying unless it's a prayer of confession.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Life

“When the spirit of adoration takes over and we begin pondering God's attributes, we soon say from the heart, 'I am praying to a tremendous God!' Which only motivates us to keep on praying.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Motivation , Heart