The Screw Tape Letters

Letter IV Questions

1. What has happened in the relationship between Screwtape and Wormwood?

2. How is it that Satan wants us to view prayer? Do you agree that bodily position is critical in the success of your prayer?

3. Do you ever feel that your daily prayers are reputations, and if so does this cause you to feel your prayer has any less value with God?

4. Describe the essence of what is being said in the third paragraph. Have you ever felt the results that Screwtape is referring to? (Note that the first sentence uses the word “misdirection”.)

5. In the final paragraph who are the “other two Persons” Screwtape is referring to?

6. What dangers are Screwtape referring to when he speaks about the patient keeping eyes on an object hanging on the wall? When you pray do you envision God or do you envision the subject of that point in your prayer?

7. What do you think is meant by ” In avoiding this situation—this real nakedness of the soul in prayer—you will be helped by the fact that the humans themselves do not desire it as much as they suppose. There's such a thing as getting more than they bargained for!”?

8. What did you learn from this letter?