Pray Immediately

Ellie has been showing some new spiritual sensitivity this week, and I have been learning from her. Our friend Katrina is going into the mission field full-time, and I told Isaac that I had agreed we would pray for her regularly. Ellie immediately ran to the couch, sat down, and started whispering a prayer for Katrina. Isaac and I realized that of course we should start now, so we had a nice family prayer time for Katrina.

The very next day, God tested me to see if I had learned this lesson yet. We received a missionary support letter from Isaac's brother Joel, and I read it aloud to Ellie. Again, she immediately dropped everything and prayed for him. After my prompting, she even prayed loud enough for me to understand and join in with her. I felt convicted that it took my 4-year-old to teach me to pray right away when we receive a request or prompting.