SG Bible Study #3
Suggested Opening Song:
What a Friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs
to bear
What a privilege to carry, Everything to God in
prayer
O, what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry, Everything to God
in prayer
Have we trials and temptations, Is there
trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged, Take it to the Lord in prayer
Can we find a friend so faithful, Who will all
our sorrow share
Jesus knows our every weakness, Take it to the
Lord in prayer
Are we weak and heavy laden, Cumbered with a load of care
Precious Saviour, still our Refuge, Take it to
the Lord in prayer
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee, Take it
to the Lord in prayer
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee, Thou wilt find a solace there
Sharing as desired on an individual
basis (Optional)
‘Where
no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there
is safety.’ (Proverbs 11:14)
Be a blessing and a channel of blessing to each other.
‘Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.’ (Psalms 37:4,5)
Go into a time of prayer.
Luke 11:1-4; Nehemiah 1:4-11
Discussion:
1. From
the passage in Luke, by what does Jesus mean when he said, ‘When ye pray, say, . . . .’ ? Are we to recite verbatim the prayer each
time we want to pray? If not, then
what? Is there a formula for ‘right way
to pray’?
2. List
down the key basic contents of The Lord’s Prayer in the Luke passage. Following this, list down
the key basic contents of Nehemiah’s Prayer. Are there any similarities that you find in
the two passages?
3. How
do we know from the passage that Nehemiah identified himself with the sins of
his brothers? Can you suggest other
biblical examples where other godly saints also identified themselves with the
sins of others, as if they themselves were the guilty ones? What does this mean in our own prayer for
others?
Devotional Reflection:
1. How about developing a pattern for prayer among yourselves from Monday to Thursday? It can be a pray programme for individual families, work-related, church ministries, etc.
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