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"And Jesus said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old." ~ Matthew 13:52 (NASB)
"Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor. Therefore, if a man cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love {and} peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart." ~ 2 Tim 2:20-22
Homeschool Brings FAITH Back Into Education!
Homeschooling by Faith... is believing that God will provide what your children need to learn. Stepping out in Faith, asking Him for a schedule... asking Him what subjects to teach... asking Him what shall my kids learn today...
Feb. 3, 2009 - Bloger Friend School: Be All That You Can Be
Assignment: This week I thought we could share what great ways we have found to help with all we have to do. Besides the obvious getting face down in front of God, what have you found that works? Have you done a great bible study that deals with this area? Do you have a certain “thing” that really helps you like a planner or gadget? Do you have a certain bible verse that just speaks to you and you have it posted so you see it all the time? Is there a website that is really valuable to you in this area? What do you do that if someone else found out about it, they could benefit from it?
Right now in my life, I am hungry!I Spiritually hunger more of God! I am searching for a place to be fed. You see, being a Children's Director at Church, I do not sit under the teachings as others do. Therefore, I have been looking for something to take me deeper. As I am searching, my desire gets bigger and bigger. Having previously sit under great anointing teachings and feeling the fire of God, it is hard to want anything less.
I am daily reading His word and although I do get fed directly, sometimes I feel I am missing something else. I did sart a new Bible study this week, and I am praying this will sustain me temporarily.
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Jan. 13, 2009 - Blogger School - What kind of catastrophe have you lived through?
Assignment: What kind of catastrophe have you lived through? Weather? Fire? Car crash? Did you feel the oppression of the power of the disaster, or the protection of the Power of the Lord? Tell us the story of how you rejoiced and praised Him through it and after it.
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My daughters and I drove over to where my mom was living (housing for the elderly community). We hung up my moms shutters and prepared her for the upcoming visitor. As we were leaving, there were many resident begging for help. The maintenance man was charging everyone $25 to install shutters for protection. Many elderly people couldn’t afford this so there shutters didn’t go up. They saw us up on the ladder (second floor) hanging shutters and nailing plywood pieces, and as we were leaving they pleaded for help. Most of them didn’t have family and everything they owned was within those four walls. They were crying. They were helpless. What were we to do? Take care of ourselves or them? Should we have walked away from these people to make sure we were taken care of? As we kept hanging tin shutters and plywood, I reminded myself over and over again, My God is my Rock, He is my Fortress!
We stayed the remainder of the day hanging shutters for the elderly. Knowing the hurricane wouldn’t arrive the following night, I felt we had time to pick up extra water. After all, we had enough food.
That evening after a long hot shower, the girls and I crawled into bed with the notion of getting up early to rush to the grocery store to beat the crowd. At 6:00 in the AM it was the alarm clock that woke me up but instead it was the force wind shaking my window glass over my bed.
Hurricane Wilma arrived and we were not prepared. We didn’t have enough water. We didn’t have our own shutters up. We live in a condo on the top floor (3rd floor). When we arrived home the night before, I noticed that we were they only ones in our housing community, everyone else had evacuated. What did they know that I didn’t?
This hurricane hit as a category 3 and came across the state of Florida with an increase of speek and hit us as a category 5.
My daughter remembers walking outside in the eye of the storm and seeing no severe damage, only blown palm leaves. The sky was orange color and very calm. But, not for long... the wind picked up again and we went back inside. This time, the wind was so severe (backlash of the storm) and every building around was damaged with roofs blown off... except for ours!
In this storm, I lost my business. The storm peeled the roof off business office (less than a mile from our place) and pured in gallons of water that destroyed everything inside. I had no insurance. However, equity was built up to the point that we walked away with everything paid off and enough money for me to stay at home with my newly homeschool daughter...
Can I say that this hurricane was an answer to my prayer? LOL. I wanted out of a business partnership without losing everything (contract that if one of us walks away then the other gets all). My heart was being turned to come home. The month prior I pulled my daughter from public school and began homeschooling her. This hurricane allowed to me to come home to raise my youngest daughter, and praise God I am still there!
This hurricane brought new transitions and new provisions we never had before. This hurricane brought a level of Faith to my daughters and I that started an awesome relationship together and with Him on a new level.
