Look Back
- What are you thankful for?
- What is causing you stress?
- How many days did you read the Bible?
- How many days did you walk in the Spirit?
Look Up: Ask God
Discuss Transferable Concept How to Walk in the Spirit
- What keeps you from being in the Spirit?
- How do you know if you are being led by the Spirit?
- How do you get back in the Spirit?
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Praying to a Father who loves you. Read John 14:12-15, 15
- What does God promise to do? v.13-14
- What are the conditions for answered prayer? How is praying and what you do connected? v. 12, 15, 1 John 3:18-23
- Why is God’s answer sometimes “No” or “Wait”? Read Luke 11:9-13, James 4:3
- What does your praying (or not praying) reveal about your abiding (remaining) in a close love relationship with God?
- What should we to pray about? Read Matthew 6:9-13.
- God’s priorities v. 9-10
- Our needs v.11
- Confessing past sin and overcoming future sin; v.12-13
- God’s priorities v. 9-10
- What would you do if you knew God would say Yes and you could not fail?
Look Forward
Set goals & pray for goals
- What are you doing well?
- What do you need to change?
- Who needs to hear this?
- Set Goal: Pray for goals. What are you asking God to do?
- Prayer Focus: God’s Provision - Matthew 6:11
- Father, give us and those around us what we need.