Week 11: Chapters 21–23 — The Listening Side of Prayer

1.Miller argues that one of the reasons prayer feels one-sided is that we have not learned to listen — we treat prayer as a monologue aimed at God rather than a dialogue with him. Does prayer feel like a conversation to you? What would help make it more two-directional?

2.He places Scripture at the center of how God speaks — not as a way of limiting God but as a way of anchoring what we hear in something reliable. How does regular reading of Scripture shape and filter your sense of what God might be saying to you?

3.Miller describes the practice of "praying the Psalms" — using the words of the Psalms as your own words to God, even when they don't match your feelings. Have you tried this? What happens when you pray words you don't fully feel yet?