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Prayer
PRAYERIt’s time to make time for God.The Creator of the universe wants to have a dynamic relationship with you. The key is prayer. Authentic, courageous, direct communication with God.Each session in Prayer will give you a new window of insight. You’ll receive courage to lift “dangerous prayers” with a confident heart. You’ll discover how to handle the disappointment of unanswered prayer. And you’ll be moved to a depth of honesty in prayer that will surprise you.If you long for a spiritual life that is deep, fruitful, and profoundly real, these studies will help you draw heart to heart with God.Interactions--a powerful, challenging tool for building deep relationships between you and your group member, and you and God. Interaction is far more than another group Bible study. It’s a cutting-edge series designed to help small group participants develop into fully devoted followers of Christ.
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80 pages, Paperback
First published September 8, 1997
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About the author
Bill Hybels
397 books220 followersBill Hybels is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, a non-denominational church with eight regional locations in the Chicago area. He is the bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Simplify, Axiom, Holy Discontent, Just Walk Across the Room, The Volunteer Revolution, Courageous Leadership, Too Busy Not to Pray, and Becoming a Contagious Christian.
Hybels launched Willow Creek Community Church in 1975 with his wife, Lynne (Berry), and a group of friends who gathered in rented space in a movie theater with a vision of helping people from any faith background (or no faith at all) become fully devoted followers of Jesus. Utilizing contemporary music, the arts, relevant teaching from the Bible, and a small-groups community focus that has revolutionized how people experience community in the local church, Willow Creek has grown to more than 25,000 attendees, one of the largest churches in North America—and one of the most influential.
In 1992, Hybels launched Willow Creek Association, a not-for-profit organization that equips, inspires, and empowers leaders around the world. In 1995, he convened WCA’s first Global Leadership Summit, an annual two-day event featuring top leaders from all perspectives and areas of expertise—both faith-based and secular (past speakers include Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Bono, Melinda Gates, Andy Stanley, Jim Collins, Ed Catmull, Tyler Perry, Sheryl Sandberg, Nicholas Kristof, David Gergen, and Brené Brown). Telecast live from Willow Creek’s 7,000-seat South Barrington auditorium each August, more than 400,000 pastors and community leaders attend the Summit at hundreds of locations across North America, and around the world at 675+ sites in 130 countries and 60 different languages—making it the largest event of its kind on the planet. “Everyone wins when a leader gets better,” Hybels says.
Hybels holds a bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies and an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Trinity College (now Trinity International University) in Deerfield, Illinois. He and his wife, Lynne, have two grown children and two grandsons.
Hybels launched Willow Creek Community Church in 1975 with his wife, Lynne (Berry), and a group of friends who gathered in rented space in a movie theater with a vision of helping people from any faith background (or no faith at all) become fully devoted followers of Jesus. Utilizing contemporary music, the arts, relevant teaching from the Bible, and a small-groups community focus that has revolutionized how people experience community in the local church, Willow Creek has grown to more than 25,000 attendees, one of the largest churches in North America—and one of the most influential.
In 1992, Hybels launched Willow Creek Association, a not-for-profit organization that equips, inspires, and empowers leaders around the world. In 1995, he convened WCA’s first Global Leadership Summit, an annual two-day event featuring top leaders from all perspectives and areas of expertise—both faith-based and secular (past speakers include Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Bono, Melinda Gates, Andy Stanley, Jim Collins, Ed Catmull, Tyler Perry, Sheryl Sandberg, Nicholas Kristof, David Gergen, and Brené Brown). Telecast live from Willow Creek’s 7,000-seat South Barrington auditorium each August, more than 400,000 pastors and community leaders attend the Summit at hundreds of locations across North America, and around the world at 675+ sites in 130 countries and 60 different languages—making it the largest event of its kind on the planet. “Everyone wins when a leader gets better,” Hybels says.
Hybels holds a bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies and an honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Trinity College (now Trinity International University) in Deerfield, Illinois. He and his wife, Lynne, have two grown children and two grandsons.
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October 29, 2015
Hybels composes a six session study on prayer, deeply grounded in the Word, with practical insights on prayer and answers to common questions. His theology is sound and simple. His lessons are opened with an object lesson or anecdote and then there are several discussion questions with intermittent comments from examples in scripture or some of Hybel’s thoughts on certain issues. It’s a great resource and I would recommend it to anyone.
“Prayer is an assault on human autonomy, an indictment on a life whose aim is self-sufficiency.”
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“If we really want to learn how to pray, we should go to the expert, Jesus Christ Himself. No one else in history has ever understood prayer better than Jesus. No one ever prayed like Jesus prayed. Jesus believed in the power of prayer more than any person who walked the earth.”
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“The Lord’s Prayer was not given to us to recite mindlessly over and over again; it was intended to provide a model of healthy, balanced prayer. Each element of this prayer turns our attention to an important dynamic of our prayer life.”
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“Prayer is an assault on human autonomy, an indictment on a life whose aim is self-sufficiency.”
9
“If we really want to learn how to pray, we should go to the expert, Jesus Christ Himself. No one else in history has ever understood prayer better than Jesus. No one ever prayed like Jesus prayed. Jesus believed in the power of prayer more than any person who walked the earth.”
17
“The Lord’s Prayer was not given to us to recite mindlessly over and over again; it was intended to provide a model of healthy, balanced prayer. Each element of this prayer turns our attention to an important dynamic of our prayer life.”
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