About This Book You have read Matt Smallbone's "The Prayer Experiment." You loved his honesty. You felt seen when he admitted he was a reluctant pray-er. You underlined half the chapters. But now you are asking yourself: "What do I actually do next?" This workbook is your answer. The Prayer Experiment Workbook is a 13-week practical guide designed to turn reading into doing. It takes the core themes of Matt's book and transforms them into daily and weekly exercises that realign your thoughts, your heart, and your posture toward God and the world. Each chapter focuses on one phrase of the Lord's Prayer. You will not find long academic lectures here. You will find practical, sometimes uncomfortable, often surprising exercises like these. The Grip Check: Hold a pen tightly, pray "your kingdom come," and feel the difference between control and surrender. The Chair Exercise: Place an empty chair across from you and speak "Our Father" as if someone kind is sitting there. The One-Inch Step: Identify one person you are not ready to forgive and pray "I am willing to want to forgive them." The Small Rescue Log: For five days, track the tiny deliverances you almost missed. This workbook is not for people who have prayer figured out. It is for people who are tired of feeling guilty about prayer. It is for people who want to pray but do not know how to start again without shame. It is for people who suspect that prayer might matter but are not entirely sure it works. What you will find inside 13 chapters, each designed for one week of practice A "Prayer Barrier Buster" at the start of each week to name what is actually stopping you Physical posture experiments that teach your body what your brain cannot learn alone Honest exercises for unanswered prayer, forgiveness, temptation, and praise that feels fake A 30-day anchor practice for your most painful unanswered prayer Permission slips to tear out and keep What this workbook is not It is not a textbook. There are no quizzes. It is not a research project. You do not need to look up Greek words. It is not a devotional that asks you to feel things you do not feel. It is a laboratory. A place to try things that might feel awkward. A place to be honest. A place to pray badly and keep going. Who this workbook is for You do not need to be a good pray-er to use this guide. In fact, being a good pray-er might get in the way. This workbook is for the reluctant. The distracted. The tired. The doubting. The angry. The bored. The ones who have tried and failed and tried again. You do not need to feel like praying to do these exercises. You just need to do them. Two minutes. One posture. One honest sentence. That is enough. A note on using this workbook alongside Matt Smallbone's book You can use this workbook in three ways. Option One: Read a chapter of Matt's book, then do the corresponding chapter in this workbook. This is the ideal way. The main book gives you the theology and stories. This workbook gives you the practices. Option Two: Use this workbook alone, then go back to Matt's book for deeper reading. Option Three: Use this workbook in a small group or with a prayer partner. What changes after 13 weeks Not everything. You will still struggle. You will still have unanswered prayers. You will still get distracted. But something will shift. You will stop performing. You will stop hiding. You will stop waiting until you feel like praying. You will just pray. The same prayer Jesus taught. The same words that have held millions of believers for two thousand years. You never outgrow the Lord's Prayer. It is simple enough for a child. It is deep enough for a theologian. It is strong enough to hold you for a lifetime. This workbook is your training wheels. Now learn to ride. Praise for "The Prayer Experiment Workbook" (placeholder)
