this activity was introduced to an after-school Bible study, but, my complaint is that, in order to create a GOOD chocolate chip cookie all of these ingredients are necessary, but the corresponding aspects of one's life (different types of people) do not in the same way form a positive outcome. Butter, for example, causes a cookie cookie delicious, but those who correspond with butter do not enhance my walk with the Lord.
Prayer is a way to reach out to God and communicate that which is buried in the deepest crevices of your heart. No one can teach anyone to pray, but cairnsweb.net can help you out with a few prayers. Read on and God bless.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Prayer
Vanilla - adds flavor - Write down the names of the people who add flavor to your life.
God, continue to bless these people with creativity and imagination. Let them use their talent for your glory.
Flour - adding flour thickens the mixture and slows the blending process - Pray for people who are too busy for you. Write down the names of people who you wish would spend more time with you.
Dear Heavenly Father, open the eyes of the people we have written, let them see the value of spending time with me and help me show them the beauty of being together.
Butter - saturated fat - unhealthy - Think of the people who tempt you to do devilish things. Write down the names of people you would like to pray for who may be headed down the wrong path.
Dear Lord, As I write these names, please enter their hearts and show them the right path to take. Help me to be a better butter influence on them.
Baking Soda - used for raising - Think of the people who help raise your spirits when you are down. Write the names of people who give you a lift.
Creator Lord, thank you for the people who lift my spirits and raise me up to be a better person. I am so blessed to have these positive people in my life... help me to show my appreciation to them every chance I get.
Sugar - temporary or false satisfaction - Think of people who are fake, the people you can’t trust, those who pretend to be sweet but are mean hearted, people who are deceptive and or self-serving. Write the names of people who need this prayer.
Gracious and Almighty Lord, We need you to hear our prayer for the names we bring before you. Wrap your loving arms around these people so that they feel your warmth in order to melt their self-serving ways. Love them and help us to love them too. Give us patience and the ability to find the good inside of all these people.
Eggs - solidifies the batter, brings it all together, makes it whole - Think of people who fill you spiritually. Write down the names of all the good eggs who strengthen your faith life.
Dear Loving God, Thank you for bringing these people into my life who make me feel whole. They lift me closer to you and solidify my need for you. Remind me to pray for them often as they also need to have people who strengthen their faith life. Please make me a good egg.
Salt - for seasoning and preserving- Think of people who have authority over you. Write the names of those in authority who you struggle with, those who leave a nasty taste in your mouth..
Hey God, this is a biggie. I need you to soften my heart to those who I have trouble respecting. I wish they would change but if not, please help me to change my heart to be more accepting of the authority before me. Just as I respect you as the almighty one, help me to respect them as well..
Chocolate Chips - the bonus, the prize inside - Think of the people in your life who make your life extra special. Write down all your chocolate chip people.
Father God, Thank you, thank you for surrounding me with these great people. Help me to focus on their great qualities and help me to acquire some of their great features as well. Make me, Lord, a chocolate chip in someone else’s life. As you have gifted each of us with special gifts, we praise you for the magnificent cookie of life you have baked for me. Amen.
Cookie Prayer Directions
Supplies: Cookie Dough (boughten or homemade prior to kids arriving), stove, cookie sheets, plastic wrap, spatula, hot pads, paper, pencils, cookie prayer.
Time: Approx. 45 min.
Preheat oven so cookies are ready to bake. While baking the cookies hand out paper and pencils to all students. Tell them they are going to create a cookie prayer using the ingredients from the cookie recipe and people in their own lives. Spread out so that you won’t be tempted to look on someone else’s sheet. This is a personal and private prayer custom made just for you.
Read each ingredient and discuss what it’s purpose is. Have the student write the ingredient on their paper and then the names who represent that ingredient. Give them a few minutes to write their names, then read the prayer for that ingredient. Continue with each ingredient. Be sure to give them time to think of names and to process the prayer.
Have the students look at their list of names, then ask them to circle THREE names in which they will deliver a cookie to. I told them at least ONE of the names had to come from the bad list of ingredients (thinking back I wish I would have said two of the names). Have the kids tear off squares of foil to wrap their three individual cookies in to take home and deliver to their three names. *the number of people you have them circle can be determined by how many kids you have and how much cookie dough you have. I had 13 kids for one and a half batches of cookie dough (enough for 4 cookies each - after preparing their prayer cookies for others they were able to eat one themselves) My kids didn’t know there would be enough for them so that was an added bonus for them.
Explain to them that when they give their cookie to the person, they should say this, “ I prayed for you at youth group while we made cookies so this is for you.” (Of course kids will want to tell some ‘you were the bad ingredient’ so be sure to stress to them that would defeat the whole purpose of prayer (forgiveness softening of the heart) so they don’t need to know ‘why’ they were prayed for, just that they were prayed for ).
Baked up by Joni Bruhn
9/26/07
Reach 4 Others Activity
We did this for a Valentine activity, and I made a few changes. The kids made the cookies, and then passed them out after Sunday services. We added to the end of the activity praying for the church family and all their support. It was a lot of fun! Thanks!!
This sounds like so much fun & what an awesome way for the youth to serve others. I'm trying to focus in on serving ideas for my group. this way they can do alittle confrontational work and non. sometimes that's easier for them. they don't always use there boldness ability, you know? thanks so much for your idea.
