Prayer

• Types / Purpose of Prayer


  • Adoration (praise)
  • Contrition (apology)
  • Thanksgiving (thanks)
  • Supplication (request)
• The Lord's Prayer


  The most famous and widely used Christian prayer, taught by Jesus himself, containing many of the key Christian beliefs about God
• Set prayers


  • Christians have a prayer book used in Sunday services of worship & on Holy Days, easy to follow and give a sense of solidarity with other Christians
• Informal prayer


  • When people pray by themselves privately, can include praying silently or aloud, some Christians use the Bible to help them, spontaneous and usually 'from the heart'
• James 5:13: '"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise"'
• 1 Thessalonians 5:17: '"Be constant in prayer"'