GROUP STUDY: Praying in Community
A Resource for Giving Voice to the Heart of Our Father
About This Study
Many years ago I was pastoring in a large church and was asked to create a Wednesday night discipleship program. I wanted to do more than just teach people about God, I wanted to create opportunities to experience both the love of the Father and the power of Divine-community. As I searched all the major publishing houses, I quickly became frustrated at the quality of curriculum on prayer. Most studies lacked depth and the ones that provided it were focused almost exclusively on passing along the cold-hard facts about prayer. I wanted something more.
The people of God need, and deserve, Bible studies that offer more than cake!
This group study was born out of my passion to help people both learn about and experience the power of praying in community.
This 6 lesson series is designed to help every disciple of Christ master the art of communal prayer. So much of our culture emphasizes the private nature faith, that we have forgotten the power of praying in groups. This series has been used in my own ministry to help both the brand new Christians and the mature Christians experience the power of praying as a church Family.
Each lesson is designed to last 1 1/2 hours. Unlike most group studies, this material puts an equal emphasis on teaching the mind and engaging the spirit. The first half of each lesson teaches one of six disciplines:
The Prayer of Jesus
The Prayer of Brokenness
The Prayer of Evangelism
The Prayer of Healing
The Prayer of Intercession
The Prayer of Persistence
The second half of each lesson is your opportunity to move beyond talking about prayer and actually engaging in prayer.
How much time you spend in each lesson will vary depending upon the experience and comfort level of the people in the study. As a whole, this study teaches the value of using the Scripture as our primary book of prayer.
My prayer, is that each person in this study will come to know the joy of prayer and the power of praying in community.
What’s Included in the Download
The study includes both a leader’s guide and student journal. Click below to download a sample PDF of each book. Note, the sample leader guide includes the table of contents.
Sample Leader Guide
Sample Student Journal
Register to Download
This study is for use only by subscribers at MoreThanCake.org (dba https://jrmiller777.substack.com/s/books). Once you register, you can distribute the PDFs for your small group study. Anyone outside your group who wants to lead the study must create their own subscription. You may print the PDFs or use them on personal e-readers for group members only. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, except in the case of brief quotations printed in articles or reviews, without prior permission in writing from Dr. Miller.
For those teaching this series more than once, be sure to come back to download the latest version as I often make updates based on the input from my readers.
NOTE: Only one person from the groups needs to subscribe in order to use this study. Group registrations are not required, but are greatly appreciated as it takes a lot of work to create and maintain content.
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