Too Busy Not to Pray by Bill Hybels
Week 6: Chapter 5 — Mountain-Moving Prayer
Read Chapter 5 of Too Busy Not to Pray. Key passage: Matthew 17:20; James 5:16–17 (Elijah as a model of fervent prayer).
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This chapter dares us to pray bigger — to actually believe that God moves in response to the faith-filled prayers of ordinary people.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Hybels opens this chapter by acknowledging that many Christians pray small, safe prayers — ones that don't require God to actually show up. Do you recognize that tendency in yourself? What makes us shrink our prayers?
2.He uses Elijah as a model of bold, persistent prayer — a man who prayed for rain and kept praying until the clouds appeared (1 Kings 18). What does Elijah's story teach us about the relationship between faith, persistence, and answered prayer?
3.Hybels distinguishes between 'mountain-moving faith' and presumption — demanding that God do our will rather than submitting our requests to his. How do we hold boldness and surrender together? Is that tension difficult for you?