About a year ago I wrote an article on teaching your children to value worship. It's a bit long, so I will publish it in segments. It's divided into 5 A's: Anticipate, Ask, Arrive, Attend, and Approach.
Part 1: Anticipate
Every day, through the way you approach tasks, obligations, people and time, you communicate to your children the things that you value. You show that you value family through sharing meals, spending time together in the evening, playing together on the weekends. You show that you value the Lord through praying together, spending time in the Word and talking openly about spiritual things. Every time you walk into the doors of Providence Church, you are revealing to your children the ways you value worship.
You are your child’s primary teacher and the way they learn to love the Lord is through watching you do it. That is why it is necessary to approach worship in an honest, reverent manner.
Anticipate - Communicate an excitement, a hope and confidence in what the Lord will do during service. Communicate it through words, attitudes and actions. If the week has been hard, you communicate your dependence by leaving your hurt at the foot of the Cross. If the week has been fun and exciting, you communicate your praise by celebrating and rejoicing before the King. Your child may not sit with you throughout the service, but they observe your attitude before and after. They can hear your prayers. And they can certainly tell when Mom and Dad are not excited to go to church. What is your attitude before worship communicating to your children?
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