Praying “Set” Prayers

There are many who are newer to praying. Their conversation may be shorter and that is absolutely okay. But that is when set prayers are so helpful.

A great way to pray is to read the Bible. Everytime we do, we say a prayer and God smiles 🙂 We always need to read the Bible with the Help of the Holy Spirit. And when we ask the Holy Spirit to Help us read the Bible, He will be so glad that we did 🙂

A great “set” prayer is the “Our Father”. Jesus taught us how to pray to our Father-God. And if we have run out of words and listening, this is a great prayer!

Our Father:

“Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory. Amen.”

Another great prayer is the Rosary! Mary has been such a great Gift to us all. She has been such a great help and example, and always leads us back to Jesus.

How do you say the Irish rosary?

1. Make the Sign of the Cross and say the “Apostles’ Creed.” The Apostles’ Creed.
2. Say the “Our Father.”
3. Say three “Hail Marys.”
4. Say the “Glory be to the Father.”
5. Announce the First Mystery; then say the “Our Father.”
6. Say ten “Hail Marys,” while meditating on the Mystery.
7. Say the “Glory be to the Father.”

Hair Mary:

Hail, Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. 
Amen.

Glory Be To The Father:

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.

There is also a an Irish Protestant set prayer: “O LORD Jesus Christ, who as a child didst learn, and didst grow in wisdom; Grant us so to learn thy Holy Word, that we may walk in thy ways and daily grow more like unto thee, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.”

There is also a German Lutheran Prayer that reminds us to say Thank You!
I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You.

“Set prayers” tell God that although we have run out of words and we have listened as well as we can, we would still like to keep praying! They tell God how much we love Him and that we want to be closer to Him.

“Set Prayers” also offer us the wonderful opportunity of praying with each other! In our Holy Bible it says, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” This is so true and such a real comfort. Saying “set” prayers allows us to easily pray with another Christian or a group of Christians! How wonderful to know t hat Jesus is in the “midst” of us 🙂

There is also one more thing to remember. We can ask the Holy Spirit to pray with us. Even to pray for us. Set prayer or not, we are reaching out to our Lord and the Holy Spirit can truly Help us to do that!

One last word on set prayers. Whatever prayers we pray, we need to sincerely focus on them. It’s easy to let our minds wander to all the things going on or that we need to do on this earth. But this is our time that we spend with God, we need to spend it with Him!

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things!