The following is to help understand the basics about prayer.

• The answers are many and varied when we ask, what is prayer?
• Prayer may be defined as talking withGod, asking for God’s help, or the expression of our needs.
• We can describe prayer as communicating with God in silent or spoken words.
• It is sharing with God our joys and sorrows, our problems and needs.
• Just as we visit a friend and talk with him, prayer is talking and sharing our lives with God