Prayer Presentation

1. IT-TALBIT-TALB
“Prayer”“Prayer”

2. Christians meet with God in prayer,
as a child would meet his parent,
because they have a direct
Relationship with Him.
God, in the person of Jesus Christ,
expressed His love to us by living as
we would, and ultimately giving His
life on the cross in our place so that
we can have this relationship.

3. ““Types of Prayer”Types of Prayer”
•PraisePraise
•Thanksgiving
•Confession
•Supplication
•Intercessory

4. PraisePraise
The first type is the prayer of praise
(God may like this one best). We
praise God when we tell him how
wonderful he is. The simplest way of
praising him is in the name we call
him: Almighty God; Lord Jesus Christ;
Lord of Lords; King of Kings. All these
names tell God how glorious he is.
Many of the psalms in the Book of
Psalms are prayers of praise.

5. Thanksgiving
The second type is the prayer of
thanksgiving, or telling God, "thank
you". We thank God for all the
wonderful things he does for us. He
gives us life; he gives us food, clothing
and shelter; he gives us good people in
our lives to help us and to take care of
us. The simple prayer of giving thanks
for our food is called grace.

6. ConfessionConfession
The third type is the prayer of
confession, telling God that we are
sorry for what we have done. We tell
God we are sorry either when we have
hurt one of the people God has created
or when we have done some sort of
damage to God's beautiful creation. We
tell God what we have done and that
we are sorry that we did it.

7. SupplicationSupplication
The fourth type is the prayer of
supplication, or asking for help.
We ask God to keep us safe, to
give us courage in tough times,
or to give us the things we need
to be strong and healthy. God
always wants to hear from us
when we are afraid or in trouble
and need help.

8. IntercessoryIntercessory
The fifth type of prayer is the
intercessory prayer, where we ask God
to care for another person or part of his
creation. God indeed cares for other
people without our prayer, but we build
our christian community by asking for
God's special care for one another.
Paul`s prayer in Ephesians 3: 14 - 21 is
a beautiful prayer for the people of faith.
Moses and Abraham asked God to take
special care of his people. The Prayer for
the Healing of Children is an intercessory
prayer.

9. Styles of Prayer
•Devotional
•Spontaneous
•Conversational
•Action

10. Devotional
The first style is devotional, or
scripture-based prayer. Many
people like to read a Bible verse
or passage that opens a way for
them to talk to God. They often
begin their prayers by reading a
psalm.

11. Spontaneous
The second style is spontaneous
prayer. This prayer comes from
our hearts almost without thinking,
and it is usually a prayer of
thanksgiving: "Thank you, God, for
the beautiful sunset"; "thank you
for the kindness of my friend."

12. Conversational
The third style is conversational
prayer. Many people have long and
involved conversations with God,
where they talk things over with him,
always sure that he is listening.

13. Action
The fourth style is the prayer of
action. Some people pray best
while walking or moving or doing
something. Sitting still is hard for
them, and they need to add
movement to their prayers. For
them doing something (an act of
kindness, for example) can be
praying. Walking the labyrinth
while praying can be an extremely
deep form of prayer.