to be irreverent and inculcate ungodliness. Where children lack seriousness because they lack understanding, parents ought all the more to have that seriousness because they know that all good gifts must come to children as to themselves in answer to prayer. The Lord Christ also prays for the children and that in a serious and forceful way—and that is how we ought to pray for them in his name. 23. Once they can speak, let them say your prayer after you, in a reverent manner, without letting their