I had been feeling the tugging of the Lord to incorporate more PRAISE into our family altar time… only I didn’t know how. Our family prayer time already included prayer for families, global issues, our countries of the month, the Samaritan’s Purse prayer calendar, an Old Testament story, New Testament Story, communion and prayer of dedication for our children. We couldn’t simply just make it longer to add praise, but I knew we needed to lift high His name more.
So, here’s our solution: on odd numbered days we do PRAYER time and on even numbered day we do PRAISE time. Praise time includes a time of spontaneous thanksgiving, reading a psalm (Hadessah or Hezekiah reads it!) and playing worship songs and dancing to them. It has been SWEET.
I always want to go deeper, deeper, deeper… on depth calls to the next saying “come deeper”… and my children are coming with me!
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June 18, 2011 at 6:58 am
sara
awww I like the one of Kiah with the guitar! praise is the only agenda of our family altar right now. at our house we call them “praise parties” . with true praise- the kind that unlocks heavenly gates- it’s kind of hard to not pray though…. your every other day thing might not work for long.
June 20, 2011 at 8:30 pm
thehungryone
Our family altar times have shifted with every season of life (but we’re still doing them nearly every night 4 years later) and I’m sure they’ll shift again in the future. We still pray some during our praise nights and still praise some during our prayer nights, but at least we have some direction now instead of always feeling frustrated for not having time to get everything in. The more verbal children there are, the longer prayer time takes… esp. when they don’t want to quit!