A Suggested Way to Begin This Family Tradition
Praying as a family is a powerful thing. It not only establishes a discipline for parents and children; it also establishes the home as the primary worship place of the Almighty.
Praying at the set-times of prayer, Evening, Morning, and Afternoon [Ma'ariv, Shacharit, Minchah] may seem to be a daunting thing at first. The most important thing to remember as you establish this family tradition is simply this: stop and take time to speak to G-d. Stopping what we do in mid-morning, mid-afternoon, and before we go to sleep is the main point.
To pray from a traditional siddur can also be a daunting thing at first - taking 20-30 minutes each time. If you want ordered prayers, you can begin slowly by using the following pattern, which has prayers from the traditional siddur, and also Avinu [Our Father" - Yeshua's prayer of Matthew 6].
Shacharit [Morning Prayers]
Ashrei [Blessed: from Psalms 84:4; 144:15; 145:1-21]
Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they will still be praising You.
Blessed are the people who are in such a state;
Blessed are the people whose G-d is the L-RD!
I will extol You, my G-d, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
Great is the L-RD, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.
I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works.
Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, and I will declare Your greatness.
They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness.
The L-RD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy.
The L-RD is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.
All Your works shall praise You, O L-RD, and Your saints shall bless You.
They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your power,
To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
The L-RD upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down.
The eyes of all look expectantly to You, and You give them their food in due season.
You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
The L-RD is righteous in all His ways, gracious in all His works.
The L-RD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.
The L-RD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the L-RD, and all flesh shall bless His holy name forever and ever.
S'hma [Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:13-21; Numbers 15:37-41]
G-d, trustworthy King.
Shema Yisrael HaShem Elokaynu, HaShem Echad.
Baruch Shem k'vod malchuto l'olam va'ed.
Hear, O Israel: the L-RD our G-d, the L-RD is One.
Blessed is the Name of His glorious kingdom for all eternity.
You shall love the L-RD your G-d with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the L-RD your G-d and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be filled. Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them, lest the L-RD's anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which the L-RD is giving you. Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the L-RD swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth.
Again the L-RD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the L-RD and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your G-d. I am the L-RD your G-d, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your G-d: I am the L-RD your G-d."
Avinu [Our Father: Matthew 6:9-13]
Sing: [Avinu music (MP3 format)]
Our Father Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation,
Deliver us from all evil.
Lead us not into temptation,
Deliver us from all evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom
and the power and the glory,
Forever and ever. Amen.
In the Name of Yeshua our Righteousness.
Forever and ever. Amen.
In the Name of Yeshua our Righteousness.
Minchah [Afternoon Prayers]
Ashrei [Blessed: from Psalms 84:4; 144:15; 145:1-21]
Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they will still be praising You.
Blessed are the people who are in such a state;
Blessed are the people whose G-d is the L-RD!
I will extol You, my G-d, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
Great is the L-RD, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.
I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works.
Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts, and I will declare Your greatness.
They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness.
The L-RD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy.
The L-RD is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.
All Your works shall praise You, O L-RD, and Your saints shall bless You.
They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your power,
To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
The L-RD upholds all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed down.
The eyes of all look expectantly to You, and You give them their food in due season.
You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
The L-RD is righteous in all His ways, gracious in all His works.
The L-RD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.
The L-RD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the L-RD, and all flesh shall bless His holy name forever and ever.
Avinu [Our Father: Matthew 6:9-13]
Sing: [Avinu music (MP3 format)]
Our Father Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation,
Deliver us from all evil.
Lead us not into temptation,
Deliver us from all evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom
and the power and the glory,
Forever and ever. Amen.
In the Name of Yeshua our Righteousness.
Forever and ever. Amen.
In the Name of Yeshua our Righteousness.
Ma'ariv [Evening Prayers]
S'hma [Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:13-21; Numbers 15:37-41]
G-d, trustworthy King.
Shema Yisrael HaShem Elokaynu, HaShem Echad.
Baruch Shem k'vod malchuto l'olam va'ed.
Hear, O Israel: the L-RD our G-d, the L-RD is One.
Blessed is the Name of His glorious kingdom for all eternity.
You shall love the L-RD your G-d with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the L-RD your G-d and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be filled. Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them, lest the L-RD's anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which the L-RD is giving you. Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the L-RD swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth.
Again the L-RD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a blue thread in the tassels of the corners. And you shall have the tassel, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the L-RD and do them, and that you may not follow the harlotry to which your own heart and your own eyes are inclined, and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your G-d. I am the L-RD your G-d, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your G-d: I am the L-RD your G-d."
Avinu [Our Father: Matthew 6:9-13]
Sing: [Avinu music (MP3 format)]
Our Father Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation,
Deliver us from all evil.
Lead us not into temptation,
Deliver us from all evil.
For Thine is the Kingdom
and the power and the glory,
Forever and ever. Amen.
In the Name of Yeshua our Righteousness.
Forever and ever. Amen.
In the Name of Yeshua our Righteousness.