A new book by Barbie Hunt
Never Too Little to Pray
60 true stories of little kids with big faith in God
It started with a nana and kids who wanted to pray. Fifteen years later, it's global.
Two minutes with Barbie
An introduction from Jack Canfield, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, and then Barbie on why ten years of Tuesday prayers became a book.
2 min 9 sec
60
true stories, each one something a child prayed and an adult saw
9
chapters, one for each fruit of the Spirit
10
years of Tuesday prayer teams, written down as they happened
What this book is
Welcome to a great adventure with kids who pray and with God who answers.
Every Tuesday for more than ten years, teams of children have prayed for the healing and freedom of people of all ages — some they knew, many complete strangers. Barbie was there for the prayers, and she wrote down what happened.
Never Too Little to Pray — a title the kids gave her — is not a collection of cute stories about children. It is a record of what was seen and heard, and of what praying alongside children taught one adult about faith.
I am honored to be your reporter, telling you what I have seen and heard. But more than that, I have been changed by being with children in the presence of God.
The book questions a common assumption: that a child must reach a certain age before they can know God's voice, understand their place in Christ, or lay a hand on someone who is sick and pray. These stories suggest otherwise.
No names appear in the book — only ages, so you can tell one child from another on a team.
One story
After a team of children prayed for a woman in great pain, with badly crippled legs, she got up and walked without pain. One of the boys followed her out of the prayer room and watched her go down the hall.
“She still walks funny. We will have to pray for her again.”
That is a heart that dares to dream with God.
How the book is built
The stories are gathered under the fruit of the Spirit — the nine qualities Paul lists in Galatians 5. Barbie noticed them showing up in the children as they prayed, and organized ten years of stories around what she saw.
- 01LoveThe starting place of healing
- 02JoyCelebrating and believing
- 03PeaceGod's presence in waiting
- 04PatienceTrusting God's timing
- 05KindnessFriendly and generous
- 06GoodnessReflecting God's heart
- 07FaithfulnessSecure in God's love, kids pray
- 08GentlenessA soft word heals
- 09Self-ControlHoly Spirit direction
Each chapter opens with a reflection on that quality and closes with an invitation to consider what the stories teach. An appendix explains the prayer tools the children use — anointing oil, words of knowledge drawings — so the stories can be read without interruption.
Feel free to read through the book like a story book, or dance around the stories like the children do in prayer.
What others are saying
“I would call this book one of the best training manuals I have ever read. These testimonies teach us adults how to become saved and healed.”
Cal PierceInternational Director, Healing Rooms Ministries “In reading these amazing stories, I was simultaneously intrigued, delighted, and completely gobsmacked by what God does through innocent children simply being themselves. Let the children come!”
Becky FischerFounder and Director, Kids In Ministry International “It's really true — children are never too little to pray.”
Billy BurnsBilly Burns Ministries
About Barbie
Barbie Hunt is a Christian artist, entrepreneur, and the founding director of Healing Rooms Kids, where she trains adults worldwide to lead kids' prayer teams. Her training manual has been translated into more than six languages. A lifelong Kentuckian, she has been married to Rush for more than fifty years and lives in Madisonville. Her book is Never Too Little to Pray.
I am the most unlikely Nana to be writing these stories.
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Writing about Barbie?
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For interviews, review copies, and speaking
Barbie speaks about children and prayer, about equipping adults to lead well, and about what ten years of Tuesdays have taught her. She answers her own email and texts.
Barbie Hunt, Founding DirectorHealing Rooms Kids113 East Center StreetMadisonville, KY 42431