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At the end of the sermon you can email yourself those notes from that day.

We hope this is a helpful resource for you as you dive deeper into the Scriptures and the messages preached at New Life Church.

• Open your group with prayer. For those that chose a specific way to pray last week, take a moment to check in on that. How did it go? What did you learn from it? 

• Have someone (or a few people) read Mark 1:35-39, Luke 5:15-16 and Luke 9:16. What did you notice about these texts? 

• Pastor Brian articulated two approaches to prayer that he encouraged us to go after: setting aside intentional time to pray and praying along the way. How is this similar or different to your current practice? Is there one you lean into more than another? If you do either, share any best practices you’ve learned. 

• What has typically gotten in the way of developing those consistent prayer habits (both with scheduled time and “along the way” time)? Do those barriers make it feel daunting to consider pursuing consistent prayer now or do you feel you have motivation? 

• Were there specific ideas from the message that might help you overcome the barriers mentioned in question 4? (Here are a few ideas: More does not equal better, better equals better. The ACTSS model of prayer. We want to spend time with Him to have Him rub off on us. Prayer is about building meaningful relationship that changes us.)

• How can you take those ideas into your prayer life this week? What do you feel God is leading you to do?

• Close your time in prayer. We encourage each person to pray using the ACTSS model (if you feel comfortable doing so). You could do this out loud as a group, or spread out and pray silently as individuals. As a reminder, here is the pattern: (Adoration = praise, Confession = honestly sharing wrongs, Thanksgiving = give thanks, Supplication = present your requests, Surrender = release the outcomes).