Have you had your Joy Juice today? I pray that you have. Because whether you know or not…someone is
watching your example!
Are you in
the habit of praying? I’m not just
talking about saying the rote blessing before meals or the “Now I lay me down
to sleep” when we go to bed at night.
I’m talking about real, heart-felt communication with God.
Even
the youngest child understands that prayer means “talking to God.” But they
won’t know how to pray until they see it and hear it modeled before them. It is NEVER too soon to pray with and for you
children.
As
parents hold their infant, they can pray for his/her growth and development,
for his love for the Lord, for wisdom to make Godly choices. Then as the child grows, if he hears his dad
or mom praying, he will learn to emulate those prayers. Before long, the child will be praying from
his heart. What a sweet joyful sound…to
hear a young one praying. If a child
learns to pray when he is young, he is much more likely to continue to pray
when he’s a teenager and an adult.
God
loves to hear all of our prayers, because we are all his children. But the innocent, sincere prayers of a child
must touch His heart in a special way.
Encourage your children in their prayer life by helping them to memorize
scriptures to pray. For example: Help
me, Father, to “rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say, REJOICE!!!”
Teach your children by example….and, go ahead and
demonstrate how to drink your Joy Juice faithfully!
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