A FHE Lesson In The Power Of Prayer and Example
I really am excited to share this little powerful moment I shared with my family the other day. It taught me how powerful example is, and that your kids really are paying attention and listening, even if you think they are not.
For family home evening the other day we talked about a prayer structure in our home. I explained to my kids that growing up we always had set days to say prayers. Everyday we knew exactly who would be saying the prayer etc. I found this method to work really well growing up, and I wanted to pass this tradition along to my kids. One of the main reasons I wanted to do so, was because I found myself (as the Dad) always the one saying all the prayers every day. I want all the kids to experience the joy and blessings of prayer, and just get into a better habit.
My kids say their nightly prayers, and I know my daughter has said prayers before tests during school (as I have encouraged her to do so) so saying prayers is nothing new to them. The thing that struck a cord with me (and the reason I write this post) is because of what happened the morning after we set the new “prayer days”.
I was slow in getting up early in the morning, and just getting ready to face the day and start taking care of the kids and my 5 year old son comes into the room and with a very sweet voice tells me that they can’t start eating until I go downstairs and say the prayer.
WOW.
I had no idea they even said prayers on their own when they went down and fixed their own breakfast. This was powerful to me. I learned that they do say their prayers every morning when they eat, and were waiting to eat until a prayer was said from the person assigned for the day (because of the previous nights FHE). I explained to them in a situation like this, they could just say a private prayer, but what a powerful testimony of prayer!
