Divine Conversation

#5 “How To Pray” part 3

These questions are based on the sermon preached on 11/16/25 at Crossroads Church in Turlock, CA.

Please don’t feel the need to get through all the questions. The goal is not to get through all of them, but rather to have a meaningful time of discussion and encouragement.

Read Matthew 6:9-15

1.    What stood out to you most from the sermon or any of the Bible passages from Sunday?

2.    If you think of the different parts of the Lord’s Prayer (vs.9-13) as categories of prayer, rather than exact words that must be prayed in our daily time with God….How would you describe the categories and what could you include in them as items for prayer?

For example: How would you pray for God’s name to be “hallowed”?, or How would you pray for “daily bread” and what could be included in that request?

3.    We talked about three different ways God becomes our Father: Adoption, becoming Heirs and New Birth. Which one of these concepts spoke to you the most and why?

4.    Read Galatians 3:26-27. How does the image of being “clothed in Christ” impact how you think about your identity? How can it bring assurance of salvation and God’s love when we are struggling with doubt?

5.    Read Colossians 1:16-17. How does knowing that you were created “through him and for him” give you clarity and direction for your life? If you’re willing, share about a time in your life when you decided to live for yourself rather than for God and his glory. How’d that work out? What did you learn?

6.    Pray for each other. Bear one another’s burdens. Pray that love for God would go deeper and deeper into our hearts so that He can be more glorified through our lives.