Teach Your Children to Pray by Denise George is an encouraging inspirational book that provides the WHY and HOW TO’s on teaching your children to pray faithfully. This book is an encouragement for all parents but may be especially useful for new Christian parents or those who may not have had the opportunity to learn from a faithful prayer warrior.

Each bite-size chapter includes several easily implemented (and creative) suggestions that you can incorporate immediately with your children. Denise George’s encouraging tone and concrete suggestions will help you fulfill one of the most important jobs you have as a parent—-teaching your children to pray so that they can have a personal relationship with God.

A few take-aways from the book include:

We must teach our children to pray because:
Children need a lifelong loving relationship with their Heavenly Father. They can accomplish this only through prayer.
The gift of prayer is the greatest inheritance we can give our children.
Prayer education must begin in the home.

Suggestions for teaching your child to pray:

• Time is limited with young children so at first read only from the bible. As your child matures add other sources such as daily devotions…
• List some creative ways you can pray together as a family.
• Explain to your children frequently why teaching them to pray is so important to you.

During your devotional time as a family:

• Prayer should always be geared towards the youngest child make this child feel just as important as the first born.
• Read the Psalms. A different Psalm each evening. Construct a prayer wall in each child’s bedroom

Ideas to put ‘legs’ to your children’s prayer:

• As a family, share what prayer means to you with another family in your church or community. Give your children special opportunities to frequently share their faith with others. This teaches them to witness naturally and easily to those around them.
• Tell your child often that you are proud of who she is becoming in Christ.

Included in the book is a chapter on holiday prayer ideas and a question & answer section on everything related to introducing prayer to your children.

Karin Katherine is a proud stay-at-home mother of four who feels blessed to be the mother of 5 year old fraternal twin boys and two daughters, ages three and 10 months. You are invited to follow her homeschooling adventures at www.PassportAcademy.com and her adventures as a mother, wife, homemaker, decorator and organizer at www.MommyMattersBlog.com