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Praying the Scriptures for Your Children

Copyright 2001 by Jodie Berndt

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Berndt, Jodie.

Praying the scriptures for your children : discover how to pray Gods will for their

lives / Jodie Berndt.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-310-23216-2 (hardcover)

1. Mothers Prayer-books and devotions English. 2. Children Religious life. I. Title.

BV4847.B45 2001

248.3'2'0852 dc21 00-051294

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are based on The Message: The New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs in Contemporary Language,

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