God created the world. God created life as we know it out of nothing. God is creative. God imaginative. God is unique. God is not boring. God made us in His image. Therefore, we were made to be creative, imaginative, unique, and not boring. Our time with God in prayer is an extension of who we are, so prayer should include all the adjectives just mentioned as well. It was never meant to be rigid,
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Kids Prayer Dominican Republic Kids Camp August 2013 Kid’s Camp in Santo Domingo, D.R. began with a special service on Friday night. This was followed by a 2 hour slot on Saturday morning for Kids Prayer. There were 45 or so children present. When the 2 hours were up, they were so engaged with what we were doing that it did not matter if lunch was ready or not. We actually went a half hour into
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Young kids by nature are egocentric - everything is about them. When kids are little they struggle with sharing and may throw tantrums when they don't get something they want. We've all see the "bad" kid in the store who screamed at the top of his lungs in the checkout lane because he didn't get that sugary piece of candy that would only send him and his mother into an orbit of uncontrollable chao
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Kids love paper chain people so why not use their creativity in their prayer time. Have each child cut out a set of paper chain people. If you don't know how to make them, click here for instructions. You may wish to have them decorate the people, such as drawing faces or clothes on them. Write a name on each cutout person and any specific prayer request that may be needed. You could also have
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One of the fondest time parents have with their children is story time. Parents love to see their kids wide-eyed as they read a story to them that feeds their sense of adventure and imagination. Most kids have that favorite book that ends up with worn edges and bent pages - that story that you can nearly tell by heart without having to read the pages. Stories to children are part imagination an
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