Requirements
- 1.
Explain why we pray, what we pray for, and how we pray. Read Isaiah 40:31.
- 2.
Read Matthew 6:5-15, the Lord’s Prayer.
- 3.
Have a personal prayer time with Jesus each day.
- 4.
Share with someone you know what you learned about praying and say a prayer with him or her.
- 5.
Do two or more of the following:
- a.
Lead out in a club opening or closing prayer or have prayer during family worship
- b.
Make a card with a prayer in it and give it to someone
- c.
Ask the pastor about prayer
- d.
Have a prayer breakfast for kids and parents
- a.
Helps for leaders
Teaching notes from the official document, numbered to match the requirements above.
- 1.
We pray to stay close to Jesus because He is our very best Friend and we want to be like Jesus (read Mark 1:35). We pray to thank Him for His love and care, to ask for forgiveness, and to help others and ourselves (James 5:16). We should have a quiet time each day with Jesus, but we can pray any time, anywhere.
- 2.
Discuss the Lord’s Prayer with children.
- 3.
Ask parents to encourage children to pray and to make it a daily habit.
- 4.
Discuss how to teach someone to pray.
- 5.
Discuss with the children how each of these activities can be done. For the prayer breakfast, invite kids of all ages to attend and have a child give the message.
About this award
- Level
- Builder
- Division
- North American Division
- Edition
- 2005
- Original award
- 2005
Requirements are published by AdventSource for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Advent Clubs reproduces them here for club leaders and links the original document above.