What do you think the earth would be like if it was the way God wanted it to be?īe prepared to spend some time on this one – the most consistent answer in years of doing this is that there would be dinosaurs, but I have heard “twinkies for everyone” too! Try and guide the conversation along the lines of helping people, sharing, etc. We ask God to help us do God’s will and to help us make the world the way God wants it to be – just like God sees the world in Heaven. Thy Kingdom Come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven I’ll bet you don’t like it when people make fun of your name or say it in a nasty way. We don’t want to use God’s name to hurt other people or in a way that is disrespectful. “Hallowed” is a funny word, isn’t it? Does anyone know what it means? “Hallowed” is a word that means “holy” (Hand a child the poster with the word “HOLY” on it) or “special.” And God’s name IS special and holy. God’s love for is bigger than any love, but it helps us to think about it by remembering how we feel when we are with the person who knows us and loves us best. I always include a child with a dog because the first time I tried this, a little boy told me that God’s love is like the love of his dog who died because the dog ran between him and the car that was about to hit him and died instead of the boy. You can think about God’s love being like your Mom and/or Dad’s love for you, or the love of your sister or brother, or the way your grandparents love you. But you can think about God’s love as being like the love of the person who knows you and loves you the best. Some people find it helpful to think about God’s love for us like a father’s love for his children. Pull out the collage of people and animals and hand to a child who will hold it while you speak. There are some big words and hard things to understand in this prayer, so we are going to think about them out loud together. Christians all over the world and in all times and places have said this prayer. This is the oldest Christian prayer we have and Jesus shared it with his first disciples. Today we are going to talk about the prayer Jesus taught us to say. Gather the children around with the bag close at hand and begin with a short introduction:
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