Telling God how much you love Him and why.
From the Bible:
Every day I will praise you.
I will praise your name for ever
and ever.
Lord, you are great.
You are really worthy of praise.
No one can completely
understand how great you are.
Psalm 145 Verses 2-3
Ponder:
When you think about God, what makes you go ‘Wow, He’s awesome!’ or 'He's Amazing!'?
Is it something He has made; like lions, giraffes, butterflies or humans?
Or maybe You're amazed He can hear everyone’s prayers at the same time, in different languages – and not get them mixed up!
That amazes us too!
Is there a 'wow' word that you could use to describe God?
There are lots of words you could use, like 'Big', 'powerful' or 'kind'.
Maybe you want to make up a word that you think describes God. Albert thought up the word ‘humunginormous’! He doesn't mind if you want to use that one.
Pray:
This could be a loud shouting prayer, but if someone doesn’t like noisy things you could make it a whisper prayer. If someone finds speaking difficult, then make up actions for the chosen words instead. If you know Makaton or BSL, it's ok to use those too!
Do whatever works for you!
Remember one or two of the words or a sentence that you pondered and get ready to shout, whisper or sign them.
For example, I love butterflies so my sentence was “You Made Butterflies and they’re all different!” Albert remembered his made up word “Humunginormous”.
Ask someone to start the prayer by saying “Dear God, you are awesome because….”
Then everyone can either shout, whisper or sign their word or sentence at the same time.
At the end, say amen. (It doesn’t mean “The End”, it means you agree with everyone's prayers.)
It might sound like a big mushy muddle of words, but remember - God can sort it out and understand!
