Why Do Children Cry Or Make Noise
During Prayers And Worship?

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By
The Man Who Saw God Face To Face
Raphael Okechukwu Nweze



Introduction
         They do so because of the following reasons:
  1. Failure to train the children very well. That is lack of good home training.

  2. Failure to teach the children how to behave in the house of God.

  3. Generally, the children do not know the importance of the house of God. Some of them do not even know what it means to stay in the presence of God. They follow their parents to prayer and worship, without knowing the meaning of prayer and worship. All they know about is eating food and playing.

  4. Attacks from evil spirits and demons, who come to use the children to disorganise prayers and worship, through cries, weeping, noise, distractions and disturbances.

  5. In some cases, a child may become troublesome because of the bad spiritual environment which the parents live in; because of foods and snacks bought on the roads, if the person who cooked the food is not holy, etc.

  6. Another good reason is when the rites of holiness is not observed for the child, as and when due.

  7. Etc.

The Bad And Costly Effects
         The bad effects include:
  1. Once there is disconnection in spirit, during prayers and worship, it is very hard to connect back to heaven. In most cases, you have to start all over, from the beginning, if you still have time. Generally, people do not re-connect and do not even know that there is disconnection in their prayers. They continue the prayer, without knowing that their prayers are no more ascending to heaven.

  2. Prayers and worship become like spent force, ineffective, null and void, without results and without effects.
How To Control The Children
         You can help solve the problem by:
  1. First, consider the situation.

  2. If trying to control them will produce more noise and distractions, you should leave them alone in whatever they are doing.

  3. If they cry aloud, the best is to, quickly, move them away from the venue of prayer and worship.

  4. As much as is necessary, do not bring troublesome children to the house of God, so that they do not disrupt prayers and worship often.