3 reasons to have a family bible study

3 reasons to have a family bible study

1) Teaching your kids

-About Jesus and God

Most of the stories in the New Testament are Jesus’s life on earth and about who he is, also about the early church. The Old Testament is about God and how he interacts with his people, also there are a lot of wise words in proverbs. Growing up I memorized verses from the bible, and because of that in times of need I can recall them with ease. Getting in to Gods word when you’re young can do you a lot of good as you grow older. 

Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it”

-How to live life

As a young teen I was taught an acrostic for the bible

Basic

Instructions

Before

Leaving

Earth

And that is what the bible is, its our instruction book for life. If we don’t read it how can we know what God has in store for us, how can we have that life abundantly that God promise’s us in John.

John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I come that they may have life and have it abundantly”

-Good habits’

We all know that we should be in the word every day, and I know that most of us are not good at this. Now imagine with me for a second if we were taught from a young age how to have a good and consistent time with God, how much easier would it be for us to be in our word every day? As a parent we should lead by example what a walk with God looks like to our children. In no way am I saying that you have to be perfect but show your kids regularly what it looks like to have time with God. And you and your child will be truly blessed.

Psalms 37:4 “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart”

2) Family bonding

-Leaning about each other

By studying the bible together you will learn about each of your children. Things like what is there favorite bible story which bible character inspires them the most. This also opens up a time where you can talk to your kids about hard things in life. This will help keep an open communication between you and your children, which will be very helpful as you enter the teen years.

Deuteronomy 6:7 “Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”

-Learning together

There will be a sense of unity as you explore the bible together, and learn about who Jesus is and how it applies to our life. Encourage each other to bring questions to the family bible study and search the word together to find the answer. As a family you are a team working to make each other the best that you can be.

Proverbs 1:8-9 “Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.  They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.”

-Family accountability

We all have a struggle, as a family you can work though them together. Share areas you need help in and let your family members help keep you accountable. Be careful and set some ground rules for how to help keep people accountable like, no yelling, talking negative, and never in front of other people and first and foremost do it in love.

James 5:16 “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

3) A stronger marriage

-Learning together

The closer you grow to God the closer you and your spouse will be. The core of your marriage should be to seek the face of God and his plains for your family. Doing a bible study will keep you both seeking after God.

Matthew 6:33 “but seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you”

-Learning about each other

As you share life together and the struggles you face you will learn about each other. You can never stop learning about your spouse. Day to day you can see how your spouse respond to situations and how they can apply what they learned in the family bible study to that situation.

Ephesians 5:33 “However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”

-Learning how to better love each other

The bible is full of love stories just read the song of solemn. What better way to learn to love then to read and study the book written buy the one who knows what true love is. The bible tells us how a man should love his wife and how a woman should love her husband.

John 13:34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.”

1 John 4:8 “Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.”