Family Devotions
I found a great article on family devotions. I want to share a snippet with you in order to entice you to read the entire article. It is well worth your time! You might want to leave a comment over there but please head back here when your finished reading the article and let me know your thoughts!
Teach These Words Diligently
A father may be committed to Christ himself and see that his wife and children are fully committed and therefore think a regular family devotion time is unnecessary. Some fathers see these instructions in Deuteronomy 6:6-7:
“These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.”
…and rightly conclude that this is a lifestyle and therefore setting aside a family devotion time is unnecessary. I agree that if someone is teaching each child throughout the day, it may be unnecessary to come together for a dedicated time of formal teaching. But surely such a family would relish the opportunity to come together and sing praise to God, to lift their voice to Him in prayer, and to joyfully list for all family members the wonderful things the Lord had done that day. Such a family would delight in a dedicated time of reading scripture and prayer, making daily family devotion a necessity driven by their shared joy.
If your family is like most I know, you can only fulfill the command to “diligently teach” if you diligently dedicate time each day for a regular family devotion. The key is diligence – family devotion cannot be a simple convenience or of a low priority that is easily displaced by other trivial activities.
Finish the article over on Every Good Path.
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July 19th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Thanks for the link to Every Good Path. I will definately get back to have a better read when time permits.
I believe Family Worship is integral to our life and to the training of the children entrusted to us. Sadly, like everthing else which we know is good and commanded by God we fall into slackness at times.
That’s a great encouragment and reminder to stay on track. Sometimes our days are very full, and even if we are teaching them as we walk, sit etc it is precious to gather around God’s Word, to worship, praise and petition as a family.
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July 20th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Family is the most important thing in our life and we should devote more time.
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July 27th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Thanks for linking to my article. I’m glad it’s helpful to you. I enjoyed browsing your blog and appreciate your support for moms and families! In Christ, Mark
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