The Family Worship Guides

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”

—Deuteronomy 6:4-7

How EXCITING that God has given us, as parents, this responsibility!

Let’s be honest though. Sometimes reading the Bible with your kids can seem overwhelming. Do you ever ask these questions? Where do I start? How do I make the time? I don’t have the Bible knowledge, so how can I teach it to my kids? How can I be consistent? How can I help my kids to know, love, and serve God?

I have been in the same boat and have asked the very same questions. The simple answer that I have learned to remember is this. We need the Bible. We need a plan. We need to start.

Journey One Eighty’s family worship guides will help you get into the Bible, have a plan to do it, and encourage you to start!

What does each FAMILY WORSHIP GUIDE include?

A Bible Focus

Each worship guide is focused on a book or books of the Bible. Some days you will read a short passage independent from the rest of the days, but most of the time you will be reading through a book of the Bible. This helps you understand the Bible with greater context.
A Hymn Focus

The guides include singing a hymn during the daily worship time, the story behind the hymn, other related songs, and a printable booklet to help learn the hymn. The theme from the hymn also relates to the scriptures, discussion questions, and prayer prompts.
Daily Pages

There are Daily Pages that guide you and your family to read a chapter of the Bible, discuss what you read, sing 1-2 songs, memorize a passage of scripture, and pray together.
Family Activities

There are three or four family activities in each 28-day guide and one activity in each of the shorter guides. All of them include making a small booklet to illustrate the hymn. The others integrate the theme with art, nature, science, and cooking. These activities also encourage you to teach and discuss what you are learning about God while “doing life.”
Memory Verse Tools

Each guide has a passage of the Bible to memorize. It includes memory verse cards to help you hide God’s word in your heart.
Song Lists

The song list includes songs that relate to the focus hymn and the book of the Bible. Each song is linked to a video that has music and lyrics for you to use during your family worship time. There is a link to both a YouTube and Spotify playlist. A QR code is also provided if you are using a printed guide.
Over 75 Links

Each guide has links to the Bible passages and songs. If you use the guide digitally, these links will come in handy as they link straight to the English Standard Version of each passage and the songs that are suggested for that day.
Easy to Use Digitally or Printed

This guide is easy to use on your phone or device. You can upload it to Google, Adobe Acrobat, or the app of your choice. You can have the family worship guide as you travel without having to pack anything extra. It is also easy to print the entire guide or just print the pages you need.
Flexibility for Your Family

The family worship guide is planned so that you can complete an entire study in a month, with a couple of days to spare. But it is also flexible. You can work through it at your own pace. No matter what, let it be enjoyable and worshipful for your family rather than a burden or a task or that has to be done. How good it is to grow closer to God with your family!

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We have 15 Family Worship Guides available now!

Here are a few!

The Love of God is based off of the hymn by Frederick M. Lehman. You will walk through some verses from the Old Testament to see how deep and immeasurable God’s love is for us. After that, you will journey through 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John which reminds us that God IS love and that he sacrificed his only son, Jesus, to show how much he loves us.
This guide is based on the hymn, The Solid Rock, by Edward Mote. This song reminds us that Jesus is our only hope and the true Rock that we should build our lives on. You will read through all of the book of Matthew, learn about the life of Jesus and his ministry, and be reminded of the price Jesus paid for us so that we can have eternal life with him.
How Great Thou Art focuses on the greatness of God, how he keeps his promises, and works in our lives even when things are difficult. This family worship guide is based on the hymn by Carl Boberg and Stuart K. Hine and will guide you through most of the book of Genesis: the account of creation, Adam & Eve & the fall of man, Abraham, and Joseph.
This guide includes 8 devotions and walks you through the hymn, Great Is Thy Faithfulness. You will look into God’s Word at how He is faithful though His care, character, compassion, creation, and forgiveness. You will see and discuss that because of His faithfulness, we have hope for today, tomorrow, and eternity.
This guide includes 9 devotions and walks you through the contemporary hymn, May the Peoples Praise You. You will look into God’s Word and discuss the purpose behind making Him known to the world and how you and your family can be a part of that plan and commission.
This guide includes 10 devotions based on the old hymn Holy, Holy, Holy. In this guide you will travel biblically phrase by phrase through the song and look in God’s Word about His holiness and other praiseworthy attributes. You will also talk about the Trinity and how God’s perfect character affects us today and for eternity.
This guide includes 16 devotions and is based on the contemporary hymn, In Christ Alone. You will journey verse by verse of the song and read in the Bible about the life, death, and resurrection of Christ and what that means for us today and for eternity.
This guide includes 7 devotions and is based on the contemporary hymn, All Glory Be To Christ. You will biblically go phrase by phrase through the song and discuss how our purpose in to give God the glory and reign in every part of our lives.
The topic in this guide is life-changing and is so important for us all to know and most importantly receive. We can be in right relationship with God only because of God's grace, through faith, in Christ, according to the Scripture. All for God's glory alone. It's the most important message you will here. I hope you will go on this life-changing journey with your family!
This Family Worship Guide is based on the hymn, Now Thank We All Our God, by Martin Rinkart. This song is a beautiful prayer of thanksgiving and has an inspiring story behind it. You will read through all of the books of Philippians and Colossians, two of Paul’s letters to believers. These books of the Bible are centered on the good news of Jesus and encourage us in our walk with Him.
In this guide, you and your family will journey through the book of Ruth and the hymn “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” God’s kindness and providence shine brightly in this book and you will see how this story leads us to see the birth of Jesus, our Redeemer.

