Scripture Reading
Read
1 Peter 4:11 from a favorite family Bible
Read
aloud this version from The Message:
Conversation Starters
• How do you normally feel when
you serve or give to someone? Cheerful? Grumpy? Selfish? Selfless?
• Do you feel differently
afterward?
• Does God care more about what
you do or the attitude you have when you do it?
• How can prayer help us when we
serve or give to others?
• How do you pray to God?
• Why does the Bible tell us to
pray?
Activities
Getting Started:
Prayer
Cards
Cut bookmark size pieces of paper from card stock. Work together to write family prayers on each
of the blank cards. Put them in a glass jar, decorated recycled can (make sure
there are no sharp edges) or plastic container. Place it in a central location
in your house. During key times, like before dinner or bed, invite a family
member to pick a prayer from the jar to pray with the family.
On the go:
Prayer
Rocks
Whether
you are camping in the woods, visiting the beach, or on a family road trip have
each member of your family find a rock on the trip to be their prayer rock. You
can leave the rock as is or paint it when you get home. The prayer rock goes on
your pillow during the day, as a reminder to pray before bed. During the night
you can put in on the night stand, in a shoe, or on the bathroom sick as a
reminder to pray when you wake up.
Digging deeper:
Family
Prayer Journal
Get
a photo book, a binder or a notebook. Decorate the cover to create a family
prayer journal. Throughout the summer write, draw or take pictures of things
your family prayed about. Keep record of how you saw God work through those
prayer. Before school begins in the fall take out your prayer journal and
celebrate how you saw God work in and through you this summer!
More Resources
Order the book that is filled with different
ideas of how your family can pray together:
“Creative Family Prayer Times: 52 Fun Ways to
Pray Together” by Mike Nappa and Amy Nappa
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