Household Worship Guide for Psalm 1-2 + A Brief History
This week we will consider Two Ways to Live from Palm 1 and Kiss the Son from Psalm 2. At Springs Reformed Church we distribute a weekly guide running from the Lord's Day to Saturday with Monday-Wednesday reviewing the sermons that were preached the Lord's Day at the start of the week and Thursday-Saturday previewing the sermons that will be preached the coming Lord's Day.
However, for the posts here I am linking to the guide from Thursday to Wednesday so that all are aimed at the Lord's Day as the peak of the 7-day rhythm as seen in the image above. The Lord's Day post includes links to the sermons.
Thursday Psalms 1-2—Who is Blessed?
Friday Psalm 1—Two Ways
Saturday Psalm 2—Kiss the Son
Lord’s Day
Monday Hebrews 2:10–18—The Pioneer of Our Salvation
Tuesday John 14:12-24—If You Love Jesus, You Will Obey Him
Wednesday Acts 4:21-31—The Nations Rage Against the Lord and His Christ.
If you find it useful to use these in your household/family worship, consider asking your pastor to speak to me about him developing something similar in your congregation.
Thoughts for Pastors:
I first implemented this guide in conjunction with a three-year congregational reading plan developed by Tim Chester, at the time pastor at The Crowded House, Sheffield, UK. I am thankful to Tim’s work in this reading plan, designed to keep the congregation reading through the Bible together, particularly since it prompted me to promote that reading plan, adapt a preaching plan connected to it, and prepare the early iteration of this project alongside that preaching plan.
I then further developed the guide as the dissertation/project for my Doctor of Ministry studies at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. I would like to thank the faculty at RPTS for their training for my pastoral ministry in both my Master of Divinity Degree in 1991 and as they continued to equip me in both theological and pastoral training through my Doctor of Ministry studies.
I was surprised and thankful for the Springs Reformed Church (RPCNA, Colorado Springs) calling me to be their pastor. I was developing and refining this guide in a theoretical way. But now, since December 2023, I have been developing and refining this guide in the actual practice of pastoral ministry in a congregation that loves the Lord, loves His Word, and loves me. It has been a mutual blessing to continue to develop Worship Connected here at Springs Reformed Church.
God gave me examples of fathers leading their families in family worship—including my own father early in my life. I remember having to stand up during prayer time in our family worship so that I didn’t fall asleep. If the use and idea of this guide is useful to Jesus’s church, then to God alone be the glory.
