Title: How Do We Teach Our Children To Pray
Category: Positive Parenting
Modeling is the #1 way to teach our children to pray.
If we as parents do not pray regularly, then no sermons to our children
will teach them to pray. Since
prayer is communication with our Heavenly Father it is important that we keep an
open door with our children. If our
children don't feel like they can approach us and talk to us, how can they talk
to their Heavenly Father. We must
be approachable as God who is completely approachable.
We must commit time to our children and have a home and lifestyle where
our children feel they can come to us at any time even when we seem busy.
They must feel free and welcome to ask us questions and just to be with
us.
Children can learn to pray just as soon as they can learn to walk and
talk. Prayer is just like a natural
conversation except that it involves a
If we teach our children that God cares about them and all their problems
we must also show concern and involvement in those problems.
We must practice what we believe.
Prayer does not always receive an immediate answer.
Children learn to anticipate some answer, however, either yes, no or we
must wait. When children come to us
they deserve some answer also. They
do not deserve to be ignored.