Passage: Joshua 24:14-15While the Bible doesn't detail exactly how, it does admonish us to teach our children about God. There seem to so be two basic approaches to family worship.
There is the "appointment" approach. Families set a given time and place to meet together for an organized time of study and sharing. This method works because it weaves worship into the schedule of the family so that it isn't forgotten or ignored. Whether coupled with breakfast, dinner or bedtime, talking to God everyday becomes a habit when it's part of a family's regular schedule.
The other approach to family worship is the "drop in" method. For families who thrive on spontaneity this may be a realistic and rewarding way to work worship into daily activities. As you search for a missing shoe, you can tell the parable of the lost coin. As you plant the garden you can share the parable of the sower how the self-life must die like a seed in the ground in order for the fruit of God's character to grow in our lives.
However it's done, God can become the center of the human heart when he is made the center of the family life.
Marisa!
ReplyDeleteThis is soooo good and so true! We need to commit doing what God commanded us in Deuteronomy 6:4-9.
I'm so blessed by how God has moved your heart to write this post today!
If you'd like some ideas on the "how-to's" I wrote out some things in an older post with "At The Well". It's entitled: Welcome Home Daddy!
I love you dear sister,
Sunny