"A Child's Instruction on Prayer"

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A Child's Instruction on Prayer

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"When my son Daniel was six years old, he saw that I was worried

because I had to attend a stake conference. I was unsure about what to

teach the Saints. He came up to me and said, 'Daddy, that's really

easy.' That's how children see everything.

"'Let's

see, Son,' I told him. 'Since it's easy, tell me what I can

talk to them about.'

"'Talk to them about prayer,' he

told me.

"'That's a good subject,' I told him, 'but

they've heard a lot of talks about prayer; what could I tell them

that's new?'

"'That's easy too, Daddy. First tell

them, "Before you start to talk to Heavenly Father, think about the

things you want to tell Him."'

"'That sounds like a

magnificent idea,' I replied. 'And then?'

"'Well,

once you've thought of it, tell it to Him! When you finish, wait and

see if He has something to tell you.'

"So, through our prayers,

the Spirit speaks to our spirit and testifies to us of the reality of our

Savior."

Topics: prayer, children, spirituality

(Enrique R. Falabella, "Why Are We Members of the Only True Church?" Ensign, Nov. 2007, 15)