PRAY: BIBLE STUDY SESSION 1

This term we are looking at material from A Passion for Life, a nationally resourced but locally organised mission.

Luke 11:1-13

Ice-breaker

• What things do you find it hard to be motivated to do? What helps you?

Read Luke 11:1-13

11:1-4

• What do Jesus disciples ask in v1? What does this teach us about ‘Christian’ prayer? Why not pray now that our Father would teach us about prayer from this passage.
• Look at the prayer that Jesus teaches the disciples in v2-4. How are we to address God? Is that how you think about your relationship with God?
• What is the primary focus of our prayers meant to be? What do you think Jesus means by ‘hallowed be your name’ and ‘your kingdom come’? How do these requests challenge our priorities in prayer?
• What things are we to pray for ourselves? Why do you think we need to be praying them?
• How might the ‘Lord’s Prayer’ shape our praying for people who are not yet Christians?

11:5-13

• Why does Jesus continue and add v5-13?
• V5-13 contain illustrations in v5-8 and v11-13. What is Jesus encouraging with the ‘meat’ in the middle, in v9-10?
• Do you think that Jesus is promising that everything we ask for will be given to us? In the light of vv2-4, what kind of prayers can we be sure that our Father will answer?
• Look at the parable in v5-8. Why will the man’s request be answered? How is this
  encouragement for us to pray?
• What does Jesus teach about human fathers in v11-13? How does He use this to
  teach us about our Father in heaven?
• In what ways does this whole section challenge and encourage us in our praying?