(i) To ask for God's blessings especially when settling in a new place.
(ii) To maintain good relationship with God as a way of worshipping God.
(iii) To appease God or to remove God's curses from the community.
(iv) To thank God for the good things He has done for them such as giving them rain, children, good harvest and health.
(v) To implore God to forgive them for the wrong they have done.
(vi) To petition for help from God during difficult times such as during a drought, barrenness, epidemics and famine.
(vii) To invite God to participate in family affairs like during covenant making or settling disputes so that He acts as a witness.
(viii) To acknowledge that God is the source of life especially during the rites of passage.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 19, 2017 at 06:37
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