Kids Pray 2: "Train Up A Child In The Way He Should Go...!"

It is important that we pray ...but I believe it is essential that we teach our children to pray.  Our children are being targeted and robbed of their destiny.  It isn't enough that WE pray for their future.  We must strategically teach them how to pray and to become motivators of their siblings at home and friends at school.  In these past few years, child bullying has led to the rise of child depression, low self-esteem and worse; suicide.  Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for children ages 10-14 and the third leading cause of death for teenagers 15-19.

Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."  Lets train up our children to be strong and to become overcomers.  Most importantly though, lets assure them that they have a village of people they can come to in any circumstance ...because if they can't look to us, they will redirect their attention elsewhere.  And sadly, every day on the news, we see the result of our children's attention being drawn elsewhere.  Prayer changes things ...and people!

Below is a morning prayer from Tori, 6, a beautiful little girl at my church, New Samaritan Baptist Church , here in D.C.  Her mother taught her to pray in the morning to start off her day and before she goes to bed to bring her day to a close.  If you would like to have your child's prayer(s) posted for "Kids Pray 2," please don't hesitate to email them to christophwrites@gmail.com.  Once received and reviewed, they will be posted the very next day.

Dear God,
Thank you for this day. Thank you for watching over us last night and keeping us safe. Thank you Lord for the trees and all the pretty things you made for us to look at. Please help me and Dyllan have a good day at school today and help us get 'blue faces'. And please help Mommy at home while she works and does all of her Mommy things for us. Thank you Lord for my purpose and my destiny - please help me to pursue them with tenancity according to Your will. Bless my Daddy, my family and my friends, Ms. Corley, Mr. Joe, Ms. Keni and all the other "Awana people". Bless Bishop and Co-Pastor Kelsey and all of my church family. And God please bless the homeless people and the little kids who don't have Mommies and Daddies.
Amen

Until Next time ...lets continue to brighten the path our children tread on a daily basis.
Christoph Writes...


"If my words have the ability to develop wings of encouragement, I hope they take flight in someone's life." ~Christoph Jenkins