What is christian prayer

WHAT IS CHRISTIAN

PRAYER

Praying in light of God’s word to us in Jesus

WHAT’S DISTINCTIVE?

Why is the expression and

Experience of Christian prayer

distinctive?

What makes Prayer Christian?

FOUNDED ON CHRIST

Our model, source, and communion

IT’S PERSONAL

Jesus gives us the image

of the father and invites

disciples into that

relationship by telling them

to say “Our Father” not “my

father”

IT’S PARTICIPATORY

We are invited into the divine life,

and we invite God to participate into

our world

IT’S EMPOWERED

BY THE SPIRIT

Prayer asks the impossible,

to be in contact with the God of

the Universe, and to have God

have a place in our lives. But we

don’t ask on our own we also have

the Spirit.

INITIATED BY GOD

God started the

relationship. We don’t have to

earn our way, or work our

way to God because God

came down to us.

CONNECTED TO A LARGER

BODY, THE CHURCH

We are connected to the

life and wisdom of millions

of people in every place and

time