Why Pray?
“Lord, teach us to pray.” — Luke 11:1
Welcome, charter, and the first Prayer Course session. Why prayer matters, and a first walk through P.R.A.Y.
Ten Wednesday evenings. Eight sessions of The Prayer Course. One evening on The Seven Levels of Prayer. One evening to practice, write prayers, and look toward outreach. Last Wednesdays are church family night — we do not meet.
Videos and discussion guides from prayercourse.org. Companion reading from Pete Greig’s How to Pray. Leader notes from the official Prayer Course Leader’s Guide.
Welcome, charter, and the first Prayer Course session. Why prayer matters, and a first walk through P.R.A.Y.
Learning to enjoy God’s presence in praise — worship that is more than a warm-up for asking.
No Life Group. Join the whole church gathering.
The dignity of asking. Bringing our own real needs to the Father without apology or superstition.
Praying on behalf of others — family, church, Chipley, and the people whose names we write down.
Honest conversation about delay, silence, and disappointment — and how to keep praying anyway.
No Life Group.
Silence as a way of being with God. Practice that goes beyond words.
Practical ways to hear God’s voice in Scripture, in the gathered church, and in the quiet.
Praying God’s kingdom into the real battle — with Scripture, humility, and endurance.
No Life Group. Thanksgiving week.
Watch and discuss the God Built teaching together. Ask where we have settled — and where the Lord is inviting us further.
Create prayers to keep. Consider a community prayer outing. Decide how this table continues after the course.
Arrive, greet, eat.
We ask again: Lord, teach us to pray.
Prayer Course session or the Seven Levels teaching.
What the Word and the film required of us.
Prayer-related Bible verses to strengthen prayer and to share God’s Word with others.
Silent prayer, then spoken prayer around the group.
Leave with language you can keep using.
Open links. RightNow Media access is through DiscoverLife’s church subscription.
Dates are proposed around church family nights and a ten-week fall window. The group can shift a session if the calendar needs to breathe.