Family worship is rewarding. It brings blessings that will find your family sharing your hearts with one another. It will afford you opportunities to hear your children talk about Jesus while growing in their love for the Lord. It will allow you space to speak words of confession, forgiveness, and grace to one another.
Read MoreImagine getting together with everyone in your home for the purpose of recasting this vision. Allow the Scriptures to cast the vision so that your family understands that you are simply seeking to be faithful to all the Lord has called you to do in your home. Share your plan for your family devotions (when, where, what). Share your prayer for this time together. And ask each member of your family to join this vision and commit to be a Gospel Family.
Read MoreOur families are daily navigating a dark and sinful culture that knows nothing of Christ—a culture that celebrates sin and cancels anyone who doesn’t celebrate it too. Christian parents must feel the weight of this and urgently disciple their children, teaching them how to filter all they see, hear, and encounter through the lens of God’s Word.
Read MoreHow do we lead our families toward this sort of biblical hospitality? How do we begin to love our neighbors, welcome our neighbors, invite, know, and befriend our neighbors? We can start by simply leading our families to pray for our neighbors.
Read MoreMost families have a running grocery list that they add to throughout the week. Then they go to the store, get what they need, and start a new list. What if, along with a grocery list, your family also had a running prayer list? What if anyone in your home could add prayer requests to this list anytime they want? What if you gathered your family a few times a week, put the family prayer list on the table, and then prayed together?
Read MoreWhat are the elements of family worship? What do you need to get started? What are some of the best things to include when you sit down with your family and open the Word of God? This infographic serves as a resource meant to help answer these questions.
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