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Key Scriptures: Luke 18 v.1 - 8; Luke 11 v.5 - 10Other Scripture refs: Luke 2 v.36 - 37; Eph.6 v.18; Hebs.11 v.6; Mark11v.24; James 5 v.15 - 16; Hebs.6 v.12;Mark 10 v.46 - 52; Hebs.5 v.7; 1 Sam.1 v.9 - 20; Matt.26 v.39, 42 - 44; Mark14 v.35 - 36, 39 - 41; Luke 22 v.41 - 44Sunday's teaching on Persevering in Prayer was largely taken from twoparables of Jesus recorded in Luke 18 and Luke 11, but many other relevantScriptures were also referred to.It is suggested you choose from (and modify as appropriate) the questionsbelow to suit your Group and as the Holy Spirit leads you.QUESTIONS:1. To encourage others, have you had an experience you can share ofpersevering prayer which was finally answered? - maybe not answered in theway you expected and possibly even better than you'd hope for!2.Do you get discouraged and lose heart when the answer to yourprayer request seems a long time coming? If so, has this affected you inpersevering?Does it help you to not give up, recognising that prayer is firstly aboutmaintaining and maturing your relationship with God?As James Montgomery says in his old hymn: "Prayer is the Christian's vitalbreath".3. Does the focus of your prayer life need to change frompredominantly asking for things, to simply spending time in His presenceappreciating Him for who He is and not for what we can get? As Tommy Tenneysaid: we are prone to seek what we can get from His hands, rather thanseeking His face.·       What steps can you take to adjust the focus of your prayer life? ·       What have you found helpful that might help others in your Group?  4. Do you find the thought of making demands of God unashamedly and inan annoyingly persistent way difficult? Why do you think this might be? (e.g. maybe it is seen by some asdisrespectful)5. Have you had a personal (or corporate) experience where a desperatesituation has caused you to get more fervent in prayer?What was the result?Some Take Away Thoughts for personal prayerful consideration:(i) Do you personally have unanswered prayer requests youmay need to modify or seek God for possible 'hidden' reasons for delay?(ii) With the example of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane,grappling in his humanity, with a prayer which could not be answered, do you(as Jesus ultimately did) need to pray a prayer of surrender to the Father'swill in any particular matter?    










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