Remembering: God Came to Be With Us
Month 5: Jesus — God With Us · Family Worship
Today's Scripture
Read together: John 1:14; Matthew 3:17; Mark 4:41; John 10:11
14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. — John 1:14
17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!” — Matthew 3:17
41 Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?” — Mark 4:41
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. — John 10:11
Memory Verse
“The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”— John 1:14 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Psalm 133; Psalm 134; Psalm 135; Psalm 136
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Around Day 149 of 365 — songs of unity, blessing, and the steadfast love that "endures forever.")The Heart of It
Today we set down our tools and simply worship by remembering. Walk back through this whole month with your family. The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us (). The eternal Son who made the stars wrapped Himself in a baby's skin to be near us. At His baptism, the Father's own voice split the sky. He said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (). In a storm-tossed boat, Jesus spoke, and the wind went silent. Grown men trembled and asked, "Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?" (). And He told us plainly who He is. He said, "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep" (). One Jesus. Fully God. Fully near. Fully ours.
Worship is not pretending we feel something we don't. It is telling the truth about who God is until our hearts catch up to the facts. So tonight, let your remembering turn into thanks. The God who flung galaxies into place is the God who knows your children's names. He is "well pleased" with His beloved Son, and He welcomes us into that same love. He is not a distant idea. He is Emmanuel, God with us, the Shepherd who lays down His life. When a family says out loud who Jesus is, the youngest hearts begin to know what the oldest saints have always known. This God is worthy. This God is near. This God is good.
Around the Table
Jesus is God, and He came close to us! He made the wind stop. And He loves us the way a good shepherd loves his sheep.
Let's do it: Pick your favorite Jesus story from this month. Act it out together.
This month we learned Jesus is the Word made flesh, the beloved Son, the Lord of the storm, and the Good Shepherd.
Let's talk: Which truth about Jesus surprised you most? Why?
Every story this month points to the same claim. Jesus is God in the flesh, "full of grace and truth" ().
Let's go deeper: How would you explain to a friend that Jesus is fully God and fully one of us?
💬 Conversation Starter
If Jesus walked through our front door tonight, what's the first thing you'd want to thank Him for?
🛡️ Defending the Faith
How do we know Jesus is really God and not just a great teacher? He did what only God can do. He forgave sins. He commanded storms. He accepted worship. And He said plainly that He was God. A merely good man who claimed to be God would not be good at all. The evidence fits the One He said He was ().
For Dad · Go Deeper
Family worship doesn't require a stage or a polished plan. It needs a father who turns the family's eyes upward together, honestly and unhurried. Reviewing a month of truth isn't busywork. It's how the gospel sinks from your kids' heads into their bones. Repetition is not the enemy of wonder. It's the soil wonder grows in. Notice, too, that real worship is a work of the Spirit. It is He who takes the truth about Jesus and makes it warm and living in a heart (). So lead from fullness, not pressure. Before you gather them, ask the Father to fill you again. Let your own quiet awe at "God with us" set the temperature of the room. Your children are far more shaped by a dad who genuinely delights in Jesus than by one who merely manages a lesson.
Draws on: Donald Whitney, Family Worship; Robert Menzies, Pentecost.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, thank You that the Word became flesh and came to live with us. Thank You that Jesus is Your beloved Son. He is the Lord of the storm. He is our Good Shepherd. Fill us with Your Spirit, and help us worship You with our whole hearts. In Jesus' name, amen."
The God who made everything came close. Jesus is God with us, and He is worthy of all my worship.