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A New Start, Part 1 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series:  The Sermon on the Mount
Matthew 7:7-11
08 October 2017

Deep Sheet:  Sermon Study Questions
1.  What does it look like to have a Christian life that is “motion, but no progress”?
How does this passage hold out the possibility of a fresh start?
2.  Why is the persistent prayer that Jesus describes in this passage “the only way forward”? (Matthew 5:3)
3.  What do you tend to substitute for prayer?
4.  In what ways can our spiritual disciplines end up being prayerless?
What should be the relationship between Bible reading and prayer?
5.  Why should this passage give you great confidence in prayer and in the prospect of spiritual growth?  (Luke 11:13; 1 John 5:14-15; James 1:5-8; 4:2)
6.  Where do we see Jesus’ emphasis on persistence in prayer?
How much “giving up” is there in your Christian life? (Luke 11:5-8)