Bill Hybels: Quotes about God (page 2)

“When we make a habit of prayer, we stay constantly tuned to God's presence and open to receive his blessings.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God

“God doesn't want us to pile up impressive phrases. He doesn't want us to use words without thinking about their meaning. He wants us to talk to him as to a friend or father - authentically, reverently, personally, earnestly.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Thinking , Personality

“Authentic Christianity is a supernatural walk with a living, dynamic, communicating God.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Communication

“Before bringing a request to the Lord, it's a good idea to ask: If God granted this request, would it bring glory to him? Would it advance his kingdom? Would it help people? Would it help me to grow spiritually?”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , People , Idea , Help

“God is righteous and just, holy and tender, responsive and sympathetic. He is willing--anxious even--to hear from you. Moreover, he is willing to act on your behalf.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God

“There are two main principles I've picked up over the years as they pertain to cultivating the type of faith that moves mountains. The first is this: Faith comes by looking at God, not at the mountain. The second is this: God gives us faith as we walk by his side.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Faith , Mountain

“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

“Supplications are requests that you make of God. And truly, nothing is too big for God to handle or too small for him to be interested in.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God

“If you have pumped your fist at God, the good news is that you can come back into fellowship with him right this minute.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God

“If your ear is open to the afflicted, God will keep his ear open to you.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Affliction

“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

“If the disciples were capable of making wrong requests - requests that were self-serving, patently materialistic, shortsighted or immature - I feel sure that we are too. Fortunately God loves us too much to say yes to inappropriate requests.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

Love , God , Feeling

“If you're a parent, you know how incredibly good it feels when one of your children spontaneously thanks you for something. God is our Father, and he, too, is moved when we express our thanksgiving.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Children , Feeling , Parent

“I soon began writing out my whole prayer and reading it back to God. Previously I'd get no further than "Dear God" and I'd already be thinking of the person I was going to meet for lunch or the board meeting agenda or what my family members and I would be doing later that evening. But when I began to move pen across paper, it became much easier to remain focused.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Family , Thinking , Reading

“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

“Creating planets didn't seem to be much of a problem for God. Neither was raising the dead. Nothing is too difficult for God to handle, but we won't see much proof of this until we actually ask him to handle it.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Problem , Dead

“God is committed to developing a people who will reflect his character in this world, and his character always expresses concern and compassion for the afflicted.”

Bill Hybels

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , People , World , Affliction

“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

“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

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

God , Time