When You Pray--Lesson 12--If I Was the Devil ...

Discussion Questions:

1. What kinds of things have you seen the devil do to diminish the power of prayer? Why is

he so successful with his tactics?

2. How have you seen prayer work against division and covering up from. The LORD and/or

one another?

3. Why is the example of Samson’s prayer life so discouraging? How might his legacy been

different if he was not so independent and more inclined to humility in prayer?

4. Why does starting off praying with God’s words to us have more power and impact than

starting with human needs and perspective? How can you grow in this in your own prayer

life?

5. How important is alertness in prayer? What kinds of things move you towards sleepiness

in your time with God, instead of alertness? What kinds of things help you to be invested

and alert?

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?