- Are you presently experiencing a chronic or acute illness? Have you considered asking the elders to anoint you with oil and pray with you for healing?
- Do you confess any sin to other believers? Why or why not?
- How would you describe your prayer life – Inconsistent? Regular? Perfunctory? Only in a crisis?
- How does the example of Elijah encourage us about the power of prayer?
- Is there anyone that you know that is wandering from the faith? Will you attempt to bring them back?
- Paul encourages prayers of all kinds and that prayer be made for our civic authorities.
- How often do you complain about civic authorities? How often do you pray for them?
- Prayer is mentioned in the context of God’s desire to bring people to salvation. How much of your prayer life is devoted to asking God to bring people to Himself?
- Elijah’s prayer that there would be no rain, which put him in a difficult situation. How often do we not pray because we fear what God may do in response to our prayers?
- Jesus instructs us how to prayer.
- How does your prayer life reflect the mode of Jesus’ prayer in this text?
- Read the whole book in one sitting.
- What jumps out at you the most?
