So what exactly does a house of faith mean? Does it mean you are super religious? Does it mean your house needs to be like a church? So my quest to find out what it was all about started. First I logged into LDS.org and typed in "house of faith". This is the first thing that popped up. James 1: 5-6 reads- If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. Let him ask of God...... so in order to have faith one must first have a relationship with our Heavenly Father? So how do I apply this to my family and home in order to make our home a "house of faith"? What better way to strengthen that relationship then to read the scriptures and pray! I will be the first one to say I have never been good about reading my scriptures. I pray often but reading is not something I find time for very often. My scriptures sit right next to my bed on the desk so why can't I pick it up and read? With little ones I think they learn more by example. My goal for the next week is to read the scriptures NOT in the middle of the night when the kids are in bed but maybe take a few minutes before THEIR bedtime and sit and read the scriptures together. We have all heard that faith is like a seed. You have to nurture it, water it and give it light in order for it to grow and I think reading the scriptures is just the key to starting our little faith seed in our own home.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
A house of faith
So what exactly does a house of faith mean? Does it mean you are super religious? Does it mean your house needs to be like a church? So my quest to find out what it was all about started. First I logged into LDS.org and typed in "house of faith". This is the first thing that popped up. James 1: 5-6 reads- If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. Let him ask of God...... so in order to have faith one must first have a relationship with our Heavenly Father? So how do I apply this to my family and home in order to make our home a "house of faith"? What better way to strengthen that relationship then to read the scriptures and pray! I will be the first one to say I have never been good about reading my scriptures. I pray often but reading is not something I find time for very often. My scriptures sit right next to my bed on the desk so why can't I pick it up and read? With little ones I think they learn more by example. My goal for the next week is to read the scriptures NOT in the middle of the night when the kids are in bed but maybe take a few minutes before THEIR bedtime and sit and read the scriptures together. We have all heard that faith is like a seed. You have to nurture it, water it and give it light in order for it to grow and I think reading the scriptures is just the key to starting our little faith seed in our own home.
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i definitely need to be better at scripture reading... maybe i will try to make that my goal this week with sean.. we will try and do that together before he gets too tired and falls asleep! Great idea amanda. i am really loving this blog :) you are awesome. happy 9 year anniversary!!
ReplyDeletei love this! devin and i try to study together at least once a week. right now, we're studying out of the temple prep student manual thing, but we always try to incorporate scriptures. i love doing it, and i love what it's done for our relationship!
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