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What does each DAILY PAGE include?

Read.

You will read anywhere from a few verses to a whole chapter of the Bible. Reading through larger portions of the Bible helps to understand the context much better.
Discuss.

Each day has discussion questions. related to the passage read. Use the ones that will fit your family’s needs for that day and add questions as you see fit as well.
Sing.

There are 2-3 suggested songs. One is usually the hymn and the others are related to the verses or theme. You may choose to sing as many or as few as you’d like.
Memorize.

Practice the memory verse a little each day and you will have it memorized before you know it. Use the printables in the guide to help you practice.
Pray.

Each day has a short prayer or a few prayer prompts to help support your family’s prayer time.

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What is the Family Worship Guide?

Journey One Eighty’s family worship guides are a tool that will help you disciple your kids. The guides give you a 28-day plan for daily Bible reading, discussion questions, songs to sing together, scripture memorization, prayer prompts, and much more.

What is the purpose?

To honor and obey God and fulfill his desire for future generations to know love, and honor him. (Deuteronomy 6:4-7)
To sing with and to each other as a way to show thankfulness and praise to God. (Colossians 3:16)
To help our children to know God and learn to seek him for guidance through all of life for the rest of life. (Psalm 119:105, 2 Timothy 3:16-17)
To faithfully share the good news of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection in our homes and to the world. (Matthew 28:19-20, John 3:16)
To center our home on Jesus Christ, the Rock. (1 Corinthians 10:4, Matthew 6:24-27, Joshua 24:15)

Who is it for?

Families who want a plan that helps them read through books of the Bible.
Families who want to talk about God’s word, sing, memorize scripture, and pray together.
Families who want to learn hymns and make connections from the song to scripture.
Families who want to integrate music, art, science, nature, cooking, and simple service projects with God’s Word.
Families who want to create the habit of reading the Bible and worshiping God together.
Families who homeschool that want a simple Bible curriculum that integrates art, music, science, nature, and recipes with God’s word.

How do I use it?

Purchase the guide on this website.
Receive a link to the guide in your email. This is a digital resource…you will not receive a physical item in the mail.
Download the document to your device(s).
You may print the guide and put it in a notebook to use…or…
You may keep the document on your device and use it digitally. There are over 75 links to scripture for the daily Bible readings and songs with lyric videos for you use throughout the study.

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Frequently Asked Questions

If you do one of the daily pages each day, it will take 28 days to complete it. Feel free to work at a pace that works well for your family. You may complete a guide in 28 days, or it may take you much longer. Remember, it’s not about just getting it done. It’s about learning, growing, allowing God to work in our hearts, and most importantly to worship God.
No, he is not too young. I like to remind myself that it is never too late and it’s never too soon to start reading the Bible with your kids. Even if your child cannot even walk or talk yet, you are forming the habit of family worship. If you start young and continue until they are older, they will have a strong foundation built in their lives.
Here are some ideas you can try to keep your little ones involved.
-Coloring sheets that go along with the topic.
-Use play dough to keep hands busy and if they are old enough, they can sculpt people, animals, or other items that might be in the story you are reading.
-Dance during the song time.
-Twirl scarves around during song time.
-Use pictures from children’s Bibles to show what you are reading from the Bible.
For more ideas, you can go to this blog post. How to Keep Kids Engaged During Family Worship
Although some kids may act like they don’t want to do family worship, they very likely think this time is very special. To help keep them involved, here are a few ideas.
—Have them learn the hymn or one of the songs on an instrument and allow them to play it while the rest of the family sings.
—Have them read the Bible passage out loud.
—Have them lead a part of the worship time…maybe the discussion, prayer, or memory verse time.
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