
Teaching Our Children To Pray
Updated: Jul 30, 2021
So often I will have people come to me and tell me they don’t know what to say to ABBA Father when they pray. This got me to thinking about my own prayer life and how my parents taught me to pray as a young child. My earliest memory was being three years old and having them both come into mine and my sisters bedroom and teaching us both the “Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep” prayer. It was a easy prayer because it rhymed. It was only one of two prayer's I would learn as a child along with the one we
would recite at the dinner table each night. You know “God is good, God is great, let him thank us for our food?
So a few months ago while sitting on my bed journaling and talking to God, I felt the Holy Spirit speak to me about how important it is that our children are taught at a very young age the importance of prayer, so that as they mature they will have learned to take all things to our heavenly Abba Father. I'm very grateful for those two prayers I was taught and I'm sorry to have to admit this but it's all I taught my own children. Oh how I wish I had been taught to take every need, hurt, question and broken heart to God throughout my day. I truly believe it would have made my life more grounded and maybe a much easier journey. It most definitely would have made me feel like a had a much deeper personal relationship with him.
I decided to pick up my pen and listen as the Holy Spirit directed me and began to think of what things come into a small child's mind and heart that might actually need to be prayed about. what follows are twenty-six prayers that God layed on my heart.
Dear God
Thank you for a brand new day
Thank you for this world you've made
Thank you for the Sun and Tree's
Thank you for the breath in me
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Please forgive me for my sins
Teach me God to make amends
To be the best that I can be
To walk the path you made for me
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for my mom and dad
Thank you for this day we had
Thank you for the stars above
Thanks for all your precious love
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for this food today
For your mercy and your grace
Please use this food to nourish me
Make me grateful unto thee
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for my great pet
For the happiness that i get
When he barks/meows and plays with me
For the joy that it brings
Please protect it everyday
keep it healthy as we play
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for giving me all my needs
And for always protecting me
Help me to be kind and live
Like my savior Jesus did
Helping other's everyday
Spreading love along the way
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Please help me to want to share my things
Because of the joy that sharing brings
To put a smile on each face
So everyone can play today
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for this sunny day
That chase all my cares away
It brightens up the big big sky
It brings pure joy to my eyes
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Please forgive me for getting mad
I know that makes you really sad
Help me to apologize
And do much better the next time
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for this rainy day
Even tho I can't go out and play
I know it helps the flowers bloom
And gives me time alone with you
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Please help my friend
Teach him on you he can depend
Take his fear and tears away
Replace it with a happy face
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Please help the one that is hurt
Give them doctors to do your work
Heal them Father of their pain
Make them healthy once again
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Please help my friend that is so sad
Give them peace and make them glad
Please send down your precious love
Make them happy fill their cup
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Help me to respect my mom and dad
To clean my room and make my bed
To not complain but feel joy instead
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Help me to remember to come and pray
To you for help throughout my day
To know on you I can depend
When I ask forgiveness for my sins
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Help my friend/friends to be ok
Give them peace and joy today
Keep them well and keep them safe
I thank you for all of them today
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Please teach me to not be mean
When someone isn't nice to me
I should forgive them like you do me
I should show love for all to see
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for your son you gave
To take all my sins away
Please tell him I love him so
Much more than he will ever know
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for this day i had
Thank you for my mom and dad
Thank you for my siblings too
And all the loving things you do
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for this lovely meal
That in my tummy it will fill
Thank you for it tasting good
And nourishing me just like it should
In Jesus name
Amen
Dear God
I'm sorry that I've been bad
And I did not do what Mommy said
I know she loves me just like you
Help me to listen and follow through
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray you watch over me
Send me dreams from up above
Of happy times filled with your love
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for waking me up
Thank you for all your love
Help me as I go through my day
Thank you for showing me the way
In Jesus name I pray
Amen
Dear God
Thank you for the sun above
Thank you for your grace and love
Thank you for sending us your WORD
To help guide all your boys and girls
In Jesus name I pray
Amen