My husband and I have been married 16 months, and we're still trying to figure out a way that works well for our devotion/worship time together at home. What does your time of worship with your spouse/family look like?

Do you sing? Is it mostly prayer time or Bible study? Do you ever use devotional books (Morning and Evening, for example)? Do you memorize scripture?

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Kim
Baptist
Cornerstone Baptist Church, Greenville, SC

Teach me Your way, O LORD;
I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.
Psalm 86:11

My daughter and I have family worship when the Lord makes provision for her to be with me.

It usually looks like this:

1. Prayer
2. Sing a Psalm or two.
3. Catechism.
4. Scripture reading, explanation. Memory verses.
5. Prayer

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Daddy
Member of TRBC. My Blog
The Puritan Pub (Team Blog)
Board Rules -- Signature Requirements -- Suggestions?

Kim -- This thread may be of interest to you:

Post your Family Order of Worship

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"On land, at sea, at home, abroad, / I smoke my pipe and worship God." -- J.S. Bach

Thank you! I'm new and haven't navigated through many of the older threads yet.

We have had Evening Worship but I am trying to implement Morning and Evening Family Worship Patterns as was the Patterns of Family Worship in Old Covenant Cultus and also during the Reformers and Puritan Eras....


We currently have....

Call To Worship
*Occasion Reading of the Law
Psalter: Psalm of Confession and Lament
Prayer (Kneeling)
A Chapter of Scripture Reading Old or New
Father Speaks on the Chapter
Prayer (Kneeling)
Psalm of Praise
Catechism Question/Answer Recitation
Benediction (Standing)

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Michael Daniels
Reformed, RPCNA
Denton, Maryland

[i][b]As For Me And My House, We Will Serve The Lord[/i][/b]

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Morning Family Worship:
(M-F) sing psalm, prayer
(Sa-Su, holidays) read scripture, sing Psalm, prayer

Evening Family Worship: read scripture, sing Psalm, prayer

Scripture readings taken from McCheyne calendar, 2-year version, available through Trinitarian Bible Society. We finish the year ahead of schedule and fill out by reading additional books from the Bible.

Psalms taken from Sing through the Psalms in the Year of Our Lord (current year). You can access an online version here.

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~Jay~
Husband of ENS, father of J II. | Indian Trail, NC
Teacher Aide, Union County Public Schools, NC
Communicant Member, Precentor | Presbyterian Reformed Church of Charlotte, NC | Presbyterian Reformed Church

Try this book.

Great reference to give you structure and direction for family worship.

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John J.
Member Christ Prebyterian Church (OPC)
Salt Lake City, Utah
www.christpres.net

We keep it simple:

Prayer (usually before our meal, because we usually do F.W. after supper)
Bible reading (we read systematically Genesis - Revelation)
Catechism (using Starr Meade's devotional on the WSC)
Singing (usually the memory Psalms the kids have from school)
Prayer

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Wes Bredenhof
Co-pastor, Langley Canadian Reformed Church
Langley, British Columbia
www.bredenhof.ca

The 'still trying to figure out' part is the most important part. As long as you continue to learn you will continue to try to figure it out. It is one of the great things about sanctification. My wife and I have been married 13 years and are 'still trying to figure it out'.

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We have a five year old and a three year old, so normally our order of worship looks like this:

Prayer
Hymn
Catechism questions (3)
Hymn
Scripture reading and lesson
Prayer
Commandment (1)
Hymn
Prayer

My wife and I gear our family worship to the kids and we do a private couples devotion.

I hope this helps a bit.

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Jeff Wyman
Seminarian
Little Farms Chapel OPC, Coopersville, MI
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI

"May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence." 1 Peter 1:2-3 (ESV)

My wife and our seventeen year old daughter have evening devotions with the following order:

Hymn
Scripture Reading and explanation
Westminster Larger Catechism Question(s) (anywhere from 1 to 4 depending on length) and discussion
Prayer
Hymn

We've only been having devotions for the last few months, and the effect on the entire family has been substantial. Praise God.

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Chris
Teaching Elder (PCUSA)
West Virginia