Recommended Resources: Dad, why do we pray?
David Platt encourages us to “Stop Praying for Stuff (and Start Praying for God).”
R. C. Sproul outlines the simple ACTS structure for prayer.
Megan and Jeremy Kennedy argue that we can teach our children important lessons about prayer by incorporating it into our daily lives with them.
Transform your prayer life in three weeks with 21 Days to Childlike Prayer: Changing Your World One Specific Prayer at a Time by Jed Coppenger.
A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World by Paul Miller is at the top of just about every recent list of books on prayer. Before we can teach our kids to pray, we need to be committed to it ourselves.
In light of the incredible gift of prayer, Michael Reeves encourages you to Enjoy Your Prayer Life.
In this book, Don Whitney guides us in Praying the Bible.
This book kills two important birds with one stone, combining personal devotion with intentional prayer for your children: The One Year Praying through the Bible for Your Kids by Nancy Guthrie.
Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer is a children’s book that teaches kids the power of prayer.
For podcast fans, Dad’s Drive Home offers short 5-7 minute commute-length (ok, maybe not Atlanta commute-length) encouragement, including this episode on prayer with your kids.
Dad Tired, which we’ve recommended before, has an episode on praying with your wife and kids with recent Atlanta Embassy speaker, Melissa Kruger, and her husband, Mike Kruger, who will be speaking at an Atlanta Embassy event in spring 2024.
