Aim Aim LI – to understand why and how religious believers pray. Success Criteria Success Criteria • Statement 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. • I can explain what praying is and why people pray. • Statement 2 • I can discuss prayers from different religions. • Sub statement • I can compare prayer as an act of worship in different religions. • I can consider what I would write in my own prayer.
What Is Prayer? Think about or discuss with someone at home: What is praying? What is a prayer?
Prayer Is… For religious believers, praying is a way of talking to God. People pray in different ways. They might… …pray the same prayers at the same time every day. …pray on their own, choosing their own words. …pray to God or another special person or thing. …pray silently. …pray together, saying the same words at the same time. …wash before they pray. …pray before they eat. …count their prayers.
The Lord’s Prayer Many Christians pray a prayer that Jesus told his disciples in the Bible. This special prayer is called the Lord’s Prayer and is prayed by Christians on their own and during church services. Christians are praying to God, their The Lord’s Prayer is a prayer in ‘Father’ in heaven’. which Christians bless God and Our Father in heaven, pray for the world, ask God to meet their daily needs, and ask hallowed be your name, for forgiveness for the wrong your kingdom come, things they might have done. your will be done, on earth as in heaven. When Christians pray ‘Give us Give us today our daily bread. today our daily bread’ they are asking God to meet their daily Forgive us our sins needs, such as food and water. as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation The last three lines of the but deliver us from evil. prayer are called the ‘doxology’ For the kingdom, the power, and are used by Christians to and the glory are yours give glory to God. now and for ever. Amen.
Shema Jewish believers have a special prayer, too. This prayer is prayed every day in the morning and the evening. It is even found in a special scroll, called a mezuzah , on the doorposts of their homes. The prayer is called the Shema . The words of the Shema are taken from the Jewish holy book, the Torah. It is a long prayer but begins with the words, ‘ Hear, Israel, the Lord is our G- d, the Lord is One’. This helps to remind Jews of their belief that their God is the only God. Interesting Fact! Did you notice that the letter ‘o’ is missing from the word ‘God’? This is because Jews believe that God’s name is holy and should not be written down where it could be changed or erased.
Shema Are there any Is this prayer asking Would people who Who is ‘Israel’? Hear, Israel, the Lord is our G-d, the Lord is One. Israel commands in aren’t Jewish pray for something or Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom for this prayer? making a promise? this prayer? ‘Israel’ is the first ever and ever. Why/why not? group of Jews and And you shall love the Lord your G-d with all Jews pray this prayer This prayer includes is used to refer to your heart and with all your soul and with all many commandments as a reminder of all Jews even now. This prayer is very your might. God’s power and their that Jews believe God special to Jews and And these words I command you today shall be gave them. In this promise to follow His because it includes in your heart. extract, there is the commandments. God’s commandments And you shall teach them diligently to your commandment to love to them, it might not children, and you shall speak of them when you God and remember be as special to other sit at home, and when you walk along the way, His commandments. people who do not and when you lie down and when you rise up. share their beliefs. And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
My Prayer If you were going Write your own prayer. This can be to God but it doesn’t have to be; it could simply be to nature or to something to pray to you imagine. Think about what your prayer will be about someone, what and how you might feel as you pray it. would you say? How will you make your prayer special to you and other people who might also say it?
“Amen” Christians end their prayers by saying “Amen”. What do you think “Amen” means? “Amen” means “I agree” or “so be it”. Why might people say “I agree” or “so be it” at the end of a prayer?
“Amen” Is there one thing that everyone in your household could agree with in a prayer?
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