Many times we educate children about missions without teaching them how to pray or giving them opportunity to be significantly involved in intercession for missionaries and lost people. Their sincerity, compassion and simple faith make them fervent intercessors. For example, children's active imaginations help them to identify with what it feels like to be a street child in Sao Paulo or a refugee in Pakistan. Their simple faith takes God at His Word and believes that He longs to bring people to salvation.
Children can learn to pray aloud without the self-consciousness that hinders many adults.
And experiencing the thrill of answered prayer fosters habits of missions intercession that can last a lifetime. Listening to one person's long prayer covering a variety of topics will not hold their attention. Encourage short prayers with many participants. Children need to learn what to pray for. One way they do this is by listening to the prayers of teachers, parents and peers.