Today’s Scriptures
Ephesians 3:14-21; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Philippians 3:10

Ephesians 3:14-21
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, 16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. 20Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer is our

The only people who don’t desire food are those who are extremely ill. —Tim Hale

2 Corinthians 4:16 “So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.”

Prayer is our

I believe the problem is we pray to get things and not get God.

Philippians 3:10 “I want to know Christ–yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,”

Prayer changes

“My dear Christian, will you not try this way? Will you not know for yourself … the preciousness and the happiness of this way of casting all your cares and burdens and necessities upon God? This way is as open to you as to me…Everyone is invited and commanded to trust in the Lord, to trust in Him with all his heart, and to cast his burden upon Him, and to call upon Him in the day of trouble. Will you not do this, my dear brethren in Christ? I long that you may do so. I desire that you may taste the sweetness of that state of heart, in which, while surrounded by difficulties and necessities, you can yet be at peace, because you know that the living God, your Father in heaven, cares for you.” —George Mueller

2. Discuss in a Life Group

DISCUSS:

Be vulnerable, how is your prayer life? Do you value it like food for your body?

What did Tim mean when he said, “We pray to get things and not get God”?

Is our focus on our outer selves or inner self?

How has prayer changed you?

Testify of some things God did through prayer in your life.

3. Pray Together

Pray for each other and record any prayer requests here.