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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