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Lakeside Church
Lakeside Church
500 episodes
6 days ago
Why do some prayers get answered while others seem to go unheard? Jesus promises that faith can move mountains, yet we still face trials, disappointment, and mystery. In this message from Robyn Elliott we wrestle honestly with unanswered prayer, exploring biblical tensions, real-world complexity, and the hope the resurrection still offers. Discussion Questions: 1. When have you experienced an unanswered prayer, and how did it shape your perception of God? 2. How do you reconcile Jesus’ promises in Matthew 21 and John 14 with the lived reality of suffering? 3. Which of the possible explanations discussed - contradiction, wounded world, free will, evil, sin - resonates most with you, and why? 4. To what extent is the modern Western expectation of happiness influencing how we interpret God’s role in our lives? 5. How does free will complicate the idea of God intervening in response to prayer? 6. In what ways does the biblical portrayal of spiritual evil (Ephesians 6) add nuance to the question of unanswered prayer? 7. What is the difference between having faith in God and having faith in the amount of your faith? 8. How does the Christian hope of resurrection reframe the way we interpret suffering, healing, and unanswered prayer?
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Why do some prayers get answered while others seem to go unheard? Jesus promises that faith can move mountains, yet we still face trials, disappointment, and mystery. In this message from Robyn Elliott we wrestle honestly with unanswered prayer, exploring biblical tensions, real-world complexity, and the hope the resurrection still offers. Discussion Questions: 1. When have you experienced an unanswered prayer, and how did it shape your perception of God? 2. How do you reconcile Jesus’ promises in Matthew 21 and John 14 with the lived reality of suffering? 3. Which of the possible explanations discussed - contradiction, wounded world, free will, evil, sin - resonates most with you, and why? 4. To what extent is the modern Western expectation of happiness influencing how we interpret God’s role in our lives? 5. How does free will complicate the idea of God intervening in response to prayer? 6. In what ways does the biblical portrayal of spiritual evil (Ephesians 6) add nuance to the question of unanswered prayer? 7. What is the difference between having faith in God and having faith in the amount of your faith? 8. How does the Christian hope of resurrection reframe the way we interpret suffering, healing, and unanswered prayer?
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2025-11-16_LakesideSermon
Lakeside Church
29 minutes 8 seconds
1 week ago
2025-11-16_LakesideSermon
The Lord’s Table is not just a ritual but a living prayer - a place where we encounter Jesus with our whole selves. Have you ever struggled to pray, wondered where God is, or felt like prayer is mysterious, intimidating, or even boring? This message from Robyn Elliott will help you rediscover the presence that meets us when we simply show up and the God who invites us into a more relational, embodied way of praying. Discussion Questions: 1. When you think about prayer, what emotions come up first - delight, duty, confusion, guilt, comfort? Why do you think that is? 2. Have you ever experienced prayer as “showing up” rather than saying the right words? What did that look like for you? 3. Which part of the Lord’s Table - remembering, receiving, repenting, connecting - most resonates with your current season of life? 4. When in your life has God felt most “real” or “present,” and what were you doing in that moment? 5. In what ways does coming to the table feel like praying with your body? How might this reshape how you pray outside of communion? 6. Richard Foster says, “The Lord’s Table is at the heart of all prayer.” When you think about your own prayer life, how does communion help you experience or understand God differently? 7. In Luke 24, Jesus becomes recognizable while breaking bread. How does this shape the way you expect to encounter Jesus in everyday, physical, ordinary moments of your own life? 8. People debate what exactly happens at communion - symbolic, real presence, something in between. How have those conversations shaped (or complicated) how you approach the table? 9. Western culture tends to value thinking over experiencing. Where in your own faith do you notice this tension - wanting to understand God vs. wanting to encounter God? 10. If prayer and the table both “reorient” us, what shifts have you personally felt (or do you hope to feel) when you participate in these practices?
Lakeside Church
Why do some prayers get answered while others seem to go unheard? Jesus promises that faith can move mountains, yet we still face trials, disappointment, and mystery. In this message from Robyn Elliott we wrestle honestly with unanswered prayer, exploring biblical tensions, real-world complexity, and the hope the resurrection still offers. Discussion Questions: 1. When have you experienced an unanswered prayer, and how did it shape your perception of God? 2. How do you reconcile Jesus’ promises in Matthew 21 and John 14 with the lived reality of suffering? 3. Which of the possible explanations discussed - contradiction, wounded world, free will, evil, sin - resonates most with you, and why? 4. To what extent is the modern Western expectation of happiness influencing how we interpret God’s role in our lives? 5. How does free will complicate the idea of God intervening in response to prayer? 6. In what ways does the biblical portrayal of spiritual evil (Ephesians 6) add nuance to the question of unanswered prayer? 7. What is the difference between having faith in God and having faith in the amount of your faith? 8. How does the Christian hope of resurrection reframe the way we interpret suffering, healing, and unanswered prayer?