Prayer - What Would Jesus Do?

 Hi Christchurch Kids! Welcome back to our blog. We hope you are enjoying the sunshine now that we can play outside without getting cold and wet!

We're continuing to look at prayer today. Prayer is something that people have found tricky for a long time. The disciples must have found it a curious topic too as they asked Jesus, "How should we pray?"

Jesus gave us lots of examples of when he prayed and what he prayed about. Did you know that Jesus even prayed for us!

Let's watch the video and find out more...

When the disciples asked Jesus how to pray, he gave them the answer that we now call "The Lord's Prayer." When Jesus said the Lord's Prayer, he didn't mean that we could only use those words. It is more like a recipe of that sort of things you can put in a prayer.

Let's have a closer look at the Lord's Prayer

Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name.

We can praise God and tell him that he's amazing!

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. 

We want the world to be good just like God planned. We want to follow God's plans for us.

Give us today our daily bread. 

We can ask God for the things we need - and that other people will have the things they need.

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. 

We can say sorry to God when we get things wrong and ask Him to help us forgive other people when they get things wrong too.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. 

We can ask God to keep us safe from things that could lead us away from following Him.

For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. 

We can tell God again that he is amazing FOREVER!  He is in charge.

Amen. 

Activity

That's a lot of things to remember when we are praying. We can make something to help us remember the different things we can pray about. We can make a prayer bracelet where different colour beads remind us of different things. If you don't have beads, you can make your own from Fimo or even paper. Here's how to make paper beads. If you don't want to wear a bracelet, you could thread the beads on a string and tie them onto a bookmark or a keyring.

Purple bead = Purple is a royal colour. This reminds us that God is special and Amazing

Blue bead = This reminds us that we want the Earth to be as good as heaven. We want to follow God's ways.

Brown bead = This reminds of asking for our "daily bread" as we can ask for things we need.

White bead = We can say sorry to God. When God forgives our sins they are completely wiped away and we are clean again (Maybe you can imagine a totally clean whiteboard!)

Dark/black bead = The dark colour reminds us of the things that can lead us away from following God. We can ask for God to keep us safe.

Yellow bead = Yellow reminds us of the colour of a crown (you could use a gold bead instead). God is King. He is amazing and He is in charge.

Prayer

Today, let's practice saying the Lord's Prayer. You can say it slowly, pausing between each line as you think about what those words mean.

We are going to finish our time on the blog today with a fantastic song about prayer from Awesome Cutlery. It's got some great words and we hope you enjoy singing along.

Next week, we have F@CT Online here on the blog and in the church. We will have a story, songs with actions, prayers and crafts - all the usual F@CT fun! We are continuing to look at the amazing promises God has made us. We would love to see you there! 

If you would like to come to F@CT in church, please book your place on the website here.