A Prayer for VBS

Dear Father,

We thank you for this amazing opportunity to share Good News with children in our church and community.  So much work and planning has already gone into this week.  Yet we recognize that our best efforts cannot make lasting change.  We need your power to truly change these young lives.  We pray that you would fill us with that power.  We pray that every volunteer would be sensitive to the leading of your Spirit.  Give them words to speak and actions that convey your love.  Give them a spirit of teamwork and unity.

We ask that you would open the hearts of the children to the powerful message of the Gospel.  We pray especially for the children who do not know you as Father and your Son as Savior.  Let them receive the message and be changed.  We also pray for the children that do know your love.  May they grow even deeper in it.  We want this week to be about you.  May it bring your kingdom closer to earth.  We pray in Jesus’ name.  Amen.