Before Amen by Max Lucado
Week 7: Chapter 6 — Pray First
Read Chapter 6 of Before Amen by Max Lucado. Key passages: Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:17.
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One of Lucado's most practical challenges in the book is this: make prayer your first response, not your last resort — and this chapter shows us what that actually looks like.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Lucado observes that most of us treat prayer as a last resort — we try everything else first and pray when nothing works. What does that pattern reveal about what we truly trust?
2.Jesus, despite being the Son of God, withdrew regularly to pray (Mark 1:35, Luke 5:16). What does the prayer life of Jesus say about the necessity of prayer for even the most spiritually capable person?
3.Think about a recent crisis or decision in your life. Did you pray first, or did you pray after exhausting other options? What would "pray first" have looked like in that situation?