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Lesson OneWhy Pray?4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoWhy Not Ask?4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeWhen You Don’t Know What to Say4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourObstacles to Prayer4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FivePraying for Others4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixPraying with Others4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenPrayer and Fasting4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson EightWhat about “Unanswered” Prayer?4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson NinePersevering in Prayer4 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TenLiving a Prayer-Filled Life4 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
Participants 3
Discussion Questions
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What do you find encouraging about Jesus’ teaching on faith in Luke 17:6?
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The smallest amount of faith can still yield great results.
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That the smallest amount of faith yields positive results: a closer walk with God the father
Learning to be patient and trust God to see me through the valleys and mountains -
A small amount of faith can go a long way.
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That even if it is as small as the grain of a mustard seed and we believe that all we ask he will help us through. I find that the favorite scripture is about temptation and that when we are tempted that he always makes a way to escape..me, myself I pray the Psalm’s when I can and have an app to do that when I feel tempted and weak and ask for his faith to get me through one more moment.
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Just need a little faith, and it can grow and grow
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What helps you to overcome that obstacle?
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I work on overcoming these obstacles every day.
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Be diligent about finding the time to pray, read scripture and deepen my relationship with God
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Wrestling prayer. Worshipping God is paramount, but I don’t think you can truly worship unless you are honest with Him, and let Him show you how to be honest with yourself. Real conversations from the depths of the heart and soul.
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Honestly when I feel the temptation to not pray I simply open my YouVersion app and listen to one of my plans on the Psalms and read aloud with it as if to pray that Psalm..this helps me to shake myself out of the procrastination and lack of desire to pray. And I thank God for all he is doing, will do and has done. Amen!
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Shutting myself in my office, early in the morning, praying and doing my scripture reading and devotionals.
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What obstacle do you struggle with when it comes to prayer?
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I struggle with all five obstacles at different points in my life.
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Discouragement and losing concentration
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I have four obstacles to prayer. I feel unworthy, I harbour a couple of sins I would dearly love to get rid of, I have had prayers returned with a “no”, and I sometimes think I more WANT to believe than actually believe. I do take these to God, but it is a daily struggle.
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One obstacle I struggle through is giving up something God tells me is interfering with mine and his relationship. Recently it was smoking. I have smoked for over 40 years plus some years. I decided to stop not because others told me to but because God asked me to as He knew that would be my hardest and honestly that conviction began after starting my study on prayer and then this course validated what he was asking me to do. This time I do it not for others or myself but for Him. I think this will lead to giving up other things as I journey through those things. Is it easy? No! But do I go through each day asking him for His strength and grace to get through one more day? Yes I do and I pray you all pray I will make it through by His grace and strength and love and encouragement of His word.
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Being distracted, losing concentration.