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© Daneille Gray Snowden  2012 TEACHING KIDS HOW TO PRAY By Daneille Gray Snowden For the past several years the Lord has been prompting my heart to TRULY teach my children how to pray; especially by example. We are blessed to read God’s Word together each morning, along with scripture memorization and do a quick prayer. In the evening, we have our family Bible time with prayer. Yet, the Lord would not ‘let-up’ on my spirit. As I have watched them grow, I do see a weakness in their prayer lives. How? Well, when they spend five minutes in prayer; basically racing through a quick over view of praise and intercession. Obviously, the younger the child this is to be expected. As our children approach mental, emotional and of course spiritual maturity this should change. From the beginning of their lives we are responsible to teach them how to pray, when they get to the more mature age here is when we jump in with detail explanation on how to pray.  Purchase a j...

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.... ." Yea! Or is it YAAAA! Absolutely not is it? We never choose to go through the darkest times of our lives. Yet, they come: we all will face trials such as loneliness, financial hardship, physical ailments and death. Yet, look a bit closer at Ps. 23:4: first of all he says he is WALKING, not rolling! That's good! Then he says he is walking THROUGH---not over or around or hey, even under. Nope; it's right on through. There is no mention of a choice in the matter that David was facing either. Wouldn't that be cool? Just tell the Lord; "Naw, don't think I will do this one Lord...I think I will just chill over here by the pool side and wade it all out!" Now, look at the next three words; "SHADOW of death." Remember I Corinthians 15:55: "O death, where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?"  It's just a shadow, can shadows come out and grab us? Can they take ...