PRAYER

Since Prayer is not a new topic to the Sec 1s, we have decided to take the practical approach to teach the students about prayer this Sunday because I believe it is important that they know how to pray and not just know about prayer. We will break into small groups to mentor and walk them through on the various steps of prayer. Hopefully this will erase whatever fear they have of praying with others or on their own.

Luke 11:1- “Lord, teach us to pray….”

4 steps of prayer – A-C-T-S

1) A-Adoration

2) C-Confession

3) T-Thanksgiving

4) S- Supplication

1. Adoration: Begin by praising and acknowledging who God is and

His attributes:

• Shepherd – ‘Lord, just as a shepherd knows his sheep, You care for us so deeply.’

• Creator – ‘You are the Creator of Heaven and Earth yet You love us so much You know us by our name’

• Faithfulness – ‘Lord, you are a faithful God, You never leave us or forsake us.’

• Loving – ‘Lord , You are a loving God. Though we do not deserve Your love, You still gave Your all for us.’

Confession : God may reveal some areas of our live that are not pleasing to Him. Take a few moments to silently confess those sins.

• Name the sin specifically, agree with God that it is sin

• Repent , thank God and ask the Holy Spirit to help you overcome your sin

Eg. ‘ Lord forgive me when I lied about the money I took from Mom, I confess it as sin. Please forgive me, Lord’ Thank you for forgiving me and may the Holy Spirit help me to never do that again. Amen.

T- Thanksgiving: When we give thanks to God, we honor Him. Give thanks specifically for all that He has done for us.

• ‘Thank you Lord, for helping me to understand the difficult Math problem and for bringing John to help me with it.’

• ‘Thank you Lord for giving me the peace throughout my exams.’

• ‘Thank you Lord for giving me good Christian friends in my school’

• ‘Thank you Lord for protecting me from the accident just now’

*We’ll soon realize we have so much to give thanks for!

S – Supplications or Requests (finally!) : We lay all our requests before God, our own and for others( interceding) Again, be specific.

• ‘Lord, please help me to know You more and to love reading your Word, give me understanding I pray.

• ‘Lord, please heal my father’s headache and give him your rest.’

• ‘Lord, I pray for Jack that he will be able to come and join us for Tackle Box this Sunday.’

• ‘Lord, I need your help in understanding my work in History. Pray that the teacher will be interesting and I won’t fall asleep in his class.’

• ‘Lord, please help me to be patient with Sean even though he is getting on my nerves.’

* Ask in accordance to God’s will , ask in His Name and He will surely answer us!