Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home by Richard Foster
Week 14: Review & Reflection — The Whole Journey
Review your notes and journal entries from the entire study of Prayer by Richard Foster.
Previewing Week 14 of Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home
Read 3 of 8 discussion questions below. Unlock the complete 14-week guide when you’re ready.
This final week is a time to look back across the entire journey — to name what you have received, grieve what you have resisted, and plan where you are going next.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Foster organized the book around three movements: Moving Inward, Moving Upward, and Moving Outward. Looking back, which movement received the most attention in your prayer life before this study? Which received the least? Has that begun to change?
2.Which of the twenty-one forms of prayer was most new or surprising to you? Which one, if you are honest, did you most resist — and why?
3.Foster's opening confession that his own prayer life was 'thin and anemic' was meant to create a safe space for honest engagement. Looking back over this study, how honestly have you engaged? Have you been more of a student of prayer or a practitioner of prayer during these weeks?