What if Jesus Was Serious… About Prayer?
Discussion One: What Prayer Is (and Isn’t)
April 21, 2023 | 3:30pm PST
Book Layout
There are 7 parts to this book (6 plus an introduction), and each part has several chapters, many illustrations, and recommendations for deeper study. Each section begins with the refrain: “If Jesus Was Serious…”
Study Prompts
Part One of this book looks at what Jethani calls the Issue of Prayer and posits, If Jesus was serious…
- Then to whom we pray is more important than how we pray
- Then God’s character matters more than ours
- Then all prayer depends on Grace
- Then prayer is what we must do, not just what we ought to do
- Then prayer is accessible to everyone
- Then what makes Christian prayer different?
- Then prayer is about being filled with God, not just emptied of anxiety
- Then prayer is about relating to God, not controlling (God)
For our first meeting we will use the above list as a focal point for our discussion.
Read
Before our next meeting, please read Jethani, Introduction and Part One (pages 9-37)
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