If your family is participating in Christ Covenant’s annual emphasis on praying the 40 Day Prayer Covenant for each other, your children will benefit from using the Kids Prayer Covenant mobile app. For each of the 10 elements of the prayer, there is a brief beautifully illustrated animated Bible story video to explain that theme. After watching the video, children can play a “game.” (The videos provide a great connection to the color sheets available at our church kids resource table each Sunday through Lent.)
Other features include the prayer covenant set to music, a prayer card page where the prayer can be read, memory verses for each prayer element, plus more!
Here’s what I like:
- The animated Bible stories
- The prayer song, which is a great way for kids to memorize
- The “Let’s pray together” tab under each element’s “Play” option. This is where the memory verse for that element is spoken out loud.
What is just “meh”
- The song playing over and over in the background. You can go to settings to turn this off.
- The songs for each element, which are a little bit cheesy
- The “fun” “games” are just quizzes. Kids may think they can win some sort of badge, reward, or prize, but the trophy icon just opens a leader board. I’m not sure how you get your name on it or what sense of accomplishment it brings since there doesn’t appear to be any kind of scoring.
In spite of these few hiccups, this app will bring a new dimension to your children praying the prayer covenant for their friends and themselves. It’s available to download on Apple and Android devices. Try it out and share it with the children in your life.
