Catechism for Young Children · Question 121 of 145

What do we pray for in the sixth petition?

A.That God would keep us from sin.

What does this answer mean?

In the sixth petition we pray that God would keep us from sin. The prayer asks for more than rescue from trouble; it asks to be kept from doing wrong. Children can name a temptation they face and pray about it.

What can we ask our children?

  1. What do we pray for in the sixth petition?
  2. What sin do you find hardest to resist?
  3. Shall we ask God to keep us from it?

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Text: Catechism for Young Children: Being an Introduction to the Shorter Catechism, Presbyterian Board of Publication (copyright entered 1840). Public domain (1840).

Checked against a second edition on November 15, 2026. Explanation and questions by Household Theology Press. Last updated November 15, 2026.