Before Amen by Max Lucado
Week 8: Chapter 7 — They Need Help
Read Chapter 7 of Before Amen by Max Lucado. Key passages: Ephesians 6:18; Romans 15:30; 1 Timothy 2:1.
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The pocket prayer moves outward — from our own needs to the needs of others — and Lucado makes a compelling case that intercession is one of the most loving things we can do for the people in our lives.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.When someone asks you to pray for them, do you typically do it in the moment, write it down, or quietly forget? Be honest — what does your pattern say about how seriously you take intercessory prayer?
2.Lucado says that when we intercede, we are standing before God on behalf of someone else — functioning almost as a priest for the people we love. How does that priestly image elevate your sense of what prayer for others actually is?
3.Paul asks the Romans to "strive together" with him in prayer (Romans 15:30). What does the language of striving or wrestling suggest about intercession — that it is more than a passing mention of a name?