Creative Prayers
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Bubble prayers
Think of a prayer, blow it into a bubble (using bubble mixture), when it pops, know it is heard!
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Healing Prayer
Draw around a small person on wallpaper or chalk their outline on the ground. On plasters or plaster shapes, write the names of people to be prayed for and then stick them on the outline.
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Thank you prayers
Write a thank you on a paper chain link and then make a paper chain. See how many thank yous you can think of. See how much God blesses us!
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Sorry Prayers
Write or draw your 'sorry' in sand. Say sorry to God and then rub it out
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Sorry Prayers
Give everyone a blob of shaving foam, smooth it out and write or draw your 'sorry' in it. Say sorry to God and rub it out
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Thank you prayers
Write thank yous on paper leaves and stick then on a tree
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Paper plane prayers
Write a prayer on a paper and make it into a paper plane. Throw the plane and then collect a plane and pray the prayer on it
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Listening prayer
Sit quietly for a minute and see what pictures, words or words from the Bible come into your head. After a minute, draw or write what you saw/heard on large sheets of lining paper
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Sorry prayer
Write your sorry on a piece of paper. Say sorry to God and use a shredder to shred the paper
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Help Prayers
Make paper boats. Write prayers on small pieces of paper. put the prayers on the boats and float the boats across a water-filled paddling pool.
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Loud Thank You Prayers
Ask everyone to think of a ‘thank you’ the leader says ‘Thank you God for 1,2,3,’ then everyone shouts their ‘thank yous’ together