I also have another question. How do Christians pray or make supplications (thats a thing we have in Islam)
In Christianity we have the archetypal prayer in the
Lord's Prayer, also known as the
Our Father. In the Gospels Jesus teaches us how to pray by giving us this prayer:
(This version of the Prayer uses archaic, traditional English as found in the 1662 Anglican Book of Common Prayer)
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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."
This is the prayer as found in the Gospel of St. Matthew (NRSV translation),
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Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one." - Matthew 6:9-13
In liturgical churches (Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Orthodox, etc) during worship we have different sorts of prayers throughout the liturgy. These are formal prayers which form an essential element of traditional Christian worship, for example the Penitential Rite is part of the order of service where the entire congregation publicly confess our sins, such a prayer looks like this:
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Most merciful God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We justly deserve your present and eternal punishment. For the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen."
There are prayers of praise such as the Gloria Patri,
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Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever and ever. Amen."
Further, we also have what are known as the Hours, times of prayer set throughout the day which is inherited from the Jewish practice of set prayers at different times of the day. There are five major hours: Matins (early morning), Lauds (morning), Daytime Prayer, Vespers (evening), and Compline (night). The Hours are a significant component of Christian monasticism, for individual Christians (Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, etc) praying the Hours can be seen as a good habit for personal discipline, though there's literally no requirement that one has to pray the Hours. Individual prayer is really a matter of discipline and personal responsibility. Each of the Hours has a liturgical structure, though of course it can simply be good discipline to set aside time throughout the day and pray at all.
The point I'm really making is that prayer comes in many different forms and is done in many different ways. Prayers of confession, prayers of praise, prayers of supplication are all part of the Christian practice of prayer. There are set prayers for those who are part of traditional, liturgical traditions, and there are informal, spontaneous prayers.
Many would argue that how we pray is far less important than
that we pray. Prayer keeps our mind upon God, prayer can be transformative, it disciplines our mind to focus on the things of God, we can develop habits of turning to prayer both during times of blessing and times of suffering. As we realize that our lives are in God's merciful hands, and all things are according to His good will. We turn away from ourselves and upon Christ for our hope and our salvation, in prayer trusting in Him for our life, both our present life and our future life.
Prayer, it has often been said, is for Christians the same as
breathing.
-CryptoLutheran