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Luke 10:38-11:13
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What is your home like shortly before guests arrive?
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What did Mary do while Martha attended to household preparations? (10:39)
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Of what did Martha accuse her sister? Of what did she accuse Jesus (10:40)? If you had been Martha in this situation, how would you have responded to your sister’s actions?
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Why did Jesus favour Mary’s choice? Was Jesus “dissing” (being rude by ignoring) Martha? What’s the lesson in this story for us today?
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Verses 11:1-13 focus on three aspects of prayer. What are they? See Verses 11:2-4; Verses 11:5-10; Verses 11:11-14
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What four elements should be in our prayers? (Remember ACTS)
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In Jesus’ model prayer, what two concerns related to God come first? Why? What personal concerns then follow?
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How do prayer and forgiveness relate?
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Have you ever turned down a request from a friend to do something and then changed your mind because he kept asking? What is the point of the parable in Verses 11:7-8?
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What occupies most of your time in prayer: praise, confession, thanksgiving, or petition (requests)? Why? In what area do you want to grow?
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When have you felt like God was not listening to your prayers? What did or do you do then?
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What kind of things do we - individually and collectively - usually ask for in prayer? What is the most important gift the Father could ever give us? (Vs 11:3)
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