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Prayer:: Teacher's Guide
Prayer:: Teacher's Guide
3rd-5th-grade
Slide 6-8: Read the Bible verses 1Kings 8:54, Exodus 4:31, Matthew 26:39, 1Kings 8:22 aloud on slides 6 & 7 then move to slide 8 and talk about how it is more important to concentrate when praying than moving your body a certain way. Give examples: If you cant concentrate on praying when your standing then you should sit down. Slide 9-16: This section focuses on what our minds should be doing while praying. God actually requires us to think a certain way. Read aloud the verses and discuss with the class. (Be humble, have whole heartedness, Faith, Righteousness, and Obedience) Slide 17-28: This section focuses on the fact that God hears our prayers, but we should not do certain things when we pray, because He may not listen if we do. Read aloud the verses and discuss with the class. On slide 28 remind the class that if they do have some of these problems the first thing they should pray for is forgiveness with the focus being that they would also have to repent- feel sorry in for their sin. (Disobedience, Secret Sin, Not Caring, Stubbornness, Doubt, Selfishness) Slide 29-31: Ask the students when they should pray and wait for a response. Then move to slide 28 and read aloud 1Thesselonians 16-18 and discuss. On slide 31 bring home the message that prayer should become a constant in our lives. Slide 32-34: Ask the students what they should pray for and wait for a response. Watch the video. (Despicable Me 1: The little girls pray for some very serious and some very imaginative things) Ask the students what they think about what the three characters asked God for in their prayers and why. Then ask the students if the characters were wrong and why. Move to slide 33 revealing that we can pray for anything (As long as we have our minds were they need to be ~ as discussed earlier in the class) Read aloud John 5:14 and discuss.
3rd-5th-grade
Slide 35-37: Heres the big question, What if we dont know what to pray for? Read Romans 8:26-27 aloud and discuss its meaning. Then move to slide 37. The Holy Spirit knows what is in our hearts and actually begs or pleads to God for us when we dont know how to. Slide 38: Prayer is our weapon against evil; use it!