Overflow: Prayer Ideas Continued...

Here are two more fun and creative ways that all of us can incorporate prayer into those lost moments of our day. Thanks to Shane Yancey from Nailscars.com. If you have a moment, take a quick look over at his site and see his ministry to youth ministers!

Let's ask God to redeem them for His glory!!!

In Car Prayer:
The Idea: Families spend lots of time in the car so why not redeem some of that time as a time to pray prayers of praise.

Before You Start: Before you crank the car inform your children that part of your trip will be a prayer of praise by saying the following silly rhyme.

We're in the car for another ride
and we need something to pass the time.
So from now till then until we get there
we will pray the see what God has made prayer.

How it works: Take turns saying things that you see that God has made. Once you say something you see the next person has to say a short prayer of thanks for that item and then gives the next item. This continues around the car (or back and forth between 2 people). For older kids add an element of memory to the game by listing everything that is said each time. For instance if Sally says, I see Trees then Mom would say Thank you God for the trees. I see a dog. Sally would then have to say, "thank you God for trees and that dog." and then would add something that she saw and it would continue from there.

If small children have a trouble differentiating between things that are man made and God made be sure to point out that everything is made by someone made by God so everything that you see can be used as a way to praise God.

Prayer Breaks:
The idea: Being out in public with your children can sometimes be stressful. Beat the stress and add prayer to your day by taking short (1 minute) prayer breaks while you are out and about.

Before you start: The first few times you do this your children may look at you funny, but eventually they will catch on to the idea.

How it works: Once every hour stop everything you are doing and sit down to pray. Find you a bench or a place you can sit sort of out of the way. Sit down. Pull your children up into your lap or put your arms around them. Take a few deep breaths and then pray. Pray for the people that you see around you. Pray that God will use you to be a light to them. Encourage your children to pray for the people that they see as well. When you are finished squeeze them all real tight and go on about your business. You will feel better and your children will see a visual demonstration of the importance of prayer.