Bill Hybels: Request

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“By forcing us to look closely at our requests, prayer purifies us.”

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“Be wary of insisting that you know better than God about when a prayer request should be granted. God's delays are not necessarily denials. He always has reasons for his 'not yets.”

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“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.”

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“God-honoring prayers are not simply shopping lists. They are more than cries for help, strength, mercy and miracles. Authentic prayer should include worship, submission, requests, and confessions.”

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“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."”

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“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?”

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“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.”

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."”

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“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.”

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)

“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!"”

Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)