Lord God, please work in the hearts of these precious vacation Bible school (VBS) kids. May every concept of this detailed, Christ-centered curriculum draw the children to you. Let nothing we do distract them from you. Please imprint these Bible verses on the minds of both kids and volunteers. Teach all of us to apply your truths to all of our activities: exercise, learning, crafts, lessons, singing, and snacks.
Lord, make me aware of what these kids need. Give me time to spend one-on-one as well as in teaching the group. Holy Spirit, guide me to be flexible. Like when one group comes in halfway through their lesson time and I have to scramble to condense the content. Show me how to present the crucial points of the lesson clearly.
Please give me patience with potty breaks, interruptions, and distracted kids, as I’m sure you helped my teachers decades ago. Guide me when I get strange questions from searching kids. Help me to reflect Christ’s love as I encourage, teach, and challenge these kids. Lord, let these children come to you and let the Word of God take root in their hearts. Use us to help train these children so that each one builds their life’s foundation on you, Lord Jesus. Hold them closely through whatever life brings them in the future.
In one of their lessons, the VBS grade schoolers wrote out their prayer request, “Jesus, I need your help to . . .” (See photo.)
Dear Jesus, you know the details of each child’s burden. Keep me praying for their prayer requests. Lord God, we give our entire VBS curriculum, program, activities, and follow-up to you, for your glory and honor. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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