This year I had the great privilege of speaking at the Sunday School Seminar held in Melun, France on the 17th of March. I was invited to come and speak about the importance of kids prayer and how to incorporate that into Sunday school and children's’ church settings by using the 7 Essentials of Kids Prayer. The 7 Essentials are a foundation we can teach children for prayer that will encourage them to continue to develop their prayer life. There were 77 Sunday school teachers and workers present.

In the afternoon we had a time where we practiced what we had been learning and just waited on the Lord to speak to us. During this time God spoke specifically to each one of us present. One of the ladies present shared what God spoke to her. She saw people with their hands lifted up and drops falling on them. The Lord also gave her a scripture which spoke to each of us as teachers, I Timothy 4:16. After this time of sharing what God had said His Spirit came in and took control for a while. During this time I believe God met the needs we came in with. We received renewed vision and a fresh burden for the children God has entrusted us with.       

On Sunday morning the first two Essentials were put into action during the service at the Eglise Pentecotiste Unie de Melun. There were 424 people in service and since the service was focused on children we all picked an age between five and ten so we could participate.

The children learned that the first two Essentials are actually jobs  given to them by God;  praise and praying for others. According to Psalm 8:2 children are given a mandate to worship God because only their worship can silence the enemy. We put this into practice by singing and doing motions to “Lord You are Good”. During this song a volunteer stood in for our enemy and as we worshipped we put tape on his mouth to silence him. As we were doing this I noticed a beautiful site, older children  helping the younger ones reach the enemy to put tape on his mouth.

To help us do our second job we learned about the people in the 10x40 Window: Tribal, Hindu, Unreligious, Muslim, Buddhist and Orphans. After we learned about these people and what to pray for them children were asked to volunteer to pray for the people in the 10x40 Window.  Some of the younger children needed help with repeat after me prayers but the older ones needed no help at all.

At the very end of our time together we spent a few minutes talking about King Josiah and all the plans that God had for him before he was even born. The kids were asked if they would like to know what other jobs  God had for them. They were reminded that unless they had received the Holy Spirit they would not  be able to do some of the jobs that God needed them to do and were invited to come forward if they would like to receive His Spirit and find out the other jobs God had in store for them. All of the children came forward boys and girls, young and old. Many children were refilled and at least two were filled with the Holy Spirit for the first time.

After the seminar several teachers came to me with excitement because they had been praying for something different and deeper to share with the children they see each week in class. The Sunday school department in Melun had a brief meeting right after the seminar to discuss how to incorporate  prayer into Super Church. I personally was blessed to know that Kids Prayer is not just for North America, Central America and Africa.  It is for the countries in Europe, the place that God has placed on my heart for years. I was thrilled to see children willing to pray in the microphone for people they did not know after only a few minutes of instruction. 

Children are no longer the future of the church, they are vital part of the body of Christ. God proved this to me again during this trip.

For pictures and a new intercession page about France check out the Kids side.