I
trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do
not also practice prayer in their families.
We do not have a positive commandment for it, but we believe that it is
so much in accord with the genius and spirit of the gospel, and that it is so
commended by the example of the saints, that the neglect thereof is a strange
inconsistency. - Charles Spurgeon
If
therefore our houses be houses of the Lord, we shall for that reason love home,
reckoning our daily devotion the sweetest of our daily delights; and our
family-worship the most valuable of our family comforts. . . . A church in the house will be a good legacy,
nay, it will be a good inheritance, to be left to your children after you.
-
Matthew Henry
Devotions can be a time of true togetherness
when family members share questions, doubts, thoughts, problems, and
answers. Hearing one another pray or
learning verses of Scripture together regularly establishes and reinforces the
fact that God is at the center of the family unit. In my opinion, the success of family
devotions relies much more on the parents’ conviction to have them than it does
on a specific technique or carefully chosen material. The fact of the matter is this: If you truly
consider family devotions vital to you and to your children’s welfare, you will
make sure it becomes an integral part of your household routine.
-
Henry
Brandt and Kerry Skinner, I Want to Enjoy My Children
1. The purpose of the home – produce adults and children who love
the Lord
2. The prosperity of the home – enjoying the blessing of God’s
presence and goodness
3. The provision of the home
– the Word of God
4. The pattern in the home – Dad and Mom have the Word of God on
their hearts
5. The practice in the home
– Dad and Mom teach the Bible to their children
6. The place of instruction for the home
– everywhere you are inside and outside
What a heritage to pass along to our children . . .
memories of home intertwined with memories of praise and laughter and song and
the strong, undergirding arms of the living God. (Jack Hayford, “Making Your Home a
Worship Center”)
If
we want to bring up a godly family, who shall be a seed to serve God when our
heads are under the clods of the valley, let us seek to train them up in the
fear of God
by
meeting together as a family for worship. - Charles Spurgeon
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