When You Pray--Lesson 6--Prayers of Confession

Discussion Questions:

1. What makes confession of sin a difficult thing to do?

2. What struggle with deceit do you have? How much of it begins with covering up what you

know is not right in your own life?

3. Describe the battle you experience when you feel limitations placed upon your desires?

How does one reach a place of overcoming this?

4. Why did catching so many fish shake Peter up the way it did? What experiences have you

had with being moved this way by Jesus’ activity in your life?

5. What does it mean to confess your future? How does this help you to overcome the battle

your flesh still wages against righteousness and holy living?

When You Pray--Lesson 5--No Leftovers

Discussion Questions:

1. What are the responsibilities that come with being part of the priesthood of God? What are

the sacrifices we are called to make as part of God’s priesthood today? What does it take

for our sacrifices to be acceptable to God?

2. In what ways is prayer more of a vital organ, like the heart, instead of an appendage, like

an arm or leg? If prayer is a vital organ, how do you protect it and keep it healthy? What

could Garden Ridge do differently as a corporate body to help with this?

3. What struggles do you have with treating God as less than what He is? How often do you

fall into the snare of giving God less than your best while asking Him to bless what is

going on in your life? What helps you to stay focused, so your walk with God is vibrant and

alive?

4. Why is it more important to have deeper disciples than more disciples? How would this aim

affect the way things are done in our times of gathering for worship & fellowship?

5. Why is it important to recognize and embrace that the purpose of all things is to bring glory

to God? How would remembering this when gathering for worship help you to be more

engaged and excited in worship?

When You Pray--Lesson 4--To Glorify God

Discussion Questions:

1. How is life in this world a daily grind? What kinds of things consistently drag you into a

sense of life being mundane instead of a powerful walk with God?

2. What role does prayer play in keeping your focus above the repetitive cycles and ruts that

seem to go nowhere or accomplish anything?

3. How do you see your own struggle to understand God and His actions or lack of actions,

like Job did? How could Job’s friends have done a better job of helping Job stay focused

on God instead of the pain in his life?

4. How does one approach God with issues and needs in a holy manner? What was the

consequence of treating God in an unholy manner for Moses? How have we fallen into

the same distraction that Moses faced?

5. What explanation is there for Moses winding up in the Promised Land after God said he

wouldn’t, due to treating Him as unholy? What confidence does this give you in the

redemptive work of Jesus in your own life?