Too Busy Not to Pray by Bill Hybels
Week 1: Introduction — God Is Waiting
Read the Introduction of Too Busy Not to Pray. Key passage: Matthew 6:5–13 (the Lord's Prayer as Jesus' model for his disciples).
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Before diving into the chapters, take a moment to honestly assess where prayer actually fits in your life right now — not where you think it should be, but where it really is.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Hybels opens by admitting that for much of his ministry he was too busy to pray consistently — a confession surprising for a megachurch pastor. What was your honest reaction to that admission? Did it relieve you, challenge you, or both?
2.The title of the book flips our usual logic on its head: instead of 'I'm too busy to pray,' it insists 'I'm too busy NOT to pray.' What is the difference in those two postures, and which one better describes your current approach to your schedule?
3.Hybels frames prayer as a real, two-way conversation with the living God — not a monologue or a ritual. How does that definition differ from how you were taught to think about prayer growing up, or how you practice it today?
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