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Once you have opened your mind about beginning to have family devotions, you would need something in order to make it spice up.
This is not difficult so just relax. The strategy is not too complex or time consuming. The family devotionals could be simple, brief and easy. In fact, it is actually a good idea to keep it brief and simple otherwise family members would not want to participate anymore. So, here's how you must do it:
1. Whenever you are done consulting your family, set a schedule. And once the schedule is agreed, have every family member block that schedule open.
2. At the start of the devotional, ask somebody to do the opening prayers. Read more here and learn about Family Devotions. During the first or maybe second devotionals, it is best that the opening prayer is done by a parent or the eldest child. Younger children might probably be too shy to do this.
3. After the prayer, read the Bible together. It is best to utilize understandable translation like the New Living Translation. In that manner, the children would easily understand what they read. It is highly advisable to start with the four Gospels because there are many interesting events that happened.
4. After reading the Bible, spend several minutes conversing about what it means and then thoroughly discuss the moral values that the family could learn for daily activities. You must be creative on how you deliver the wisdom for the daily living.
5. Choose a meaningful Bible verse and assign it to a family member to memorize. Avoid making this as a ground for memory evaluation test. Make it into some kind of contest in order to see who could recall the verse in the succeeding family devotions.
6. Now it is the right time to do a short worship. If one of the family members is musically inclined, even with minimal skills in the piano or guitar, you can draft them for the service. Visit this site to learn more about Family Devotions. There are several Christian songbooks available in the market and by leaning these songs as a family could be a very wonderful experience.
7. After the worship, it is time to pray again. This could be done by utilizing the acronym ACTS, to aid you: A is for adoration, C is for confession of sins, T is for thanksgiving to God for the answered prayers and blessings, and S is for supplication (asking God to have full control of your problems)
If you are still a beginner to this, it may take you several times to know what will work best to the situation of your family. You must be willing to constantly adapt as time goes by. And do not get distracted if your 10-year-old child does not like to sing or your 3-year old child keeps on wandering around. These things are likely to happen. But just maintain the devotionals of your family and do not ever lose your interest. Learn more from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_worship.