Praying God's Word by Beth Moore
Week 12: Chapter 11 — Overcoming Doubt and Deception
Read Chapter 11 of Praying God's Word. Key passages: John 8:31–32, 44; James 1:5–8; 2 Timothy 3:16–17.
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Moore closes the topical chapters by confronting the stronghold that underlies all others — a mind that has accepted the enemy's version of reality over God's — and she calls us back, definitively, to the truth of God's Word.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Moore identifies deception as the root-level stronghold — the soil in which all other strongholds grow. Every other stronghold, she argues, is sustained by a lie. What lie, specifically, sustains the stronghold you have found most personally challenging in this book?
2.Jesus calls Satan 'a liar and the father of lies' (John 8:44) and says that abiding in His Word is what makes us truly free (John 8:31–32). What is the connection between staying in God's Word and remaining free from deception? Why does neglecting Scripture make us so much more vulnerable?
3.James 1:5–8 describes the double-minded person as 'unstable in all he does' — tossed by the wind. Moore applies this to the person whose mind holds both truth and lies simultaneously without resolving the conflict. Do you recognize any areas of double-mindedness in your own belief system — where you assent to a truth in church but live by a contradiction at home?