On a new page miss out the top
two lines and list…
• as many different reasons to pray as you
can think of
2.6 Prayer
What is prayer?
How do we pray?
Why do we pray?
Why do people pray?
• Why do you pray?
– Jesus told us to
– Because God will answer
– For comfort
– For advice
– To say thank you
– To say sorry
– To say please
– To ask for prayer
Luke 11:1-5
• One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished,
one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John
taught his disciples."
• He said to them, "When you pray, say:
" 'Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.' "
• Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and he
goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of
bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I
have nothing to set before him.'
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Jesus and Prayer
• Jesus told us that we should pray to God and he showed how to
pray by giving us the Lords Prayer.
1. Look at the Lords prayer below and note:
– What are the main things that Jesus talks to God about/says to
God?
• Focus on please, thank you, sorry. What are we saying please for,
thank you for and sorry for?
• " 'Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.' "
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Our Father (God is like a father who loves us and guides us).
Who art in heaven (God is in heaven)
Hallowed be your name ( We worship you)
Your Kingdom come ( I want what you want to happen on
earth)
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven (I want earth to
be like heaven)
Give us this day our daily bread (Please give us what we
need to live)
Forgive us our trespasses (forgive us for what we have done
wrong).
As we forgive those who trespass against us (and help us to
forgive others)
Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil (Help us to
avoid evil and to resist temptation)
Amen (I think so too)
What else
could it be?
What could
this be a
picture of
instead?
How do people Pray?
What else
could it be?
What could
this be a
picture of
instead?
What does this tell you about prayer?
How do people Pray?
We can speak to God….
…directly, with spoken
prayer.
God can speak to us…
…directly and out loud.
…through our
thoughts and feelings.
…with prayers in our
heads.
…with prayers we
write down, or others
write for us.
…with the songs we
sing.
…through the
teachings in the
bible.
…through the
teachings of the
church
…through other
people.
Questions
(To be answered in full sentences)
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Why do people pray?
(4 reasons)
How do people pray?
(4 ways)
Write a prayer. In the prayer you must:
a) ask God for something
b) thank God for something
c) saying sorry for something
 How else could you have prayed this prayer?
 What is your favourite way to pray (if you do not like
praying then explain why not)
Luke 11: 9-11
• "So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find; knock and the door will be
opened to you.For everyone who asks receives;
he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the
door will be opened.
• "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish,
will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for
an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then,
though you are evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father
in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask
him!"
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