60 quotes
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.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
We can have no deep, ongoing fellowship with God unless we obey him - totally.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
Adoration in prayer purges our spirit and prepares us to listen to God.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
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.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
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.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
Are you expecting God to fill your needs? Are you asking him to do so - regularly, earnestly and persistently?
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
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.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
Don't ask God to bless junk food and miraculously transform it so that it has nutritional value. That's not how God works.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
When we make a habit of prayer, we stay constantly tuned to God's presence and open to receive his blessings.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
One reason we stop praying or let our prayer lives fade is that we are too comfortable.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
By forcing us to look closely at our requests, prayer purifies us.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
Prayer busters (causes of unanswered prayer) are prayerlessness, unconfessed sin, unresolved relational conflict, selfishness, uncaring attitudes, and inadequate faith.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
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.'
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
Playing around is one thing; following an established regimen is quite another. It's true with exercise equipment and it is true with prayer.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
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.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
Authentic Christianity is a supernatural walk with a living, dynamic, communicating God.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
God isn't interested in stock phrases. Talk to him. Talk to the Father sincerely.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
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.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)
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.
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008)