Week 8 Bible Reading

• Genesis 44
• Genesis 45
• Genesis 46
• Genesis 47
• Genesis 48

Discussion Questions

1. Is your prayer life a driving force or a safety net? What role has desperation played in your pursuit of God?
2. Are you settling for spiritual survival or pressing into spiritual greatness? What would priesthood look like in your daily world?
3. What does it mean to begin the journey of spiritual greatness? What does pursuing God tangibly look like?
4. What holds you back from a deeper prayer life—discouragement, shame, pretense? How might God want to meet you in those places?
5. Which internal battles keep you from wholehearted devotion? What does God want to heal or confront?
6. What keeps you from expressing vulnerability with God—or others? Why is prayer especially critical for leaders?
7. What distractions consume your energy? How might you reclaim your attention and refocus your spiritual life?
8. What are the “three pillars of prayer”? How strong are they in your current practice?
9. When the fire of your heart grows cold, what is missing? What “wood” do you need to throw back on the altar?

Accountability Questions:

• Did everyone read all five chapters?
• What application points did you find?

Group Participation:

• Prayer: someone takes prayer requests and guides prayer.
• Recap: someone recaps the weekly Bible Reading
• Reflection: someone facilitate the Bible study by inviting takeaways from Bible Reading and using the weekly discussion questions.