Holy Week Devotion 2014-Day 3

Devotional #3

Jesus Prays

Read: Luke 22:39-46

*For younger children only use the

questions in red in the Ask section, and then complete the Apply, Activity, and Pray.

Ask:

P What did Jesus tell the disciples to pray? (vs. 40) (Temptation is when you want to do something that you know you are not suppose to.)

P What did Jesus pray? (vs. 42)

P What do you think he was talking about? (Jesus knew  he was going to be put on the cross and die for us. He was asking God if he really needed to die. Jesus knew it would be very painful.)

P What happened after Jesus prayed? (vs. 43.) (An angel gave him strength and Jesus knew he had to die for us.)

Apply:

• Think of a time you were scared. Write one time you were scared on each post-it note. Come up with as many as you can. For example: I am afraid of the dark, or a big kid at school. Place those post-it notes on any wall in your house.
• Read Joshua 1:9
• God will be with you wherever you go, so there is no need to fear!
• Now take down each post-it note that God gave you courage during that time.
• See that God is always with us and will give us strength and courage when we get scared.
• A great thing you can do when something bad happens is to pray. Tell God how you feel. He will give you strength to help you through your fear.

Activity:

• Place the pieces inside of this envelope on the wreath circle like the picture shows.

Pray:

• Ask God to give you strength and courage when you are afraid.