PRAYER: What is Lament?

God's Big Story

The Village Church

Christianity, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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kids will learn that lament is a type of prayer where we honestly talk to God about things that feel hard, hurtful, sad, or wrong. ⭐ What Kids Will Learn: 🙏 Lament is a type of prayer where we talk to God about things that feel hard, hurtful, or wrong. ❤️ God loves His children and wants them to be honest with Him. 📖 King David wrote many prayers of lament in the book of Psalms. 👂 God is attentive and hears His children when they cry out to Him. 🌟 We can trust God even when we don't understand what's happening around us. 📖 Bible Passage: Psalm 130:1-2, 7-8 🏡 Try This at Home: ✍️ Think of something that feels hard, sad, or confusing and write a simple prayer about it. 🙏 Pray together as a family, thanking God that He listens when we bring Him our hurts. 📖 Read Psalm 13 or Psalm 130 together and look for examples of lament. ❤️ Talk about a time when God helped you through something difficult. ❓ 5-Second Fly Through Review: God wants to talk with us. The primary way God talks with us is through the _____ (BIBLE) The primary way we talk to God is through ______ (PRAYER) We pray to the _____ (FATHER) We pray through the _____ (SON) We pray by the power of the _____ (HOLY SPIRIT) True or False. It’s wrong to talk to God about things that feel hard, hurtful, or wrong? (FALSE) The type of prayer where we talk to God about what feels hard, hurtful, or wrong is _____ (LAMENT) 🎶 Song Featured: ⁠⁠The Lord's Prayer⁠⁠ by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Village Kids⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you’ve enjoyed this episode, one of the best ways to support the show and make sure others find it, is to subscribe and leave a review. Thank You! Editing and support by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Good Podcast Co.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For sponsorship inquiries, email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sponsor@thegoodpodcast.co

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0:00.0	You're listening to God's big story, a podcast for kids.
0:14.9	Every week we teach the Bible, sing the Bible, and talk about what it means with a friend
0:19.1	or two.
0:19.7	I'm your host, Anna, and I'm here with my co-host, Matt. Knock, knock. It didn't take you too long into this prayer series to bring out the jokes, Matt. I mean, are you surprised? No, back to it. Knock, knock. Okay, who's there? Oh, lettuce. Oh, let us. Who? Oh, let us pray. Our father, who aren't in heaven.
0:43.0	It's a little cheesy, but I like it. And it's actually right in line with what we're learning about this season. Prayer.
0:50.8	Sure is, Anna. Last episode, we looked at the big ideas related to prayer, like who we pray to, how we pray.
0:58.5	And we learned that there are different types of prayer.
1:01.5	That's right.
1:02.5	Listeners, do you remember some of the names of the different types of prayer?
1:07.6	Say them out loud if you do.
1:10.7	Great job. And if you forgot or are just tuning in, no worries.
1:15.3	You can listen or re-listen to the first two episodes from this season as soon as you finish this one.
1:20.6	Before we talk about our next type of prayer, let's review what we've learned in the last episodes.
1:26.4	Let's start with the big question of who we pray to.
1:30.2	We pray to God, who exists or lives as three persons in one.
1:35.7	God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
1:39.3	We call this idea the Trinity, and it shapes how we pray.
1:43.5	Because God is three in one, we pray to God the Father
1:47.5	through God the Son by God the Holy Spirit. Now, that may sound confusing, but if you've ever
1:54.7	ended a prayer with, in Jesus' name we pray, that's what you're doing. Next, we learned how to pray by looking at the model
2:03.5	prayer or the Lord's Prayer that Jesus prayed in Matthew chapter 6. And we're going to sing our
2:09.9	Lord's Prayer song again at the end of this episode. I hope you've been practicing. Finally,
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