Salvation Sunday: Talking to God!

Recently, Judah has shown interest in his Bible stories. He really likes the stories of Noah and Moses both when we read them and watch them on his Bible DVD. You will hear him talk about Noah and Moses quite often throughout the day.

At the table, we ask him what he wants to pray and thank God for before a meal. Judah's response is "Noah" and "Moses." Usually then our meal time prayer consists of thanking God for the Bible stories and taking care of His followers or for their example of faith and obedience.

Judah also wants to pray several times during the meal. So we stop and pray again for something we forgot. We might stop to pray for the other Bible story character we failed to mention or something related to the story itself.

The faith of a child can be so precious. My prayer and hope is that we are teaching Judah that prayer is a non-exclusive, continually available option to communicate with God.

I once heard a bizarre sermon on prayer. Basically, the speaker mentioned that God only cared for big things like salvation and redemption. Now these items are important in their own right but I always thought that speaker did not have kids. Does not the saying go, "You must have faith like a child." Mark 10:14 says, Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these."

If a child is interested in the tiniest detail as most seem to be, then God is interested in that too no matter how small or trivial it seems to be. God appreciates when we bring things to Him, recognizing His hand in and around every detail.

Have faith like a child. My teaching Judah to pray is showing me how to talk to God....ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, and ANYTHING. Would not God rather that we prayer this way than not at all?

Philippians 4:6 quotes, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." And I Thessalonians 5:16-18 states, "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."

God is our friend, only a conversation and a confidant away. All we have to do is talk to Him!