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this activity was introduced
this activity was introduced to an after-school Bible study, but, my complaint is that, in order to create a GOOD chocolate chip cookie all of these ingredients are necessary, but the corresponding aspects of one's life (different types of people) do not in the same way form a positive outcome. Butter, for example, causes a cookie cookie delicious, but those who correspond with butter do not enhance my walk with the Lord.
Prayer is a way to reach out
Prayer is a way to reach out to God and communicate that which is buried in the deepest crevices of your heart. No one can teach anyone to pray, but cairnsweb.net can help you out with a few prayers. Read on and God bless.
Henry Foster
cairnsweb.net
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Chocolate Chip Cookie Prayer
Vanilla - adds flavor - Write down the names of the people who add flavor to your life.
God, continue to bless these people with creativity and imagination. Let them use their talent for your glory.
Flour - adding flour thickens the mixture and slows the blending process - Pray for people who are too busy for you. Write down the names of people who you wish would spend more time with you.
Dear Heavenly Father, open the eyes of the people we have written, let them see the value of spending time with me and help me show them the beauty of being together.
Butter - saturated fat - unhealthy - Think of the people who tempt you to do devilish things. Write down the names of people you would like to pray for who may be headed down the wrong path.
Dear Lord, As I write these names, please enter their hearts and show them the right path to take. Help me to be a better butter influence on them.
Baking Soda - used for raising - Think of the people who help raise your spirits when you are down. Write the names of people who give you a lift.
Creator Lord, thank you for the people who lift my spirits and raise me up to be a better person. I am so blessed to have these positive people in my life... help me to show my appreciation to them every chance I get.
Sugar - temporary or false satisfaction - Think of people who are fake, the people you can’t trust, those who pretend to be sweet but are mean hearted, people who are deceptive and or self-serving. Write the names of people who need this prayer.
Gracious and Almighty Lord, We need you to hear our prayer for the names we bring before you. Wrap your loving arms around these people so that they feel your warmth in order to melt their self-serving ways. Love them and help us to love them too. Give us patience and the ability to find the good inside of all these people.
Eggs - solidifies the batter, brings it all together, makes it whole - Think of people who fill you spiritually. Write down the names of all the good eggs who strengthen your faith life.
Dear Loving God, Thank you for bringing these people into my life who make me feel whole. They lift me closer to you and solidify my need for you. Remind me to pray for them often as they also need to have people who strengthen their faith life. Please make me a good egg.
Salt - for seasoning and preserving- Think of people who have authority over you. Write the names of those in authority who you struggle with, those who leave a nasty taste in your mouth..
Hey God, this is a biggie. I need you to soften my heart to those who I have trouble respecting. I wish they would change but if not, please help me to change my heart to be more accepting of the authority before me. Just as I respect you as the almighty one, help me to respect them as well..
Chocolate Chips - the bonus, the prize inside - Think of the people in your life who make your life extra special. Write down all your chocolate chip people.
Father God, Thank you, thank you for surrounding me with these great people. Help me to focus on their great qualities and help me to acquire some of their great features as well. Make me, Lord, a chocolate chip in someone else’s life. As you have gifted each of us with special gifts, we praise you for the magnificent cookie of life you have baked for me. Amen.
Cookie Prayer Directions
Supplies: Cookie Dough (boughten or homemade prior to kids arriving), stove, cookie sheets, plastic wrap, spatula, hot pads, paper, pencils, cookie prayer.
Time: Approx. 45 min.
Preheat oven so cookies are ready to bake. While baking the cookies hand out paper and pencils to all students. Tell them they are going to create a cookie prayer using the ingredients from the cookie recipe and people in their own lives. Spread out so that you won’t be tempted to look on someone else’s sheet. This is a personal and private prayer custom made just for you.
Read each ingredient and discuss what it’s purpose is. Have the student write the ingredient on their paper and then the names who represent that ingredient. Give them a few minutes to write their names, then read the prayer for that ingredient. Continue with each ingredient. Be sure to give them time to think of names and to process the prayer.
Have the students look at their list of names, then ask them to circle THREE names in which they will deliver a cookie to. I told them at least ONE of the names had to come from the bad list of ingredients (thinking back I wish I would have said two of the names). Have the kids tear off squares of foil to wrap their three individual cookies in to take home and deliver to their three names. *the number of people you have them circle can be determined by how many kids you have and how much cookie dough you have. I had 13 kids for one and a half batches of cookie dough (enough for 4 cookies each - after preparing their prayer cookies for others they were able to eat one themselves) My kids didn’t know there would be enough for them so that was an added bonus for them.
Explain to them that when they give their cookie to the person, they should say this, “ I prayed for you at youth group while we made cookies so this is for you.” (Of course kids will want to tell some ‘you were the bad ingredient’ so be sure to stress to them that would defeat the whole purpose of prayer (forgiveness softening of the heart) so they don’t need to know ‘why’ they were prayed for, just that they were prayed for ).
Baked up by Joni Bruhn
9/26/07
Reach 4 Others Activity
We did this for a Valentine
We did this for a Valentine activity, and I made a few changes. The kids made the cookies, and then passed them out after Sunday services. We added to the end of the activity praying for the church family and all their support. It was a lot of fun! Thanks!!
This sounds like so much fun
This sounds like so much fun & what an awesome way for the youth to serve others. I'm trying to focus in on serving ideas for my group. this way they can do alittle confrontational work and non. sometimes that's easier for them. they don't always use there boldness ability, you know? thanks so much for your idea.
can't open it as it was done
can't open it as it was done in an older version of word. is there anyway to update it... thanks
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