At what age does a child understand the Lord's Prayer?

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Tuesday September 27, 2016.

Nancy's study in the Lord's Prayer has covered a lot of very practical topics, everything from contentment and money to avoiding temptation and media choices.

Some women have been listening along to this in-depth look at the Lord's Prayer

over the last several weeks. We're going to hear some of the ways the Lord's Prayer has affected

them. The first question from our audience, Nancy, is addressing, can I reword the Lord's Prayer

so a child can understand it better?

I don't have any problem with that as long as the child grows, you make a clear distinction between what is the word of God and what would be putting the word of God in your own words.

And I think adults and children need to distinguish between that.

But I would say children who

are very, very little can memorize more than you think and can memorize something like the Lord's

prayer. It's amazing what they do memorize, that they're just exposed to over and over again. So I think

it's a great point to have the children memorize it. And my suggestion would be that you have them

memorize it as it is in the scripture,

but then as they memorize it, that you help them talk through and think through

what the different phrases and words mean.

It's a great teaching tool.

And even if they're not fully comprehending it at age, I think there are two-year-olds who could quote the Lord's Prayer.

I'm sure three-year-olds can. And even if they're not fully comprehending all that those words mean,

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