The Gate to Heaven- Prayer Rock

For the New Year I would like to bang my head on a rock!  I have one life long need for change and I don’t know why it is so hard!  I forget to pray in the morning. I never forget at night! I recently read about Jacob’s stairway to Heaven and wrote a poem.    Now I am searching because my rock (rocks) needs to be big enough to notice it when I get out of bed! Any ideas?

My New Years Resolution

Jacob saw a ladder

From Heaven coming down

He learned that prayers matter

God’s angels are around

Keep this rock on your bed

To remind you every night

That a prayer should be said

Giving thanks you’ve angels nigh

Then, place this rock on the floor

To greet you the next day

To remind you once more

That God hears when you pray

Then work with the angels

Helping others to see

When you pray God answers

As you seek His blessing

http://www.yourldsblog.com/2015/01/01/fhe-idea-new-years-resolution-stairway-heaven/

Family Home Evening

1. Read the story from Jacob 28:10-17

2. Reenact the story with kids climbing up and down the stairs dressed in sheets that won’t trip them.

3. Paint a Rock (s) Ideas: write the word prayer on one side and draw a ladder on the other.

Jacob 28:10-17 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.  And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.  And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.  And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;  And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.  And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.  And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.  And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.