He is MY Rock, MY Refuge, MY Fortress!!! He is MY Savior, My Healer, MY Redeemer! God is my ALL in ALL!!!
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Assignment: Although I am not able to produce miracles, it sometimes feels like I need to when it comes to meal time. There are times when money is tight, groceries are few and I have to feed my family. During the holiday season, you might have so much going on that you need to make a meal quickly with as few ingredients as possible. This week post your favorite recipes that require six (6) ingredients or less.
TACO RICE
1 lb. ground beef
2 c. water
1 pkg taco seasoning
2 c minute rice
1 c cheddar cheese
Brown meat in large frying pan on medium heat; drain.
Add water and seasoning mix into pan and stir.
Bring to boil.
Mix in rice.
Sprinkle in cheese and cover.
Cook on low heat for about 5 minutes until done.
Can add additional ingredients such as sour cream, etc.
My favorite Bible Verse:
"...for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek firstHis kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." Matthew 6:32b-33 (NASB)
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Assignment: Write about your favorite `faith food'. Tell about the books of the Bible that you read that help to build your faith. Nurture the seeds of faith inside you. ex: Acorns become Oak trees.
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We were washing with the water of the Word, when we read the book of John recently. I found things in there I never read before. I loved it! My daughter did too because we read it from a “story” perspective by using the New Living Translation. When it comes to studying the Bible, we use the NASB or NKJV.
My faith buster is reading about the miracle that Jesus performed. In the book of John, Jesus performed 7 miracles and they are:
Turned water into wine (John 2:1-11)
Healing the nobles man’s son (John 4:46-53)
Healing the man at the pool (John 5:1-9)
Jesus feeds the 5,000 (John 6:4-13)
Jesus walks on water (John 6:16-210
Healing the blind man (John 9:1-12)
Jesus raise the dead (John 11:30-4)
“But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” John 20:31 (NASB)
Jesus is an inspiration to all of us to live as He lived, without hated and ambivalence. Jesus lived a perfect life that we should strive for. He completely gave Himself. He lived every moment for His Father’s work, and taught us how to become servants with love and compassion. Jesus shows us that through Him we may have life everlasting and that by His grace we may never die.
Here is a list of miracles performed by Jesus. This is an awesome way to boost your faith!!
The Miracles of Jesus Christ
http://www.bcbsr.com/survey/jmrcls.html
Nature Miracles
Matt
Mark
Luke
John
1. Stilling the Storm
8:23
4:35
8:22
2. Feeding the 5000
14:13
6:30
9:10
6:1
3. Walking on the Water
14:25
6:48
6:19
4. Feeding the 4000
15:32
8:1
5. TempleTax in the Fish's Mouth
17:24
6. Withering the Fig Tree
21:18
11:12
7. Draught of Fish
5:1
8. Turning Water into Wine
2:1
9. Second Draught of Fish
21:1
Healing Miracles
Matt
Mark
Luke
John
General Healings
1. Cleansing of a Leper
8:2
1:40
5:12
2. Healing a Centurion's Servant
8:5
7:1
3. Healing Peter's Mother-in-law
8:14
1:30
4:38
4. Healing the Sick at evening
8:16
1:32
4:40
5. Healing a paralytic
9:2
2:3
5:18
6. Healing the Hemorrhaging woman
9:20
5:25
8:43
7. Healing Two Blind Men
9:27
8. Healing a Man's Withered Hand
12:9
3:1
6:6
9. Healing the Gentile Woman's Daughter
15:21
7:24
10. Healing the Epileptic Boy
17:14
9:17
9:38
11. Healing a Blind Men
20:30
10:46
18:35
12. Healing a Deaf Mute
7:31
13. Healing a Blind Man at Bethsaida
8:22
14. Healing the Infirm, Bent Woman
13:11
15. Healing the Man with Dropsy
14:1
16. Cleansing the Ten Lepers
17:11
17. Restoring a Servant's Ear
22:51
18. Healing the Nobleman's Son (of fever)
4:46
19. Healing an Infirm Man at Bethesda
5:1
20. Healing the Man born blind
9:1
Resurrections
1. Raising the Ruler's Daughter
9:18,23
5:22,35
8:40,49
2. Raising of a Widow's Son at Nain
7:11
3. Raising of Lazarus
11:43
Casting out Demons
1. Demons entering a herd of swine
8:28
5:1
8:26
2. Curing a Demon-possessed Mute
9:32
3. Casting Out an Unclean Spirit
1:23
4:33
4. Curing a Demon-possessed, Blind and Mute man
12:22
11:14
Miracles are a basis for faith in Christ.
