--- title: What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and heaven — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and heaven», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. 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How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/0/) — Christians believe prayer is talking and listening to God, alone or together: saying thank you, saying sorry, asking for others and asking for ourselves. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/1/) — They believe God hears every prayer, but the answer may be yes, no or wait, the way a loving parent does not hand over everything a child asks for; prayer is a friendship, not a vending machine. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/2/) — Sin means turning away from God and doing wrong in thought, word or deed; Christians say everyone does it sometimes, and that God forgives anyone who is truly sorry because of Jesus. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/4/) — Christians hope for eternal life with God, which they say begins now and goes on after death because Jesus rose again; heaven is pictured as a place with no more pain or tears. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/5/) — For a child today this means you can start again after doing wrong, and you can give others a fresh start too, without pretending the wrong did not matter. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/6/) — Christians believe prayer is talking and listening to God, alone or with others. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/7/) — Prayer can include thanks, saying sorry, asking for others and asking for ourselves. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/8/) — Christians believe God hears every prayer, but the answer may be yes, no or wait. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/9/) — Why some prayers seem unanswered is a hard question that Christians still discuss. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/10/) — Sin is turning away from God and doing wrong in thought, word or deed. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/11/) — Christians believe everyone sins sometimes, so everyone needs forgiveness. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/12/) — Christians believe God forgives anyone who is truly sorry, because of Jesus. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/16/) — Faith means trusting God, not only believing facts about him. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/17/) — Christians believe heaven is being with God for ever, with no more pain or tears. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/18/) — Christians say what heaven is like is beyond description; wings, harps and clouds are only pictures from paintings and cartoons. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/19/) — Many Christians believe God will judge everyone fairly and with mercy; beliefs about hell differ widely and are disputed. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/20/) — Christians believe eternal life starts now and continues after death because Jesus rose again. - ← previous: [What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/) - next →: [Sunday service, hymns and the Lord's Prayer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)