Prayer

1. Explain why we pray, what we pray for, and how we pray. Read Isaiah 40:31.
2. Read Matthew 6:5-15, the Lord's Prayer.
3. Have a personal prayer time with Jesus each day.
4. Share with someone you know what you learned about praying and say a prayer with him or her.
5. Do two or more of the following:
   1. Lead out in a club opening or closing prayer or have prayer during family worship
   2. Make a card with a prayer in it and give it to someone
   3. Ask the pastor about prayer
   4. Have a prayer breakfast for kids and parents

Helps

1. We pray to stay close to Jesus because He is our very best Friend and we want to be like Jesus (read Mark 1:35). We pray to thank Him for His love and care, to ask for forgiveness, and to help others and ourselves (James 5:16). We should have a quiet time each day with Jesus, but we can pray any time, anywhere.
2. Discuss the Lord's Prayer with children.
3. Ask parents to encourage children to pray and to make it a daily habit.
4. Discuss how to teach someone to pray.
5. Discuss with the children how each of these activities can be done. For the prayer breakfast, invite kids of all ages to attend and have a child give the message.

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