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 What is prayer?
(1) Understand the nature and use of
prayer and its significance.
(2) Find out about the Lord's Prayer, set
prayers and informal prayer.
 Key words
Prayer: communicating with God, either silently or through words
of praise, thanksgiving or confession, or request for God’s help or
guidance.
Set prayers: prayers that have been written down and said more
than once by more than one person, for example the Lord’s prayer.
Informal prayer: prayer that is made up by an individual using his
or her own words.
Nonconformist: an English Protestant who does not conform to
the doctrines or practices of the established Church of England.
The Lord's Prayer: the prayer taught to the disciples by Jesus; also
known as the ‘Our Father’.
 What is prayer?
Aloud
Using the information from
p. 38 in the textbook
(Oxford) develop a mind
In silence How? map showing what prayer is
and how Christians pray.

Prayer
(communicating Before a meal
God
answers with God)
Occasions

Positions Set prayer

• “Bless us, O Lord, and Using own
these your gifts,…” words
(Catholic Grace)
 In silence
Aloud

God
answers
How? Alone

Prayer
(communicating
with God) Before a meal
Positions

Occasions
Set prayer
• “Bless us, O Lord, and Using own
these your gifts,…” words
(Catholic Grace)
Why and how do Christians pray?
* Thanks for creating
this wonderful world.
* Thanks for a great Read through the top of p.
day with my family. 35 (Hodder).
* Thanks for loving
me the way I am.
Then, in your book, draw
around your hand.
Label the outline like the
‘Hand of prayer’.

On the outside of the

outline add 2-4 examples
what Christians might pray
for.
The Lord’s Prayer
TRICKY – Use worksheet 1 to
explain what the Lord’s prayer
means.

TRICKIER – Use textbook

(Hodder) p.36 & worksheet 1 to
explain what the Lord’s Prayer
means. Make notes in your own
words!!!! Don’t just copy.

TRICKIEST - Use textbook

(Hodder) p.36 to explain the meaning
of 3 of the phrases in the Lord’s
Prayer which you would struggle to
remember/explain. Then use
worksheet 2 to compare the
different versions of the Lord’s
Prayer. What differences do you
find? What could they mean?
 The LORD’s Prayer
9 This, then, is how you should pray: 2 He said to them, “When you pray,
say:
‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name, ‘Father,
10 your kingdom come, hallowed be your name,
your will be done, your kingdom come.
on earth as it is in heaven. 3 Give us each day our daily bread.
11 Give us today our daily bread. 4 Forgive us our sins,
12 And forgive us our debts, for we also forgive everyone who
as we also have forgiven our debtors. sins against us.
13 And lead us not into temptation, And lead us not into temptation.’
but deliver us from the evil one.’
Luke 11
Matthew 6

TASK
Compare these different versions of the Lord’s prayer with each other. What
differences do you notice?
How do these differences change the content?
 And to think about… (Homework!)

Think of at least 5 questions

you would like to ask a
Christian about prayer.