John 14:11"Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves."
John 10:37-38 "Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
John 20:30-31 "Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."
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Nov. 27, 2008 - Homeschool Memoirs: #15 A Thankful Heart
Assignment:
This week, you guessed it, is going to be about having a thankful heart! Yes, of course, we should always be thankful for everything we’re blessed with, but it’s not too often we actually sit and ponder what. This week please join me in writing 27 things you’re thankful (There’s got to be at least 27things!). I picked 27 because this year Thanksgiving is on the 27th of November.
Also, share a Scripture verse for this week!
My List of Things I Am Thankful For:
1. Jesus died on the Cross for me.
2. Trials and tribulations that makes me grow more like Him.
3. My Church for accepting me for who I really am.
4. MY daughter, Tena.
5. My daughter, Tori.
6. My pastor who feeds us consistently.
7. For pastor's wife for showing me the REAL DEAL of submission to her husband.
7. My dog for the constant comfort and companion... the wet kisses when I get home.
8. The home the Lord has given to us.
9. That His grace and mercy is new everyday.
10. My ministry in discipling the church children.
11. The prophetic art class that I teach.
12. Sky Angel
13. Vehicles that run
14. My friends
15. God's Word for showing me to be a good wife, mom and a Bride of Christ.
16. Freedom
17. Freedom to homeschool my daughter
18. Freedom to use the curriculum that God has chosen.
19. Holy Spirit for being my teacher
20. The Blood of Jesus
21. Soaking time that brings me easily into the throne room of God.
22. Christian music
23. LA Fitness (because I am getting my health back!)
24. Chocolate
25. Dance club for pushing me through to where God wants me
26. My stay-at-home job
27. For today.... For tomorrow...
These are NOT in any certain order!
"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and themajesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all." ~1 Ch 29:11
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Today's assignment is to bless your fellow classmates with a blessing for this holiday. So here is mine:
A friend sent this me and it touched my heart... and I wanted to share with my friends as well. Please enjoy and be blessed!!
********************************** THE INVISIBLE MOM
It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and ask to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking "Can't you see I'm on the phone?" Obviously not. No one can see if I'm on the phone, or cooking, or sweeping the floor or even standing on my head in the corner because no one can see me at all. I'm invisible. The invisible Mom.
Some days I am only a pair of hands, nothing more: Can you fix this? Can you tie this? Can you open this?
Some days I'm not a pair of hands, I'm not even a human being, I'm a clock to ask, "What time is it?" I'm a satellite guide to answer, "What number is the Disney channel?" I'm a car to order, "Right around 5:30, please."
I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the eyes that studied history and the mind that graduated summa cum laude -- but now they had disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again. She's going, she's going, she's gone!
One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a friend from England. Janice had just gotten back from a fabulous trip, and she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting there, looking around at the others all put together so well. It was hard not to compare and feel sorry for myself as I looked down at my out-of-style dress; it was the only thing I could find that was clean. My unwashed hair was pulled up in a hair clip and I was afraid I could actually smell peanut butter in it. I was feeling pretty pathetic, when Janice turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and said, "I brought you this." It was a book on the great cathedrals of Europe. I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read her inscription: "To Charlotte, with admiration for the greatness of what you are building when no one sees."
In the days ahead I would read -- no devour -- the book. And I would discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, after which I could pattern my work: No one can say who built the great cathedrals -- we have no record of their names. These builders gave their whole lives for a work they would never see finished. They made great sacrifices and expected no credit. The passion of their building was fueled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything.
A legendary story in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tiny bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, "Why are you spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be covered by the roof? No one will ever see it." The workman replied, "Because God sees."
I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place. It was almost as if I heard God whispering to me, "I see you, Charlotte. I see the sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you does. No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no cupcake you've baked, is too small for me to notice and smile over. You are building a great cathedral, but you can't see right now what it will become."
