The Lord’s Prayer - Luke 11:1-13

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Idea 1

Rewrite the Lord’s Prayer

Go through the Lord’s Prayer line by line and talk about what it means. Decide as a group how to write it out in everyday language.
The end product should be a rewritten Lord’s prayer in everyday language that everyone understands.

Idea 2

Take some time to pray.

Put some signs up on the wall, that have different prayer starters.
Thank you God for….
Sorry God for…
God, please help….
Give the kids a ball, put their back facing the wall and let them throw the ball backwards so it hits one of the signs.
Ask the kid to say a prayer according to the sign their ball hit.

Idea 3

Set up a prayer stand (it’s kind of like a lemonade stand.

During the church service talk about prayer with the kids. Talk about praying for others, and let the kids know that you are going to make a prayer stand for all the people in the church.
Divide the kids up. Ask some kids to make cookies (with a leader helping them), lots of kids to make cards (one for each person who gets prayed for) and other kids to set up tables and chairs for the stand.
Group the kids in 3’s. One can pray, one can give a card and the other can give a cookie.
When the church service is finished, invite the adults to come and get prayed for by the kids.
Stand back and watch the magic happen.

Idea 4

Pray for countries and leaders around the world.

Bring in a globe.
Let the kids spin the globe one at a time and stop the spinning by putting their finger down on the globe.
Pray for whatever country the child’s finger lands. Look up the leader of that country and pray for them as well.
More information on each country can be found here.

Idea 5

Keep a list of all the things you have prayed about with the kids for a number of weeks or months.

At the beginning of each time with the kids, go through the list and check in to see if any of the prayers have been answered. Put a line through the ones that have been answered, and keep praying about the things that have not been answered.
The kids will see how God does answer prayer and also learn to be persistent with their prayers.

Idea 6

Read How to Pray on pg 222 of The Jesus Storybook Bible.

Idea 7

Watch a video with multiple choice questions on the meaning of The Lord’s Prayer.