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Good morning, Father.

During 2016 help me to be faithful in my prayer walk. It is most important that we who serve preschoolers remember to pray for the next generation.

Father, as I ponder the Easter we as Christians just celebrated, I realize that it is primarily about my heart response to Jesus and the cross. Help me to reflect in the coming days on this very event that my faith is founded upon: Jesus’ death and resurrection through which we have eternal life. Help me as I  work with preschoolers to truly reflect the work that Jesus accomplished here on earth. Remind my heart when I take the Lord’s Supper, see a beautiful sunset, or marvel at the birth of a newborn of the amazing things Jesus endured and overcame on my behalf. Sometimes in my sharing Your Word to these precious preschoolers, a lot is done even when I don’t say a word.

“Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.”
(Psalm 111:2)

In the powerful name of Jesus,
Janet Waters, Preschool Sunday School Teacher/BBC Prayer Room Ministry

Good morning, Father.

During 2016 help me to be faithful in my prayer walk. It is most important that we who serve preschoolers remember to pray for the next generation.

Lord, it is an amazing feeling to wake up on Easter as a believer and be greeted with a renewed sense of God’s love. To fully understand the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection and fully accept the joy of the season is such a blessing. Help me convey this to the preschoolers I will serve this week. May I be loving and kind to strangers who may visit our church. I ask the Holy Spirit to comfort children who are new to our church and give their parents a sense of belonging as they visit. Something as soothing as listening to favorite Easter hymns as I greet the families at the door on Easter morning may prepare a heart for worship.

He has risen! (Mark 16)

In the powerful name of Jesus,
Janet Waters, Preschool Sunday School Teacher/BBC Prayer Room Ministry

Good morning, Father.

During 2016 help me to be faithful in my prayer walk. It is most important that we who serve preschoolers remember to pray for the next generation.  Father, Easter is a unique holiday for Christians. Why? Because it carries weight. As I think of the preschoolers I will encounter this week, it is not easy to explain that Jesus had to be crucified, tortured, and hung on a cross so that the stone could be rolled away.  The details of Jesus’ painful suffering is horrifying and terrifying, especially to young children. Lord, help me to know where they are spiritually in their understanding so that I will realize how to start the conversation about Easter. May I focus on what I do around the resurrection and that Jesus loves them and will always be with them. Help me discover age-appropriate activities and resources that are available for me to use.

“When He had received the drink, Jesus said, ‘It is finished.’ With that He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.” John 19:30

In the powerful name of Jesus,
Janet Waters, Preschool Sunday School Teacher/BBC Prayer Room Ministry

Good morning, Father.

During 2016 help me to be faithful in my prayer walk. It is most important that we who serve preschoolers remember to pray for the next generation.

Father, You have entrusted me with caring for Your children whose thinking I influence. You have instructed me to warn them of danger and to feed Your sheep Truth. Help me as a leader to understand what is going on around me. Help me to keep my eyes open and be able to discern dangers. I desire to put the needs of those I lead before my own comfort.

As teachers, we bear a special responsibility. James 3:1

In the powerful name of Jesus,
Janet Waters, Preschool Sunday School Teacher/BBC Prayer Room Ministry

Good morning, Father.

During 2016 help me to be faithful in my prayer walk. It is most important that we who serve preschoolers remember to pray for the next generation. As I was running an errand the other day, I had to write an item on my hand in ink because I had no paper to write on. Have you ever done that? It prompted me to think about Jesus’ nail-scarred hands. What does this tell me about what God thinks about me?

He has engraved my name on the palms of His hands because I am so precious to Him. Engraving means “to cut into” and implies permanence. Jesus refuses to forget me; He doesn’t give up. He chooses to love me.

Question: What does God remember about you? How much He Loves YOU. The nail-scarred hands of His Son bear the scars to testify to that. (John 3:16)

Father, this is what I want to teach my preschoolers this week as we prepare for Easter morning.

In the name of Jesus, He who holds you in His hands,