I lead a Moms In Touch Homeschool Prayer group every Friday.  Moms In Touch is an international ministry where moms get together for one hour to pray for their children and the schools they attend(whether it be private, public, or homeschool).  You can view more info. on them here at their website. 

Me and one other homeschool mom have been praying over and for our children together since January last year.  We've also been praying for God to add more homeschool moms to our group so that we can all come together and support each other in prayer and we have a vision for all homeschool children and (homeschools which include the entire family really) in our area to be covered with prayer.  In this one hour intercession is also made for the teacher of the students.  In our case since we are homeschooling the teacher is us, the moms (and dads). 

It has been an absolute blessing.  I gave my testimony about 2 weeks ago at our support group meeting how when I started this group with the help of my regional coordinator, Martha Barnett, who is such a sweet-hearted, prayer-warrior of a mom, and we started praying for our children God would speak to me in our Moms In Touch prayer-time and showed me me.  He did not speak to me about the children but about me.  And showed me that I am the key to the many prayers being answered for my children.  Since my children are with me (and dh) most of the time if I don't have my life grounded in the Word of God and in relationship with God Himself then I could do them the MOST damage...let alone any public school!!!!  If I was going to teach my children about this life of walking and talking and knowing God then I had to live it in front of them.  Nothing drives people (and children) away faster and harder than hypocrisy.  If I attempt to teach them to live one way while I'm living another that is hypocritical in their and God's eyes and that can do a child a world of hurt and confusion.

Oh I did not want that, so I shared all that to say that as I started praying every week God started changing ME and not necessarily my children.  He changed me first.  And as I changed I found the atmosphere in our home surrounding our lesson time(table time, read-aloud, etc.) began to change and I found we started having an easy "flow" to our day.  I could sense it and I would follow the leading at the moment as to what to study, what not to study, how to explain it, what examples to use-some of this came ON THE SPOT as I'm teaching.  And I'm beginning to see my children flourish under this covering and in this atmosphere.  Even in my prayer and CONTINUALLY asking and seeking God and being sensitive to needing to make any mid-course changes and corrections in our curriculum, daily schedule, etc. I believe He has led to the study the Principle Approach..something I never thought I'd be doing but very grateful I have found this gem of methodology.

So all that was a plug for Moms In Touch.  It is a wonderful opportunity for moms to come together in agreement for the lives of their children...to build up that prayer wall so when the enemy does come he runs right up against a wall of prayer and gets kicked back.  How important it is to pray for our children and as one brochure from Moms In Touch states..."If YOU aren't praying for your children, MOM, who is?"

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Praise report:

My praise report today is that 3 other homeschool moms have expressed an interest in praying with our prayer group.  One mom said Friday was not good for her so we will be discussing another day that is good for all of us to come together to pray.  So I'm picking up 1 new mom on this Friday.  My co-leader will be speaking to another mom and once we get a new day of the week the 3rd mom will join us.  So God is adding to the group...Hallelujah!!!!  One can put a thousand to flight, Two puts ten thousand...how much power becomes available when 5 come into agreement??

We serve an awesome, mighty God!!!