LIFE WITH | WEEK 3
Week 3: Communication with God
Prayer is our personal conversation with God that allows us to stay connected.
What is the most awkward miscommunication you have had with someone?
What do you find annoying when trying to have a conversation?
What makes for good conversation?
What is the difference between casual and formal conversation?
When or if you pray, is it a conversation?
Is it a casual or formal conversation?
Read Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
5. When was the last time you asked God’s opinion or advice about a circumstance or situation in your life?
Did you do what he told or led you to do?
How did it work out?
6. The Pastor said, ‘Valuable relationships make communication a priority”.
Do you agree or disagree and why?
7. There are ACTS to every healthy relationship.
Adoration: We want them to know how and why we value them.
Confession: Honesty with our struggle and when we need forgiveness.
Thanksgiving: Gratitude for the value they have added to our lives.
Supplication: Honesty in what we need from the relationship or in general.
How can these same ACTS be a formula for prayer?
Read Luke 11:1
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray,
8. All of the disciples were Jews and had grown up memorizing prayers.
Why would they ask Jesus to teach them to pray?
Read Matthew 6:6-8
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9. How would you describe this approach to prayer?
Read Luke 11:2-4
2 Jesus said, “This is how you should pray:[a]
Father,
Reveal who you are. (To me)
Set the world right. (By first setting me right)
Keep us alive with three square meals. (By your grace provide what we need) Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. (In the same exact way, we forgive others forgive us)
Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.” (Keep us from the distractions so easily allow that take our focus off you and lead to bad choices.)
10. Why didn’t Jesus say amen?
How can us not saying amen keep us connected moment by moment with God?
11. Every healthy valuable relationship is only as good as its communication
Prayer is our personal communication with God.
To do life with God we must talk with and Listen to God.
What is one way you can make Prayer/ communication with God more practical in your life?
How can this Group pray for you?