Pocket Guide for Parents, The: Praying with & for Your Kids

By Anonymous

Book Overview

Helps parents practice the discipline of prayer as they teach their children the power of prayer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764202243
• ISBN13: 9780764202247
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Bethany House
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.8" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

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This pocket guide has a wealth of information about praying with your children. You will learn the best ways to approach your children about the importance of praying. You are given helpful tips on making prayer a two-way conversation with the Lord not just a list of demands. You realize that by teaching your children about prayer you are giving them a gift. The following quote from page 46 tells you the importance of prayer in your children's lives. "The habit of intentional prayer cannot be overemphasized. It is essential to your children's future success and happiness. So teach them that true prayer is a way of life, not just something you do when you're in trouble. Your children's spiritual well-being, relational stability, moral fiber, and emerging faith are depending upon it." While teaching them the right way to pray, you are leaving your children with an enduring legacy of faith, hope and love. One principle this book emphasizes teaching is that prayer should not only be for unfortunate times but a part of our daily life. A question found on page 95 asks, "Is prayer your steering wheel or spare tire?" Some actual prayers in the book include praying with your child for help in school, dealing with fear, forgiving others, and protection. There are also example of prayers for you to pray for your child. These include prayers for their safety, their future, and self-image. These prayers, and the many others written out for you, can be of great benefit when you are not sure what to pray. There is a list of resources in back of the book that offer other helpful prayer books. They also have an excellent list of web sites to help you in your prayer time with your children. This book is a must have for any parent wanting to influence the prayer life of their child.