Earlier today I was in such eye-watering agony
that I could barely function. So Zosia asked for prayer for me on Family Viber,
and alongside the many deeply appreciated prayers, my super-adorable
three-year-old niece appeared on video and said the sweetest, cutest prayer for
me. Almost immediately, all the pain drained out of my body. Praise God.
It made me reflect on the rare and profound power of children’s prayers, and how this speaks directly to Matthew 18:3: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” When innocent children pray with such sincerity, they ask simply, trust completely, and love without motive or calculation. Their prayers are so pure - unburdened by ego, anxiety, or self-consciousness. Their hearts are open, their intentions are clean, and their dependence is honest. And that kind of prayer carries such a quiet, astonishing power - the very power Jesus was pointing to in Matthew 18:3, and one that inspire us all to pray with the same simple trust, openness, and dependence that children naturally possess.
