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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.

Bill Hybels

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Bill Hybels
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Lives
Surprising
Frequent
Feelings
Familiar
Prevailing
Around
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Pushed
Power
Cutting
Overwhelmed
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Numbers
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People
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Beaten
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Defeated
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