I want to know God more

Dear Agatha, Please help me. How do I reconnect with God? Since I got married, I find it difficult to pray with my family, how do I teach my two children about God? I want to have a relationship with Him. Chioma. Dear Chioma, Your letter is the most touching I have ever received. God bless you. When a woman gets married, if she is not careful, in her attempt to balance the emotions, politics and care of the home, she forgets the importance of God in her. This often not deliberate or noticed. And because God though present in every home isn’t as demanding as the physical presence of the husband and children, He keeps being relegated to the background for the occasional grace, church worships and emergency solutions to pressing family issues. You are not alone. So many women are guilty of the neglect of the most important presence in our homes. Fortunately, He is unlike us in many ways. He doesn’t keep a grudge or keep records of our iniquities. As the woman of the house, you are the spiritual umbrella of the family; the reason you have to first reconcile with God through prayers. It is a simple matter of going on your knees to invite Him back into your home as the supreme head. Follow this, by drawing up a prayer time-table. Ensure every member of the family is assigned a role to play in the time table. This means, once it is the turn of any member of the family, he or she gets to lead the entire session-the praise and worship, Bible reading, the little sermon as well as prayers. This way, your children get exposed to the words of God and His ways. The more they read the Bible, the more they get to see and know Him. In addition, you must give them the right examples to emulate. Don’t amplify what is not in the Bible; allow them to perfect their relationship with God in their own ways. The important thing is their being on the right path. Often than not, when parents insist too forcefully on how they want things done rather than allow the children to grow into it, creates complexities which could lead to full scale rebellion against what you want to achieve. After doing this for sometime and observing where each child is strongest, apportion them appropriately at the devotion. Also encourage them to join activities in the church in their areas of interest. It is also important you point out the ways of God to them in their everyday activities to help them grow further in the ways of God. This will enable them come to depend and trust God implicitly in all they do. As for your husband, learn to pray together in the morning and at night. Sometimes, it could be a major task getting the man to pray, don’t get angry if yours is the kind that isn’t so keen. In this kind of situation, rather than get angry, just keep praying for him and ensure you are on hand to pray when he is about to sleep so that you can both pray. The fact that you are in the same room with him when praying should do at the beginning. Above all, worship God and not pastor or church as has become the norm among many Christians. Good luck.