God Hears Us When We Pray

Sunday we learned that God always hears us when we pray, no matter where we are or how quiet we are - even if it is quietly in our hearts. We looked at the story of Jonah who disobeyed God and ended up in the belly of a whale. He cried out to God and asked for forgiveness because he knew he had made a mistake. God heard his prayer and caused the whale to spit Jonah up. Whenever we are in trouble or have made a mistake we can cry out to God and know that He will hear us and help us get back on the right path.

After our lesson we put what we had learned about prayer into action.  With "stations" set up around the room the kids went to each one and prayed to God using the following prompts:

"Tell God how much you Love Him"

"Tell God what you Thank Him for"

"Tell God a Feeling"

"Tell God a Secret"

"Tell God a Mistake"

We then got together as a group to discuss how they felt praying to God at each "station." We talked about which were the hardest to pray and which were the easiest and how we can incoorporate prayer into our daily lives because God is always listening.  It was a very positive experience and the kids really enjoyed spending time with God in prayer!


Memory Verse: The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayers of the righteous. Prov. 15:29


The toddler class, "Tweeters" had their first class on Sunday where they learned that "We thank God for our Food." They will continue this lesson throughout the month.  Please remember to pray with them thanking God for the food He gives us and for taking care of us!