Children's Church Lesson: The LORD's Prayer

Story

Say: Do you pray?  How do you pray? (take some answers) What do you pray about?  (Take answers)  In today’s story we will see what Jesus had to say when his disciples asked him to teach them how to pray

Read “The Lord’s Prayer” in  any children's story Bible (or read Matthew 6:5-15).  

Lesson

Say: The Lord’s Prayer is something we can always pray, but it also shows us how to pray – we can use our own words and still pray the same way. 

'Our Father in heaven, hallowed is your name' - It's always good to begin by worshipping God and focusing our hearts on him in some way

'Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven' - What would you like to ask God to do? For example, do you have a friend who is ill; who we could pray will get better?  Have you seen God answer any prayers?

'Give us today our daily bread' - Do you thank God for your lunch? Which foods are your favorite ones? Which food would you most like to thank God for?

‘Forgive us our sins' - Do we remember to say sorry when we've done something wrong? Did we say sorry to God?

We pray to God to honor Him, to say thank you, and to ask for help.

Big Idea

We pray to God honor him, to say thank you, and to ask for help.

Memory Verse

²² You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.” – Matthew 21:22

Craft

Kids will decorate the Lord’s Prayer Booklet: http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/prayer/

Children's church lesson: the 12 spies

Say: Today we are going to read a story about two real live spies! Their names were Caleb and Joshua. A spy is a person who secretly watches something to get information.  Let’s see what happens! 

Read “The Twelve Spies" in any children's story Bible, or read Numbers 14 

Lesson

Say: What kind of report did the ten men give? (Awesome land, good food.  The people are too big and strong.  We can’t go there) Why did Caleb and Joshua give a different report? (The trusted God and knew he would be with them) What did the reports of the other spies make all the people think? (The people were afraid and did not believe that God would help them conquer the Canaanites).

Caleb and Joshua didn’t listen to the bad reports. Instead, they put their confidence in what God said.  Caleb and Joshua were confident in God’s promise, even when the others were not. Caleb and Joshua believed in God’s promise to them. God keeps his promises to us, too! We can believe in God.

 Big Idea

God keeps his promises to us! We can believe in God. 

Memory Verse

Trust in the God with all your heart – Proverbs 3:5  

Prayer- Ask for Joys and Requests

Take a minute to see if the children have any prayer requests or prayer joys Say a short prayer thanking God loving us and taking care of us. 

Craft

Make and decorate toilet paper role binoculars.