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I'm not an expert here but one of the things that I'm so blessed about our Li'l 4 year old girl is that she knows how to pray and believes in the power of God when we pray. She prays publicly for other people like for example healing and immediately asks, "Are you Okay, now?" That's the faith of a little child. We don't have to remind her to pray before her meals but immediately bows down her head and thanks God for her food. There were times that I overheard her even pray and thank God for the candy she was about to eat.. so cute! Just today my Hubby and I were talking and my Hubby said he's not feeling so well.. and immediately, she prayed for God to heal her Appa..and not only that she thanked God for having a handsome Appa! LOL!! Now that she's older, she just kneels down and pray by herself before going to sleep.. her prayer would usually be.." forgive me Lord for doing bad things.. help me do good things.."
How to raise a prayerful child then? This is just based on our experience and you may add your own steps.
1) Prayer starts even before the baby is born. When I was still pregnant, my Hubby never fails to "talk" to our baby and pray with her. Children are God's gifts and so everyday we must entrust them unto Him.
2) When they become toddlers, pray with them during meals and give them the 'task' to say AMEN. We did that with Tricia and she'll be so excited to say "Amen".. That was one of her first few words that she learned.. I think she was only 1 year and two months old that time.
3) Set an example for them by praying before meals, before going out of the house, before going to sleep and etc and at the same time teach them.
4) Read Bible Stories before they go to sleep. This will show them examples of people who prayed and showing them that God indeed answers when we pray.
5) As they grow older and when they are ready, ask them to lead the prayer before meals or before they sleep.
6) When God answers your prayers or their prayers, share this to them as a testimony that God indeed answers our prayers. And in our experience God has indeed answered our Li'l girls' prayer countless of times.. even when she prayed to have a wonderwoman doll or a van for our center.
That's all that I could think of now and I would just like to give Glory to God for His special gift to us and that is our daughter. DALAYGON ANG DIOS SA WALAY KATAPUSAN!
Are there any other things that you wish to share and add? Please do so..
HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND!!
How to raise a prayerful child then? This is just based on our experience and you may add your own steps.
1) Prayer starts even before the baby is born. When I was still pregnant, my Hubby never fails to "talk" to our baby and pray with her. Children are God's gifts and so everyday we must entrust them unto Him.
2) When they become toddlers, pray with them during meals and give them the 'task' to say AMEN. We did that with Tricia and she'll be so excited to say "Amen".. That was one of her first few words that she learned.. I think she was only 1 year and two months old that time.
3) Set an example for them by praying before meals, before going out of the house, before going to sleep and etc and at the same time teach them.
4) Read Bible Stories before they go to sleep. This will show them examples of people who prayed and showing them that God indeed answers when we pray.
5) As they grow older and when they are ready, ask them to lead the prayer before meals or before they sleep.
6) When God answers your prayers or their prayers, share this to them as a testimony that God indeed answers our prayers. And in our experience God has indeed answered our Li'l girls' prayer countless of times.. even when she prayed to have a wonderwoman doll or a van for our center.
That's all that I could think of now and I would just like to give Glory to God for His special gift to us and that is our daughter. DALAYGON ANG DIOS SA WALAY KATAPUSAN!
Are there any other things that you wish to share and add? Please do so..
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