Kids will love this portrayal of other children praying about various things from asking forgiveness to stating their needs to God. It will help them feel comfortable with prayer and demonstrate the important ingredients of prayer.

Jodie Berndt shows you how to make the Bible a book of prayers that can powerfully influence your children’s lives. You’ll discover how to pray specifically and expectantly for their faith, character, safety, relationships, and future. You’ll gain new, biblical perspectives on God’s purposes for your children. And through the encouragement of the Scriptures and true-life stories, you’ll find out what a huge difference your prayers really make in the lives of those you love most. Discover How to Pray God’s Will for Your Children’s Lives There’s no place like God’s Word to turn to when you want to pray confidently and effectively for your kids. “Prayers permeated with the Word of God bring about changes in our children and keep us in touch with God’s priorities. This is a wonderful resource that you will want to refer to over and over.” Fern Nichols, founder and president of Moms in Touch International “If I could choose only one book to help me pray for my children, this is it! Not only has Jodie given us a rich treasure of true stories, practical prayers, and relevant Scriptures for our children, but a surprise awaits! In reading this I found my own confidence if God growing. RUN and get this book for moms and grandmoms.” Susan Alexander Yates, author of How to Like the Ones You Love “I know of no one who can speak more authoritatively than Jodie Berndt on praying for your children. Every parent who wants their children to grow into godly men and women should read this book.

Faith-building begins at home, where parents are blessed with the God-given responsibility of laying the foundation for their child's understand of the Lord, the world He created, and everyone's part in it. Today's families are pulled in many directions, though, and finding time and opportunity for regular family faith time can be a challenge.

How much do your children know? We teach our children academics. We give them instruction in the arts and physical fitness. We show them how to swim, skate, and ride a bike. But have we forgotten the most basic and necessary skill of all? Have we taught them to pray? Prayer is the foundation for communicating with God, growing as a person, and receiving help and wisdom for every other part of life. Teaching children to pray is one of the most important tasks parents have. Inside Teaching Your Child to Pray you will find: Answers to your children's questions about prayer Practical tips, helps, and activities for teaching the discipline of prayer What the Bible says about children and prayer Stories and examples of how prayer works Ways to reap the benefits of prayer for your children and see it affect their lives Give your children a real head start. Teach them to communicate with the Savior. It will make an eternal difference.

Grace Mazza Urbanski, former director of Children’s Ministry for the Apostleship of Prayer (now the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network), gives parents practical advice on how to help children find opportunities to pray throughout the day in Pray with Me: Seven Simple Ways to Pray with Your Children. Using warmth, humor, and passion, Urbanski draws on personal experience to show how families are brought closer together through deeper contact with God. There are opportunities for children to pray everywhere—when a friend gets hurt on the playground, before a test in the classroom, and even as they hear ambulance sirens while riding in the car with mom or dad—not just at meals and bedtime. In Pray with Me, Urbanski identifies seven ways that parents can help deepen their child's relationship with God by using everyday life as a trigger for prayer. She shows how spontaneous prayer, traditional prayers you know by heart, scripture, song, silence, and reflection help families draw closer to God and each other. Urbanski weaves personal stories with a heartfelt devotion to Christ to teach parents how to help their children learn to respond to life in prayer.

Miracles happen when children begin to pray! Includes powerful testimonies of how God responds to the faith of a child.

A Parents Book of Prayers provides parents with meaningful prayers to God for their children’s faith, struggles, direction, and future.

Help your children develop a closer relationship with God through prayer. The more we talk with God in prayer—bringing Him thanks, praise, joys, hurts, confessions, and requests—the stronger our faith becomes. We’re not always sure how to pray . . . but Jesus says that prayer is something to be learned. And what better time to learn how to pray than during childhood, when habits that will last a lifetime are formed? This 52-week experience is a terrific guide for families to understand prayer. From “Wow!” and “Thank you!” prayers to “I’m sorry!” and “Help!” prayers, children will learn what it means to draw near to God and to be changed by Him. Holly Hawkins Shivers, a mother gifted at connecting with kids, makes every discussion engaging and relatable, and helps young believers grow leaps and bounds in their faith. Give your children a gift that will stay with them forever—the power of prayer.

USA TODAY, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER From the author of the best-selling When God Made You comes a new illuminating message about God's design affirming young readers. With lyricism, whimsy, and heartfelt emotion, Matthew Paul Turner reveals the tender emotions connected with watching a beloved child grow up and experience the world. Paired with Kimberley Barnes's vivid and playful illustrations, When I Pray for You is a beautifully affirming book, in which children and parents will see their own stories come to life. When I Pray for You celebrates the dreams, hopes, and longings parents pray over their children, and shares with the little ones how much care and concern a loved one feels for them. This is a book you will read to your child again and again. Perfect for any occasion, as well as for milestones including baby showers, birthdays, and graduations. From the moment I saw you, I started to pray. Big prayers and small ones I have sent God's way. I prayed you felt safe, full of joy and content. When I whispered "I love you," you knew what I meant.

Dozens of prayers for kids to use for every day, difficult days, and special days. What could be more important than giving our kids the tools to keep them connected to God? Kids are wired to have faith. And prayer is the way they (and we) make our bond with God strong. Kids don't need simplistic prayers. They need to be inspired to use the minds and hearts God gave them to speak specifically about every circumstance of life. Prayers include... A Mealtime Prayer - A Prayer to Start the Day - A Prayer to End the Day - Before You Read the Bible - When You are Sad - When You are Afraid - When You are Lonely - When You've Lost a Friend - When You Are Being Bullied - When You are Confused - When You Have Done Wrong - When You Accomplished Something Good - When Your Father is Not Doing Well - When Your Mother is Not Doing Well - When Someone You Love is Ill - On Your Birthday - To God Our Father - To Jesus the Son of God - To God the Holy Spirit - When Someone You Love Has Died - When Your Pet Is Ill - At Christmas Time - Thanks for Your Mother - Thanks for Your Father - Thanks For Your Family - Prayer for Faith - Prayer for Hope - Prayer for Love - Before Going to Church - When You Have to Say Sorry - About School - For the Beginning of the School Year - For the End of the School Year For ages 7 to 12, approximately. More info at www.BookOfPrayersForKids.com A word to the kid who has this book... Our great God in heaven loves every person he ever created. And he wants to hear from us! We can call out for God's help, thank God for good things, seek his love when we have done wrong. But sometimes we wonder how to pray. The 50 prayers here are for everyday use. Prayers to start the day, end the day, mealtime prayers, prayers for when we are ill, confused, lonely, or happy. Prayers for family, for friends, for school. And may others. Don't stick this book on a shelf! Put it in your backpack, beside your bed, at your dinner table-wherever you can reach for it! Use the prayers. Talk to God!