Family Prayer Ideas for August

Some prayer ideas to help your child be a Kid in Prayer.

1.     Keep a Family Prayer Journal. When anyone has a specific prayer request, prayer of thanksgiving, or other prayer thought, write it in the journal. Occasionally go back through the journal. How has God answered your prayers? How have your prayers touched your lives?  Make a simple Family Prayer Journal at Rally Day on August 1st.

2.     REMEMBER THIS!  Praying Fingers. Teach your children for whom to pray using the fingers. The thumb is closest to the body. It is a reminder to pray for those closest to our heart- family and friends. The second finger, the pointer finger, is reminds us to pray for those who point the way, for example parents, teachers, and pastors. The tall middle finger is a reminder to pray for those in positions of authority such as the government and the police. The fourth finger is the weakest finger. We are to pray for those people who are weak and in need. The last finger is a reminder to pray for oneself.

3.     Be a Praying Parent. Pray for the spiritual needs of your family members and that God blesses them with a rich and intimate prayer life.

4.     Pass the Prayer. Focus on a theme for prayer sand pass around to each person an object that reflects the theme. For example, if the theme is school pass around a pencil. As each person gets the pencil he prays about school.