A Child’s Prayer

Hello! “A Child’s Prayer” is one of the suggested songs to go along with the Come Follow Me  Book of Mormon lesson this week. This is a piano solo or piano accompaniment arrangement that can be used in a variety of settings to sing along with or just listen to.  As a child, this was one of my favorite primary songs to sing at church because there are two different parts that you sing together at the same time. I thought it was so cool!

This lesson studies Enos through Words of Mormon. The book of Enos is a short, but powerful record. Enos prays mightily before God after having a deep desire to experience redemption and that closeness with the heavens that he had heard his Father speak of:

• Enos 1:2 And I will tell you of the wrestle which I had before God, before I received a remission of my sins. 3 Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the words which I had often heard my father speak concerning eternal life, and the joy of the saints, sunk deep into my heart. 4 And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens. 5 And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed. 6 And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie; wherefore, my guilt was swept away. 7 And I said: Lord, how is it done? 8 And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou hast never before heard nor seen. And many years pass away before he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee whole.

After his guilt is swept away, he begins to feel for his people and his brethren, the Lamanites. He continues to pray for them all through the night. In the Come Follow Me Manual introduction for this lesson it explains what we might learn from Enos:

• “Although Enos went to the forest to hunt beasts to satisfy physical hunger, he ended up staying there all day and into the night because his “soul hungered.” This hunger led Enos to “raise [his] voice high that it reached the heavens.” He described this experience as a wrestle before God (see Enos 1:2–4). From Enos we learn that prayer is a sincere effort to draw near to God and seek to know His will. When you pray with this intent, you are more likely to discover, as Enos did, that God hears you and truly cares about you, your loved ones, and even your enemies (see Enos 1:4–17). When you know His will, you are better able to do His will. Like Mormon, you may “not know all things; but the Lord knoweth all things … ; wherefore, he worketh in [you] to do according to his will” (Words of Mormon 1:7).”

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Composer: Words and music: Janice Kapp Perry

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