When You Pray--Lesson 10--The Importance of Corporate Prayer

Discussion Questions:

1. What power do you see in corporate (united and combined) prayer versus individual

prayer? Why are both important?

2. How is prayer like an aerial assault in war? How would you grade Garden Ridge in using

this advantage the LORD has given us in spiritual warfare?

3. What is your view of going into your inner room and praying in secret? How does it fit with

an emphasis on corporate prayer? How do the examples provided in the Book of Acts

help you to see the need to expand your prayer closet?

4. Would you say our worship times together at Garden Ridge are more a house of prayer? A

house of preaching? A house of fellowship? Or something else? What changes need to be

made so we function as a house of prayer?

5. How much of your spiritual walk is based upon dependence upon God? How often do you

tell Him your need for Him and your appreciation for what He provides?

When You Pray--Lesson 9--How and How Not to Pray

Discussion Questions:

1. What struggles do you have with what to pray; how to pray; and why to pray?

2. What audience do you pray to? Why is it such a tempting thing to be more concerned

about what people think than what God thinks?

3. What kinds of masks do you wear in your prayer life? Describe what kinds of struggles you

have with being completely honest and vulnerable before God.

4. What is your picture of God? Is He kind and generous, or harsh and a grudging giver?

How does this affect the way you approach Him in prayer?

5. Why should worship of God precede expressing our needs? Why is worship of God

incomplete if we do not express our needs?

When You Pray--Lesson 8--What Did Paul Pray For?

Discussion Questions:

1. What does it mean that we must see prayer as transformational and not just utilitarian?

What types of things do you pray that seek transformation?

2. What does the change in the apostle’s prayer concerns from the Gospel to Acts teach you

about your own prayer life? How have you seen maturity produced by the things you pray

about?

3. If we kept track of the percentages of what we pray about, what areas need more

emphasis in our corporate prayer life? How does avoiding praying about these things

hinder opportunities and bring stagnation?

4. Why does Paul place such a strong emphasis on knowledge of God’s will? How should

this play out into our actions? What helps you to be filled with the knowledge of God?

5. What areas of character development could use more prayer in your life? Why are prayer

and patience important ingredients for our maturation in the LORD?