At times, my invisibility feels like an affliction, but it is not a disease that is erasing my life, it is the cure for the disease of my own self-centeredness. It is the antidote to my strong, stubborn pride. I keep the right perspective when I see myself as a great builder. As one of the people who show up at a job that they will never see finished, to work on something that their name will never be on. The writer of the book went so far as to say that no cathedrals could ever be built in our lifetime because there are so few people willing to sacrifice to that degree.
When I really think about it, I don't want my son to tell the friend he's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, "My mom gets up at 4 in the morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a turkey for three hours and presses all the linens for the table." That would mean I'd built a shrine or a monument to myself. I just want him to want to come home. Then, if there is anything more to say to his friend, I'd like him to add, "You're gonna love it there."
As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're doing it right. One day, it is very possible that the world will marvel, not only at what we built, but at the beauty that has been added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible women.
Great job, MOM!
****** While the family is gathering and the food is cooking, be sure to give to God what is His and that is YOU!
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Nov. 18, 2008 - BFS-Assignment #110- Computers Help People Help People (IBM)
Assignment:
Share some of your favorite homeschooling sites. The only “rule” for this assignment is that you have to list at least one “free” site. Many homeschooling families have made the choice to live on very little income to do what they believe is best for their children and I want everyone to be able to benefit from this assignment. If you have other sites that are “paid” sites, feel free to include these also as it might be something someone would really appreciate. If you feel led, share your curriculum choices with us. I always love to learn what is out there that I don’t already know about. Please make sure to include links to the sites you share.
I love the internet when it comes to finding the information to enhance your studies! I do have a few favorites. Here is my list of FREE sites:
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Nov. 11, 2008 - BFS#109 We Bring Good Things To Life.
Assignment:Share a field trip/lifestyle learning experience where you really felt you were bringing good things to life for your children, where something came alive for them, or ignited a passion.
Picture ideas: This one is obvious - show us your kids expressing their passions.Share your favorite scripture in your post.
My daughter's passion is sharks! She wants to be a marine biologists.
This picture was taken in the Newport Aquarium. In the past five years, we have traveled a lot. Every change we get, we stop at aquariums and museums along the way. However in the past six months, we have settled down from travels and am focusing on "staying-at-home." We love it!!
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Assignment: My family and I rarely do anything apart from each other. We don’t really have quality time together because all our time is together. We feel like the more special moments are when we have dinner together or when we worship God together. For this assignment, tell how you and your family spend QUALITY time together.
Intro: Quality is Job #1 (Ford)
We spend most of our time together since we homeschool.
Being a single-parent, homeschool and sole income provider, I do what works for our family. Right now, in my office (actually the den) I have Tori's desk in with mine. Right now, she is working her studies on her laptop, so she is using a TV/Craft tray as her school desk. But for the majority of the time she is sitting at the kitchen table doing studies.
I love reading books, and so does my daughter so it is hard for each of us to just to sit and listen while the other reads. LOL. We are working on it though.
We LOVE to play games! Now since her big sister moved back home, we have been concentrating on that relationship instead of each other. We haven't done much in the way of games in the last month.
We need to get to back to the basics and just simply have FUN!!!
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Aug. 28, 2008 - 2008-2009 Blogger Friend School is having a give-away!!
Blogger Friend School is having a
BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY!
August 25th - October 6th, 2008
In honor of BFS’s 3rd year together, we have put together a Nature homeschool package and want to give all our Blogger Friend School students a chance to win!
This package consists of two beautiful hardbound Nature books and a Nature Journal! We hope that this will give a homeschooling family a special opportunity to enjoy their family learning with implementing nature walks into your yearly homeschooling schedule.
For more information on the Blogger Friend school, check out theCLASS DESCRIPTION
We have already begun the countdown to our first day of class!
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I am a single, stay-at-home, Children's director at church, and a home school mom of two daughters. One is 21 and the other is 12.
I do work from home allowing myself to have a flexible schedule to training up my youngest in the way she should go.
I am a devout Jesus Freak, and a God Chaser. As my oldest daughter friends say, "I have "gangsta" faith.... meaning once I have my directions, I do it with no questions asked... with no end in mind... with no looking back...
