It is said that, "the family that prays together, stays together". The active choice to pray together as a family allows for their to be open conversation about nearly anything spiritual.
Through prayer you are teaching your child several things:
- That prayer is an open, constant conversation with God that comes from the heart and does not require eloquence or "churchy" words to be effective.
- That prayer surrenders self and trades self-will for God's will.
- That prayer, as a conversation with God, allows a continual stream of trust and relationship to be built with the Master of the Universe.
How beautiful and simple are the prayers of the children here at the center. As we've made the move to allow the older children to "pray from the heart" before meals and during circle time, it is often quite convicting to move to praying for only the things that we really need and for which we are truly thankful. (Children are much more honest without reservation than we as adults tend to be.)
Stay tuned for different methods of teaching and modeling prayer to your children!
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