Family

  • Seize the Moment

    “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.  Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” -- Deuteronomy 6:6-7 “We will not hide them from their descendants, we will tell the next generation, the praiseworthy deeds of...

  • Table Talk

      “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.  Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” -- Deuteronomy 6:6-7   Spiritual conversations with our kids don’t have to be overthought and meticulously planned...

  • Bedtime Prayers

    Bedtime routines with little ones can be exhausting! There is bath time, finding the “perfect” pajamas, brushing teeth, cleaning up toothpaste smeared on the sink, kids arguing over which book to read (which always leads to reading more books than planned), tucking them in, and finally, you’re ready to turn off the lights! It’s a busy, tiring, and...

  • Be Anxious for Nothing

    Read Together: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!  Let your gentleness be evident to all.  The Lord is near.  Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard...

  • Praying & Fasting with Your Children

    Fasting with children can be a challenge, yet it holds great opportunity for lasting impact in forming their faith in Jesus.  How can your entire family fast together? Is there a favorite routine that can be altered to focus more on Jesus? How can family prayer incorporate a time of honoring the fast without creating a power struggle between...

  • Teach Me to Pray

    Read Together: In this manner, therefore, pray: “Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.  And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us...

  • What is Family Worship?

    What is Family Worship? “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, 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.” —Deuteronomy 6:6–7   One of the primary responsibilities God gives parents is...