Before Amen by Max Lucado
Week 2: Chapter 1 — Why We Don't Pray
Read Chapter 1 of Before Amen by Max Lucado. Key passages: Romans 8:26; James 5:16.
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Before we can become people of prayer, Lucado insists, we have to be honest about why we aren't — and the reasons are more common than we'd like to admit.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Lucado identifies several reasons people avoid prayer — guilt, busyness, doubt that God will answer, and feeling like their words aren't good enough. Which of these resonates most honestly with you?
2.The author argues that prayerlessness is ultimately a statement about what we believe about God. What does a sparse prayer life subtly communicate about our theology — even if we wouldn't say it out loud?
3.Lucado points to the enemy's strategy of convincing us our prayers don't matter. Have you ever walked away from a time of prayer feeling like it was pointless? What was going on in that season of life?