I have a heart to disciple the children that are already in the church... those kids who have been in church for so long they think its boring. You see, the Lord has birthed a seed within me to reach those churched kids for Him. I teach the children that church doesn't have to boring. No, I don't play games but I do teach them the gifts of the Holy Spirit and activate them so (my dream) that these children by the time they are from 16-18 years old they are ready to make an impact in the world by doing mission trips and by the time they are 18+ years old they are profficient in the gifts of the Holy Spirit to minister right along side the adults. My goal is to raise up the Lord's Army with the children already in the church before we lose them too.
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Aug. 13, 2008 - 08-09 Homeschool Blogger will be starting soon
2008-2009 School Year
Join me in a variety of fun “Homeschool” Blogger assignments and get to know each other in a safe and friendly way. I will write out homework assignments for class participants through my blog and you will post your answers on your blog.
Class starts on Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 and runs until June 2009!
Sign our Class Roster below by signing the comments section and letting me know that you want to participate.
Class Description: A year full of online fun with other homeschooling Moms! We will share in special posts related to our daily activities and our blessings.
Prerequisite: Prefer to be a Homeschooling Christian Mom. Our homework will be Bible based with the purpose of uplifting one another and strengthening our faith.
http://bloggerfriendschool.wordpress.com/
Please come and join in on the fun!! You won't regret it.
Being involved in these fun activities does bring traffic to your site. Well, with this activity, it will bring much reward for your labors. Not necessarily the traffic as your reward, but the depth of the assignments. Be free to check out my post from last year. Click on the right-hand link under file folders named blogger school.
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May. 22, 2008 - Blogger School #28..... How to Overcome Fear
In this Blogger School session we mention what is our biggest fear and then write about how do we overcome it.
I copied the below from the "teacher" but it is exactly what I do. I look at the problem and will talk myself right out of fear almost every time. The times when I can't, I then recite my favorite Bible verse over and over again until the fear is gone. Because I know fear is brought on by the enemy.
My most frequent fear usually has to do with my daughter's homeschool education and myself as a mom. Those are two areas that the enemy loves to play with.
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Whenever there is a problem in your life, there is always a part you have to play, and then there comes a point when you can do no more and have to trust God. Surrender has to do with recognizing when things are, or should be, out of your hands and making a conscious decision to let God control those things. Once that is done, you need to allow yourself to stop worrying and find peace about it. Your peace does not come from an expectation that you will get the outcome you want, it comes from knowing that God will provide the best possible outcome according to His amazing plan. What does that look like in practical terms? When a loved one is sick, you do the part you can do (get them medical attention, pray) and recognize you can do no more. Tell God you know He is in charge and trust Him. Allow yourself to find peace in that knowledge. If you can’t find a job, do the part you can do (send out resumes, make phone calls) then, again, tell God you know He is in charge and you trust Him. Allow yourself to have peace with whatever He does, knowing that you have done your part and He will do his. I must emphasize, don’t expect a certain outcome, but expect that God’s plan will be fulfilled in your life. So, what do you want, to be afraid or to have freedom from fear?
My favorite verse to overcome fear is:
“No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; and every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn this is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me," declares the LORD.” Is 54:17 NASB
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May. 17, 2008 - Blogger School #27..... My Favorite Bible Story
“Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch. Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.” Genesis 5:18-24 (NASB)
My favorite Bible story in about Enoch. These seven verses summarizes just about everything about Enoch’s life. This is what we do know from this Scripture:
1.God used him as an example to others of what it means to be a Godly man and a Godly father.
2.Enoch walked with God and then one day - whosh - God takes him to Heaven. Of the billions who have lived and died - only two out of that vast number have never died - Enoch and Elijah.
Enoch walked with God. The designate of this man who was carried into heaven. The summary of 365 years of life. His character - his essence captured in this powerful phrase - he walked with God. Why did God take Him into heaven? He walked with God.
To walk with God means to know God personally - to trust God in every circumstance of our lives - and to give God first place in everything. Enoch walked with God - and then he was no more - and God took him.
The prophet Amos - writing about what it means to walk with God - says, “Can two walk together unless they are agreed?” (Amos 3:3) We cannot walk with God - dwell in a relationship with Him unless we first agree with Him about what that relationship means.
