Week: Creativity
Each day we will simply pray (P.R.A.Y.) together.
P: PAUSING to be still.
R: REJOICING with a Memory Verse and REFLECTING on some verses from the Bible.
A: ASKING God to help us and others.
Y: saying YES to God’s ways.
We start by pausing and taking a deep breath:
In and out.
In and out.
We remember that God is here, and so together we prepare ourselves to be with God.
Pause
Creator God, who formed us from dust, breathe in us again. We’re ready for the new things that You want to show us and say to us and even create through us today.
We REJOICE and celebrate God’s goodness with this week’s memory verse:
Read by Kate
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10 (NIVUK)
God, help us to remember Your Word.
Today, we’re REFLECTING on the world that God created and how God made us to be creative too.
Read by Kate
Psalm 104:24-25
Lord, you have made many things;
with your wisdom you made them all.
The earth is full of your riches.
Look at the sea, so big and wide,
with creatures large and small that cannot be counted.
Psalm 104:24-25 (NLT)
God must have the most incredible imagination – to make the earth and fill it with millions of wildly different creatures. It’s hard to take it in that God made every single thing, including us. And when God made us, He made us with the ability to create things too.
It’s important to remember that creativity isn’t just about painting or drawing, but it includes baking, coding, writing, inventing, building Lego, playing instruments, solving problems, and hundreds of other things too. God made us with the ability to imagine new things and then create them – to join Him in making the world beautiful.
Let’s press pause and talk about today’s question, which is: What different ways have we been creative over the last few days?
And now let’s ASK God to help us and others.
Creator God, thank You for the incredible, beautiful world that You have made for us to enjoy. We ASK You to remind us, at least once a day, to pause and take it all in – to look, listen and be inspired by Your creativity.
Let’s think of a BIG problem in the world that needs people to imagine a creative solution. Maybe something like Climate Change or poverty or homelessness?
Father God, we ASK You to inspire people – politicians, leaders, and local communities – to come up with creative solutions that will help bring about change.
As we read the Bible again, let’s listen for a word or a phrase that the Holy Spirit might want to say to us from today’s verses.
Psalm 104:24-25
Lord, you have made many things;
with your wisdom you made them all.
The earth is full of your riches.
Look at the sea, so big and wide,
with creatures large and small that cannot be counted.
Psalm 104:24-25 (NLT)
What word or phrase stood out from today’s Bible verses?
And now, let’s say YES to God together.
Creator of the world – of the whole Universe! – we say YES to using our imaginations and the creativity that You have given us to bring more beauty into the world and to join You in your work to make things better in the world.
Pause
After enjoying this time with God and each other, let’s say our memory verse together:
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10 (NIVUK)
Let’s put a hand on our heart.
Father God, fill us with Your love. Help us to love You, and everything that You’ve made.
Let’s point to our eyes.
Lord Jesus, help us to see You, and to see others the way that You see them too.
Let’s point to our ears.
Holy Spirit, help us to hear You, and give us courage to do what You say.
Phil lives close to a beach in the north of England with his wife, his daughters and his dogs. Phil works for 24-7 Prayer, mostly doing Lectio stuff, and helping to run Prayer Spaces in Schools. He runs a lot, usually for long distances. He likes curry, mountains, reading books and he still plays Pokemon Go.
Kate is 11 and lives in Melbourne Australia, with her parents, younger sister, and puppy Leo. Kate loves visual arts, reading, playing basketball and spending time with her family.