1. What does abiding in Christ look like in your own life?
2. In your spiritual walk with Christ, are you a:
• babe in spiritual diapers, still sucking on a pacifier?
• toddler, still crawling around with no direction, still sucking your thumb?
• adolescent, focused completely on having fun?
• teenager, consumed with yourself and little else?
• adult, maturing in your faith and hungering after God?
3. What has prevented you from studying the Bible up until now?
4. What’s your favorite book in the Bible? Don’t have one? Ready to find one?
Chapter 11—In Search of Your “Want-To”
1. After reading the excerpt from Psalm 139, what did you learn about God’s love for you?
2. How can we recalibrate our thinking to stop expecting God to join our team and instead focus on joining His team when we pray?
Chapter 12—The Lord’s Prayer 101
1. Okay, be honest. Have you ever really prayed the Lord’s Prayer? Or do you just repeat memorized words when you say it?
2. If you could see your prayers in print, would they be hastily written chicken-scratch shorthand? Or are they carefully written from the heart?
Chapter 13—When God Is Silent
1. When God seems silent, how long is your grace period toward Him before your patience runs out?
2. In the face of unspeakable tragedy, would your faith hold on? Will you cling to God’s promises, able to “trust His heart” even when you can’t “trace His hand?”
Chapter 14—Prayerlessness
1. Were you appalled to read about that preacher who admitted he’s not much into prayer? But are you equally appalled at your own lack of prayer? (Lose the guilt. Answer the question.) If not, why not?
2. Are you like Peter and the other disciples who fell asleep on the job instead of praying? Why is it we have so much trouble making prayer a priority?
Chapter 15—The Power of Prayer
1. Are you willing to heed the call to prayer with your heart, mind, and soul?
2. What’s keeping you from selling out to God?
3. Do you have any secret dreams you’ve long neglected because you were too afraid to even pray about them?