WestHillsPres’ Weblog

As I mentioned in my previous post, the Fikes family has committed itself to the practice of having Family Worship every evening. The Bible commands us to do this as individuals and families, but I didn’t want to leave you hanging there. Here’s our “Order of Worship” for our devotions. It’s not perfect and there are other ways of doing it, but this is what works for us, and we have experienced great joy in the process. First, we sing one or two songs. Most of what we sing are of the simple praise and worship variety (“I Love You Lord,”, “Jesus is the Rock,” “Step by Step,” and “Thy Word”) but we’ve also been working on “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” over the last month. For those of you who have older children, you’ll be able to do much more, and I can see us incorporating guitar and other instruments to Family Worship time. Second, we read a Bible story from the children’s Bible. In the two years that we’ve been doing this we’ve been through the Bible several times. In fact, we are on our second Bible, because the binding on the first gave up the ghost. Third, we pray. We pray for the churches in Cuba, China and Bay St. Louis, Mississippi (Lagniappe PCA). We pray for a child in one of the Homes of Love in Vietnam, named Suen. We pray for revival in Knoxville. We pray for Eli’s salvation. We pray for good rest, good dreams and safety through the night. We pray for those for whom we’ve promised to lift up in prayer.

Our children aren’t always perfect when this is going on, but I sense that they are gaining more insight into what it means to be part of the Family of God. I know that other families also add portions of catechism instruction or Scripture memory, and that’s wonderful. I’m simply telling you about what works for us.

Grace and Peace,

Bill