Divine Conversation

#3 “How To Pray”

These questions are based on the sermon preached on 11/2/25 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 Psalm 46

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

2.    Read 1 Samuel 16:7 & Matthew 23:27-28. From these passages, and many others, it’s clear that God cares more about our Heart Posture than how we present ourselves to others. Why do you think that is? Why do we focus so much on how we appear before others? How can our outward focus affect how we pray in public or in our Community Group?

“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10a (NIV)

3.    The first Prayer Posture we discussed was “Be Still”. What are challenges you face to finding stillness in your daily life? What do you do to fight against distractions when you are praying?

 4.    Prayer Posture #2 was “Know God”. Read Psalm 46:1,4-9,11. What do we learn about God from those verses? How does knowing those truths about God help us when we are praying to God?  

5.    Prayer Posture #3 was “Know Yourself”. Read Psalm 46:10. Who is God? Who is not God? How does knowing those 2 realities help us in our prayer life? What are ways we sometimes get those two realities switched in our lives and what are some results of that confusion? 

6.    Pray together as a Group.