Session 1

Why Pray?

Questions

  • What did you find most helpful or most challenging in the video?

  • What do you find difficult about prayer?

  • What do you find easy?

  • Why do you think prayer can often feel hard?


In the video Pete Grief says the best piece of advice is to “Keep it simple, keep it real and keep it up.”


Keep it simple: “your prayer life is at its best at its simplest”

  • What do you mostly talk to God about?


Keep it real: “Don’t role-play before God”

  • Do you feel like you have to act a certain way before God when you pray? Why or why not?


Keep it up: “Don’t give up praying too soon”

  • Do you find it challenging to persevere in prayer?

  • How can we be encouraged to keep going?


Reflection & Prayer

What is one way you’d like to grow in prayer and your relationship with God over the course? Pray that this would become a reality.

You also might like to write down your goals, so that you can revisit them at the end of the course.

Resources

Why pray? Resources

These can be found at prayercourse.org/toolshed

  • How to pray the Lord’s prayer

  • How To have a Quiet Time

  • How to pray The Examen