Christian Prayer Flashcards
is communication with God.
Christians can pray anywhere at any time. It can be asking God for something, thanking God or just asking Him a question.
Prayer
is “intimate converse with God who loves us.”
Prayer
is our personal faith response to God, that is; a loving relationship with God, our all-loving Father, through Jesus Christ, the Son, in the Holy Spirit
Christian Prayer
According to _____ Prayer is our intimate conversation with God who we know loves us.
St, Teresa of Avila,
In the ______ Authentic prayer is always rooted in the heart and related to the neighbor in loving compassion and service.
Old testament
In the ____ Jesus taught his disciples show to pray.In his teaching he stressed:
New testament
- interior sincerity of the heart;
- love in action, even of one’s enemies, and
- the importance of the Holy Spirit as guide and inspirer.
_____ is always Trinitarian.
Since it is through Christ that we have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Authentic Prayer
Main problem with our prayer
This means that our prayer is often reduced to mere external observance of religious conventions, lacking any real “heart” commitment.
Is when Christians pray on their own. Christians may pray aloud or they may pray silently.
Personal prayer
When Christians meet together, they will often make time to pray. This is because Jesus said that when Christians gather to pray in His name, He is there; God hears and answers.
Public prayer
is performed by Roman Catholics and some Anglican denominations. follows a similar order each week
Liturgical worship
are night prayers; during his ministry Jesus often prayed at night. Christians like to pray at night because it is quiet and peaceful.
Vigil
Christians will sit quietly, normally alone, and focus on God. Some Christians will use words of the Bible to help them concentrate their mind on God.
meditation or meditative prayer
Comes from the same root word as the word “believe and “trust” in Hebrew— aman.
Amen
