Blessings to you!
Three prayers come to mind that I learned and said as a child.
Meal Time Prayer
The Lord's Prayer
Bedtime Prayer
Meal Time:
Come Lord Jesus, be our guest.
Let this food to us be blessed.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen
The Lord's Prayer:
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
on Earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the Kingdom,
and the power
and the glory FOREVER.
Amen
Bedtime:
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
In Jesus Name I pray,
Amen
What do these prayers have in common?
All prayed by a child.
All asking God for something.
Mealtime Prayer is asking Jesus to be our guest and bless the food.
Lord's Prayer is addressing our Heavenly Father with respect as we admit that His name is honored and sacred. Then our desires. Ending with confessing once again who He is.
Bedtime Prayer is asking the Lord to keep us and take us.
I'm way too tired today to do a long blog on this. I won't get too philosophical right now about the breaking down of each prayer. Perhaps later.
The main thing is that my parents cared enough to introduce me to praying to the most high God and helped me to be respectful toward Him. I would learn to pray.
As my prayers would go from GIM ME, GIM ME, GIM ME to
PROTECT ME, PROTECT ME, PROTECT ME to
HELP ME, HELP ME, HELP ME, (Still good prayers, because I'm admitting that I need God)
The Spirit of God got ahold of me, my prayer life grew into more personal words and very lengthy prayers to a personal God.
I could list all the things that I wished my parents had taught me or had done more of in our Christian Home, but right now I won't. Right now I just want to say I am so very thankful I was taught those 3 simple prayers that are still said at 53 years of age. And when I can't seem to pray english words at all, the Spirit of God still helps me all the way.
May your home be a haven that you minister God's love in toward your family.
May you bless your children with 3 simple prayers that can be said a lifetime while living in this complex world.
To God be the Glory GREAT THINGS HE has done.
Simply said,
~Deanna from the Kansas Flint Hills~
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6 comments:
Isn't it special that these three prayers have been passed down from you to me, and then from me to my little darling?! What a heritage I have of Godly Christian WOMEN... Thank you!!!
Dear One,
Thank you for noticing!
Yes, It's wonderful.
Mom
Thanks for instilling prayer into my life mother. It truly is a blessing and a strength to have a prayer life. LOVE YOU
Dear Stretch,
Thank you for stopping by and commenting.
You're welcome.
Love ya,
Mom
These prayers were taught to me and we are teaching them to our children. I am so thankful that my parents did this for me... teaching me to pray at an early age and of how important it is.
Dear Katrina,
I welcome your comments. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and comment. It tickles me that you have blogged me all the way from Canada!
I am so very glad that you learned these prayers and pass them onto your sweet boys. Your parents will continue to be blessed by sharing these prayers with you and now you share them with your own children.
Blessings abound,
Deanna
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