Take Home Daily Theme:
Prayer
READ: Together, read Luke 11: 1-13.
CONNECT:
Have your child pull out their CONNECT journal from camp. Find the Day 3 page. Look it over together and have your child recall what they wrote down. Discuss the following:
EXPLORE MORE:
In this lesson, Jesus’ disciples ask him how they should pray and he tells them. In this passage you will find the basis for the Lord’s Prayer, one of the most well known prayers that has been used for ages.
Read Luke 11:1-13 together. What kinds of things do you notice Jesus praying about in this prayer? How can this prayer be a reminder to us about the things that we should be praying about? What else does Jesus say about prayer in the last part of this passage?
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
Pray together. Sometimes it can feel like we just don’t have the words to pray to God. At other times, there is so much going on in the world that it is difficult to know where to begin. Find a newspaper or go to an internet news site together and look at the major news headlines. Begin a prayer together and take turns praying for the people mentioned in different headlines. “Praying the headlines” can be a great way to connect our faith with what is happening in the world around us and can be done wherever we are.
CONNECT:
Have your child pull out their CONNECT journal from camp. Find the Day 3 page. Look it over together and have your child recall what they wrote down. Discuss the following:
- What was meaningful to you about the Bible study and the story that was read?
- What can you learn from this story and apply to your daily life at home or at school?
- Think about some of the camp songs we sang this week - do you remember any that might relate to this story?
EXPLORE MORE:
In this lesson, Jesus’ disciples ask him how they should pray and he tells them. In this passage you will find the basis for the Lord’s Prayer, one of the most well known prayers that has been used for ages.
Read Luke 11:1-13 together. What kinds of things do you notice Jesus praying about in this prayer? How can this prayer be a reminder to us about the things that we should be praying about? What else does Jesus say about prayer in the last part of this passage?
FAMILY ACTIVITY:
Pray together. Sometimes it can feel like we just don’t have the words to pray to God. At other times, there is so much going on in the world that it is difficult to know where to begin. Find a newspaper or go to an internet news site together and look at the major news headlines. Begin a prayer together and take turns praying for the people mentioned in different headlines. “Praying the headlines” can be a great way to connect our faith with what is happening in the world around us and can be done wherever we are.