12-Week Study & Discussion Guide

War Room

by Chris Fabry·96 discussion questions

Week 1 — FreeRead the opening chapters of War Room by Chris Fabry (through the introduction of Miss Clara and the Jordan family). Key Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-12 ("Put on the full armor of God…")

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1.Chris Fabry wastes no time establishing the outward appearance of the Jordan family: a beautiful home, successful careers, an impressive lifestyle. What details in these early chapters signal to you that something is deeply wrong beneath the surface?

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Introduction — Meeting the Jordans and Miss Clara

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Read the opening chapters of War Room by Chris Fabry (through the introduction of Miss Clara and the Jordan family). Key Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-12 ("Put on the full armor of God…")

Before the battle begins, we need to know who we are fighting for — and who we are really fighting against. As you read these opening pages, notice what each character is protecting, and what they are hiding.

1.Chris Fabry wastes no time establishing the outward appearance of the Jordan family: a beautiful home, successful careers, an impressive lifestyle. What details in these early chapters signal to you that something is deeply wrong beneath the surface?

2.Tony Jordan is presented as charming, driven, and deeply self-focused. What specific attitudes or behaviors in these early chapters reveal the condition of his heart — both toward his family and toward God?

3.Elizabeth Jordan is a real estate agent who is good at her job but struggling at home. How does her professional competence contrast with her sense of helplessness in her marriage? Have you ever experienced that same disconnect — capable in one area of life, powerless in another?

a.Where does Elizabeth seem to place her hope for the marriage changing?

b.What does that reveal about where she has not yet placed her hope?

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12-Week Schedule

  1. Week 1Introduction — Meeting the Jordans and Miss Clara8 questions
  2. Week 2The War Room — Miss Clara's Closet and a New Way of Seeing8 questions
  3. Week 3Tony's Temptation — The Danger of a Drifting Heart8 questions
  4. Week 4Elizabeth's Surrender — Fighting For, Not Against8 questions
  5. Week 5Caught — The Moment of Reckoning8 questions
  6. Week 6Repentance — What Real Change Looks Like8 questions
  7. Week 7Forgiveness — The Hardest Prayer8 questions
  8. Week 8Danielle — Praying For Our Children8 questions
  9. Week 9The Real Enemy — Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God8 questions
  10. Week 10Restoration — When God Rebuilds What Was Broken8 questions
  11. Week 11Miss Clara's Legacy — A Life Given to Prayer8 questions
  12. Week 12Review & Reflection — The Battle That Changed Everything8 questions

The War Room — Miss Clara's Closet and a New Way of Seeing

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Read the chapters covering Elizabeth's growing relationship with Miss Clara and her first look at the war room. Key Scripture: Matthew 6:6 ("But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father…")

1.When Elizabeth first sees Miss Clara's war room — the walls covered with handwritten prayer requests, Scripture verses, and answered prayers — what is her reaction? What was your reaction as you read the description?

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Tony's Temptation — The Danger of a Drifting Heart

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Read the chapters focusing on Tony's temptation at work and his growing distance from his family. Key Scripture: James 1:14-15; 1 Corinthians 10:13

1.Tony's professional success has fed his pride and his sense of entitlement. How does Fabry show the connection between unchecked ambition and moral drift? Where does Tony's story begin to go wrong?

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Elizabeth's Surrender — Fighting For, Not Against

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Read the chapters depicting Elizabeth's growing commitment to prayer and her decision to fight for her marriage rather than against her husband. Key Scripture: Romans 12:21; Ephesians 6:18

1.Miss Clara pushes Elizabeth to ask a hard question: Is she willing to fight for Tony's soul, not just for her own comfort or a better marriage? How does Elizabeth initially respond to that challenge? What does her hesitation reveal?

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Caught — The Moment of Reckoning

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Read the chapters in which Tony's secret actions come to light and he faces a moment of crisis. Key Scripture: Numbers 32:23 ("Be sure your sin will find you out"); Luke 15:17-18

1.Tony's hidden behavior at work is exposed in a way he does not expect. How does the author handle this moment — is it dramatic, quiet, or something else? What details make it feel real rather than contrived?

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Repentance — What Real Change Looks Like

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Read the chapters depicting Tony's repentance and the beginning of genuine change. Key Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:10 ("Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret…"); Psalm 51:1-12

1.Tony's repentance is not a single dramatic moment but a process. What are the specific steps he takes — toward God, toward Elizabeth, toward Danielle — that signal genuine change rather than just remorse?

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Forgiveness — The Hardest Prayer

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Read the chapters in which Elizabeth wrestles with whether and how to forgive Tony. Key Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35; Colossians 3:13

1.Elizabeth has been praying for Tony's transformation — but when that transformation begins, she faces a new battle: the battle to forgive. Why is the arrival of repentance not automatically the end of Elizabeth's struggle?

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Danielle — Praying For Our Children

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Read the chapters centered on Danielle and the impact of the family's transformation on her life. Key Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:6-7; Proverbs 22:6

1.Throughout the story, Danielle has been a silent witness to her parents' conflict. What specific moments reveal how deeply the family's dysfunction has affected her, even when she does not say so outright?

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The Real Enemy — Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God

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Read the chapters where the spiritual warfare theme is most explicitly developed. Key Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 Peter 5:8

1.Fabry builds on Ephesians 6 throughout the novel, but this section makes the spiritual warfare theme most explicit. In your own words, what is the book's argument about the relationship between marriage conflict and spiritual warfare?

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Restoration — When God Rebuilds What Was Broken

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Read the chapters depicting the restoration of the Jordan marriage and family. Key Scripture: Joel 2:25 ("I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten…"); Isaiah 61:3

1.The restoration of Tony and Elizabeth's marriage does not happen overnight. What are the specific, concrete steps they take together toward rebuilding trust, intimacy, and shared faith? Which of those steps strikes you as the most important?

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Miss Clara's Legacy — A Life Given to Prayer

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Read the final chapters focusing on Miss Clara and the conclusion of her story. Key Scripture: Hebrews 11:1; 2 Timothy 4:7-8

1.Miss Clara's influence on the Jordan family is profound, yet she never directly confronted Tony, never gave Elizabeth a five-step plan, and never had any formal authority in their lives. What does her story say about the nature of spiritual influence?

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Review & Reflection — The Battle That Changed Everything

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Review your notes from all eleven weeks of War Room by Chris Fabry. Key Scripture: James 5:16 ("The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.")

1.Which character in the novel — Tony, Elizabeth, Miss Clara, or Danielle — did you most identify with at the beginning of the story? Has that changed by the end? What does that shift (or lack of shift) tell you about yourself?

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