A Praying Life by Paul Miller
Week 13: Chapters 27–Conclusion — Looking Back, Looking Forward
Read Chapters 27 through the conclusion of A Praying Life
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Miller's final chapters bring together everything the book has built — a vision of what a praying life actually looks like over the long haul, with all its unevenness and grace.
Discussion Questions
6 questions1.Miller ends the book not with a triumphant account of a perfect prayer life but with an honest picture of ongoing struggle and ongoing grace. Does that ending encourage or disappoint you — and what does your reaction reveal about your expectations?
2.He talks about the cumulative effect of years of prayer — how looking back, you can see that God has been answering and shaping even when it didn't feel like it in the moment. Have you had a moment of looking back and recognizing that God was working in ways you couldn't see at the time?
3.Miller describes a praying life as ultimately about a relationship, not a record. At the end of the book, how has your understanding of what prayer is for changed or deepened?