PRAYER GARDEN
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How to use the material:
You can use certain stations or all of them for your event. Prepare the stations accordingly to the picture and instructions (below you will find more details). The participants can go one by one or as couples through the stations. They don’t have to do the stations in a row (like number 2 after number one and so on). They can check which station is available for them and go there. If you have a big group of participants it may be wise to let them enter not all at once. If you can have a room available to rest between prayers. You can have herbal tea available and some tissues for crying participants. Quiet christian background music might be a good idea. In general we wish to have a quiet atmosphere and if participants wish to talk to each other they should leave the prayer garden area. The participants, who are still praying should have their freedom and silence for it. |
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Station 1:You need a Bible (open at Luke 15:11-32), a print out of the instructions (istasyon 1.doc) and if possible a picture of the prodigal son. You can place them on a table close to a wall and put the picture on the wall. Maybe you need to have more Bibles available. Put some chairs in front of the table.
Comfort in God: God is a loving father, who is watching out for His lost children. He wants you in his arms to comfort you. No matter what situation you come from or how far you have run away. Read Luke 15:11-32 
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Station 1
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Station 2:You need a box with a mirror inside, a print out of the instructions (istasyon 2.doc), a table and some chairs in front of it.
Accepting:
Psalm 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
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Station 2
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Station 3:
You need a cross, a print out of the instructions (istasyon 3.doc), some stones to put under the table, a table and some chairs in front of it.
Get rid of the load:
Maybe you carry a load (relationship problems, problems at work or in family and so on) around with you. Peter, gave us the advice to throw away the worries. Not anywhere, but on Jesus. Take a stone and place it under the cross, while saying your plight before God. Leave the stone on purpose under the cross. DO NOT take your load back home. Remember: let go means not to take it home again!
1.Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Get rid of the load:
Maybe you carry a load (relationship problems, problems at work or in family and so on) around with you. Peter, gave us the advice to throw away the worries. Not anywhere, but on Jesus. Take a stone and place it under the cross, while saying your plight before God. Leave the stone on purpose under the cross. DO NOT take your load back home. Remember: let go means not to take it home again!
1.Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
| i̇stasyon_3.pdf |
Station 3
Station 4:You need a lighted candle, a print out of the instructions (istasyon 4.doc), small candles (tea light), a tray, a table and some chairs around.
Thank God: Think about what you deliberately want to thank God for. Light a candle to symbolize. Psalm 57: 9-10 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
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Station 4
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Station 5:You need pens, color pens, small papers and envelopes, a print out of the instructions (istasyon 5.doc), a table and some chairs around.
Thank people: Everyone has received good in his life - even from other people. Think about it and remember. You might want to make someone happy or simply to say ‘thank you’. Write a card! 1.Thessalonians 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
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Station 5
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Station 6:You need a fishing net, safety pins, some pieces of 20 cm gauze bandage, a print out of the instructions (istasyon 6.doc), a table and some chairs in front if it.
Healing the wounds: Each person has been injured in his life. You too may have been hurt or excluded. Take a piece of gauze and tie it into the net. Ask God to heal this wound. Jeremiah 30:17a For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD;
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Station 6
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Station 7:
You need a branch of a tree or anything where you can hang on the tears, tears of blue paper or carton with a string to hang up, pens, a print out of the instructions (istasyon 7.doc), a table and some chairs in front of it.
Give pain away:
Write on the tear your pain, or dashed hopes and hang it into the branch. Or write what you would like to do and can not do anymore. Give these tears, this pains to Jesus. He has promised to comfort us and dry our tears.
2.Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Give pain away:
Write on the tear your pain, or dashed hopes and hang it into the branch. Or write what you would like to do and can not do anymore. Give these tears, this pains to Jesus. He has promised to comfort us and dry our tears.
2.Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
| i̇stasyon_7.pdf |
Station 7
Station 8:
You need small papers, pens, a wall to put the small papers in, a print out of the instructions (istasyon 8.doc), a table and some chairs in front of it.
Wailing wall:
In God’s presence, you may complain. You may tell Him all, For Him, nothing is too big or too small. You can also tell him what you do not understand. Write down your complaints and stick them into the wall. The papers will be burned in the evening, without being read!
Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Wailing wall:
In God’s presence, you may complain. You may tell Him all, For Him, nothing is too big or too small. You can also tell him what you do not understand. Write down your complaints and stick them into the wall. The papers will be burned in the evening, without being read!
Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
| i̇stasyon_8.pdf |
Station 8