21 Days of Fasting and Prayer
As we enter 2025, many are eager for a new beginning. Amid the chaos, there is a longing for answers and tranquility. This serves as a powerful reminder that true peace is found in God. Let’s make 2025 a year of deepening our relationship with Him like never before. This year, as we embark on a collective fasting journey, let’s come together with others to form a community that rejuvenates our hearts and minds. We invite you to participate in this year's Fast. Together, as we seek God, we can conquer any challenge.
Today's Kids Devotion
Praying in the Spirit
Wednesday January 15, 2025
When we don’t know how to pray, the Holy Spirit is an intercessor who prays on our behalf.
When we don’t know how to pray, the Holy Spirit is an intercessor who prays on our behalf.
Today's Scripture
- Romans 8:26-27 NLT
- “And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will.”
Activity
First, label some sticky notes with negative emotions like fear, worry, anger, sadness, loneliness or doubt. Have kids place a sticky note of their choosing on one of the heavy books, until each heavy item is labeled. Then fill a backpack with the heavy items and let your children try carrying it around. Could they wear this all day? Why not?
Sometimes we’re so afraid or worried about something, we don’t even know how to pray about it. It feels like a heavy burden. In today’s verses, we discover that the Holy Spirit prays for us, having all the right words even when we don’t have any. The Spirit is an intercessor, or someone who prays our prayers for us.
Read the passage again. Transfer the backpack from the child to an adult, and walk around together. Removing the heavy backpack reminds us how the Holy Spirit takes our troubles and brings them before God. He walks beside us, carrying the weight.
First, label some sticky notes with negative emotions like fear, worry, anger, sadness, loneliness or doubt. Have kids place a sticky note of their choosing on one of the heavy books, until each heavy item is labeled. Then fill a backpack with the heavy items and let your children try carrying it around. Could they wear this all day? Why not?
Sometimes we’re so afraid or worried about something, we don’t even know how to pray about it. It feels like a heavy burden. In today’s verses, we discover that the Holy Spirit prays for us, having all the right words even when we don’t have any. The Spirit is an intercessor, or someone who prays our prayers for us.
Read the passage again. Transfer the backpack from the child to an adult, and walk around together. Removing the heavy backpack reminds us how the Holy Spirit takes our troubles and brings them before God. He walks beside us, carrying the weight.
Supplies
- Backpack
- Large books or other heavy objects
- Sticky notes
Reflection/ Prayer
- Reflect: The Holy Spirit takes our burdens, praying our prayers for us, having all the right words when we don’t have any.
- Pray: Remove the objects from the backpack, using the labels as prompts for sharing burdens to bring before the Holy Spirit. After sharing, sit quietly with open hands, symbolizing releasing your burdens to the Holy Spirit. Close in prayer by thanking God for the gift of His Holy Spirit.