Prayer

• Prayer

  Prayer is communicating with God, either silently or through words of praise, thanksgiving or confession, or requests for God's help or guidance.
• Set prayer

  that have been written down and said more than once by more than one person.
• Informal prayer

  made up by an individual using his or her own words
• Why christians use informal prayer?

  Some Christians find they can express their needs to God more easily by using their own words.
• Why is prayer important?

  - encourages reflection in the middle of a busy life

  - enables Christians to talk and listen to God

  - gives strength in times of trouble

  - helps Christians to keep a close relationship with God

  - gives a sense of peace

  - helps Christians to accept God's will even if it means suffering
• Lords prayer

  When Jesus disciples asked him to teach them how to pray, he answered with the Lord's Prayer.
• Why the Lord's Prayer is important?

  • Christians see it as a model of good prayer, as it combines praise to God with asking for one's needs.

  
  

  • It reminds Christians to forgive others in order to be forgiven, since prayer is only effective if people's relationships with others are right.

  
  

  • It reminds Christians that God is the Father of the whole Christian community, and it can create a sense of unity when everyone in the congregation says it together.