The Puritans would conduct family worship morning and evening. In our household we have adopted their basic evening model of a scripture passage, prayer, and a hymn.

While our kids are young we keep the time focused and short but will leave a little time for discussion as it may arise. We have iterated as we have had more children and as they get older we will probably continue to iterate.

Every family should find a model of family worship that works for them. Every night isn't possible for some families. Sometimes simple bedtime prayer is all that is doable. Do what you can with what you have. But don't do nothing. It is the father's duty to lead his family in family worship. The Puritans would excommunicate fathers who willfully abdicated this responsibility.

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I’m not convinced y’all are different people, TBH. 🧐

I take that as a compliment

We have a prayer routine every night with our kids that’s simple, repeatable, and lighthearted. Our prayer is:

“Hey! Do you know that you’re made in the imagine of God?

You have Jesus’ HEART (*place hand on heart and pulse it playfully*) that loves God and loves yourself,

you have Jesus’ MIND (*place hand on forehead, rubbing temples slightly*) that’s being renewed in the wisdom and understanding of who He is,

you have Jesus’ MOUTH (*point to lips*) that speaks the truth in love,

You have Jesus’ TOES (*grab/tickle toes*) that carry the good news to the poor -my daughter always says “oh and the other toes” and puts up her other foot-

And Jesus’ EARS (*gently squish the ears playfully*) that hear and know the Father’s voice,

And Jesus’ EYES that see the work of the Spirit all around.

Hey, I love you and I’m so proud of you. And I’m so thankful to be your daddy/mommy.”

We don’t hit every body part every day, but we make sure to hit at least a couple. We even have sayings for hair, elbow, knees, booty, arms, belly, chin, cheek, eyebrows, tongue -all of it. It works for us, and that’s the key. Most nights we’ll have extra time to recount our day and pray for the things we remember, but no matter what we always end with that.

“You are not likely to see any general reformation till you procure family reformation. Some little religion there may be, here and there; but while it is confined to single persons, and is not promoted in families, it will not prosper, nor promise much future increase.” Richard Baxter

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