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PRAYER: What is Thanksgiving?

June 8 · 21 min
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Kids will learn that thanksgiving is a type of prayer where we thank God for who He is and what He has done. We can give thanks in every circumstance, especially for the greatest gift of all: Jesus.


⭐ What Kids Will Learn:

  • 🙏 Prayer is how we talk with God.
  • ❤️ Thanksgiving is thanking God for who He is and what He has done.
  • 📖 Paul taught Christians to "give thanks in all circumstances."
  • 🌧️ We can thank God even when life is difficult because God is always good.
  • ✝️ Jesus is God's greatest gift to His people.

📖 Bible Passage:

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:18


🏡 Try This at Home:

  • 📝 Make a list of 5 things you're thankful to God for.
  • 🙏 Pray a prayer of thanksgiving together as a family.
  • 📖 Read 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 and talk about what it means to give thanks in all circumstances.
  • ❤️ Share one way you've seen God's goodness this week.

❓ 5-Second Fly Through Review:

  1. God wants to talk with us. The primary way God talks with us is through the _____ (BIBLE)
  2. The primary way we talk to God is through ______ (PRAYER)
  3. We pray TO the _____ (FATHER)
  4. We pray THROUGH the _____ (SON)
  5. We pray BY the power of the _____ (HOLY SPIRIT)
  6. True or False? One type of prayer is thanksgiving. (TRUE)
  7. True or False? We can only give thanks when things are good and easy? (FALSE! WE SHOULD THANK GOD ALWAYS, IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES)

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