Prayer - MSSS Bible Lesson

Prayer

Scripture Reference: Matthew 6:5-14; Luke 11:1-13

Illustrating the Story

Use MSSS Bible Character Crafts to create characters for story-telling.
52 Faith Building Activities has a few activities prayer.
Bible Kids Fun Zone Pray Instead (Game)
Childrensministry.com Prayer - a number of ideas and activities listed on this page.
ChildrenSermons.com
- Lord's Prayer
- Pray About Everything
Church of God, International (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) Ssssh...Who's That Talking?
Danielle's Place Prayer
Group Publishing
- Talking to God
- Skit - The Prayer Pair
- Game - Prayer in Motion
- Pray With Finger Play
- Prayer Chain
- Prayer Grams
Keys for Kids
- A Bad Day
- Conversation with God
- Keep Knocking
- Pass The Potatoes
- Someone to Listen
- Sometimes God Says No
- The Form Letter
Kids Sunday School
- Answers Without Speaking
- God Can Hear Me
- God Hears My Prayers
- How Should We Pray?
- Human Robot
- I Can Talk to God
- The Purpose of Prayer
- Why Pray?
maxiPraise - Poems and Action Rhymes "I Can Jump" (action rhyme to precede prayer)
Mission Arlington (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Life of Christ 2002
  - Jesus Talks about Prayer
  - The Lord's Prayer
- Life of Christ 2003
  - The Lord's Prayer
NAD Kindergarten/Primary SS Program Helps
- Jesus Teaches Us to Pray
- The Disciples Learn to Pray
Perpetual Preschool I Can Talk To God
Sermons4Kids
- A Shot in the Arm
- God's Cell Phone
- On Your Own
- The Five Finger Prayer
Sunday School Crafts
- Prayer and Thanks
- Persistent Prayer
- Prayer Sticks
Sunday School Resources Jesus Taught About Prayer
Sunday School Sources Sermon on the Mount: Prayer. See New Testament Lessons for more worksheets on this story.
Website for magazine PrayKids! has a three page sample of the magazine which may be a useful resource.
WoRM (The Official Site of the Workshop Rotation Model) Lesson and Ideas Exchange

Don't forget to check out MSSS Bible Craft and Activities for Any Story for more ideas.

Colouring Pages/Activity Sheets

All God's Children Bible Coloring Page - Child's Prayer
Bible Activity Sheets The Lord's Prayer
Boy praying
Childfun.com Jesus - look about half-way down for praying on the mount.
Children Praying
Family Praying at Table
Jesus Praying
Jesus Praying 2
Kids Sunday School Place Praying Hands Connect the Dots
Pray at all Times
Prayer for Bedtime
Praying Hands
The Lord's Prayer
Teach Us To Pray - colouring pages which go through the whole Lord's Prayer.
MSSS Memory Verse Activities
- Psalm 61:1 O God; listen to my prayer.
- Luke 11:1 Lord, teach us to pray.

Some sites have user policies which restrict use of these colouring pages to personal or educational use. Please check the sites' policies if you wish to be use these images outside of these purposes.

Crafts

Bible Kids Fun Zone
- Prayer Bear
- Sad To Glad
- Pray Instead (Game)
Covenant People Resource Cards (no longer available - but idea left here to help out!)
- prayer pinwheels
- prayer and Bible reading journal
- "Lord's Prayer" plaque
- prayer calendar and prayer wheel.
DLTK-Kids
- Jelly Bean Poem (Prayer)
- praying pretzels
Group Publishing Ribbon Prayer
Kids Sunday School Place
- Guess What You Hear
- Prayer Mats
MSSS Praying Hands
"Remember This!" - praying hands craft.
Sunday School Crafts (for more crafts on Prayer - type in "prayer" in keyword finder. There are now too many crafts on prayer at this site for me to list all!)

Mary shared this positive response to one of her classes on prayer:

I taught the story of prayer using the fingers to remember who to pray for to 7 and 8 year olds. The amazing thing that happened was when they were drawing their hands on a sheet of paper and I had them fill in the fingers with the names of who to pray for. Like the thumb is for family it being closest to the heart etc. When one little girl finished hers and in the palm of her hand had a heart with God written inside.

Songs

DLTK-Bible
- Jesus Taught Us How to Pray
- When we Pray for Each Other
Family Worship Songs
- The Lord's Prayer (Our Father)
- When you pray
- Prayer can make a difference
- Pray at all times
Songs4Teachers When Should I Pray?