Meaning of Prayer | Different Types of Prayer Positions Primary 2 (Basic 2) Term 1 Week 1 Christian Religious Studies

 

CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES (CRS)

RELIGIOUS STUDIES 

SECOND TERM  

WEEK 1

PRIMARY 2

THEME – PRAYER 

PREVIOUS LESSON – First Term Examination Christian Religious Studies Primary 2 (Basic 2)

 

TOPIC – PRAYER POSITIONS 

 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Meaning of Prayer

3. Different Types of Prayer Positions

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. explain the meaning of prayer.

2. define prayer position.

3. list different positions Christians could take while praying.

4. name different people in the Bible that prayed in different positions.

5. state the possible reasons why people prayed in these positions.

 

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can prayer in some of prayer positions.

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of chart/pictures showing different prayer positions.

 

 

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

 

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION

THE LORD’S PRAY 

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,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

No need to take as note. Let the pupils memorize and say it correctly… 

 

 

MEANING OF PRAYER 

Prayer is a way we talk to God and God talks to us.

 

 

POSITIONS FOR PRAYER

There are different positions for prayer.

The Bible talks about different positions being used when people are praying.

The position are used by all Christians today.

1. Sitting

2. Standing

3. Walking

4. Bowing

5. Standing/kneeling with hands up

6. Kneeling

7. Prostrate

 

DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE THAT PRAYED IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS

1. SITTING 

King David sit down to pray. 

1 Chronicle 17:16 – 27 – Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and he said: “Who am I, Lord God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?

 

2. STANDING 

Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah and the tax collector stand tall to pray. 

Nehemiah 9:5 – And the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah — said: “Stand up and praise the Lord your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting. “Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

Mark 11:25 – And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”

Luke 18:13 –  “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

 

3. WALKING 

Elisha walked to pray. 

  • 2 Kings 4:35 – Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out on him once more. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

 

 

LESSON 2 – CONTINUATION

4. BOWING 

Moses, Ezra and Kings bowed down to pray.

  • Moses in Exodus 34:8 – Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. 
  • Nehemiah 8:6 – Ezra praised the LORD, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
  • Psalm 72:11 – May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.

 

5. STANDING/KNEELING WITH HANDS UP 

Solomon, David and Church’s elders, pastor, etc. 

  • 2 Chronicles 6: 12 – 13 – Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.
  • Psalm 63:4 – I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
  • 1 Timothy 2:8 – Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.

 

6. KNEELING 

Solomon, Ezra and Jesus kneel to pray. 

  • 1 Kings 8:54 – When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
  • Ezra 9:5 – Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands spread out to the Lord my God and prayed:… 
  • Luke 22:41 – Then he went off from them about the distance of a stone’s throw and knelt down and prayed. 

 

7. Prostrate

Joshua, Ezra and Jesus prostate to pray. 

  • Joshua 7:6 – Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the Lord, remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads.
  • Ezra 10:1 – While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly.
  • Matthew 26:39 – Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
  • Mark – 14:35 – Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him.

 

Note – For pupil’s note, there is no need to write the Bible verses. The people and Bible references are OK. 

 

POSSIBLE REASONS WHY PEOPLE PRAYED IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS

Different people prayed different prayer positions for different reasons. Some of the possible are as follows –

1. Religious practice or mode of worship

2. To communicate thoughts and feelings.

3. To create a prayer bond.

4. To change thoughts and feelings.

5. Ageing

6. Personal faith

7. Private, public or church programme

8. Confession

9. Time

 

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps – he/she,

1. Revises the previous lesson based on the pupil’s related knowledge or experience.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in lesson review.

2. Leads the pupils to say the Lord’s prayer.

Pupil’s Activities – Say the Lord’s Prayer correctly.

3. Uses the Lord’s prayer to discuss the meaning of prayer.

Pupil’s Activities – Define prayer.

4. Displays chart/picture show different prayer positions.

5. Lets the pupils examine, identify and discuss the different prayer positions that people prayed.

Pupil’s Activities – Identify and discuss different prayer positions.

6. Makes a list of people that prayed in these positions in the Bible.

Pupil’s Activities – Mention the people in the Bible that prayed ineach of the position.

7. Lesson Evaluation at the end of each lesson.

Pupil’s Activities – Attempt the questions correctly.

8. Summarizes the lesson on the board.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in lesson summary and write as instructed.

 

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

 

NEXT LESSON

Power of Prayer Primary 2 (Basic 2) Term 2 Week 2 Christian Religious Studies

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Ask pupils to:

1. Say the Lord’s prayer correctly.

2. explain the meaning of prayer.

3. define prayer position.

4. list different positions Christians could take while praying.

5. name different people in the Bible that prayed in different positions.

6. state the possible reasons why people prayed in these positions.

 

 

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT

ATTEMPT ALL THE QUESTIONS

1. _________ is a way we talk to God and God talks to us.

A. Pray

B. Prayer

C. Position

 

State 5 prayer positions. 

2. ____________

 

3. ____________

 

4. ____________

 

5. ____________

 

6. ____________

 

 

Match each prayer position with the people in the Bible that prayed in the position. 

7. SITTING

Solomon, Ezra and Jesus

8. Standing

Joshua, Ezra and Jesus

9. Walking

Joshua, Ezra and Jesus

 

10. Bowing

Solomon, David and Church’s elders, pastor, etc.

 

 

11. Standing, sitting or kneeling with hands up

Moses, Ezra and Kings

 

12. Kneeling 

King David sit down to pray

 

13. Prostrate

Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah and the tax collector

 

State 2 possibly reasons why people prayed in different positions. 

14. ____________

 

15. ____________