Showing posts with label Family Worship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Worship. Show all posts
8.05.2010
7.09.2010
Implementing Family Worship
In his article Implementing Family Worship Joel Beeke offers a veritable soup-to-nuts approach to family worship. He offers several suggestions:
"to help you establish God-honoring Family Worship in your homes. We trust this avoids two extremes: an idealistic approach that is beyond the reach of even the most God-fearing home, and a minimalist approach that abandons daily Family Worship because the ideal seems so out of reach."
As many families know, family worship is a difficult task. Though many reformed families know its importance, being disciplined enough to have family worship every day (let alone twice a day) is very challenging. Beeke’s article can help families to begin or renew the practice of family worship without becoming too intimidated or unrealistic.
Read the article.
"to help you establish God-honoring Family Worship in your homes. We trust this avoids two extremes: an idealistic approach that is beyond the reach of even the most God-fearing home, and a minimalist approach that abandons daily Family Worship because the ideal seems so out of reach."
As many families know, family worship is a difficult task. Though many reformed families know its importance, being disciplined enough to have family worship every day (let alone twice a day) is very challenging. Beeke’s article can help families to begin or renew the practice of family worship without becoming too intimidated or unrealistic.
Read the article.
2.01.2010
The Purpose of Family Worship
God has called His people to Himself. He has called His people together that they may love Him and worship Him. This is true in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament. Jesus said, “My Father is seeking worshipers who will worship Him in spirit and in truth.” — Deuteronomy 6:4-9
The purpose of family worship is to help husbands and wives and children and grandchildren to love and worship their Heavenly Father. Our worship is not just to take place on Sundays, but throughout the week. The Family Worship and Devotional Guide is meant to help you and your family worship our Heavenly Father during the week, by reminding you of what you saw and heard during Sunday worship with the larger body.
Creative ideas and tips on how to engage with kids in family worship:
- Make your time joyful
- Remember, it’s primarily about a relationship, not a task to scratch off
- Have fun
- Adapt as you go along – call audibles
- Do what is age and maturity appropriate
- Delegate some of the responsibilities
- Don’t take yourself too seriously
- If you fail, start again immediately
- Leave them wanting more
- Be consistent
- Pick a fun place to have it in the house and maybe rotate – closet, fort, bedroom, car, etc.
HT: PCPC
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