Newly Weds Study

[SicEtNon]

I've been incredibly thankful for guidance in the past from you guys on this forum. I am looking for some resources for family worship.

For a backdrop, me and my fiancé are getting married next week. We are wanting to start studying the word of God in-depth together as soon as we get married. What would be some books that y'all have read with your spouses that have helped grow you deeper in your relationship with God and each other. We know that we need to be in the word and prayer daily, but we are also looking for some reformed guides to worship as a family, specifically the practical aspect of it.

Thank you for any insight y'all have!

 

[Ploutos]

This is a good day and age to be interested in family worship and there is a solid tradition of books in the Reformed vein on the topic. Additionally, most of the prominent Reformed blogs, teachers, and websites have written something about it - so if you go to Desiring God, or Ligonier, or the blogs of Tim Challies, or Reformation 21, you're likely to find some good material on the topic. I know that's not very specific, but I haven't often bookmarked the links I've come across so I don't have specific articles to send your way.

As far as books go, this is the one I've read, and I'd recommend it. I never had to be convinced of the importance of family worship, so I haven't read much of the other Reformed literature on the topic, although I would like to do so.

Family Worship

Dr. Beeke offers a heartfelt and solemn plea for families to return to Biblical, consistent and passionate family worship. With pastoral insight and care the author provides practical and valuable answers to the practice of family worship and at the same time addresses objections raised against...

www.heritagebooks.org

A good study Bible might be a worthwhile aid in family worship as well. I'd recommend the Reformation Study Bible (Ligonier) or the Reformation Heritage Study Bible (Joel Beeke / Reformation Heritage). The RHSB has devotional notes for every chapter, and those devotional notes have been published on their own in a separate book:

Family Worship Bible Guide

Leading and nurturing your family as you seek to glorify God and encourage spiritual growth in your home is both God’s command and your privilege. One of the best and most effective ways to do this is through intentional, worshipful, daily family devotions where the truths of God’s life-changing...

www.heritagebooks.org

Some people find Spurgeon's Morning and Evening to be a much-loved and worthwhile devotional book. I've never been able to drum up the avid excitement about Spurgeon that some people have, but that's my problem and not any dig at Spurgeon himself.

Overall, my advice, following what Dr. Beeke says, would be to do three things as a family: sing, read, and pray.

 

[Santos]

This is a good day and age to be interested in family worship and there is a solid tradition of books in the Reformed vein on the topic. Additionally, most of the prominent Reformed blogs, teachers, and websites have written something about it - so if you go to Desiring God, or Ligonier, or the blogs of Tim Challies, or Reformation 21, you're likely to find some good material on the topic. I know that's not very specific, but I haven't often bookmarked the links I've come across so I don't have specific articles to send your way.

As far as books go, this is the one I've read, and I'd recommend it. I never had to be convinced of the importance of family worship, so I haven't read much of the other Reformed literature on the topic, although I would like to do so.

Family Worship

Dr. Beeke offers a heartfelt and solemn plea for families to return to Biblical, consistent and passionate family worship. With pastoral insight and care the author provides practical and valuable answers to the practice of family worship and at the same time addresses objections raised against...

www.heritagebooks.org

A good study Bible might be a worthwhile aid in family worship as well. I'd recommend the Reformation Study Bible (Ligonier) or the Reformation Heritage Study Bible (Joel Beeke / Reformation Heritage). The RHSB has devotional notes for every chapter, and those devotional notes have been published on their own in a separate book:

Family Worship Bible Guide

Leading and nurturing your family as you seek to glorify God and encourage spiritual growth in your home is both God’s command and your privilege. One of the best and most effective ways to do this is through intentional, worshipful, daily family devotions where the truths of God’s life-changing...

www.heritagebooks.org

Some people find Spurgeon's Morning and Evening to be a much-loved and worthwhile devotional book. I've never been able to drum up the avid excitement about Spurgeon that some people have, but that's my problem and not any dig at Spurgeon himself.

Overall, my advice, following what Dr. Beeke says, would be to do three things as a family: sing, read, and pray.

I second these books and study Bibles. They have all been great help to my family.