Teaching prayer
Think Tank #6 question:
How do you teach children to pray? How do you approach this differently with children you know to be unconverted? How do you encourage kids to develop self-initiative in their own prayer lives?
One of the easiest ways to teach children to pray is by modeling prayer times with them. Pray with children. Show them that simple conversations with God are the best. Help children to understand that they do not have to use big, fancy words and long prayers for God to understand their hearts. God is their Heavenly daddy and wants to talk with them and hear from their hearts. The best way for children to hear how to pray is for them to hear their leaders and other adults praying in simple conversations to God.
Unconverted children will learn how to pray from these same simple techniques and it may even lead them to ask further questions about salvation.
Encourage children to develop self-initiative in their own prayer lives by encouraging them to simply talk to God. He’s listening. He loves and cares and wants to hear from them. Children do not have to hide in a closet or be all alone to pray “high and mighty” prayers. Simple God conversations will do fine.
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