Bill Hybels - God Quotes

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

Bill Hybels
Adoration in prayer purges our spirit and prepares us to listen to God.

Bill Hybels
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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If we were to boil down Christianity to its core, we'd be left with simply this: relationship with God. The living, loving God of the universe has spoken throughout history, and still speaks today - not just to pastors or priests, but to anyone who will listen. God will speak to you.

Bill Hybels
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
God isn't interested in stock phrases. Talk to him. Talk to the Father sincerely.

Bill Hybels
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.

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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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Most unmarried people have no idea what it takes to make a marriage work; they grossly underestimate the price people have to pay to build long-term, mutually satisfying relationships. And they fail to understand that the only people with the strength to pay that price are those who have plumbed the depths of their relationship with God, and have dealt with their own brokenness.

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As you walk with God, your faith will grow, your confidence will increase and your prayers will have real power.

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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.

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Don't ask God to bless junk food and miraculously transform it so that it has nutritional value. That's not how God works.

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It's incredible to realize that what we do each day has meaning in the big picture of God's plan

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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
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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God is no more intimidated by childish demands for instant gratification than are wise parents.

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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.

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Don't let your prayers turn into a wish list for Santa Claus. Worship God and praise him when you come to him in prayer.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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