EQUIPPING CHILDREN THROUGH PRAYER: A Manual For Training Children In Hearing The Voice Of God

Equipping Children Through prayer is the perfect tool for Sunday School, small groups, VBS, Backyard Bible clubs, or homeschool groups for children to learn about prayer and the Word. These lessons will prepare children and youth for life as disciples of Christ.

Not only do the lessons teach how to pray like Jesus, but will help children find prayer to be fun and part of a relationship with Christ.

Apostolic prayers are the prayers the Apostles, Paul, Peter, John, and the great Apostle, Jesus, prayed.

We apply the Apostolic prayers to the stories of the Bible and they come alive in a unique way.

In Equipping Children Through Prayer you will find:

• Twenty lessons with a different scripture focus.
• Five lessons explaining prayer
• Children will learn to pray the Word of God
• Each lesson contains a craft
• Crafts enhance learning and can be shared
• Each lesson is designed with praise and worship time
• Children learn to pray for family members, their church, community, friends, and the nations

This curriculum is being used in many nations and we hear stories of changed lives and communities. Here are some testimonies:
Mr. Joey and Mrs. Darlene taught me to pray like Jesus and to go deeper in worship. These lessons to pray God's Word. - Michelle Singh, student.
Mrs. Darlene and Mr. Joey have helped me pray like Jesus and how to pray the Apostles' prayers. Thank you. - Blessings, student, Oyugis Safe Kids.

Thank you for teaching us to pray like Jesus. -Many students from Oyugis Safe Kids, Oyugis Kenya.
This curriculum has caused our children to pray and we are seeing changed lives. Many with previous behavior problems have changed and enjoy prayer. -Bishop Jacob Ongala Owiti, Oyugis Safe Kids director, Pastor Victory International Church.

Children's ministry seems a waste for many people, or they treat it as unimportant or nonessential. Maybe you are like I (Joseph) was, thinking that I was being punished for doing children's ministry. But, the reality is that if you are equipping children and youth, then you have been promoted to the top.
Jesus told us to bring Him the children, and teaching these 'little ones' is no small undertaking in God's eyes. It is a high calling and we should be thankful for it and count ourselves worthy of perhaps the highest calling.
The world that we live in is ever-changing and not always for the best. With each generation, we draw closer to the return of the Lord and there will be a generation fully prepared for the return of the King. That generation will not be like previous ones where they did not learn from the mistakes of the generations before them.
Our ministry, The 787 Generation, derives its name from Psalm 78:6-7. It reads, "That the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments." Through Equipping Children Through Prayer we are seeing a generation trained, equipped, and fully in love with Jesus. Crafts and activities enhance the lessons and allow children to share what they are learning. Teaching them when they are young will instill the Word of God and set them on the path to living and serving Jesus wholeheartedly.