HW p , 3, 7-8, 12-14, 15-16, 20-21 Explain prayer as communication with God in three Persons Defend why prayer is essential to the life of a believer in order to sustain a vital (personal) relationship with God Show how Scripture can be a source and guide for prayer Develop approaches to deal with the obstacles to prayer Summarize how the Lords Prayer forms a basis for the Churchs understanding of prayer 1. Vocal Prayer that uses words (Did you really need me to say that?). 2. Meditative Spending time reflecting on a specific aspect of God. 3. Contemplative Abiding in Gods love, simply focusing your mind on God. Blessing and Adoration worship and veneration of God Petition request for favors from God. Intercession Prayer on behalf of another. Thanksgiving Gratitude to God for His love. Praise Glory to God simply for being God. Contrition Sorrow for sins and offenses Essay 1: Break the Lords Prayer into a minimum of seven distinct sections. Write a 1-2 sentence summary of each section to demonstrate you understand what that part of the Lords Prayer means according to our lessons in class. Three points for sensibly breaking the Lords Prayer into Seven distinct sections, 1 point for each summary of your seven sections. (10 POINTS) An extra special essay designed to give you the once in a semester opportunity to demonstrate that you have learned EVERYTHING I taught you this semester!