Praying Families Blog

How To Start Family Worship You buy into the vision thinking, “Yep, I ought to do family worship with my tribe.” Maybe you’re a single Mom, veteran Dad, newlywed or empty nester. You heard a friend mention it or the Lord put it on your heart. You’re ready to take the hill, but where exactly do you start? So glad you asked… I’ve got 5 sure-fire steps that can help you get the age-old Big Mo (Momentum) going to start family worship. Think of setting A-S-I-D-E time for family worship. [...]

"My Friend, It's Been Amazing!!" I met Renato at a leadership conference this past winter.  He's a surgeon in Cuernavaca, Mexico, (which I happened to visit for 5 weeks during a summer in college) and is passionate about the Lord, prayer and his family. I wanted to share his email for you to see how the Lord is working in his family. Check it out... I'm thrilled that we were able to encourage Renato, but that's not why I shared this.  Stories like Renato's need to be [...]

12 Added Bonuses of Family Worship Scene:   Samuel crying in the back yard after falling out of the swing.   Day: Friday, July 7, 2017   Time: 7:45 pm   Grace had turned a whopping 9 days old and you know what that means: Sleepless (more like sleep-deprived) in Kansas City were Sarah and yours truly. Triaging the situation, the question of the moment arose: Am I taking him to the ER?   We tried seeing if sleep would take the edge off, but 45 minute after he fell asleep, he was back [...]

Top 10 Awesome Benefits of Family Worship It was rest time when two of Sarah’s friends stopped by to meet little baby Grace. That means each of the 4 olders had a spot in the house to either play quietly or read. Ezra was in his room just across the hall from our room where they were visiting. Little guy was playing Legos and belting out worship songs at the top of his lungs.   That has become par for the course with the little Ez-man. Part of that is because of [...]

3 Steps to Family Worship With Young Kids   If you’re anything like us, then you’re passionate for Jesus and you want to lead your children to catch ahold of your love for Him.   You’re also extremely busy and it’s a toss-up whose schedules are more demanding: yours or theirs. Oh yeah, and tired! So, how exactly do you begin or re-start family worship, especially when they're young?  Before we get into the topic you have to know, you’re not alone. Most young families have hunger for the Lord, but didn’t grown up with [...]

The Power of a Family Prayer List    “My son’s friend came to Christ!”                       ― My friend, “Jonathan” (not in the above pic, but similar age) Wanna know how?  Their Family Prayer List  (And God, of course) Discipline is almost a forbidden word in our culture.  I like grace.  I like mercy.  Discipline conjures up feelings of legalism which if you’re like me, you want to run from like a leprous colony. But, disciplines can also be beautiful. For instance, I have [...]