CG Questions

Key Takeaways:

1. Prayer is not just a discipline, but a learned desperation for God's presence and guidance.

2. Praying in the Spirit aligns us with God's will and invites us into His kingdom mission.

3. Prayer is a powerful weapon in spiritual warfare.

4. The Lord's Prayer provides a model for how we should approach God in prayer.

5. Prayer should be persistent, bold, and faith-filled.

Review the questions below and utilize the ones that best fit your group.

1. How would you describe your current prayer life? What challenges do you face in maintaining a consistent prayer practice?

2. How does the concept of prayer as 'learned desperation' challenge or change your view of prayer?

3. How does the Lord's Prayer serve as a model for our own prayers? Which aspects of this prayer stand out to you most?

Here are some prayer activities for your group to do.

1. Set a timer for 30 minutes, choose one person to start praying and one person to close the time of praying when the timer is up.

2. Pray through a Psalm - choose a psalm, read through it, and then start at the top and let the psalm prompt things or people to pray for as you go through it. Here are some good psalms to pray through: Psalm 2, Psalm 19, Psalm 23, Psalm 42, Psalm 77, Psalm 92, Psalm 121, Psalm 136, Psalm 150.

3. Get in groups of 2 or 3, share prayer requests with one another, and then pray through those things in smaller groups.

4. As a group, share the names of non-believers that you are each praying for, then spend time praying over the whole list of names.

5. Weather- and neighborhood-permitting, break up into small groups and do a prayer walk around your neighborhood. You can pray for specific houses, neighbors, businesses, etc. that you pass or just generally pray for the Kingdom to come to your neighborhood.

6. Pick out a country on a map or use a resource like The Joshua Project to pray for specific countries or people groups around the world.