This document describes an object lesson about prayer using the metaphor of heaven's mail room. It explains that in the mail room, angels receive prayer petitions, package blessings in response to prayers, and deliver them to earth. However, in the acknowledgment section, where people are supposed to send thanks to God, only one idle angel works because few people send thanks. The document provides suggestions for adapting this lesson for youth and lists examples of famous prayers in the Bible. It promotes purchasing an e-book with more object lesson ideas.

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Object Lesson
- Heaven’s
Mail Room
Prayer is more than
asking God for things.
It is conversation with
God.
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An Illustration of Prayer
The angel Gabriel was giving a
newly arrived Christian a tour of
heaven. The two of them were
walking side by side inside a large
mailroom filled with other angels.
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Gabriel stopped in front of the
first section and said, “This is
the Receiving Section. Here, all
the petitions sent to God in prayer
are received.”
The Christian saw that the section
was a very busy one with so many
angels sorting out petitions
written on voluminous sheets of
paper from all the people of the
world.
They resumed walking until they
reached the second
section. Gabriel told the
Christian, “This is the Packaging
and Delivery Section.
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Here, the blessings of God in
answer to prayers are packed and
delivered to the those who are
praying on earth.”
The Christian saw how busy it
was. There were a great many
angels working in that room
because countless blessings were
being packed and delivered to
earth.
Finally, at the farthest corner of
the room, they stopped at the
last section. To the surprise of the
Christian, only one angel was
there and he was idle.
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“This is the Acknowledging
Section,” Gabriel told the
Christian.
“How is it that no work is being
done here?”
“That’s the sad thing,” Gabriel
answered.
“After people on earth received
the blessings they asked for,
very few of them bother to
send their acknowledgments.”
“How does one acknowledge
God’s blessing?”
“Simple,” Gabriel
answered. ”Just say, ‘Thank
you, Lord.’”
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Variation – An object Lesson or
Children’s Sermon on Prayer
This could easily be converted into
a sermon for kids, or an object
lesson for youth on “answered
prayer.” Collect a bunch of
postcards and write prayers to God
on them. “Dear God… A Prayer…
then sign it with a name. Then in
another box have deliveries that
match the different
requests. (Note some of the
deliveries might be different than
the actual request because God
provides what we truly need and
not what we think we
need.) Finally, have an empty box
for the messages of Thanks.
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Scriptures for Famous prayers in
the Bible
• Abraham, for Sodom –
Genesis 18:16-33
• Daniel – Daniel 9:1-19
• David – 2 Samuel 7:18-29; 1
Chronicles 17:16-27
• David’s Confession – Psalms
51:1-17
• David’s Thanks – 2 Samuel
7:18-29
• Deborah – Judges 5:1-31
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• Elijah’s at Mount Carmel – I
Kings 18:36-39
• Ezra – Ezra 9:5-15
• Habakkuk – Habakkuk 3:219
• Hannah – 1 Samuel 1:9-20;
1 Samuel 2:1-10
• Hezekiah – 2 Kings 19:1420:3
• Hezekiah when Sick – Isaiah
38:2-8
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Hosea – Hosea 6:1-3
Jabez – 1 Chronicles 4:10
Jacob – Genesis 32:22-32
Jehoshophat – 2 Chronicles
20:1-30
• Jeremiah – Lamentations 3:
21-26
• Jesus – Matthew 6:5-15:
Luke 11:1-13; John 17
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Job – Job 1:20-21; 3; 42:2-6
Jonah – Jonah 2:1-9
Jude’s Praise – Jude 1:24-25
Moses – Exodus 15:1-18; 33: 1223; Numbers 14:13-19
• Nehemiah – Nehemiah 1:4-10
• Paul – Romans 12:1-2; Ephesians
1:15-23; 3:14-21; Philippians 1:911; Collosians 1:9-14; 2
Thessalonians 1:11-12, 2:13-17
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• Paul, Knowing God’s Will –
Colossians 1:9-12
• Paul, Partners in Ministry –
Philippians 1:3-11
• Paul, Spiritual Growth –
Ephesians 3:14-21
• Paul, Spiritual Wisdom –
Ephesians 1:15-23
• Solomon, dedication – 1 Kings
3:5-15; 8:14-61
• Stephen at His Stoning – Acts
7:59-60
• Tax Collector’s Prayer – Luke
18:13
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