Archive 2007
Kids Prayer Summit 08[Jan 08]
Why Teach Children...[Feb 08]
Kids Prayer Q & A...[Mar 08]
In the News...[Apr 08]
Uniting in Prayer [May 08]
Jericho Prayer Walks [Jun 08]
Summons to Sacrifice [Jul 08]

 Archive 2007
Kids Prayer Summit 07[Jan 07]
Are They Too Young? [Feb 07]
Empower A Generation [Mar 07]
Kids Prayer In France [Apr 07]
What Is Ministry [May 07]
Global Day of Prayer... [Jun 07]
P.I.A. Summit 2007... [Jul 07]
Informed Prayer [Aug 07]
All Night Prayer-Part 2 [Sep 07]
Back-to-School Rally [Oct 07]
Kids Ex-Plosion [Nov 07]
7 Essentials Report 07 [Dec 07]

 Archive 2006
Kids Prayer Summit [Jan 06]
Bangladesh Report [Feb 06]
State of Kids Prayer [Mar 06]
Mixing It Up [Apr 06]
When Children Pray [May06]
High Schooler's Conf... [Jun06]
National SOP Report [Jul 06]
All Night Prayer [Aug 06]
Going Deeper [Sep 06]
A Global Call for Kids [Oct 06]
Healed by Simple ... [Nov 06]
7 Essentials Report ... [Dec 06]

 Archive 2005
Prophetic Words [Jan 05]
Deep Impact [Feb 05]
Why...Kids Prayer Min [Mar 05]
The Gift of Prayer [Apr 05]
Anna [May 05]
The Key [Jun 05]
Empowered Conf [Jul 05]
Who Will Pray...? [Aug 05]
The Joys of Waiting [Sep 05]
Saturday SOP [Oct 05]
Children at Risk [Nov 05]
Preschoolers & Prayer [Dec 05]

 Archive 2004
Kingdom Praying [Jan 04]
The Power of One [Feb 04]
Kids Prayer-Zimbabwe [Mar 04]
Shekinah Kids [Apr 04]
Prayer Giftings [May 04]
Update (March) [Jun 04]
Soul-Saving Prayer [Jul04]
Use Me too! [Aug 04]
KidsPrayer in Africa [Sep 04]
Intergen Prayer Mtg [Oct 04]
Kids Praise & Worship [Nov 04]
Intercession [Dec 04]

   Nearly one year ago while I was in Africa on a missions trip, a teacher friend of mine covered the Shekinah Kids prayer class for me and did a wonderful job. After spending time learning Scripture Prayers, she used the remainder of the time teaching kids how to look up Scriptures pertaining to specific needs using a concordance. She then taught them how to use one or two Scriptures to write a thematic prayer for a need.
   Since then at least one student has really taken that lesson to heart. She wrote her first prayer from Scripture outside of class very soon after that lesson for her mom, who was ill at the time. Then, she wrote one for her dad, who was going through a difficult time after being laid off of work. She wrote one for missions prayer in "big church" that she used during our first kids offering prayer. She's been writing these Scripture-based prayers for people off and on now for several months.
   The last three months, she's requested prayer at every turn for her grandpa, who was battling cancer. We prayed for his healing. We prayed for the family to be encouraged. We prayed for everything we could think of. However, this past week the family was called in because his condition had worsened.
  In this time of great discomfort and grief, guess what she did? Yes, she wrote a prayer for her grandpa. As I was told this week, her grandpa had been away from God for over 40 years, and even near death, his heart was still as hard as stone.
   As she read her Scripture-based prayer to him in the presence of his family, they all wept together. While she prayed, her little brother stood fast in soul-saving faith and would not leave the room until all was well with his grandpa's soul.
   Something she prayed, and something her little brother believed, sparked his spirit to turn back to God. I haven't yet heard about the content of her prayer, but knowing this quiet little power house of prayer, it was beautiful. And in the quiet of the night, in the afterglow of her soul-saving intercession, he made his peace with his Creator.
   Thank you, Heavenly Father, for preparing the way for this man's salvation through the soul-saving intercession of one of Your children. Thank you for allowing her and others like her to be released to minister to all who need Your touch.
   What if there had been no Shekinah Kids prayer class? What if I hadn't gone on that missions trip? What if my friend hadn't taught the class something this little girl could use with assurance and faith? What if she left the praying up to grown-ups because of she was "too little" to do anything? This soul would have been lost.

   Submitted by: AC (c) 2004