We're assuming you've already worked through the 40 Days study and have also given each of the preceding topics it's week's worth of attention. If so, let's do some intentional preparation for future fruit bearing.

Week 6 : Prayer

Where we left off... 40 Days - Day 6:

God welcomes sincere prayer and rejoices over His child’s time spent before His throne.

What you should learn this week:

• Prayer goes beyond those moments when our heads are bowed and eyes closed…it’s any time we attend to God: listening, calling on Him for intervention, or adoring Him with our words and thoughts.

• As we mature, we’ll seek more intentional time with God in prayer, not less.

• Prayer directed to each person of the Trinity is proper and prudent.

Your "Faith in Action" challenge this week:

Pray consistently this week for God to reveal what great thing he wants to do in, around, or through, your life (e.g. James 5:16-18)

Still Working on This Week...

Study Tool to Explore

Let's look more at the Blue Letter Bible resource. Specifically, to find out how common the specific word you're looking at is.

The first images is a screenshot of the interlinear tool opened from Philippians 4:6. There you can see the the Greek word proseuche is translated "by prayer" and the word deesis is translated "supplication." The second image is the screenshot after clicking on the Strong's number for supplication (G1162).

In the second image, notice that this Greek word (deesis) show up in several different forms. Also notice that we have a total count of each translation usage in the KJV, here 12x translated as "prayer" and 6x translated as "supplication" and once as "request."

Explore for yourself what happens if you click on one of the English words found there like prayer, supplication, or request.

Some Thoughts for Group Discussion

Show your progress on the memory verse, discuss what you learned from the Faith in Action challenge, and discuss your observations in the reading schedule.

Discuss some of the "why to pray" observations you made reading Elijah's story.

Prayer is a sweet incense (aroma) to God. Our prayers are carefully and continually curated before His throne and mercy seat. Read and discuss the connections between the following passages:

• Rev 5:8, Rev 8:3-4,

• Psalm 141:2,

• Isa 6:4,

• Ex 30:1-10, Lev 16:12-13, Num 16:46-48.

How would your observations in this sweet incense discussion be added to your list of "why to pray?"