It's Hard to Pray | Romans 8:25-30
Aaron Gray | April 25, 2021

As disciples of Jesus, we know that prayer is important, but so many of us struggle to make prayer a regular part of our lives. The more that we understand the gospel, the more we are able to take the bible’s practical instruction regarding prayer and apply it to our lives.

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Discussion Questions

  1. How would you describe and rate your prayer life? What are the primary obstacles that keep you from being as regular in prayer as you want to be?

  2. How is the gospel of Jesus the indispensable key to a robust prayer life? How does Jesus make it possible for us to pray at all?

  3. What practical steps can you take this week to grow in your prayer life? How can we help one another and hold each other accountable to grow in prayer?

  4. How would a more robust prayer life help you be a missionary of the gospel to those in your life who don’t yet know Jesus?

Prayer Points

  1. (Personal) Choose one of the practical prayer helps (e.g. prayer journal, silent prayer) that was mentioned in this week’s teaching, and commit to trying it every day for 2 weeks.

  2. Pray that God would help us continue to grow as a prayer-soaked church community.

  3. Pray that God would use us to proclaim the gospel. Pray that he would save people who are currently far away from him.

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