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WorksheetsThe Life of Prayer
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 9mins
True or False: Jesus is a Model of how to pray.
True
False
I'm Not Sure
Jesus is a model for prayer because:
He teaches us that God is our Father
He models every type of prayer during his ministry
He prayed all the time
All of these are correct
How does Jesus Teach us about the importance of prayer?
He teaches us how to trust God's will
He teaches us how to avoid distractions
He teaches us how to pray before making important decisions
All of these are correct
How many Psalms are there?
100
75
50
150
The Psalms can best be described as:
Prayers or hymns praising God
Songs to celebrate big moments in life
A narrative story sung in verses
All of these are correct
Who do we credit with writing most of the Psalms?
Saul
David
Solomon
Samuel
True or False: The Book of Psalms contains psalms that fall into each category of "Types of Prayer"
True
False
What is a prayer of petition?
Asks God for help for others
Asks God for help for ourselves
Praises God
Acknowledges the greatness of God
Prayer of Intercession can best be described as:
Asking God for help for others
Asking God for help for ourselves
Telling God we are sorry for our sins
Begging God to help us
Prayer of Thanksgiving:
Offers gratitude to God for all that he does for us
Recognizes that all we have comes from God
Offers gratitude to God for providing for what we need
All of these are correct
Prayer of Adoration is:
An act of humility that recognizes we don't need God
An act of humility that says I am not God
An act of humility recognizing we are not God, being in awe and wonder in his presence.
All of these are correct
Prayer of contrition is:
Asking God's mercy
Acknowledging we have failed and are in need of God's mercy
Expresses sorrow for our sin and asks God to help us overcome temptation in the future
All of these could be correct descriptions
What does it mean that God invites us to pray?
He created us for himself and so we long for him--this leads us to prayer
Because we long for God our prayer is a response to his desire for us to be with him
God desires a relationship with us and so creates in us a desire to be one with him in prayer
All of these are correct.
True or False: The devil does not want you to pray well.
True
False
Which of the following could be examples of distractions in prayer?
Noise
People
Other responsibilities
All of these can be distractions
What is the BEST thing we can do when we are distracted
Stop praying
Ask God to help us overcome and ignore the distraction
Tell the person distracting us to STOP
None of these will work, so why bother?
Prayer helps us grow in Faith By:
our trust in his presence, and acknowledging that he exists for us to speak to in prayer.
Increasing our desire for heaven.
Filling us with a greater share of God's love
All of these are correct
Prayer helps us grow in Hope By:
our trust in his presence, and acknowledging that he exists for us to speak to in prayer.
Increasing our desire for heaven.
Filling us with a greater share of God's love
All of these are correct
Prayer helps us grow in Charity By:
our trust in his presence, and acknowledging that he exists for us to speak to in prayer.
Increasing our desire for heaven.
Filling us with a greater share of God's love
All of these are correct
Type of prayer that uses words, either spoken or in our minds to speak to God.
Contemplation
Vocal Prayer
Meditation
The Mass/Liturgy
Type of prayer when we simply rest in God's love without words or using other resources to help us pray.
Contemplation
Vocal Prayer
Meditation
The Mass/Liturgy
Type of prayer when we use scripture, other books, or sacred art to think about the mysteries of Christ's life.
Contemplation
Vocal Prayer
Meditation
The Mass/Liturgy
The highest form of prayer
Contemplation
Vocal Prayer
Meditation
The Mass/Liturgy
The Latin phrase we use to refer to praying with scripture.
Lectio Divina
Diviniae Lee
Lectoria Devinia
These are all versions of the same Latin phrase.
Which is the BEST definition of prayer
A conversation with God when we both talk to him and listen to him
Talking to God and asking him for what we want
Talking to God and telling him about our life
Emptying our mind of everything and staring into space
