A Praying Life by Paul Miller

Week 9: Chapters 15–17 — Prayer and Faith / Praying in Light of God's Will

Read Chapters 15–17 of A Praying Life (covering faith, God's will, and the tension between asking boldly and submitting humbly).

Miller now wrestles with one of the most confusing dimensions of prayer: the relationship between faith and outcomes. This week asks us to think carefully about what we actually believe when we pray.

Discussion Questions

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1.Miller pushes back against the "name it and claim it" approach to prayer while also pushing back against a fatalistic "whatever will be, will be" approach. Where do you tend to land on that spectrum — and why?

2.He argues that bold asking and humble submitting are not in tension — that Jesus himself modeled both in Gethsemane ("let this cup pass from me... yet not my will but yours"). How do you hold those two together in your own prayers?

3.Miller says that "thy will be done" is not a prayer of resignation but a prayer of trust — a declaration that God's ways are better than ours even when we can't see it. How does your heart actually respond to that idea?

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