A Baptist Catechism for Boys and Girls

• Part 1 - Questions about God, Man and Sin
• Part 2 - Questions about the Ten Commandments
• Part 3 - Questions about Salvation
• Part 4 - Questions about Prayer
• Part 5 - Questions about the Word, the Church and the Ordinances
• Part 6 - Questions about the Last Things

Part 4 - Questions about Prayer

1. Q. What is prayer?
A. Prayer is talking with God (Gn. 17:22; 18:33; Neh. 1:4-1 1; 2:4; Mt. 6:6; Rm. 8:26, 27).

2. Q. In whose name should we pray?
A. We should pray in the name of the Lord Jesus (John 14:13, 14; 16:23, 24; Hb. 4:14-16).

3. Q. What has Christ given to teach us how to pray?
A. The Lord's Prayer (Mt. 6:5-15; Lk. 11:1-13).

4. Q. Can you repeat the Lord's Prayer?
A. "Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen."

5. Q. How many petitions are there in the Lord's Prayer?
A. Six.

6. Q. What is the first petition?
A. "Hallowed be thy name" (Mt. 6:9; Lk. 11:2).

7. Q. What do we pray for in the first petition?
A. That God's name may be honored by us and all men (Ps. 8:1; 72:17-19; 113:1-3; 145:21; Is. 8:13).

8. Q. What is the second petition?
A. "Thy kingdom come" (Mt. 6:10; Lk. 11:2).

9. Q. What do we pray for in the second petition?
A. That the gospel may be preached in 'all the world, and believed and obeyed by us and all men (Mt. 28:19, 20; Jn. 17:20, 21; Acts 8:12; 28:30, 31; 2 Thes. 3:1).

10. Q. What is the third petition?
A. "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven" (Mt. 6:10; Lk. 11:2).

11. Q. What do we pray for in the third petition?
A. That men on earth may serve God as the angels do in Heaven (Ps. 67; 103:19-22; Jn. 9:31; Rv. 4:11).

12. Q. What is the fourth petition?
A. "Give us this day our daily bread" (Mt. 6:11; Lk. 11:3).

13. Q. What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
A. That God will give us all things needful for our bodies (Ps. 145:15, 16; Pr. 30:8, 9; 1 Tim. 4:4, 5).

14. Q. What is the fifth petition?
A. "And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us" (Mt. 6:12; Lk. 11:4).

15. Q. What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
A. That God will pardon our sins, and help us to forgive those who have sinned against us (Ps. 51: Mt. 5:23, 24; 18:21-35; 1 Jn. 4:20, 21).

16. Q. What is the sixth petition?
A. "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" (Mt. 6:13; Lk. 11:4).

17. Q. What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
A. That God will keep us from sin (1 Chron. 4:10; Ps. 119:11; Mt. 26:41).