See my previous post. "The next right thing"...as I prayed and asked God what that was, His answer was clear: be in My Word. Feast on that which gives life.
1) Yesterday Wade and I took some time together to pray and read the day's passage from our One Year Bible. This is something we used to do with some regularity when Wade used to get home from work at 4:30. But for months his schedule was such that he didn't get home until 6:00 PM--supper time. That meant "our" time to connect and pray for a few minutes went by the wayside. Now his schedule changed back again & we're going to try to make this time together a priority.
2) We decided to start doing family devotions with the kids during supper. (Last year we had tried doing them at bedtime, but bedtime routine already seemed to take so long that devotions felt like just one more thing to fit in and we ended up rushing through it almost begrudgingly. Plus, we didn't like the kids' devotional we were using.) So today, I went to the store and got a better devotional for the kids and we used it tonight already. We also have a neighbor girl who comes over a lot, and hasn't had much exposure to the Bible. She was excited to stay for supper and be in on family devotions. She wants to come to AWANA clubs with the kids this year, too. (AWANA is a club at our church for kids that helps them learn God's Word in a fun way.)
I know...these steps are nothing novel or earth shattering. In fact, they are the kinds of things that--as a young newlywed--I assumed would be givens in our, and any, godly household. Easier said than done. Anyway, it feels good to be taking steps in the right direction.
What ways has your family found to bring God's Word into your home?
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This has always been a struggle in our house too. We've done a lot of listening to scripture songs together in the car. When we remember we try to pick a verse each day and put in on the refrigerator. I've written a whole bunch of verses on individual index cards. In the mornings at breakfast I ask one of kids to "Pick a card, any card" and Jack is the designated reader of the verse. It's not as detailed as devotions though.
Nicole, hey, I remember a while back you were on a hunt for a good kids' devotional. Did you come up with any good suggestions? I really like the one I found yesterday--it's called the NIrV Adventure Bible Book of Devotions for Early Readers. It just came out this year, and is available in 3 different age brackets. It's labeled by each day of the year, and has an anecdote & a verse for the day, all one page or less. My only complaint would be that it doesn't have any questions at the end of each lesson--I've got to come up with my own. But I like the way the lessons are written--things kids can relate to. And, it comes in paperback! (Cheaper.)
Easier said than done...so true! I'm trying to make a point to do this with the kids every day as a part of homeschooling...either read from our kids' Bible or do the kids' devo book that we have, which I bought awhile ago at GCC!
You mentioning dinner at your house makes me think of all the lovely dinners we used to have there. Waaahhh I miss that! :(
Our family? Oswald Chambers, baby. I just love that guy. I like to read him to Richard.
Hmn, which devotional did you get from GCC? Do you like it?
Erin, I love Oswald Chambers. Good stuff! However, I don't like the kids' version--Jesus Wants All of Me. It makes no sense. That's the one we were using.
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