Sunday School Lesson What Is Prayer Use this Sunday school lesson with kids of all ages from the popular book Kids Travel Guide to the Lords Prayer. Find more great Sunday school lessons to help kids grow in their faith. Pathway Point  God wants us to talk to him. In Focus Verse Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God Philippians 4 6. Travel Itinerary. God desires to have a relationship with each of us, and an important part of any relationship is communication. God has established prayer as a means for us to communicate with him. Through prayer, we can praise God, ask for forgiveness, thank God for all hes done, and let our requests be made known to him. Prayer allows us to open our hearts to God and let him know our innermost thoughts and desires. Vlc Media Player 1 1 11. Children are eager to communicate with anyone who will listen to them, but they often feel adults dont care about their thoughts, concerns, and opinions. Use this lesson to teach your children that God wants us to talk to him and gives us many examples of prayer in the Bible. Celebrate with them the joy of communicating with God. Departure Prayer up to 5 minutesHow can we teach children about prayer without actually taking time to pray If you dont have enough time to pray, you dont have enough time to teachFight the temptation to dive into the lesson without asking God for his wisdom. Spending a few minutes in prayer can make the difference between wasting your time and watching it produce much fruit. A Sunday school lesson commentary based on the International Sunday School Lesson Curriculum. Browse thousands of creative and free Sunday School lessons at Rotation. Sunday School teachers, pastors, and Christian educators. Bible crafts and activities for Sunday school and Vacation Bible School. God will give you wisdom to teach as you ask him for it James 1 5. Before you pray remind the children that they can talk to God as they would their best friends. God wants to hear what each person has to say. Invite each child to thank God for one good thing that happened in the past week. Then pray Dear Lord, thank you for loving us and hearing us when we pray. Help us to learn to talk to you every day, in every situation. Thank you for answering our prayers and helping us to please you. We love you and praise you for all youve done. Amen. 1st Stop Discovery 1. An Invitation. This activity emphasizes Gods love for each child and his desire to communicate with us. Items to Pack construction paper, crayons or markers, bright and colorful stickers. Borrow a book of sample invitations from a stationery shop. Let children look at all the fancy and expensive invitations for inspiration as they make their own. Ask When have you been invited to something fun, like a birthday party, wedding, or other special eventHow did you know you were invited What do invitations look like What do they say Say God has invited each of us to spend time with him and talk to him. God wants us to talk to him When we talk to God, its called prayer. Children S Sunday School Activities Forgiveness Scriptures' title='Children S Sunday School Activities Forgiveness Scriptures' />2017 AGM. Our AGM was held on Sunday 23 rd April, chaired by our Chaplain, Clive Atkinson, with an assembly of 12 members present. Regarding elections to the Church. Lets make invitations from God, inviting us to talk to him. Set out the construction paper, markers or crayons, and colorful stickers. Have each child make an invitation to give to a different child in the class. Let children draw names so theyll each know who to make an invitation for. The invitation should be from God, inviting the child to come and talk to God. Let kids fill in the remaining information as follows Time any timePlace any place Date any day Remind kids that this is Gods personal invitation for a special visit, so they should work to make the invitation as nice as possible. When the invitations are finished, have children deliver them to each other. Ask When you have something important or exciting that you want to share with a friend, how do you usually communicate with him or her Do you need to send a special invitation to talk with your friendHow would you feel if every time you had something to talk about with your friend you had to make an appointment or send an invitation Say We dont need an invitation to talk to God. God wants us to talk to him. When we talk to God, its called prayer, and today were going to be learning more about what prayer is. Story Excursion 1. ABCs of Prayer. Children will consider reasons people prayed in the Bible, and reasons why we pray today. Items to Pack Bibles, marker, large sheet of newsprint or a white board. If you have adult or teen helpers in your class, ask them to join different groups and help the groups locate and read their assigned verses. You may want to write these verses on slips of paper ahead of time to make it easier for children to refer to them. Preparation Boldly print the letters of the alphabet down the left margin of the newsprint or white board, and place it where children can easily see it. Open your Bible to Luke 1. Ask Why did the disciples need to be taught how to prayDo we need to be taught how to pray Why or why not What do you think prayer is Say The Bible gives us hundreds of examples of prayers. One prayer from the Bible that many people know is called the Lords Prayer. Were going to spend the next weeks learning about this prayer. But first, lets look in the Bible to find a few other prayers. We can see why people prayed and what they said in their prayers. This will help us understand more about what prayer is. Have children form five groups. Be sure that each group has a Bible. Assign each group one of the following Scriptures, and have the children read the verses together and determine why the person was praying. Group 1 Genesis 2. Group 2 1 Kings 3 7 9. Group 3 Acts 9 3. Group 4 Daniel 9 4 5. Group 5 Mark 6 4. Allow several minutes for children to read and discuss. Then ask each group to report why the person in their passage was praying. As they report, write their answer beside the letter of the alphabet that corresponds with the first letter of their answer. For example, Group 1 might answer guidance, so you would write this beside the letter G on your alphabet list. Group 2 might say wisdom, so this would go beside the letter W. Groups may have more than one answer, they may use a short phrase for their answer, and there may be several answers for some letters of the alphabet. After each group has reported, say Lets fill in all the blank letters now. Think of other reasons you or other people you know pray that begin with the letters we still have available. Have the class work together to complete the alphabet. Your list might include Ask God for something, Blessing, Confession, Direction, and so on. Heres help on the difficult letters. Q Quiet heart or Quest for help. X e. Xcitement for what God has done or e. Xpress praise. Y Yearning to know God or saying Yes to God. Z Zeal for God or Zillions of things to thank God for. Bring along a dictionary or thesaurus for extra ideas. Say Wow This is a wonderful list. It shows us there are so many reasons to pray to God. Our list also helps us see that prayer is more than just saying thanks to God before we eat, or more than asking God for a new bike. Its a special way of communicating everything about our lives with God. And best of all, God wants us to talk to himLets read about one more reason we can pray. Read Philippians 4 6 aloud, and ask what this verse teaches us about prayer. Then say God doesnt want us to worry about things. God wants us to tell him whats going on in our lives and let him take care of it. Lets say this verse aloud together. Say the verse aloud several times, letting children repeat each phrase. Then say The Bible makes it clear that God wants us to talk to him.