Good night prayers – Idea
Have each child chose three friends to pray for whom you would love to come to know Jesus. Give the kids three glow-in-the-dark stars to stick on the ceiling above their beds as prayer reminders. Every night when they switch their light off, those three stars will glow, reminding them to pray, and will also remind them of those three special people whom God loves (like all of Abraham’s descenden
Read MoreSending Balloons to Heaven – Idea
This is a fun group activity, particularly for children, though anyone can enjoy it! You will need helium balloons. Write prayers for, or just names of, people overseas, onto balloons. At a specific time, all release the balloons, praying together. It is a good symbol of the ‘prayers of the saints’ (that’s all Christians) flying up to heaven for God to answer. You could even write your addre
Read MoreT.H.U.M.B. – O. Praying
Praying THUMBO prayers will help the people living in the 10x40 Window! The “10/40 Window.” This is an area of the world that has the most people living in it, but the fewest Christians and/or missionaries. It is located 10 degrees north of the equator and runs up to 40 degrees north of the equator. It spans from Korea through northern Africa. This idea comes mostly from material produced by t
Read MoreCountry Prayer – Idea
For the lesson you will need paper and markers. The idea for the class is to discuss and pray for how your country can become more like what would make God happy. Below are some steps you can use but feel free to do them in any order you would like or change or add to it. Give the kids paper and markers and instruct them to make a new country. Write the laws you would like to have in your cou
Read MoreBucket of Prayer – Idea
If you have had a kids prayer group for awhile it can become hard to reinforce prayer basics without the kids becoming bored. This is where a bucket of prayer can be helpful. On slips of paper write down different prayer activities your group has done and place them in a bucket (any container will work). For example a local prayer group that recently did this had; pick a worship song, globe prayer
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