What Does Prayer Mean To Me

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Question #1
Am I choosing to be confirmed? If so, write why.

Yes I am choosing to be confirmed. It strengthens me to define the faith and spread the gospel. Confirmation makes me think about Baptism and about what is means to be a Christian. When you are baptized you don't remember what has happened. But have learned through out the years through Go Zone and YDT. Now that we are older we have a chance to reaffirm our membership in the church. So Yes confirmation can make a big difference in my life, like a spiritual awakening. Confirmation will help me build and grow in faith. It will feel like I am graduating and going into the next step of my life or whatever God has in store for me. Faith in Jesus to me means to trust him and obey his commandments. We need to express our faith through action-by the way we live. I have learned from YDT to encourage conversation, teach, and talk about experiences that I have applied through the day to day life, like the highs and lows and how
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Question #4

What does prayer mean to me? What is the significance of prayer in my life? What does the Lord's Prayer mean to me?

1. Prayer for me means: Someone is listening. It is a time where it is a quiet and my mind has a connection to God. It could be a gratitude for something good or it could be a request or help for someone in need or for someone that needs healing or even something that I might need. Prayer is when I really pay attention to my life and what is going on.

2. Significance of prayers is to contact God in our Spirit. Consider what prayer really is. Pray genuine prayers that could happen; be more realistic.

3. The Lords prayer is something that is quickly memorized, at least by me. It is agreement that we are making with our God. We are asking to be blessed by God an have our needs met. We ask for the forgiveness and guidance. Hope to have Gods power for giving, that we live in Gods Kingdom forever.

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