In our most recent General Conference in April 2011. Elder Richard J. Maynes of the seventy gave a talk on establishing a Christ centered home. I thought I would share part of his talk.
"Sister Maynes and I learned some important principles as we began the process of establishing a Christ centered home early in our marriage. We started by following the counsel of our Church leaders. We brought our children together and held weekly family home evenings as well as daily prayer and scripture study. It was not always easy, convenient, or successful, but over time these simple gatherings became treasured family traditions.
We learned that our children might not remember everything about the family home evening lesson later in the week but they would remember that we held it. We learned that later in the day at school they would probably not remember the exact words of the scriptures or the prayer, but they would remember that we did read scriptures and we did have prayer.
Brothers and sisters, there is a great power and protection for us and our youth in establising celestial traditions in the home."
For those interested in reading Elder Maynes full talk here is the web site
http://lds.org/general-conference/print/2011/04/establishing-a-christ-centered-home/?lang=eng
You can find more talks from General Conference at www.lds.org, click on the menu, and then on General conference.
"Sister Maynes and I learned some important principles as we began the process of establishing a Christ centered home early in our marriage. We started by following the counsel of our Church leaders. We brought our children together and held weekly family home evenings as well as daily prayer and scripture study. It was not always easy, convenient, or successful, but over time these simple gatherings became treasured family traditions.
We learned that our children might not remember everything about the family home evening lesson later in the week but they would remember that we held it. We learned that later in the day at school they would probably not remember the exact words of the scriptures or the prayer, but they would remember that we did read scriptures and we did have prayer.
Brothers and sisters, there is a great power and protection for us and our youth in establising celestial traditions in the home."
For those interested in reading Elder Maynes full talk here is the web site
http://lds.org/general-conference/print/2011/04/establishing-a-christ-centered-home/?lang=eng
You can find more talks from General Conference at www.lds.org, click on the menu, and then on General conference.