David’s Prayers - Psalms
Here are some good videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yImbRHFPSHk&list=PL5aPdmniG3y_n7hXEKTV4qQnIeCe-p6Ws&index=32&t=0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrdlXOk_QdQ
Idea 1
Read “The Good Shepherd” on page 130 in The Jesus Storybook Bible.
Idea 2
Set up a room full of prayer stations for kids, let them go through the stations and pray. Tell the kids that we are going to pray and talk to God because that is something David did to be a person after God’s heart. We want to be after God’s heart too.
Set out a pile of small rocks and markers. Ask the kids to think of a word that describes God and write it on one of the rocks.
Ask the kids to write down a prayer request on a piece of paper and then turn the paper into an airplane. Get everyone to fly their airplanes at the same time. Once they have all landed ask the kids to pick up an airplane that isn’t theirs. Have each kids open up the new airplane and pray for what is inside.
Have a stack of small pieces of paper for the kids. Ask them to think of something they can say sorry to God for. Write it on a piece of paper and put it in a metal bucket. Once everyone has written their things on a piece of paper, and give the kids time to talk to God. Go outside and burn up the pieces of paper. Talk to the kids about God’s forgiveness.
Put a few signs down on the floor close together, one says thank you, one can say pray for someone, on can say ask. Ask the kids to stand a few metres away from the signs on the floor and toss a bean bag. Once the bean bag lands on one of the signs, ask them to do whatever it says.
Give the kids a number of magazines, ask them to cut out things they are thankful for and put tape them on the wall.
Draw God pictures or make Him cards.
Idea 3
Re-write the words to one of the Psalms.
Idea 4
Review what it means to be a person after God’s heart.
Give each of the kids an outline of a heart.
Talk together as a group to figure out all the ways that we can be a person after God’s own heart.
Write all the ways down on our hearts and colour them in. (talking to God, doing what God asks us to do, saying sorry to God when we mess up, loving God etc)
Click on one of the links below for a formal lesson