Monday, April 26, 2010

Prayer

Good evening. I thought we could open the discussion on teaching kids to pray. I have been somewhat bothered by the prayers my kids pray. It seems to be the same prayer each night, covering topics of school, family, etc. I understand that there is a growing level of maturity that comes with age. I do want to be more active in teaching them. What ideas do you have?

I also am aware of my own prayers, and I think I model them ok, but there are times when I don't even want to pray in front of my kids, especially when it's been a tough day.

Discussion is open!

Matt

2 comments:

  1. "Help Mommy to be nice and safe, and thank you for keeping us nice and safe, and help Grandma to be nice and safe..."

    That's the prayer of our 2-year-old. Where did he learn to pray this way? Do I sound like that? Are those my concerns?

    I don't want to be nice or safe. I want to be effective, dangerous, creative, intentional, willing to accept risk, and wise.

    But what I want is not the essence of prayer. Prayer is laying down what i want and then picking up what He wants. That's why it's hard work.

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  2. So what things do you do to teach your kids to pray? One thing that occurred to me is to pray that while learn to pray. Any other ideas?

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