Family Worship

FAMILY WORSHIP

A paper presented in partial fulfillment

of the requirement for the course

EN 153(A)-Research Technique

To

Mrs. Annie Sanjeevan

By

Jervis

Date: November, 2002

OUTLINE

FAMILY WORSHIP

Family worship in the morning and evening is essential for the spiritual life of the family.

I. Home

A. School

B. Training Center for the Children

1. For Ministry

2. For Way of Life

3. For How to Speak

II. Family Worship is Important

A. For Spiritual

B. For Unity

III. Role of the Parents in Family Worship

A. Father

1. Priest

2. Leader

B. Mother

1. Leader in the Absence of Father

2. Pray for the Family

IV. Role of the Children

A. Bible Reading

B. Singing

V. Ways to conduct the Worship

A. Should be interesting

B. Duration of Worship

C. Daily Service

VI. Bibliography

FAMILY WORSHIP

HOME

It is God, who is the foundation of every family, who has a meaningful plan for His children. He arranges the family for a shelter and training place for various purposes. It is a home where the children should gain the true education. It is a place where the missionary work is to begin.

School

Before sin entered into the world the first school for the first parents was Eden. Likewise, God plans the home to be the very first school of His children, where the children must begin their education. It is written,

“In His wisdom God decreed that the family should be the greatest of all educational agencies. It is the home that the education of the child is to begin.”

God sets the parents to be the first teacher of the home school. They have to always set good example to their children as their children watch every words that they used, every actions that they preformed. The bible says, “Teach your child in the way he shall go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Prov. 22:6. We have instruction from Mrs. White concerning this.

“It is the home that the education of the child is to begin. Here is his first school. Here with his parents as instructors, throughout life. Lessons of respect, obedience, reverence, self-control.”

Training Center for Children

Only a few parents realize that the home is the best training center for the children. Many times it was heard that some parents said that they have no time to be with their children. They cannot spare their time to give to the training of their children, while they used to spend their whole time for other business. Regarding this a Christian mother gives counsels to the parents.

“Our work for Christ is to begin with the family, in the home ... There is no missionary field more important than this.”

Parents should teach their children to have a missionary spirit. They should mold their children’s mind to interest in the work of God. It is important for the parents to shape their children’s interest toward the spreading of the Gospel. Let us see the counsel:

“Missionaries for the Master are best prepared for work abroad in the Christian household...”

FAMILY WORSHIP IS IMPORTANT

In this time of fearful peril, some who profess to be Christians have no family worship. As Satan knows he has less time he is busy to destroy the family. His target is to separate the children from the parents. He always tries to trap the mind of the children.

For Spiritual

Every Christian parent should convene the family worship to protect his or her children from the peril.

“In the morning the Christian thought should be upon God, worldly labor and self-interest should be secondary. Children should be taught to respect and reverence the hour of prayer. Before leaving the house for labor, all the members should be called together, and the father or the mother in the fathers absence, should plead fervently with God to keep them through the day.”

She warns them those who neglected the family worship.

“Some who profess to be Christians have neglected family worship. They do not honor God in their home; they do not teach their children to love and fear Him. Many have separated themselves so far from Him that they feel under condemnation in approaching Him.”

For Unity

The family worship is important to maintain the family unity. It is not able to buy with wealth, with education but with communion with God. She wrote,

“Anything that would mar the peace and unity of the family should be firmly repressed, and kindness and love should be cherished.”