Bill Hybels Quotes

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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
Are you expecting God to fill your needs? Are you asking him to do so - regularly, earnestly and persistently?

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Confession is probably the most neglected area of personal prayer.

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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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The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.

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Adoration in prayer reminds us of God's identity and inclination. As we list his attributes, lifting up his character and personality, we reinforce our understanding of who he is.

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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.

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Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.

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If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.

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Prayer busters (causes of unanswered prayer) are prayerlessness, unconfessed sin, unresolved relational conflict, selfishness, uncaring attitudes, and inadequate faith.

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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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The greatest prayer motivator in existence is answered prayer.

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God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world.

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Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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The reality is that our God is good. It's in his nature to be good; it's who he is—a giving God, a blessing God, an encouraging God, a nurturing God, an empowering God, a loving God. This is the God who willingly waits for your call.

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We will probably have to pay a price for devoting our lives to building the kingdom of God. Jesus did.

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If it's the last thing I do, I will give every ounce of the rest of my life to helping leaders and churches get better.

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Leadership is the catalytic gift that energizes, directs, and empowers all the other gifts.

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The Church will never reach her full redemptive potential until men and women with the leadership gift step up and lead.

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Our minds, like the needle in that compass, can focus on a variety of subjects throughout the day. But in the end, when they're left alone to settle, they'll focus on the objects of our greatest affection.

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For a marriage relationship to flourish, there must be intimacy. It takes an enormous amount of courage to say to your spouse, 'This is me. I'm not proud of it - in fact, I'm a little embarrassed by it - but this is who I am.

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