Blog Category: Practical Steps

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Practical Steps
Sarah Hanks

Leading Children Into the Secret Place

Taking Prayer Caves to the Next Level Leading children into the secret place opens up the door to friendship and fellowship with God. The following is a guest article written by Michele Pyatt, the founder of Dance Again Ministries. Michele and her husband Mark have three children. The Lord has worked in her heart through His healing power and has taught her tangible ways to live everyday growing and abiding in Him. Her passion is

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Practical Steps
Sarah Hanks

Huddle Together to Stay Warm

“In this season, huddle together to stay warm.” The prayer huddle is something we utilize when we find we need some cohesiveness as a family. When the children are fighting or we feel on edge, a prayer huddle brings us together in precious unity. What is a prayer huddle? We sit in a circle, choose a child to sit in the middle, and then take turns laying our hands on him and praying for him.

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Practical Steps
Sarah Hanks

How to Worship as a Family Without Losing Your Mind

How to Worship as a Family Without Losing Your Mind There is a sound that is released from our living room on a weekly basis. It’s a cacophony of chaos. Loud voices singing off key, loud instruments being played off beat, running and dancing, laughing and crying. It may sound like madness on earth, but it sounds like a symphony of pleasure in Heaven. It’s a sound that only our family can make, a sound

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Practical Steps
Sarah Hanks

Song Cards- A Tool for Worship

Song Cards- A Tool for Worship As a preschool teacher, I used to use SONG CARDS for music and movement time. When I began working in children’s ministry, I adapted the idea for worship time in early childhood rooms. And they can very easily be used at home. So, what are SONG CARDS? They’re simply index cards with the lyrics to songs on one side and a picture of what the song is about on

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Practical Steps
Sarah Hanks

Praying with Stickers!

Stickers! What child doesn’t enjoy them? They are fun, easy, and can be pretty cheap to use. (I either get mine from the dollar store or from Oriental Trading.)Here’s how to use stickers as a tool for prayer. In this article I highlighted how to use crayons as a prayer tool. Each color can stand for a different prayer, so when your child colors yellow on a map, he can be praying “Shine your light!”

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