Does God listen to kids when they pray?

Matthew 6:6, “But when you pray, go away by yourself.” (NLT)

Prayer is talking to God and listening to God. This is how we spend time with God.

When I teach kids about prayer, I want to establish three vital things:

• Prayer is key to our relationship with God.

• I want to define what prayer is.

• Importance of why we should pray every day.

Prayer is the key to our relationship with God.

A relationship with God is similar to our relationship with our parents or a good friend. The more we pray the stronger our friendship with God is. If we don’t pray very much, then we don’t have much of a friendship. This would be kind of like someone you knew at school, but you never spent time with them.

What is prayer?

Prayer is simply talking to God and listening to God. It’s not hard to do. God wants to talk to you so He makes it easy for us to pray. You don’t have to be really smart, really strong or really popular to pray. He especially likes to listen to kids. (Mark 10:13-16)

Make a date with God.

Set a time and a place to pray every day. Most people that have strong friendships with God are people who set a certain time and place to get alone with God and pray. It could be your bedroom or under the tree in your backyard. It’s okay if you can’t do it one day, however having a regular time to talk to God will help you pray more. The more you pray the stronger your relationship with God will be.

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