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Prayerless people cut themselves off from God's prevailing power, and the frequent result is the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed, overrun, beaten down, pushed around, defeated. Surprising numbers of people are willing to settle for lives like that.

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Bill Hybels
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Kalamazoo
Michigan
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