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?