Breakthrough Prayer in times of Desperation – 33:1-3 4. What is the difference between God’s sovereign will and his moral will? “We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. Share the Word We pray when there’s nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do 1. What is going on in your life or the life of anything at all.” - Oswald Chambers someone you care about where you need to call out to God in prayer? Read the Word 2. When you pray, what causes you to lack Jeremiah is the autobiography of one of confidence? ’s greatest and is the longest book in the . No had a tougher 3. Has there been a time in your prayer life assignment than Jeremiah in a time of where God revealed his will and or a Judah’s darkest days. He was known as the promise to you? Would you be willing to weeping prophet, a heart-broken man with a share it with your group? heart-breaking message. 4. What did God teach you about prayer in He was the son of a priest and born in a Jeremiah 33:1-3? small town a few miles NE of . As a young man he was divinely called to be Pray the Word a prophet, a spokesman for God and a reluctant recruit [:4-8]. Spiritual 1. Ask God to help you pray with and moral decay was rampant. Deliberate confidence. disobedience and blatant rejection of God 2. Claim God’s promises when you pray. was commonplace. 3. Pray with the expectation that God will answer. Jeremiah 33:1-3; 33:6-9; 32:16 “PRAYER IS NOT MERELY A WAY TO Study the Word GET THINGS FROM GOD, BUT AS A WAY TO GET MORE OF GOD.” - 1. What was the setting for Jeremiah’s Timothy Keller prophecy?

2. What do the words “Call to me” tell you about God and prayer?

3. What does the phrase “I will answer you” tell you about God?