We dwell in sin. God is holiness. How can we walk together unless God establishes that relationship? Therefore, it is good summation to say that Enoch was a holy man! He was blameless before God.
Think a minute…. “Who was Enoch?”
Enoch lived in those evil days right before the flood. He was the great-grandfather of Noah. “Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.” (6:9)
A great tribute to Enoch would be:
“As He walked with God - so did his children.”
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This week's "Blogger Friend School" is The Three R's -- Reduce, Recycle, and Re-use.
This assignments fits in perfectly since Earth Day and Arbor Day both land this month. Since we moved to Tennessee, they do not recycle here. I guess since it is a smaller town. Everything goes into one spot.
I will tell you about a time that we got creative with our trash! My daughter was in kindergarten (public school) and they were teaching about recycling. The project was for each child to create a 3-D object from trash. That was the only description I remember. My daughter, being fascinated with dinosaurs, had chosen to do a T-Rex for her project.
She came home very excited about the project because she was determined to ask her dad to help her. We were just "newly" separated and he didn't want nothing to her since she was his step-daughter. My daughter didn't realize that he wasn't her father until this time. That was a devastation and a huge set-back in our lives.
I remember her calling him and begging her to do it. He agreed. Then several weeks passed and he never called her or came to see her. The weekend before the project was due, she called him, and basically he came and picked her up... out of guilt that he done it. But, they completed project together and had brought back home for mom to paint. I painted it green.
This is what he used: for the legs was Pringles cans; head was a kids shoe box; neck was a paper towel cardboard; body was a cardboard box about 3x's bigger than the shoe box (head).
Favorite Scripture: Malachi 4:6“And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to THEIR fathers, LEST I COME AND SMITE THE EARTH WITH A CURSE.”
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Apr. 15, 2008 - Blogger School #23 Flames of Passion
Blogger School Assignment.....
"I think it would be interesting to find out if some
of the other ladies have sunk their teeth into something new in the last
year or so, what are they enthralled with, what has claimed the fires of
their passion."
She means OUR OWN passion and not something your children or husband would like you to learn.
My passion is this....
To Worship the Lord in ALL I do!! I am learning different ways to worship Him. From reciting Scriptures, to singing a song, to dancing to ribbons. It is ALL about the condition of our heart when we stand before Him... when we proclaim His name to be Holy!
I seek many ways to worship Him, I have recently purchased and auto-harp prayerfully considering in teaching myself so that I can lead spontaneous Worship in Children's Church. Sometimes CD's just don't get it when trying to linger in His presences!
John 4:24, "God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must worshipHim in spirit and in truth."
"Holy God, Burn your flames of Passion within my Soul for You!!"
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Mar. 31, 2008 - Blogger Friend School #21 - Barrel o' Laughs!
I have been the laid-back, easy-going... laugh all the time... always finding laughter in every situation.
I know laughter is great medicine for the soul and all.... but you know what? When you laugh, look at what you are laughing at.
This is something the Lord really convicted me about. This is NOT a joking matter.
Are laughing at one of God's creations? Laughing because something made someone else cry? Laughing because someone is making fun of themselves?
Do you realize that we people who do things to make other people laugh are REALLY hurting on the inside? Hurts from rejection that they received growing up in their childhood. Instead of dealing with it they cover it up. I was one of them.... I made people laugh at my expense because I had been rejected and abandoned when I was a child.
My sin was pride! I didn't want anyone to know.
Then, the older I got the more I saw laughter in everything... Laugh at stupid stuff or what other people had done. I didn't realize this but I was making fun (being judgmental) toward one of God's creations.
God uses many things to bring correction upon us. He chose to use a prophet who came and spoke to us about God's heart. I didn't realize the things I had done or even "popped" off snappy remarks or comments hurt God. His heart is bigger than ours....
Think about it... how do you feel when you "over hear" another child making fun of your child... or laughing at what they done...
You know, we laugh and joke around but it is at no one else. We are having good clean fun with the Lord with hurting the feelings of MY God.
FOUR KINDS OF LAUGHTER IN THE BIBLE
"A time to weep, and a time to laugh"
(Ecclesiastes 3:4).
