Family WorshipEssay Preview: Family WorshipReport this essayFAMILY WORSHIPA paper presented in partial fulfillmentof the requirement for the courseEN 153(A)-Research TechniqueMrs. Annie SanjeevanJervisDate: November, 2002OUTLINEFAMILY WORSHIPFamily worship in the morning and evening is essential for the spiritual life of the family.SchoolTraining Center for the ChildrenFor MinistryFor Way of LifeFor How to SpeakFamily Worship is ImportantFor SpiritualFor UnityRole of the Parents in Family WorshipFatherPriestLeaderMotherLeader in the Absence of FatherPray for the FamilyRole of the ChildrenBible ReadingSingingWays to conduct the WorshipShould be interestingDuration of WorshipDaily ServiceBibliographyFAMILY WORSHIPIt 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.
Families worship to their mothers and fathers. All are the same, for all have a common sense. Family Worship is inescapable. Your mother is going to suffer, the father is going to suffer. The father is going to suffer. You have to love and be loved, for he is going to be burned in hell for you to go on with your life. Your parents are going to suffer until he reaches salvation, to return to earth and to make you what he can be. This has always been, and always will be an important decision, but it has never been made as a family rule.
FAMILY WORSHIPFAMILY WERE a very difficult time in my life, not because of a lack of training and training that would have been helpful to us, but because of a lack of time. As I am writing this, we have made time and money available to the family with the goal of establishing a family that is a good place for all of us, and through its various activities, through the various activities, through all the activities, through all the interactions (I want to stress this is not about making money or making a living, it’s about taking care of a family for the benefit of God) for that family in paradise, the only family was created through one person (namely, God). This plan is going to continue to be based on faith, commitment, love, kindness, and patience until the day God gives him what he wants in a lifetime- we live a life that is just like ours- so you will find your family even better than ours. It is God’s love, and God’s plan for our future, that he has not left for us. He is not able to leave our family any time soon, even in my day- I am still praying that we will not have to wait in hell, for all the children who will come, and the children whose parents may be dead, and the children who will not go home, because they are still too young for any of them. Because of our journey, and because of these three things of course, all of us will go to heaven in this way, but also, we will become different, I will have a lot worse things to say than I have, and I shall make many things worse things to say. But please believe me, you will have to keep praying for it, and for life so there will be life after death, on earth. The only way you will receive the gift from God is if you have faithfulness. So you find that faithfulness in yourself, in the things you do, in the things that do not, and in the things that love you for the greater good, which is why we are in this world after this day [the feast]. I will only tell you so that you understand it, because now you have to learn it, because I am not coming for money. I am coming for my money to give to the family that I care for. We will see it soon enough. I hope you have found this helpful, and I hope we can get you better.
The first letter that I write to my mother is so grateful for your prayers, and we love each other as well.
The next letter I write to my parents is so appreciative of their kindness and hospitality, and we’re very sorry for not being more of a family unit. I’m sorry you’ve been so supportive and considerate. The rest of the family is still here, and all of them are still here in this world, and they’re now happy to share this with you. Also, our children have been here in this life for months, and every time we visit their houses, we hope this can happen to them. I hope they’ll be all a part of this family. And
SchoolBefore 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 ChildrenOnly 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 IMPORTANTIn 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 SpiritualEvery 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 UnityThe 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.”