Leader Guide

Prayer

Have children sit around you in a circle. Eliezer asked God for success. This was not a selfish prayer at all. His desire for success was to fulfill the request of His master, Abraham. The answer came quickly—so quickly that he hadn’t finished praying!

Read Genesis 24:15:

Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham’s brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah.

Sometimes God does not reveal His answer quite so fast, but that doesn’t mean He hasn’t heard our prayers. Last time, we learned Psalm 116:2 which says that God bends down to hear our prayer! So we must have faith that He hears us, then patiently wait and not give up!

Read Luke 11:9–10:

“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.”

Today, let’s pray for success—not for selfish reasons, or to be better than other people, but for God’s glory. So take a minute and think: Are you facing a problem at home or at school?

God wants to give you the answer and help you solve the problem. Do you want to spend more time in prayer or read the Bible more often?

God wants to help you succeed in doing that. Are you struggling with a temptation?

God wants to give you the power to overcome it. So let’s take a few moments and pray silently, asking God for success in that area.

Allow time for children to think and pray silently, then close in prayer. Dear God, sometimes You answer before we even finish praying. Sometimes we must keep knocking, asking and seeking before we see Your answer. No matter what, God, we believe that You hear every prayer—spoken or unspoken! We pray that You will grant us success by Your power, mercy, and unfailing love! In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.