The Berean Table

Series: Get Right Bible Study Series · Companion: Full Study

A summary handout for Q1.10 Prayer (F3 QSource).

What QSource says: Q1.10 Prayer introduces Faith — a man’s right relationship with his Creator, the “SkyQ” — as the third component of the Get Right. A Virtuous Leader must have Faith: a man who believes in no power outside himself ends up “the king of the world” who can’t serve. The chapter makes three claims about prayer. It answers the “What-What” — what happens when I die? and how should I live? It is “the Pro’s antidote to anxiety.” And it supplies Hope, which “is not self-generated.” Throughout, the chapter keeps the Creator generic — a “Force” ancient man tried to appease.

How we’re using it: QSource raises the topic; God’s Word is the authority we sit under. Nothing is written down — each man speaks his commitment out loud, and we open next time by saying how last week went. The goal is to draw near to God, obey Him, and give Him the glory (James 1:22).

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1. A Leader Must Have Faith

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. (Hebrews 11:6, ESV)

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good. (Psalm 14:1, ESV)

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5–6, ESV)

Bottom line: Leadership doesn’t start on a throne. It starts on your knees, in front of a God who is really there.

Discuss:

• Where in your life are you still ruling from a self-made throne, functioning as if you were the king of your own world?
• What does it look like this week to “draw near” to God rather than just believe He exists in the abstract?

2. We Pray to a Father Who Has Made Himself Known

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15, ESV)

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. (Hebrews 1:1–2, ESV)

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” (Matthew 6:9, ESV)

Bottom line: You’re not praying at a Force. You’re talking to a Father who already came for you.

Discuss:

• Do you pray to a vague “higher power,” or to the Father who has made Himself known in Christ? How would praying “Abba, Father” change your prayers?
• Where do you still relate to God as if He were distant or capricious — someone to be appeased rather than approached?

3. Prayer Provides Answers

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. (Jeremiah 33:3, ESV)

Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:21–26, ESV)

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. (James 1:5, ESV)

Bottom line: You can’t answer the big questions alone. Ask God. He answers — and His answer to death is Jesus.

Discuss:

• The ultimate What-What — what happens when you die — has been answered in Christ’s resurrection. How settled are you in that answer?
• Where do you go first for answers about how to live — and when did you last actually ask God for wisdom?

4. Prayer Is the Antidote to Anxiety

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6–7, ESV)

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7, ESV)

Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:34, ESV)

Bottom line: You were never meant to carry it. Hand it over and God posts a guard on your heart.

Discuss:

• What are you anxious about right now that you’ve been fighting alone instead of bringing to God “with thanksgiving”?
• The promise is peace, not necessarily changed circumstances. Would that be enough for you — and what does it reveal if it isn’t?

5. Hope Is Not Self-Generated

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (Romans 15:13, ESV)

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Romans 5:5, ESV)

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22–23, ESV)

Bottom line: Hope isn’t something you work up. It’s something God pours in — new every morning.

Discuss:

• If hope is received and not manufactured, what would it look like to build a daily habit of prayer this week?
• Where have you been trying to grit your way to hope or optimism instead of receiving it from God?

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Living It Out

Pick your Brick — one concrete, observable action from today, specific enough that a brother can ask “did you do it?” and get a yes or no.

Say it aloud: “Because God is my Father who hears me, this week I will ___. [Name], will you check me?”

Report back next time: “Last week I committed to ___. Did I do it: yes or no.”