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1. Honest inventory:

a. When was the last time you fasted?

b. What has your relationship with this discipline looked like avoidance, ignorance, occasional practice?

c. What do you think has shaped that?

2. Fasting reveals the things that control us. If you fasted one day this week,

a. What do you think it would reveal about what most comforts and controls you?

b. What are you afraid that answer might be?

3. The next step: Comer challenges us to build fasting into our Rule of Life the ongoing rhythm of discipleship.

a. What would one small, concrete step look like for you in the next two weeks?

b. Could your group fast together and debrief the experience?

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1. When you feel stressed, empty, or overwhelmedwhat do you instinctively reach for?

What might that reveal about your deeper hunger?

2. In Jesus wilderness temptation, which of the 3 temptations (control, approval, shortcuts) do you relate to most right now? Why?

3. What fears or resistance come up when you think about fasting? Be honestwhat feels hard about it?

4. What is one simple way you can begin practicing fasting this week?

Skip one meal?

Fast from media?

Replace a habit with prayer?

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1. When you think about skipping a meal to spend time with Jesus, what resistance do you feeland what might that reveal about what you depend on most?

2. During times when youve felt closest to Jesus, what was different about your pace, habits, or level of distraction compared to your normal life?

3. What would it look like for you this week to replace one meal with intentional time being with Jesusand how will you structure that time so its not just empty, but meaningful?

4. If fasting could reshape your desires, what is one area of your life where you want Jesus more than comfort, control, or convenience?

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What have you been doing with your doubts?

What would it look like to actually investigate your faith?

Are you living like this is true?

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In your own words, how would you explain the difference between being saved by faith and being formed through obedienceand why does that distinction matter?

Where in your life are you confidently trusting Jesus for salvation, but hesitating or resisting obedience in formation?

Do you tend to lean more toward earning Gods approval (legalism) or neglecting growth (passivity)? How does that show up in your habits?

What is one specific act of obedience you sense God inviting you into this weeknot to earn His love, but to grow in itand when will you take that step?

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Where in your life right now do you feel like you have nothing to offer, and how is that shaping the way you pray?

What might your persistence (or inconsistency) in prayer reveal about what you actually believe about God?

When you picture God listening to you,

a. what is your instinctive view of Him?b. how does that affect your prayers?

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When do you feel most spiritually dry?

What time of day is most realistic for consistent prayer?

How does daily dependence challenge your independence?

What simple prayer rhythm could you begin immediately?

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Where do you feel static in your spiritual life right now?

Are there any ways prayer has reshaped your desires before?

Why might Jesus begin prayer with Gods glory and Kingdom?

What is one area of your life that needs re-alignment?

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Why do you think the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray instead of preach?

What feelings surface when you address God as Father?

What distracts you most in prayer?

What would change if you viewed prayer primarily as time with a loving Father?

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1. What rises to the surface when everything gets quiet?

When you remove noise, screens, and conversation, what shows up first anxiety, restlessness, boredom, relief?

What might that reveal about whats really shaping your inner life?

How could naming that honestly before God change you?

2. What are you most tempted to reach for when you feel uncomfortable?

When solitude feels awkward or tense, what do you instinctively grab your phone, productivity, conversation, food, distraction?

3. Where is your identity most anchored right now?

In success? Ministry fruit? Approval? Busyness? Being needed?

4. What would it realistically look like to practice solitude this week?

Not ideally realistically.

When could you schedule 10 intentional minutes?

What obstacle will likely resist you?

How can this group encourage you to follow through?