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Leader Guide

Prayer

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Strength Prayers: Communicate with God.

Jesus knows and understands all of our weaknesses. He wants us to share them with Him and ask for His power to overcome them.

We are all human; not one of us is perfect! We all have different weaknesses and temptations. Some people, like Chris, are tempted to play video games that they shouldn’t. Some struggle with eating too much, or eating the wrong things. Some are tempted to lie instead of telling the truth. Some are tempted to take something that doesn’t belong to them. Some are tempted to ignore their parents when told to do something. Some want to see videos that they know in their hearts they shouldn’t watch.

When we ask Jesus into our hearts, He gives us His Holy Spirit, who shows us what is right and wrong and who gives us power to overcome temptation. Luke 5:16 tells us that Jesus often withdrew from other people to spend time in prayer. If Jesus needed to pray often, shouldn’t we do the same? We need to come to Jesus to confess our weaknesses and to ask for His strength to overcome them.

Jesus taught His disciples to pray, using something that we call the Lord’s Prayer. Part of the prayer says in Matthew 6:13: 

Don't let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.

Let’s close our eyes right now and pray. Optional: You may have the class pray the entire Lord’s Prayer in the way your church does. Let’s ask the Holy Spirit to speak to our hearts, showing us any weaknesses or temptations that we struggle with. Allow children time to think and pray silently.

Let’s continue to pray silently, asking Jesus for His power to strengthen us and overcome our weaknesses. Allow children time to pray silently and then close in prayer. 

Pray: Dear Jesus, thank You for hearing and answering our prayers today. We praise You that You understand all of our weaknesses. You experienced every temptation that we will ever face, yet You never once sinned. Thank You for replacing our weakness with Your strength today. Help us to pray each day for Your help and strength to live a life that is pleasing to You. In Your name we pray, Amen.