Bill Hybels - Prayer Quotes

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Sensing the carelessness and one-sidedness of our prayers, we start to feel guilty about praying. Guilt leads to faint-heartedness and that in turn leads to prayerlessness.

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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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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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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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The greatest prayer motivator in existence is answered prayer.

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

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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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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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Confession is probably the most neglected area of personal prayer.

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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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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."

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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.'

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If you let even a little sin into your heart, it's going to contaminate your prayers. Your Christian life will not achieve its full potential.

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One prayer routine that is balanced and easy to remember is found in the word ACTS, an acrostic whose four letters stand for adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication.

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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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If you're tolerating sin in your life, my friend, don't waste your breath praying unless it's a prayer of confession.

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

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The most common cause of unanswered prayer is prayerlessness.

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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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Our prayers can be more than empty wishes, vain hopes or feeble aspirations – but only when they are prayed from faith-filled hearts.

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How do you pray a prayer so filled with faith that it can move a mountain? By shifting your focus from the size of your mountain to the sufficiency of the Mountain Mover and then stepping forward in obedience.

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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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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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Developing prayer fitness is similar to developing physical fitness: we must follow a pattern in order to stay balanced.

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

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One reason we stop praying or let our prayer lives fade is that we are too comfortable.

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