Divine Conversation

#2 “What is Prayer?” part 2

These questions are based on the sermon preached on 10/26/25 at Crossroads Church in Turlock, CA.

Please don’t feel the need to get through all the questions. The goal is not to get through all of them, but rather to have a meaningful time of discussion and encouragement.

Read Psalm 8

1.    What stood out to you most from the sermon or any of the Bible passages from Sunday?

2.    Read Psalm 8:3-8. David understands who God is by observing nature, and it leads him to wonder and amazement of God. Have you ever experienced this? If you’re willing, please share your experience with the group. How can nature be a means of encountering God?

3.    Read Isaiah 6:8. Has there been a time in your life where you had an Encounter with God through: Prayer, Scipture, Nature, Conversation, Worship, etc. when God radically altered the direction of your life? When was it and how did your life change?

4.    One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. Psalm 27:4 (NIV)

 Why do you think this isn’t the posture of our hearts more often? What can we do to make it a more regular reality in our own lives? What would be different about our lives if this was our greatest desire?

5.    Pray together as a group. Pray that God would increase the desire and hunger for Him in our hearts.