What God Has Done for Me
Month 10: Telling the Good News · Family Worship
Today's Scripture
Read together: Psalm 66:16-20
16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me. 17 I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue. 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. 19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer. 20 Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
Memory Verse
“But in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you. But respond with gentleness and respect,”— 1 Peter 3:15 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Isaiah 13-16
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Near Day 291 of 365 — God's rule stands over all nations, and He cares for the lowly.)The Heart of It
This week we've learned something powerful. One of the best ways to tell the good news is simply to tell our own story. The psalmist does exactly that. He gathers people together and says, "Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for my soul." Then he tells it. He cried out to God. God listened. God answered. He even adds an honest note: "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear." That reminds us to come to God humbly, not pretending. And he ends with worship: "Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me." That's the whole shape of a testimony. What I was stuck in. How I cried out. How God answered. And how good He is.
Today is Family Worship, so let's make this practical and joyful. Telling our stories of what God has done isn't just for strangers. It builds us up too. Maybe you hear how God answered Mom's prayer. Maybe you hear how He carried Dad through a hard year, or helped your little sister be brave. When you do, your own faith grows stronger. This is how families pass faith down. Not by lecturing, but by remembering out loud together what God has done. And once you've practiced "declaring what He has done for my soul" around your own table, it gets much easier to declare it to a friend. The table is your training ground for the world.
Around the Table
The Bible writer said, "Come and hear what God has done for me!" Let's all share one thing God has done for us.
Let's do it: Go around the table — each person tells one good thing God has done. Clap for every story!
A testimony has a shape: what I needed, how I asked God, and how He answered. Try telling one of yours that way.
Let's talk: Whose story of God's help in our family makes your own faith stronger?
Notice the psalmist's order: first an invitation, then honesty about his own heart, then praise. That's a clean model for sharing your testimony with a friend.
Let's go deeper: Write down your testimony in three parts this week — before, the turning point, and after. Keep it ready, like the verse says.
💬 Conversation Starter
If our family made a "What God Has Done for Us" wall and added one note every month, what would you write for this month?
🛡️ Defending the Faith
A family full of real, specific stories of answered prayer is a powerful witness. Children raised on "what God has done for us" don't drift as easily into "maybe there's no God." So keep telling the stories. When a friend asks why you believe, you'll have a reason ready (), and it will be your own.
For Dad · Go Deeper
hands a father a liturgy of remembrance: "Come and hear… I will declare what He has done for my soul." Israel's faith survived for generations because parents were commanded to rehearse God's acts out loud. They did it at the table, on the road, when lying down and rising up (). Apologetics in the home is not only answering objections. It's also the steady, joyful recital of testimony. That recital gives your kids a thick history of God's faithfulness to draw on when doubt comes. And it will come. So make remembrance a habit, not an accident. Mark answered prayers. Tell the hard-year stories. Let them see that you keep a running record of God's mercy. A child who has heard a hundred true stories of God acting in his own family is far better fortified than one who has merely memorized a hundred arguments. Lead the recital.
Draws on: Natasha Crain, Keeping Your Kids on God's Side.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, thank You for everything You have done for our family. Thank You for the prayers You've answered and the mercy You've shown. Help us keep telling the stories, to each other and to the world. In Jesus' name, amen."
"Come and hear what God has done" — my family's stories are a witness worth telling.