Nearly every day we sing a psalm together as a family. Then my husband, Harlan, will ask each of us to say a short prayer based on the psalm. I love this practice because I see it as a means to teach the children to pray from scripture. (We lay the wood and ask God to light the fire.) This is not complicated. For example, if we sing these lines from Psalm 37: "Don't fret because of evil men, nor envy those who practice wrong; for like the grass they'll be cut down; they'll wither like the fresh green grass..." one child may ask God to help us remember that our lives are very short and to help us not to waste them. Another may thank God that he is in charge and therefore we don't need to fear evil men. Another may repent of anxiety. As long as a child can read, they can participate. If they cannot think of anything, they can simply read some of the lines aloud. We hope with God's blessing this will teach our children to pray.
-- from Jeannette My Wife
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