Too Busy Not to Pray by Bill Hybels
Week 8: Chapter 7 — Prayer and Spiritual Warfare
Read Chapter 7 of Too Busy Not to Pray. Key passage: Ephesians 6:10–18 (the armor of God and praying in the Spirit).
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Prayer doesn't happen in a vacuum — Hybels invites us to take seriously the spiritual opposition that surrounds us and to understand why prayer is our most powerful weapon.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Hybels argues that one reason prayer is so difficult and so easily neglected is that there is active spiritual opposition to it. Does that idea feel real and credible to you, or does it seem overstated? Why?
2.Ephesians 6 describes prayer not as one piece of the armor but as the activity that activates all the other pieces. What does that suggest about the central role prayer plays in spiritual survival and spiritual battle?
3.Hybels calls us to 'pray in the Spirit on all occasions' (Ephesians 6:18). What does praying 'in the Spirit' mean, and how is it different from simply saying words in a prayer-shaped format?