Altar Of The HOME

January 18 | Discipleship Guide

Be Real Together:

Take a few minutes to catch up, tell stories, and laugh together.
If you’re launching a new Group, trust and friendship take time to build. Take turns each week having someone share a bit of their story.

Read Together: Deuteronomy 6:4-9 CSB

This week’s message invites us to consider the altar of the home—the everyday spaces where faith is formed, modeled, and passed on. In Deuteronomy 6, God calls His people to love Him with their whole being and to let that love shape the rhythms of ordinary life: conversations at home, walks along the road, waking and resting. The vision is not a polished or perfect household, but a consecrated one—where God’s rule and reign are welcomed first. When hearts are aligned with God, homes become places where worship, discipleship, and testimony naturally flow outward to bless others.

The One Question:
If you only have time for one question, ask this one.

Where in your home or daily rhythms might God be inviting you to make space for Him more intentionally right now?

Grow Together:
Use these questions to go deeper with your Group or for personal reflection.

What stands out to you about the way Deuteronomy 6 describes faith being lived out in everyday moments?
Verse 7 says, "Repeat them to your children." Whether or not you have biological children, who in your life has the Lord given you influence with that you could share Christ with?
"The goal of building the altar of the home is that we would regularly remember God’s faithfulness and worship God with gladness — together." What are ways you could focus on remembering and worshipping God in your home? If you're already doing this, share with your Group what this has looked like for you.
How does having a right vision of who God is (not who we define him to be), shape the altar of the home?
"The altar of the home is fueled by the altar of the heart." Is your walk with Jesus and love for Him overflowing to your closest relationships? If not, how could you grow in this?
How have you seen God meeting you and transforming you through prayer and fasting?

Pray Together:

Pray that each person/family in your Group would have a right vision of who God is and that they would build the altar of their home on that foundation, to worship Him.
Pray that their eyes would be open to the everyday moments where they have the opportunity to share Christ and that they would take hold of those moments.
Pray over the households in your Group: the marriages, the children, the singles, the empty-nesters.

Next Steps:

Choose one small, tangible practice to try this week in your household—such as praying together, sharing a Scripture during a meal, or intentionally discussing where you’ve noticed God at work in your day. If you live alone, consider inviting someone over to join you for one of these practices.
As a church, we’re currently engaging in 21 Days of Prayer + Fasting (January 12 – February 1)—a focused season to rebuild and restore altars of our heart, family, church, and region together.
- If you haven't yet, consider what God might be inviting you to fast (food, social media, TV, sugar, or another habit) as a way to create deeper dependence on Him.
- Commit to using the daily Prayer Guide and check in with one another about what God is stirring or changing in you.
- Make plans to participate in the 24-Hour Prayer Event (January 30–31) as a way to seek God together.