As one of our long term prayer stations, we encourage children to write letters to God and to post them into a post box on the table. They can ask any questions they like and tell Him anything they want to. In our prayer times, even adults are drawn to this station. What the children write can be very revealing about their relationship with God and with the world around them. We keep finding that the children have such a capacity for depth and questioning that really challenges us as leaders.
If you are looking for an active, kinaesthetic, way of praying in a small group or even with the whole congregation, then this might be for you! You will need: A collection of buttons of different shapes, sizes and colours- at least one button for each person praying. Give everyone a button. Feel the hardness of the button and think about people who are going through hard times. Ask God to help them. Buttons are used to fasten clothes together. Ask God to bring together people who have fallen out and moved apart from each other. Pray that He will bring peace. Look at your button and see how many holes it has. Think of that number of things you would like to say thank you to God for and say Thank you prayers. Look at the colour of the button and say thank you to God for something that is that colour Find someone who has the same colour button as you. You might want to make a small group of people with the...
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