Family Gratitude Circle – After dinner every day, or once a week, go around the table and have each person share something they are grateful for. After you have gone around three times, and everyone has shared three things they are grateful for, have someone lead a prayer of thanks to God.
Hot Seat Prayer – Have everyone in the family get together in the living room once a week. Choose one member of the family as the prayer subject. Ask them what they would like prayer for and have everyone pray over them. It is a wonderful way to build family unity, and a great way to encourage each other, and to keep in touch with each other’s needs.
Lunch Box Surprise -Make a Pray-it Say-it card for your son or daughter, print it out and stick it in their lunch box once a week to remind them not only that you are praying for them, but that God is with them. (Or you can make a card for your spouse and put it in their lunch box or briefcase.)
Family Prayer and Share – Meet once a week with the whole family and take some fun Bible time together. If your kids are old enough, and are interested, let them be in charge and encourage them to use skits, games or anything interactive that will illustrate or draw attention to a Bible story or principle. Use this time to share what has been on your heart, prayer requests, new revelations, or scriptures that you like.
What a Character – At a weekly family gathering, ask each person to share one character trait they would like to work on. Then have the other members of the family pray for that person’s character everyday. Next week, report on the progress and continue to pray, or move on to another trait.
Fridge Prayer – Make a list of things to pray for with your family and post it on the fridge. Pray for each need, and check them off as the answers come through. A great reminder to your kids and yourself that God does answer prayer!
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These are incredy ideas!!!! We (my husband, myself, and 3 small children) have family prayer and bible reading every night. But I have been feeling like I want to make this more of a way to teach the kids about the personal God. Not have prayer so much as a tradition. But how do you teach an 8, 5, and 3 year old to pray, and keep it about the personal walk, not so much the…….this is what we do…….Sometimes they will sing their prayers, and dance at the same time. But i really love the idea in …what a character…. and in…… hot seat prayer. This gets them thinking about their personal walk with God, and also lets them know their personal needs matter. I love it to because with a growing family it can be hard to balance proper attention for all people in the family. Keep the good ideas coming.
These are all great ideas for families of all sizes. My husband is retired, I work part-time, some of these would be great for us to do in our small household. Our son and daughter-in-law, Dan and Melissa, are expecting their first child, a baby boy, the end of this month, November. ( Our first grandbaby!) This list would be great for them to hold onto and even do some now. So encouraging for all families, young and “old”.
Great ideas for “family focus”. It truly is Spirit led & makes prayer such an enjoyable time for the family.
I LOVE THIS! ALL THESE SCRIPTURES. THANK YOU!
Glory and honor to God for these godly insights to us and to anyone who needed to strengthen family relationships. Today many families are under attack by the evil. The tactics of the enemy is lack of gratitude to God and fear by inflicting insecurities to His precious children. By faith In Jesus to the glory of our Father God as His Holy Spirit empowers you in sharing these ideas. Praying for BPP Tech, Afghan Patrol and BPP for His glory and honor! Lilian
Thank you for this cool ideas to enahnce my prayer life. I will try to share these ideas in our family and prayer group. More power to your ministry as we intercede for one another just for His kingdom’s sake.