I. The laughter of unbelief, Genesis 18:11-15; Luke 8:52-56;
Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 4:18.
II. The laughter of a fool, Ecclesiastes 7:6; Proverbs 14:13.
III. The laughter of God, Psalm 2:1-4; Proverbs 1:24-26.
IV. The laughter of salvation, Luke 6:21; Psalm 30:5.
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Our assignment this week is to write out some goals that we would like to accomplish--personal as well as for our family. We are also to try to write out small attainable rewards for each goal accomplished.
Personal Goals
1. To have a closer walk with the Lord.
2. Better communication skills.
3. To listen more to the Holy Spirit daily in discipling my daughter. To rely more upon Him, not the world, for her daily schedule and school goals.
4. To become more disciplined in many areas of life.
Family goals
1. To begin nightly devotions with one another.
2. Learn to eat healthier and to exercise more.
3. To discover God's talents and skills in own self to be an effective light for Him.
Rewards... I believe rewards should come from the Lord.
Psalm 37:4 - "Delight thyself also in the Lord and he shall give you the desires of your heart."
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My assignment for this week is to post my prayer request and then visit my other blog sister's and pray for their needs... so here we go:
My daughter is homeless... living in a town 6 hours away... she was renting a room from an elderly lady and was given 2 weeks to find another place. The land lady also threw out the other renter as well because she had family coming in from another country for a few months. Just pray the Lord will bring her a new home that she can afford, in the right location, and the additional monies for the downpayments (see didn't need one where she was at). I know the Lord has this situation for He has given me peace!! I am not worried about it a bit.... more prayer wouldn't hurt.
For my 11 yo to become an independent student in her learnings, and that God will give her the skills and talents that she needs to be used by Him. Ask the Lord that she will be accepted into a praise dance team where she can glorify Him through her worship.
For myself... this always the hardest part for me. I loving praying but have a hard time asking for myself. I need prayer to be self-discplined in many areas of my life. For the Lord to annoint my Ministry and to open the doors to help others.
On the lighter side of things... LOL, I want to throw a strange request in here.... ask the Lord to tain AnnaBell (my dog, see her in the picstures above?). I am having a hard time trining her to go outside. She is pad trained to go in the garage, but would love to have her go outside. Ask the Lord to give me self-displine and attentive skills needed to get this done!
Thank you so very much!! I covet your prayers!
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him (1 John 5:14-15).
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints (Ephesians 6:18).
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Heb 4:16
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The cookie I am making this year in our "gift basket" is a Stained Glass Cookie. The are not only neat looking, but taste great as well.
For this recipe, you will need either a batch of sugar cookie dough or the following ingredients:
1 cup softened margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
3 cups sifted flour
You will also need the following:
bright-colored hard candies or lollipops
several self-sealing plastic bags
aluminum foil
cookie cutters
If you are making your own cookie dough, mix the margarine, sugar and honey in a large bowl. Add the water and stir until smooth. Combine salt, baking soda, and flour in a separate bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture a little at a time. Knead the dough between your fingers. Put it in the freezer to chill for at least 10 minutes.
While the dough chills, separate the candy by color into baggies. Crush candies with a hammer or other object.
If you have cookie cutters, roll the dough out on a floured surface. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters. (You can use mini cookie cutters to cut shapes out inside, or carefully cut out by hand.) For ornaments, make a hole with a straw before baking. Place cookies on a pan with aluminum foil. Put crushed candy in the center and bake cookies according to package instructions.
You don't have to use cookie cutters. Roll pieces of dough into long, thin strips. Create designs with the strips. Make a little hook with some extra dough. Bake these at 325 for 5-8 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes. Then fill the holes with candy pieces, and bake just until the candy starts to bubble. (Watch carefully so they don't burn.)
After the cookies cool and are hard, peel from foil. If some foil sticks to the cookie, just remove by hand. These taste great and look beautiful!
Scripture: "It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory." ~ Proverbs 25:27 (NASB).
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EQUIPPING THE NEXT GENERATION
To reach the children of this generation with the true power of the living God to satisfy their natural hunger for the supernatural life before the enemy gives them a false satisfaction of being lovers of pleasure and not lovers of God.
"Tell your children about it, let your children tell their children." Joel 1:3.
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