Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church · Sermon study sheet

God's Word and Your Family - The Blessing of Family Worship

Bryan Schneider · January 9, 2021

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

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Summary

Because the Lord alone is God, every part of life should express whole-hearted love for him.
God's Word belongs in the ordinary rhythms of home, travel, waking, and rest, not only in Sunday worship.
Parents diligently teach by repeatedly sharpening their children's understanding and connecting Scripture to daily events.
Husbands and fathers bear a primary responsibility to lead family worship with humility, persistence, and dependence on the Spirit.
Wives, mothers, grandparents, and children also participate in passing down the covenant inheritance of God's Word.
Family worship can be simple and sustainable: read a short passage, pray, sing, and optionally learn catechism together.
The goal is not a flawless family formula but knowing Christ and forming lives that remember and walk in God's ways.

Would the routines and conversation of my household show that the Lord is our God?
How can Scripture become part of ordinary moments rather than an activity isolated to Sunday?
What pride or fear keeps me from reading and praying with my family when I do not know every answer?
Is our family worship simple enough to sustain and appropriate to the ages of the children present?
How can wives, grandparents, and children encourage biblical instruction without erasing the father's responsibility to lead?
Are we passing down merely property and habits, or the lasting inheritance of God's Word and the knowledge of Christ?

Shema: Deuteronomy's call to hear that the Lord is one and to love him with the whole heart, soul, and strength.
Family worship: A household's regular practice of receiving God's Word, praying, and singing together.
Diligent teaching: Repeatedly sharpening biblical truth in children through instruction and everyday application.
Covenant inheritance: The enduring treasure of God's truth entrusted to one generation to teach faithfully to the next.