So, What Do You Want to Pray About?

We pray together as a family each night before the kids go to bed. We go around and take turns saying what we would like to pray about.

It's always interesting listening to Sam and Grace's requests. Sam, as the youngest, is always first. "I want to pray about...
...sleep with my (fill in the blank)."
...school!"
...I hurt my (fill in the blank)."

Grace is up next. "I want to pray about...
...school!"
...I only have (fill in the blank) more sleeps until I (fill in the blank)."
...I have a boo boo right here."

I'm looking forward to hearing them change over the years. I think it'll be a good way to keep up with what's important to them at the moment.

They've decided they want to take a turn actually saying the prayer. Mike, Miracle and I usually took turns, but now we've added Grace and Sam. They do a pretty good job. If you review what everyone said before they start things go a lot better. I think the important thing is they're learning how to go about corporate prayer, they're learning prayer is important, and it's something we need to do on a daily basis. I think it'll also help them to not be so self-conscious about praying aloud.

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6