Do you pray for your children?

This post is simple.  Do you pray with your children?  I do not mean do you pray for your children. I mean do you take the time to pray with your children?  Teaching your children how to pray is like giving them gold.  It is priceless.  By praying, our children learn to love the Lord.  My wife and I have recently started to spend time in devotion with our children.  I have to admit that we don' t make it every single night but we try our best not to miss a night.  We use the Jesus calling for kids devotional by Sara Young.  Being that my kids are small, I have to go into an explination of the devotion which forces me to share my heart with them.  After that we hold hands and each of us prays.  You will not believe the prays that will come out of your kid's mouth.  I have to fight back the tears every night.  I am a big ole tough country boy and I can't help but listen and cry.  I will leave you with one thought and my next challenge.  6 months ago my little girl Madison prayed a prayer I will never forget.  We had just had a pretty severe thunder storm and we sat down for a devotional.  Then came the prayer and she thanked God for the storm because it produced an amazing rainbow.  Wow!!!!  Why do we not see that in our trials?  My challenge for you today is to pray with your kids.  Our kids are our future and we need to invest in them.  America can be a country that serves God again but we have to invest in our children to reach that goal.  God bless you that take the time to read my blog and I pray that God uses each of you for his glory.

Jay