How would you describe your prayer life? What are you doing well in that area? What could you do to improve your prayer life?

Why is prayer such an important element of the Christian life?

According to James 5:13, when does James instruct us to lean into prayer? Do you find it more difficult to pray when you are suffering? Or when you are cheerful? Why?

What does it look like for godly members of a healthy local church to be faithfully praying for one another? What are some behaviors that you might observe in a church like that?

How do you feel about confessing your sin to God? Do you find it easy? Difficult? Something else? What about confessing your sin to other people? Why do you feel this way? What does God promise that we will experience if we confess our sin? (James 5:16, 1 John 1:9)

What does God call us, as Christians, to do if someone that we know, and love, and pray for, wanders away from the faith, and from the church? How can we be faithful to obey this calling? How can we obey it in a way that is wise, and godly?

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