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BIBLE
Student Book
1st Grade | Unit 3
                                                                                                   Unit 3 | WE CAN PRAY
WE CAN PRAY
BIBLE 103
         Introduction |4
1.       Praying Is Talking to God............................................................2
         We Can Ask God for Help |4                                          God Gave Us a Very Special Prayer |8
         We Can Thank God |6                                                 Self Test 1 |11
2.       Meditating Is Listening to God............................................... 12
         God Listens to Us |14                                               Self Test 2 |21
         We Listen to God |18
3.       Praying Anytime......................................................................... 22
         We Can Pray at a Special Time                                       Self Test 3 |33
         Every Day |24                                                       Memory Verses |34
         We Can Pray in the Morning |26
         We Can Pray at Noon and
         at Night |30
         LIFEPAC Test |Pull-out
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                                                       Unit 3 | WE CAN PRAY
WE CAN PRAY
In this LIFEPAC®, you will learn many things about praying.
Praying is a very special way of sharing with God.
Objectives
Read these objectives. They will tell what you will be able to do
when you have finished this LIFEPAC®.
1.   I can tell that praying is talking with God.
2.   I can tell that meditating is listening to God.
3.   I can tell when to pray.
4.   I can tell where to pray.
5.   I can say God’s very special prayer.
Write your name.
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                                                                Introduction | 1
WE CAN PRAY | Unit 3
     1. PRAYING IS TALKING TO
        GOD
                (Psalm 66:19)
     When we pray,
     we talk together with God.
     We talk to God and
     God talks to us.
     God is our very special friend.
     We can talk to Him every day.
     We can tell Him anything.
     God loves us.
     We can talk to Him
     in Jesus’s name.
2 | Section 1
WE CAN PRAY | Unit 3
     We Can Ask God for Help
     (Luke 11:9)
     If we have a problem,
     we can ask God to help us.
4 | Section 1
                                               Unit 3 | WE CAN PRAY
    Read this sample prayer with your teacher.
    Circle the words that make it special for you.
_                My Prayer for Someone Else
      Dear Heavenly Father,
      I have a very special (friend, family person, pet).
      Could you please take care of (him, her, it)
      today?
      (He, She, It) is having a little trouble.
      I love (him, her, it) very much!
      Thank you, Father.
      I love you!
      I pray in Jesus’s name,
      amen.
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                                     first name
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WE CAN PRAY | Unit 3
     We Can Thank God
     (Philippians 4:6–7)
     We can remember to thank God
     for His whole wide world.
     We can thank Him for all of His gifts to us.
     Thank Him now.
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                                               Unit 3 | WE CAN PRAY
    Circle the right word.
_   Praying ___________ talking to God.
              ( is / are )
_   God ________________ us.
         ( loves / loving )
_   Remember to _______________ God.
                 ( help / thank )
_   We can ____________ God anything.
            ( tells / tell )
_   God ___________ our very special friend.
         ( is / are )
_   We ______________ to God.
        ( talk / talks )
_   He ______________ to us.
        ( talk / talks )
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WE CAN PRAY | Unit 3
     God Gave Us a Very Special Prayer
     (Matthew 6:7–15)
     God talks to us
     through His book, the Bible.
     In His book, God tells us
     to pray this way:
     The Lord’s Prayer
     “Our Father
     which art in heaven,
     Hallowed be thy name.
     Thy kingdom come.
     Thy will be done in earth,
     as it is in heaven.
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                                    Unit 3 | WE CAN PRAY
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory for ever.
Amen.”
(Matthew 6:9–13)
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WE CAN PRAY | Unit 3
                 Learn God’s special prayer. Say it to your teacher.
     Do you have your own very special way of talking to God?
                 Write your prayer here with your teacher’s help.
                 Draw a picture for your prayer.
                              My Special Prayer
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                  Before you take the Self Test, study what you have read
                  and done. The Self Test will check what you remember.
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SELF TEST 1
Each answer = 1 point
Circle yes or no.
         When we pray, we talk together
         with God.					                             yes      no
         If we tell God everything, He might
         get mad.					                              yes      no
         God’s special book is called the Bible.    yes      no
         God’s very special prayer is called the
         “Lord’s Prayer.”				                       yes      no
         Always remember to thank God.              yes      no
Match the words.
         God                                  prayer
         prayer                               thank
         thank                                love
         love                                 God
Say the “Lord’s Prayer” to your teacher.
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