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So Danny one time before a trip I wrote a little postcard to my son he was I think three and a half at the time and I left it for him on the kitchen table and then I headed off to the airport and my wife told me that that night when he went to bed that

postcard was underneath his pillow that he went to sleep thinking about his dad which was of course the whole point of the postcard.

I just thought that's a marvelous picture of God and me. I'm actually okay when I pray

with God if I fall asleep. Now that might strike somebody as odd but I think if I fall asleep in my last thoughts

our communication with the God of the universe he's okay with that.

Teaching prayer to our kids is a hard thing,

but it can be as simple as just a little postcard.

We're going to hear from somebody who has some great insights

in teaching about this, Dr. David Ireland, and here he is talking with Jim

Daly.

Let's turn to some of the practical advice for moms and dads.

You have some great ideas on how to make this really simple

for parents who are listening. So let's get to it. You list three ways that

children can develop the healthy habit of daily prayer.

One, having a place to pray, a time, and then take it from there, a place and time,

and an agenda.

So I have three things to develop a habit of prayer, set a place of prayer, set a time of prayer,

and set an agenda of prayer. And when I say I set a place of prayer, your children need a private space,

a place where they can call their own. And you may say, well, I have so many kids, there's no private space.

But let's take a play out of the playbook of Susanna Wesley,

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