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SEASON FINALE
Pray without ceasing 1 Thess. 5:17
This week on the Season Finale of
• We recap what we have learned about Prayer and Praise
• We demonstrate our cool Prayer Journals• We bring you the results of our interviews
and surveys• We join with you in praising Our Great God
On week 1 of
• We investigated the Who, When, Where and What of Prayer and Praise
• We answered the question “Does God always answer prayer?
• We created cool Prayer Journals• We set a group challenge for the coming week to
take note of the times you notice people praying eg prayers before bedtime, saying grace for meals and to notice times you pray
•HOW TO MAKE PRAYER JOURNALS
•Cover exercise book with cool paper and decorate the cover
• Make and decorate cardboard bookmark/ruler
• Attach bookmark to back of exercise book
• Rule up some pages
•Include date you prayed, what you prayed about and the date your prayer was answered.
•If you would like the who;e church to pray tick the CTP column and we will ask Pastor Bryan to pray about it in church
•HERE IS ONE I PREPARED EARLIER !
On week 2 of
• We investigated Patterns of Prayer - The Lord’s Prayer
• We used Think A-C-T-S to remind us of the things we can pray about and decorated with finger paint hand prints
• We set Chad a challenge to interview Rosalie Ross about prayer
On week 3 of
• We learned that Praise is great because Praise Puts God First
• We discovered what is Great about God• We created Prayer Chains to remind us of
prayer points• We set Jordan a challenge to interview
John Hamp about the role of the Holy Spirit in prayer and praise
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
You shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3
Love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.Deut 6:5THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy Name
PRAISE PUTS GOD FIRST
AWESOME GOD
Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from Heaven above
With wisdom power and love
Our God is an awesome God
On week 4 of
• We investigated how Praise Reminds us of God’s acts and Raises our faith
• We learned about Creation and Salvation• We investigated the term “All creation
sings”• We set Ethan a challenge to interview Ree
Paton about attitudes and postures for prayer and praise
while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy Job 38:7
let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;Psalm 96:12
You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands Isaiah 55:12
On week 5 of
• We investigated how Praise Adores God• Praising the Name of the Lord• We learned about attitudes for prayer and
praise• We set Isabel a challenge to interview
Lorraine Caffarella about Inspiration and using talent to serve God
On week 6 of
• We investigated Inspiration• We took an Inventory of our talents and
how we can use them to serve God• We set Madeleine a challenge to interview
Tracey Greene about the music ministry and how music and singing can lead to praise
What talents do you have?
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What do you enjoy doing?
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How could you use these talents to praise and serve God?
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On week 7 of
• We investigated Singing, Psalms and Arrow Prayers
• We prepared this presentation for the church
• We set a group challenge to survey the church and ask what are favourite psalms and why
WHAT IS PRAISE?
PUTS GOD FIRST
REMINDS US OF GOD’S GREATNESS
ATTITUDE WHICH ADORES AND ACKNOWLEDGES GOD
INSPIRATION TO SERVE GOD
SINGING PSALMS
EXCELLENT AND EDIFYING
RESULT OF SURVEYWhat Psalms are most popular at Crossroads?
Favourite Psalms
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This week on the season finale of
• We present the Church with our findings about prayer and praise
• We have a Praise Party