Spirit of Truth, Classic Edition > Grade 3 > Unit 2
Lesson 8: Jesus Showed Us God’s Love and Made Us Sharers in God’s Divine Life
The Bible, the sacraments, and prayer are three ways we can know God’s love for us and become friends with Him.
The Bible, the sacraments, and prayer are three ways we can know God’s love for us and become friends with Him.
Following Jesus means following the Ten Commandments.
Prayer comes from our heart, where we encounter God and enter into a conversation with Him.
The first three commandments are the fundamental requirements for loving God.
Prayer is how we talk to God.
The Our Father is the perfect prayer.
Jesus established the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick so that we might be healed and strengthened, not only of our physical afflictions, but also of our spiritual sins.
Prayer comes from our heart, where we encounter God and enter into a conversation with Him.
The five forms, or types, of prayer are blessing and adoration, praise, petition, intercession, and thanksgiving.
God’s Word is alive, able to cause change in those who hear it, and speaks directly to the “reflections and thoughts of our hearts.”
Jesus reveals to us the life of prayer: how to pray and what to pray for.
The first three commandments are the fundamental requirements for loving God.
Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.
The Our Father is the perfect prayer.
The Church teaches that prayer is simply a “conversation” with God, a raising of the mind and heart to Him.