Answering your child's questions: What’s the point of praying? Because God is all powerful

Praying with our children is one of the most meaningful and powerful parts of parenting. In fact, teaching them how to pray is quite possibly the most significant thing we could ever teach them! But it is often one of the hardest habits to help them form.

Think about it—what will shape their character, their heart, and their future more than growing in closeness with God? Is there anything more powerful that we could do as parents, when we send them out the door to school each morning, than praying for God’s tangible presence beside them, His covering and protection over them, and His equipping and strengthening within them?

Why is prayer often the bit that gets squeezed out at bedtime or hurried through before we eat? Why do we find it so cringeworthy to pause what we’re doing to pray meaningfully with our kids in the day-to-day of life? What is it about prayer that feels counter-cultural, and why is it even worth fighting for in our families?