Character Cards to Use When Praying With Your Kids

After I shared a post a couple of weeks ago about starting devotions with your kids, reader Sonja asked if I could share the character cards we use when praying with our little ones.

UPDATE: I've created 20 FREE printable character cards for you to download and pray with your children!

A few months ago, I made a simple prayer box with an inexpensive index card holder I got at Walmart. I stuck the words "prayer cards" {my son thought that should be the title} on the front with some scrapbooking stickers we had lying around.

Inside, we have a packet of index cards with two different subjects: family members and friends we want to remember in prayer and "character cards". These cards have written on them character qualities that we encourage our children to pray about! It reminds us that not only does God want us to pray for people but also for our spiritual life, attitudes and behaviors. 

Some of the spiritual disciplines written on our character cards:

• Love for one another
• To encourage one another
• Teachable hearts
• Love for God
• Fruits of the Spirit (each on a separate card)
• Obedience with a happy heart
• Thankfulness
• Praise
• Peacemaking
• Forgiveness
• Humility
• Growing in wisdom

It's important for us to remind our children that we can't "muster up" these qualities on our own. We need the Holy Spirit to nurture them in us! Philippians 2:13 tells us, "for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose."

A reader reminded me that you could also write a Bible verse or reference on each card to go along with the character quality on that card! Then you could learn the verses together as a family.

What are some ways you encourage prayer with your children?

Shared at Time Warp Wife, Women Living Well, Raising Mighty Arrows, The Better Mom, Your Thriving Family and Deep Roots at Home.

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