This Year: A Family Altar
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
As the New Year begins parents have an opportune time to establish a family altar, a place in the home to gather on purpose, to bring concerns or problems before the strength of family and seek the LORD in prayer concerning all of the above. The family altar is for training, a special, established place where each one grows in capacity to worship, both children and parents—together; and for gathering before the Lord, to receive wisdom for decisions and planning, and to gain insight into His will for many things. For example:
- generational issues seemingly “always with us,”
- specific health challenges common to family members—those that “run in our family,”
- specific petition prayer to teach younger ones the principle and asking, and receiving
A family altar is the center, the very heart of the home; it’s where we exchange what we have inherited in a natural way, for a true spiritual inheritance. It is the place where faith is developed, heartache pre-empted, and families grow spiritually—together.
“Arise, cry out in the night,
as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart like water
in the presence of the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him
for the lives of your children…”
Lamentations 2:19
as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart like water
in the presence of the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him
for the lives of your children…”
Lamentations 2:19
Amen.
Shirley Weaver Ministries
A Clear Trumpet, Inc. Post Office Box 295 · Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465
Copyright © 2000-2011 All rights reserved.
A Clear Trumpet, Inc. Post Office Box 295 · Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465
Copyright © 2000-2011 All rights reserved.
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