1. Family ministry
In the home

2. “As for me and my house,
we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:15

3. “…they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator…”
Romans 1:25

4. “…true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth…”
John 4:23

5. Family worship

6. “…that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord…”
Genesis 18:19

7. Deuteronomy 6:1-9

8. Psalm 78:1-7

10. “you are bishops and kings; your wife, children, servants, and family are your bishopric. Of you it shall be required how carefully and diligently you have always instructed them in God’s true knowledge, how you have studied to plant virtue in them, and [to] repress vice. And therefore I say, you must make them partakers in reading, exhorting, and in making common prayers, which I would in every house were used once a day at least.”
John Knox

11. “I agree with Matthew Henry when he says, ‘They that pray in the family do well; they that pray and read the Scriptures do better; but they that pray, and read, and sing do best of all’ There is a completeness in that kind of family worship that is meant to be desired.”
Charles Spurgeon

12. “Without some regularity and structure and purpose, it is one of those things we assume we are doing but never actually do. Consistent, father-led family worship is one of the best, steadiest, and most easily measurable ways to bring up children in the Lord’s discipline and instruction.”
Don Whitney

13. 1. Bible Reading

14. equipped for every good work.”
1. Bible Reading
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete,
equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:16,17

15. 1. Bible Reading
“the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12

16. 1. Bible Reading “…I did not shrink from declaring to you
the whole counsel of God.”
Acts 20:27

17. 1. Bible Reading Read systematically Read a chapter a day (?)
Read a Bible story book, too (for little ones)
Talk about it

18. 2. Prayer One prayer or multiple prayers
Not long! (if you have little ones)
Use ACTS or another help, if you like
Pray the Psalms, the Lord’s Prayer, etc.

19. 3. Catechism definition purposes The Heidelberg Catechism
guilt, grace, gratitude

20. 3. Catechism 1 Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death?
A. That I am not my own,1 but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—2
to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.3
He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,4
and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.5
He also watches over me in such a way6 that not a hair can fall from my head
without the will of my Father in heaven;7
in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.8
Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life9
and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.10
1 1 Cor. 6:19-20
2 Rom. 14:7-9
3 1 Cor. 3:23; Titus 2:14
4 1 Pet. 1:18-19; 1 John 1:7-9; 2:2
5 John 8:34-36; Heb. 2:14-15; 1 John 3:1-11
6 John 6:39-40; 10:27-30; 2 Thess. 3:3; 1 Pet. 1:5
7 Matt. 10:29-31; Luke 21:16-18
8 Rom. 8:28
9 Rom. 8:15-16; 2 Cor. 1:21-22; 5:5; Eph. 1:13-14
10 Rom. 8:1-17

21. 3. Catechism
2 Q. What must you know to live and die in the joy of this comfort?
A. Three things:
first, how great my sin and misery are;1
second, how I am set free from all my sins and misery;2
third, how I am to thank God for such deliverance.3
1 Rom. 3:9-10; 1 John 1:10
2 John 17:3; Acts 4:12; 10:43
3 Matt. 5:16; Rom. 6:13; Eph. 5:8-10; 2 Tim. 2:15; 1 Pet. 2:9-10

22. 4. Singing
Awkward?
Hymns, psalms, kids’ songs

23. 5. Creeds
Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creed

24. 6. Bible Memory
Psalm 119:11, “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”
1 verse at a time
A short book, or a psalm

25. Nuts & Bolts: Who, Where, When
Who: whole family? Little ones? Guests?
Where: dinner table? Living room?
When: what works for your family? Between dinner and bedtime?

26. Practical Benefits Centers the home on Christ
Encourages your children in the things of Christ
Encourages Christian character
Encourages peace in the home
Binds your family together
Provides a common knowledge of the Bible
Equips and trains children for corporate worship
Reinforces the biblical framework of the family
Provides systematic discipleship

28. Psalm 127
1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.
3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
the fruit of the womb a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the children of one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.