The Simplest Prayer

You can learn a lot about faith from a child. That has certainly been the case the last few years as Ben (who turned 6 yesterday) has learned more about God and has learned to express his faith more and more. His simple faith has challenged me to simply love and trust God.

Each night at bedtime we read the Bible and pray together. In our prayer time, Melanie or I usually begin, then Ben finishes. Most of the time he closes his prayer this way: “Jesus, I will love you and I will serve you, and do whatever you say. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”

That pretty much sums it up, doesn’t it?

“At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18.1-4)