• Plan TIME when training kids in this area...lots of TIME! Don't get in a rush - push everything else aside if necessary to make room. You don't want them to get a "vibe" that you're trying to get from point a to point z in a certain amount of time. Having said that, have a back up plan for shorter quiet times until kids get comfortable being in Jesus' presence.
• You may want to use MUSIC as a cue to help them get quiet and to know what is coming next.
• Kids will need to find a comfortable and relaxing PLACE to get quiet before the Lord. Encourage them to do this at home as well as at church. This will mean you may need to change your classroom decor to accommodate "comfort" and quiet.
• Train kids to get QUIET quickly. First, to get quiet outwardly (close their mouth, stop tapping, quit kicking their feet, etc.). Second to get quiet inwardly (still their mind and thoughts).
• Their THOUGHTS: After kids are quiet, talk them through a cleansing prayer that they can learn to pray. Write it on your own, or have them help you. Basically, they need to ask God to wash their mind, to cleanse their thoughts and then to fill them with His thoughts which are the right thoughts.
• Their HEARTS: Your kids will need to get their hearts "synchronized" with the heart of God. Whatever is important to Him becomes important to them. As a trainer, you will need to grow in sensitivity that will help you spot this in the kids you train.  
• Their FOCUS: Train them to keep their focus by interjecting comments calmly when you feel it is necessary. Remind them not to think about homework, friends, food, school, or even church activities. They need to keep their minds focused. This will be difficult for the older kids to get because of their conditioning and short attention spans.

• Talk about pickles with the kids (what kind do they like, don't like, etc.).
• Then, show them the jar and talk about how that cucumber you have gets turned into a pickle.
• Demonstrate that just dipping the cucumber doesn't change it and contrast that to quick prayers.
• Talk about how soaking is what turns the cucumber into a pickle.
• Then explain how soaking in prayer helps to turn normal kids into supernatural kids.
• Demonstrate how soaking prayer works by starting your "pickling training."

A few days later..."everyday the children still ask me if we can get pickled. The first two times I did “pickle prayer” I initiated it, but since then everyday the children have been the ones initiating it. Today we didn’t really have time for it, but after lunch they could choose to either look at books or get pickled (all but 2 chose to get pickled) even though it was only for a very short time."

Submitted by: AC (c) 2005