Faith comes from hearing the Word of Christ.

And so unless we're hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ that He's Lord and we're not, we're

sinners, we're in need of a Savior, but he saved sinners by grace through faith.

The gospel message is as simple as that and it's turn and repent of your sin. I just really, really wanted that to be throughout the book, so that as people are praying, it's not just an exchange.

Hopefully my heart as I pray is being conformed to that message, and I'm seeing my need for a Savior.

That's my hope and prayer for the book.

Kristen Weatherall is a wife, a mother, a writer, and a speaker.

She's also the author of several books, including a new book for kids called

Teach Me to Pray, Praying God's Word from A to Z from Crossway.

Well, Kristen, thank you so much for joining me today again on the Crossway podcast.

I love being back. This is great.

Yeah.

So as all parents listening will know that praying with our kids is one of the most meaningful,

one of the most special things that we get to do with our kids at times.

And yet other times it can be one of the most challenging things that we want to do with our kids.

We've all been around the meal table and we're trying to pray for the food and one of the kids is

kicking the other kid or they're keeping their eyes open and they're telling on each other.

So, but you've written this book that's really designed to help parents teach their kids what it looks like to pray and then pray in a more substantive way than just at meal times.

So we'll get into the book in just a little bit.

But if you were going to sit down with, let's say, an eight-year-old, eight- to ten-year-old type of age and explain what prayer is and why it's

important to a kid. What would you, what would you say? Well, my daughter is about to be eight

years old. This is real life. This is real life. And we have talked about this before. I would explain it

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