1. Can you think of anyone who regularly prays for you (or who used to regularly pray for you)? What difference did their prayers make?
2. What does intercession mean?
3. Is there a time when you pestered someone to get what you wanted or when you were pestered? Share this example.
4. Read Luke 11:1-13.
5. What most stands out to you from this passage?
6. Where do Torontonians turn when they are in need? How do we make God the first Person we turn to in our need? Should we make Him the first Person we turn to? Why or why not?
7. Shameless and stubborn persistence in prayer – do we have it? Why do many people lack persistence in prayer? Why is it a good thing?
8. Read this short story about the great man of faith: George Mueller:
One day George Mueller began praying for five of his friends. After many months, one of them came to the Lord. Ten years later, two others were converted. It took 25 years before the fourth man was saved. Mueller persevered in prayer until his death for the fifth friend, and throughout those 52 years he never gave up hoping that he would accept Christ! His faith was rewarded, for soon after Mueller’s funeral the last one was saved.
What insights/encouragements do you gain from this story? How are you challenged to grow in your own prayer life?
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