The Lord’s Prayer (ICB Version)
When children don’t know how to pray, they ask someone who can. The same thing applies to Jesus’ friends (Disciples), who saw him praying to God one day and asked him, “Can you teach us how to pray too?” Jesus gave them the ACTS of prayer: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. Let’s look at the Lord’s Prayer and how each sentence teaches us how to pray to God.
The Lord’s Prayer – How to Pray to God?
1. Our Father who Is In Heaven, we pray that your name will always be kept holy.
Jesus’ first sentence is an act of Adoration: telling God He is awesome and wonderful, or giving God a big heart, cheering. It also reminds us that the God we pray to is in heaven. Jesus shows us that we should start by cheering for God! It’s like being His biggest fan and telling Him, ‘God, You are the most amazing King ever
2. We pray that your Kingdom will come, we pray that what you want will be done, here on earth as it is done in heaven
This sentence is also part of Adoration to God. It’s like letting God know that where he lives in heaven is a holy place, and that we want the earth to be like heaven, too. That is, we should try to make the world a better place so that God will be happy with us.
3. Give us the food we need for each day
This sentence is a Supplication (a plea for help), meaning to ask God for help in anything. This is not only about food, but also about everything we need God to help us with. This teaches us to depend on God for everything we may need.
4. Forgive us for our sins, just as we have forgiven those who sinned against us
This sentence is about confession. God did not want us to cover or hide our sin. He wants us to confess our sins to him so that he can forgive us. He also wants to do the same thing to our friends when they hurt us.
5. And do not cause us to be tempted, but save us from the Evil One
This sentence is another Supplication (Plea for help). Jesus wants us to know that there are evil people or forces in the world and that we can be tempted (testing of our hearts) by them. Here, Jesus teaches us to ask God’s help and that He alone can protect us when the evil one comes.
6. The kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours forever
This last sentence is part of Adoration to God. What Jesus teaches us here is that after talking to God and asking Him for what we need, we should also let Him know He is awesome and great, and that everything belongs to Him alone.
Bring the Word to Life: The Lord’s Prayer Worksheet
If you are looking for a beautiful piece of art that can teach your child to pray or a meaningful tool for your child’s quiet time, The Lord’s Prayer worksheet is designed to bring Jesus’ method of prayer to life in a way that’s easy to understand and hard to forget.
What’s Inside the Collection?
Unscramble the Words: In this section, children will practice unscrambling key words from the Lord’s Prayer. This exercise helps improve their spelling skills and their ability to organise words into the correct order.
The Missing Book Puzzle: A fun puzzle game where children must identify and find the missing words of Our Lord’s Prayer to complete the collection!
Bible Word Search: A word search challenge! Kids will have a blast hunting for the Cross in the hidden maze grid. This will help your child in paying attention to detail.
Creative Colouring: It includes sections for kids to colour, allowing them to personalise their worksheets while they study.
Perfect For:
Parents: Meaningful home teaching about discussion, and creative colour-your-own prayer art journal
Sunday school teachers: engaging activities for children, such as the Tic-Tac-Toe, Unscramble the word, fill-in-the-missing words, and find the missing cross maze.
Let’s help children hide these words in their hearts through art that speaks their language.
