Prayer - RS Lesson May 9, 2010

Gail Stark gave a wonderful lesson on prayer this week from our Relief Society manual Lesson 8 Praying to our Heavenly Father. We had 5 group discussions on the following topics and these were our answers.

1- What is Prayer?
-Communication with God

2- Why do we pray?
-To realize God is there
-For strength
-For our weaknesses
-To ask Heavenly Father for strength to live the gospel

3- When should we pray?
-Always!
-In our heart
-When we don't want to
-When we are upset
-When we are angry
-When we are happy

4- How should we pray?
-D&C 88:63 aDraw bnear unto me and I will draw near unto you; cseek me diligently and ye shall dfind me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
-Always pray in faith with a sincere heart
-Pray for the Lord's will

5- How are prayers answered
-Prayers are always answered, even if you don't think they were answered
-Yes answers
-No answers
-Not right now, but later answers
-It doesn't matter