September 18, 2012 Family Altar

 It was my youngest daughter, Elizabeth's, turn to give the devotion in our family altar time tonight. She chose Matthew 6:12 and 14 for her text.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 

She talked about how the Bible teaches that we are to forgive one and other. We all asked a few questions and she answered them accordingly.

After the devotion I read a few paragraphs from Spurgeon: Prince of Preachers, by Lewis Drummond. It is one of the books I am using in my Seminary studies right now. We have been reading some from it every night and everyone really enjoys learning about Spurgeon. My son Matthew has started saying “purge the Spurge” every night before we read. He thinks he is real funny…

Next, Elizabeth picked out Standing On the Promises for us all to sing. We sang a couple of verses and weren’t getting the key right so we stopped and sang Where He Leads Me I WillFollow, instead.

After the song, we decided to use Matthew 6:9-13 (The Lord's Prayer) as our memory verses for this week:

9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

After reciting our memory verses, Elizabeth lead us in prayer and asked the Lord to help my Aunt June after the death of her daughter. She also thanked Him for letting us have food and shelter. She is always so thoughtful.

Well, my intentions are to update my blog with our nightly devotions. Who knows if I will keep it up or not. We all take turn about giving the devotion. We skip Wednesdays and Sundays since we have Church on those days. We’ve been doing this for a long time. It sure does seem to help us feel close and keeps us thinking about the Lord.