Yancey chapter 11 and 12

Here are some questions to ponder after reading chapter 11 and 12 of Yancey's book "Prayer".

Yancey 11 Seek Ask Knock
What particularly caught your eye or your ear?
Is there anything that surprised you, angered you, confused you, excited you?
What was the main point to the chapter?
Page 146 --What does it mean to pray like a salesman with his foot wedged in the doopopening, like a wrestler who has his opponent in a head lock and won’t let go?
When I really want something, I strive and persist. I will do whatever it takes. Why don’t I show that same persistence in prayer?
Do you use the changelessness of God as an excuse not to pray? God’s decisions are set, so, why pray?
When I pray, is God knocking, seeking, asking of me? Maybe that is why I don’t pray. I don’t want God to get what God wants out of me.
We are God’s workmanship. Prayer offers an opportunity to God to make us into God’s work of art.

Yancey 12 Yearning for Fluency
What particularly caught your eye or your ear?
Is there anything that surprised you, angered you, confused you, excited you?
What was the main point to the chapter?
Do you have a routine for prayer?
What does Yancey mean when he says that prayer is like sex? Have you ever thought of that before? Will you again? Its about relationships. The cacophony of life drowns out relationships---there is no time or energy for relationship. This effects all aspects of relationships--prayer, sex and every thing else as well.
How is prayer like learning a language?
Like exercise? Like learning a musical instrument?
I thought that the quote from Yankelovich, on page 164. Was very profound regarding deferred vs. instant gratification. This “change” effects all areas of our life, perhaps most especially prayer.