Ordinary People Who Pray to an Extraordinary God

Summary

God uses ordinary people who exercise faith through confession of sin and fervent prayer as his means to unleash the power to comfort the suffering, heal the sick, and grant forgiveness of sins.

Application

Specific Questions

1. What different categories of people does God invite to pray?
2. What does a person need in order to have great power in their prayers? How do you get to be that person?
3. If someone watched you pray over this next week would they see someone who is “fervent” in prayer?
4. Describe your habit/pattern of confessing your sins to one another?
5. What are 3 things you can pray fervently for that would never happen apart from the power of God?

General Questions

1. Know Jesus:
   • What does Jesus want you know about Himself in this passage?
   • What does this passage reveal about the character of the Trinity?
2. Love Jesus:
   • How do these truths about Jesus stir you to love, treasure, and savor Jesus more?
3. Live for Jesus:
   • What is Jesus telling you to do, believe, or change?
   • What are you going to do about it?

These questions are also available in the handout from Sunday, available in the Downloads section.