Bill Hybels
American church figure and author
Lived from: 1951 -
Category: Writers (Contemporary)
Born: 12 december 1951
Quotes 41 till 60 of 63.
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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.
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People who are serious about something always make room for it in their schedules. If prayer is important to you, then you'll find time to do it.
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Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It's true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
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Prayerless people cut themselves off from God's peace and from his prevailing power, and a common result is that they feel overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, and defeated by a world operating with a take-no-prisoners approach.
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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.
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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.
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Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.
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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.
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The idea that God doesn't care about his children is rooted in a lie, plain and simple.
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The key is to practice praying - and to practice praying regularly, privately, sincerely and specifically.
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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.
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The time of day we choose for prayer doesn't matter, so long as we keep it faithfully. Prayer must be part of the rhythm of our daily lives.
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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.
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Thirty years ago, we were in a movie theater and thought it was so cool because we were finally delivered from the horrors of stained glass and wooden pews.
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Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.
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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.
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We can have no deep, ongoing fellowship with God unless we obey him - totally.
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We don't take confession seriously enough. If we did, our lives would be radically different.
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When I lump all my sins together and confess them en masse, I neglect to feel the pain or embarrassment or shame that should be elicited in me.
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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.
Too Busy Not to Pray― Bill Hybels
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