Losing the Joy in Your Family

How can parents maintain their joy and perspective when leading their families in worship and why is this important? In this video, Dr. Carlton McLeod discusses the importance of maintaining joy and perspective when leading our families in worship. He notes that when we lose our perspective, routines can become drudgery and our children can pick up on this attitude. On the other hand, when we maintain our joy and perspective, this attitude can become infectious in our households. Dr. McLeod emphasizes that as parents, we need to model our excitement and joy for worship to our children and they will follow our lead. Dr. McLeod uses the example of the Lord's Day to illustrate the importance of maintaining our perspective. He notes that gathering with the people of God for worship should be the highlight of our week and we need to build our lives around the local church. If we lose our joy and see worship as a routine, this attitude can infect our children and turn them away from the church. However, if we maintain our perspective and excitement for worship, our children will be more likely to see it as a privilege and joy as well. Dr. McLeod concludes by discussing the importance of family worship and mixing things up to keep it fresh and exciting. He notes that we should be excited about the privilege of sitting with our children around the Word of God and singing and praying together. If we maintain our own joy and perspective, our children will be more likely to be joyful and excited about family worship as well. Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV) - "Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it."