Spoken English

Praying in public

It’s a “piece of cake” “I’m over the moon” “A penny for your thoughts” “It cost(s) an arm and a leg”

“Hit the nail on the head”

To do or saying something that is precisely right.

“You can’t judge a book by its cover”

You cannot decide upon something based only on outward appearances.

“To bite off more than you can chew”

To attempt to take on a something that is too much for you to handle.

“To bite off more than you can chew”

To attempt to take on a something that is too much for you to handle.

“I thought I could read the whole of the Bible in one night. Now I realise I had bitten off more than I could chew”

“Baking cakes for everyone seemed a good idea but I couldn't do it. I bit off…”

“She / he is pulling my leg”

To trick, or joke with, a person by telling them something untrue.

“Are you pulling my leg?”

“You’re pulling my leg”

“She / he is pulling my leg”

To trick, or joke with, a person by telling them something untrue.

“Are you pulling my leg?”

“You’re pulling my leg”

“Did you see that theyfound aliens on Mars?”

“Peace has beenelected the newPresident of SouthKorea.”

“It’s not rocket science”

This means that the task / issue is not difficult to work out.

"Two wrongs don't make a right." A picture is worth a thousand words "There's no place like home." "Better late than never." "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

"No man is an island." You can't live completely independently. Everyone needs other people.

"There's no such thing as a free lunch." Things that are offered for free always have a hidden cost.

"There's no such thing as a free lunch." Things that are offered for free always have a hidden cost.

“I thought Richard was just being kind by inviting me out for lunch and then he sent me flowers. However, a few days later he asked me to edit the college newspaper.

I guess there’s no such thing as a free lunch”

"You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs." When you try to do something new you might annoy a few people. Don't worry about them; focus on the results.

"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." If you have an enemy, pretend to be friends with them instead of openly fighting with them. That way you can watch them carefully and figure out what they're planning.

Praying in public

What is your favourite prayer (Biblical or other)

What do you like about it?

Praying in public

Praying in public

• Reflects your own prayer life• Needs good preparation• Should be “biblical”• Can be extemporaneous or read

Praying in public

• Requires thought and concentration• Is not an extra sermon• Get your pace right• Be comfortable with the sound of

your own voice• Don’t “use” emotion

Praying in public

You are praying onbehalf of, (and with),

everyone who ispresent

Be careful in using I, me…

My own ‘special’ tips• Regularly write prayers in my journal • Pray slowly and thoughtfully • Pray the Psalms • Meditate (and memorise) scripture • Expand and experiment with new

words (thesaurus and dictionary) • Listen to the Holy Spirit

The name of God• Decide who you are praying to…

Father, Son, Holy Spirit…

• “Our gracious Heavenly Father”

• Does it need to be repeated every five seconds?

• Do Lord, God, Jesus become fillers?

Using a format• The “Lords prayer” - Matt

6:9-13, Lk 11:2-4 • Praying through this

prayer sentence by sentence - make it your own

• “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

• Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

• Give us today our daily bread.

• And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

• And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.”

• Praise - Psalm 100:4 • Repent - 1 John 1:9, 2 Corinthians

7:10 • Ask - Luke 11:9 • Intercede - Hebrews 7:25 • Speak the Word - Mark 11:21-24,

Matthew 4.1-4 • Enjoy His Presence - Psalm 16:11

http://www.bcourtneymcbath.org/prayer-pattern.php

PRAY• Praise • Repentance • Ask for others • ask for Yourself

http://christians-in-recovery.org/Tools_Prayer_Acronymns

http://christians-in-recovery.org/Tools_Prayer_Acronymns

ACTS• Adoration • Confession • Thanksgiving • Supplication (request)

Using a Bible reference

• Know the passage or verse

• Apply it to your situation

• Psalm 51, 139, Luke 11:9-13

The Prayer of JabezJabez called out to the God of Israel, "Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that it will not hurt me." And God granted what he asked. 1Chronicles 4:10

Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. Psalm 103:1-5

David said: “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honour come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. 13 And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name. 1Chronicles 10:10-13

“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? Exodus 15:11

Copy others prayers

• Prayer books

• Famous prayers

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith, Where there is despair, hope, Where there is darkness, light, Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, not so much to be understood as to understand, not so much to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in dying that we awake to eternal life. St. Francis of Assisi

Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ where I lie, Christ where I sit, Christ where I arise, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every one who speaks to me,

Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me. Salvation is of the Lord. Salvation is of the Christ. May your salvation, Lord, be ever with us. St. Patrick

Know what you are praying for

• “A double minded man is uncertain” • What are you asking God

• for…to do…to change… • Is it simply “Your kingdom come,

your will be done…”?

Know how to end• Amen

• “…in Jesus’ name”

• We ask these things for your glory…

• For Yours is the Glory…Kingdom…

• In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

• accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.