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Learning to Pray

New, published 22 October 2026. What else is new

In one sentence: God the Father has adopted you through His Son Jesus and hears you from your first word, so prayer is a child speaking with the Father: taught by Jesus, answered on God's timetable, and sometimes joined with fasting.

The weeks move from what prayer is, to the pattern Jesus gave, to what happens after you pray, to a discipline that goes with it.

For a household, Teaching the Lord's Prayer at Home takes the prayer one line a week for seven weeks, with a story, a question for children and one thing to do together.

The weeks

  1. Prayer: Communion with God · Ephesians 3:14-21

    What prayer is: a child's communion with the Father, as necessary as daily bread.

    Week 1 · about 35 minutes to read · printable group sheet

  2. The Lord's Prayer: What Jesus Taught Us About How to Pray · Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4

    The prayer Jesus gave His disciples, line by line, and how to pray it today.

    Week 2 · about 30 minutes to read · printable group sheet

  3. How God Answers Prayer · Daniel 10:12-13

    Heard from the first word, answered by varied routes on God's timetable, and kept.

    Week 3 · about 15 minutes to read · printable group sheet

  4. Fasting · Matthew 6:16-18

    Humbling yourself before God by going without food, and what Scripture never promises it does.

    Week 4 · about 25 minutes to read · printable group sheet