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1. A praying servant A praying servant allows the presence of God in the midst of the classroom. It humbles the servant’s heart and allows him/her to acknowledge that the lesson is taught by God. From time to time we need to remind ourselves that we are just means of delivery of God's message and it's by the grace of God we are called to serve. 2. Something for their eyes Depending on the age of the students, bring a puppet, a dressed up character, videos, pictures, or illustrations of any kind that can help deliver the message. The students will more likely to remember the lesson that has the most interactions with their senses. 3. Something for the ears Fill your lesson with interesting stories that help you deliver the objectives of the lesson. Start or end the lesson with a spiritual song that will help your students direct their focus on God and prayer. 4. Bring God!!! With every lesson you teach, make sure God and His word is the center of attention and that our main goal is to go to heaven. Fill your lesson with relatable Bible verses and stories. Also, end your lesson with actionable items that help the students grow one step closer to God. It's always good to go home with a new memorized Bible verse. Get a head start of the new Sunday School year and check out our Sunday School Resources

I stumbled upon these beautiful sayings and I couldn’t find a better time to share them during lent. This is my personal efforts in translating his sayings. Click here if you want the actual source of his sayings in Arabic. "By true fasting, man can entrain the heart of God" True fasting is in which the fasting person trains self-control and continues with self-control as a way of life." "There must be an abstaining period, because if we ate from the beginning of the day without abstaining, we would become vegetarians and not fasting." "Make sure that fasting has changed anything in you. Consider how much you have fasted and you’re still the same! "The most dangerous thing when some are tired from fasting; where the body is not nourished and the soul is also not fed and this situation makes fasting a period of deprivation or torture, and this is not the spiritual meaning of fasting." "Our fathers didn't fast just to follow the rules. They did not fast in obedience to the commandment, but to love the commandment. Obedience is a beginner’s degree, but love is the degree of maturity and perfection.” "It is known that leaving food or some kind of it is nothing but training to leave everything for God" "Put before you two observations in your fasting: the first is that you do not ask for certain foods that you like. The second is that if put in front of you such desired foods- without asking - do not fill your cravings for them."

Father Daoud Lamei shares with us 8 simple spiritual exercises to do to fully benefit from the Holy Lent and to grow closer to God. If you rather watch the vide, scroll to the bottom and click on the video. Pray More. Pray more liturgies if you can during the week. Pray more psalms when you pray the Agpeya. Ask about those who are forgotten; such as the needy, the sick or even the ones you are not talking to. Pick a verse daily from your Bible readings to contemplate and think about all day Give more. Our Donations and contributions should increase during Lent. Blessed are those who have mercy, who give to the poor and fast and pray. Work on obtaining a new virtue or eliminating a bad habit. Start the fast with confessing and pick a virtue with your father of confession to work on during Lent or pick a bad habit that you're trying to stop. DO Less- Talk Less, Eat Less and Sleep Less- When you talk more you sin more. When you eat to your fullest, you lose the value of fasting. Excessive sleeping takes away from suppressing your body during lent. Deny yourself. Take care of others before yourself. Wherever you go make sure those around you are comfortable and well taken care of before you. Pray Arrow prayers such as paying "Have mercy on me O Lord for I am a sinner" Watch full video with English Subtitles: Have you seen our Time Travel escape room Lent Game? Fun escape room game to learn about the Lent Sunday Gospel readings, After playing this game the players WILL HAVE: Read all 7 weeks of lent Gospels in addition to the feast of the Resurrection Gospel. A visual memory of all the stories which will last forever. Enjoyed solving puzzles and playing a game while Learning about God.

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Phoebe Farag Mikhail is a wife, mother of three children, writer, speaker, educator, and advocate. She blogs about faith, family, relationships and community at BeinginCommunity.com . She serves alongside her husband at St. Antonious & St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and works in international development. Putting Joy Into Practice: Author Bio Philo and the Superholies: Author Bio After graduating with a Major in Journalism, Mireille’s career path took an unexpected turn away from her beloved pen and paper. It took an equally unexpected turn of events for Mireille to start writing again. After spending many hours (too many!) watching superhero cartoons with her son, she realized that most Christian children are unaware of their own superpowers! She set about creating the SuperHolies: the Fruits of the Holy Spirit re-imagined as superpowers in order to grab the children’s attention and teach them about their faith and its glory.

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