Prayer_Nursing 1st year

2. There are Forms of Prayer:
1. Blessing – It is to do or to say good about someone There are two kinds of
blessing:
a.) The Blessing of God towards man – when He gives us material and spiritual graces.
b.) The Blessing of man towards God – when we thank Him for all his graces. We must
bless the Lord at all time (Psalm 34:1)
2. Adoration – it is to prostrate ourselves in silence before our God. Come in, let us bow
prostrate ourselves and kneel in front of Yahweh our maker, for he is our God (Psalm 95:6)
3. Petition – it is to ask God for spiritual and material graces.
4. Intercession – It is to ask God for spiritual and material graces in behalf of our
neighbor.
5. Thanksgiving – it is to thank God for everything He has given us.
6. Praise – it is to glorify God for the very fact that He is God, apart from what He does.

3. Kinds of Prayer:
1. Vocal Prayer – it is to give glory to God through our voice and our songs. We must pray with a
clear voice, and accompany the words with our heart.
2. Meditation – it is to search in the silence of our heart for God’s love and will.
3. Silent Prayer – it is the silent and loving contemplation of God’s love.
4. Prayer of the Heart – it is the condition of continuous prayer, in which we repeat endlessly:
“Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me a sinner”(Luke 18:13)
The Enemies of Prayer
1. Distraction – it turns our attention away from God, and makes us concentrate on other things.
We can overcome it through the vigilance of the heart.
2. Spiritual Dryness – it makes us cold towards God. We can overcome it through perseverance
in prayer.
3. Worldly Occupations – they take us away from prayer by occupying us with our daily activities.
We can overcome it by alternating work and prayer, and by making our work like a prayer.
4. Discouragement – it drives us away from prayer when our petitions are not immediately
answered by God. God does not answer our petitions if the things we ask for are not good for
our salvation.

4. ACTIVITY:
Illustrate through drawing your own
understanding based on the definitions of the
different forms of prayer, Kinds of prayer and
the Enemies of prayer. Give a short
explanation of your drawing.

5. THE TEACHERS OF PRAYER:
1. ABEL: PRAYER IS OFFERING (Genesis 4: 1-5)
- He teaches us that prayer is offering to God the best we have.
2. NOAH: PRAYER IS THANKSGIVING (Genesis 9:1-16)
- He teaches us that prayer is to thank the Lord for all his blessings.
3. ABRAHAM: PRAYER IS A JOURNEY (Genesis 12: 1-2; 12: 1-3)
- He teaches us that prayer is a spiritual journey that lasts all lifelong.
4. ISAAC: PRAYER IS SACRIFICE (Hebrew 10:6-7; Genesis 22:1-2; 22:13)
- He teaches us that prayer is to offer our life in sacrifice to God.
5. MOSES: PRAYER IS INTERCESSION (Exodus 32:1-4; 32:7-10; 32:31-32)
- He teaches us that prayer is intercession.

6. 6. JACOB: PRAYER IS FIGHTING WITH GOD (Genesis 25:29-34; 27:1-29; 32:29)
- He teaches us that prayer is fighting with God.
7. DAVID: PRAYER IS SINGING AND DANCING (Psalm 149: 1.3)
- He teaches us that prayer is to bless the Lord at all times by singing
and dancing.
8. SOLOMON: PRAYER IS A SONG OF LOVE (Song of Songs 3:4; 1:2; 4:1)
- He teaches us that prayer is a love song.
9. MARY: PRAYER IS TO ACCEPT THE WILL OF GOD (Luke 1:38)
- She teaches us that prayer is to say always “Yes” to the will of God.

7. ACTIVITY:
Choose at least five (5) teachers of
prayer that you like most and you want
to imitate in your life. Explain why you
choose them and give a concrete
example on how you live it. (5 points
each)

8. Why do we need to observe the Ten Commandments?
In order to enter into eternal life?
The Ten Commandments teach us to love God and our
neighbor. During the time of Jesus, He summarized the
ten into two: First, You must love the Lord your God with
all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
The second, You must love your neighbor as yourself.
(Matthew 22:37-39)
Jesus did not give us a new commandment, but a new
spirit in which to observe the Ten Commandments.

9. I. I am the Lord, your God: you shall not have other gods beside me.
II. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
III. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
IV. Honor your father and your mother.
V. You shall not kill.
VI. You shall not commit adultery.
VII. You shall not steal.
VIII. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
IX. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
X. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.

10. + We will identify now the different commands and forbids of each
Commandment so that we will understand this covenant given by God
to us through Moses and how to apply it in our lives as Christians.
First Commandment: Commands: To worship God alone, Faith in God,
Hope in God, and Love for God
Forbids: Idolatry, Superstition, divination, magic, Sacrilege, Simony,
Atheism, and to worship the images of idols
Second Commandment: Commands: To respect the Holy Name of God,
to announce the Holy Name of God, To keep oaths and Vows
Forbids: Blasphemy, to make false oaths in the Name of God
Third Commandment: Commands: To participate in the Holy Mass
(Sundays and Holy days of obligation) To care for the poor and the suffering
Forbids: Unnecessary servile work, to rest, play, and enjoy without God

11. Fourth Commandment: Commands: To honor our parents, to honor
the religious and civil authority
Forbids: To dishonor and disobey our parents, to love our parents more
than God, to obey an evil authority
Fifth Commandment: Commands: To safeguard life. To respect our
neighbor
Forbids: Murder, Suicide, Abortion, Euthanasia, to use drugs and other
dangerous substances
Sixth Commandment: Command: Chasity – to be chaste means to
use our sexuality according to the will of God.
Forbids: Fornication, Homosexuality, Masturbation, Pornography, Child
Abuse, Prostitution, Artificial birth control, Premarital sex

12. Seventh Commandment: Commands: To respect the property of our neighbor, to share
our goods with the poor, to return what we have stolen and to work
Forbids: To steal and to be stingy with the poor
Eight Commandment: Commands: Truthfulness, to testify our faith, to correct our
neighbor, to accept the brotherly or sisterly correction, to respect the good name of our
neighbor, and to remedy for lies.
Forbids: To lie, Hypocrisy, Gossip, Slander, Irony, and to reveal secrets
Ninth Commandment: Commands: To love our own spouse, to be pure of heart
Forbids: Adultery, Divorce, and Polygamy
Tenth Commandment: Commands: Spirit of Poverty, to give up everything and follow
Jesus
Forbids: Envy, Greed
 I hope that the brief explanation of the Ten Commandments of God with its
commands and forbids deepen your understanding of this Covenant God had given
to us.

13. Activities:
1. Memorize by heart the Ten Commandments of
God and strive to live it in your life. Recite it
through video presentation. Send me through
Messenger. (15 points)
2. Draw the two tablets of stones with the Ten
Commandments. (10 points) A4 bond paper