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via Lord fix me — Momentary Lapse Of Sanity
From Sarah :
This hit home. As much as I want to blame Danny for my moods and reactions to things he says and does, it is still m responsibility to handle it. I pray all the time for guidance. I wish I listened as much as I pray.
Lord help me.
NOVEMBER 24, 2019 BY COURTNEY
Welcome back to Week 4 of the Making Your Home a Haven Bible Study!
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“This week is not going to be easy. Fasting is the most difficult spiritual discipline of them all. Fasting is a servant that feeds our soul while we starve our body. Every time our mind signals “I want food”, it’s a signal to pray. Giving up food and coffee from sun down to sun down brings out our soul’s deepest struggles. The hope of a bag of chips or a gallon of ice cream to drown out our sorrows is stripped away, and we find ourselves raw before God’s throne.
Seek out a place of solitude to pray. Get alone with God outside or in your home. Be still with God and fervently pray. If you are not able to fast from food because you are pregnant or have a medical condition, fast from something else like social media, music, your computer, or television. Use the extra quietness to pray.
Keep your candle burning, the music playing and remember that God is always listening and He loves you.“
From Sarah :
For some reason I found this post easily on my SMARTPHONE but couldn’t find it when I tried on my computer. It was weird. It also HAD NOT UPLOADED to my email Accounts either.
It went beyond BLONDE MOMENTS, SENIOR MOMENTS, BRAIN FOG ???????????
When I sent the post to my email account by phone, I was able to get the link but still not open it.
I also discovered that I still have a BLOG (Same Name) under SarahKasch@wordpress.com
I was able to share it there before I could here.
It’s been a very strange hour.
Hopefully, I will discover what happened and not feel like a total “CRAZY PERSON”
ANYWAY:
Have a great week. Don’t worry about getting much done here THIS WEEK……With THANKSGIVING WEEKEND AND ALL.
Not sure why Courtney waited so long to start the challenge. It usually starts in OCTOBER.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Love And Hugs, Sarah
Laurie McClure
https://www.faithgateway.com/author/laurie-hausam/
Eucharisteo is the Biblical Greek word that literally means to give thanks… what I believe Jesus did each and every day regardless of His circumstances. ~ Ann Voskamp
Father, I thank You that You have heard me. — John 11:41
Welcome to the One Thousand Gifts Online Bible Study with our dear friend, Ann Voskamp!
Hi there, friends! If you’ve been with us on previous studies, you already know me, but if not, I wanted to introduce myself. I’m Laurie McClure, your OBS leader and the editor at FaithGateway. My favorites include: the beach, reading, watching movies and old TV shows, listening to podcasts, going out to brunch on Sundays, and enjoying time with my dear family. I’m a Jesus girl, a Bible lover, and I love getting to know the Lord in a deeper way every year. I was married for twenty-four years and have five children. Since we can’t meet in person on a weekly basis, consider yourself metaphorically invited into my sometimes-messy, little home for this study. I can’t wait to begin! This is going to be all about the One we love above all else… Jesus!
In case you don’t yet know Ann, she’s a farm girl, a poet, a writer, a wife, a mother, and a friend. She’s known heartbreak and joy and digests both in company with the Savior unlike anyone I’ve ever known. Ann has a way of looking at the world with wonder, and appreciation, and adoration of God that will guide you and me to follow with the same kind of reverence and awe. She’s a captivating story-weaver and Jesus-impassioned spoken word poet and I know you’ll love her as our whole team does!
So, here we go! Let’s fight for the joy we’re aching for and fight for thanksgiving!
John 11:41
1 Corinthians 11:23-24
2 Chronicles 20:12
Jesus, we welcome You into our hearts, even the closed-off spaces, as we enter this season of gratitude. Help us to see You in the small. Help us to open our hands in release and trust. In the knowledge that You are good and we have so much to be thankful for. Tend to those tender places that are raw with hurt and ache and grief. Give us more of Yourself, Lord. We love You, dear Jesus. Amen.
From Sarah :
I can’t believe I forgot about this Bible Study. I have looked forward to it for a couple of years actually.I bought all the books and journals but never did anything with them. I knew the RIGHT time would could.
I can’t really say I forgot about it:
I just didn’t realize it was this week.I planned on promoting it this week and starting on it next week.
Thanksgiving is lte this year and for some reason, it has thrown me. Not sure why.
Nothing like officially starting and already being behind.
LOL
Join in if you can.
Love And Hugs,
Sarah
If: Gathering :Boldness
Day 6 of 20 Days of Prayer
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“Lord, we love that You included this story about Joshua in Scripture. We’re reminded that even the heroes of our faith, like Moses and Joshua, were frail humans just like us. For them and for us, obeying Your commands often means being bold and courageous. It means taking risks and trusting You. Teach us how to be bold as we follow You. Give us the courage to take each step of obedience. Remind us that You are always with us so that we are not afraid.”
Help Your Children Connect With Jesus
The typical bedtime prayer was repeated often when I tucked my children into bed at night. Each night, I would ask them if they had anything else they wanted to talk to God about. If I made suggestions, they were very open to adding them, but rarely would they initiate deeper conversation with their Maker.I contemplated that perhaps they needed training when it came to prayer. I certainly spend a lot of time teaching them how to put their clothes away, put the toothpaste cap back on, and say please and thank you. Scripture supports this idea of learning to pray. The disciples said in Luke 11:1b, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
Jesus then proceeded to teach them the Lord’s prayer. This model prayer includes several elements. As a teen, I learned the acrostic A-C-T-S which is taken from the basics found within the Lord’s prayer. Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. But these are big words for my 5-year-old, twin 8-year-olds, and 11-yearold, so I asked God to help me teach them to pray in a way that would go deeper than their surface prayers for a good day. We broke down the simple acrostic I had learned before in this way.
Adoration.
To avoid praising God each day in a way that would get rote or mechanical, we spent one night brainstorming things about God that were good, powerful, loving, awesome, holy. They had fun coming up with words about God. Then I asked them some of the names for God found in the Bible. With a little coaxing they thought of Rock, Shepherd, Jesus, and King of Kings.
Soon we had filled the page with different ideas. I bought a cute picture frame and hung the list up where they could see it. At bedtime they each picked one of the names on the list to begin their prayer.
Confession.
Surprisingly, on our first night, none of them could recall one bad thing they had done that day. I was floored. I had a long list for each of them fresh on my mind, but I held back and simply got them started with a reminder. I turned to one of them, “What about hitting your sister today?” Then on to the next child, “Remember how you threw that fit and got in trouble this morning?” Once reminded, they were all very willing to confess their sins to God and even excited that they had something for this part of prayer. They just needed some training and direction.
Thanksgiving.
This step comes most naturally when children pray. My children are always grateful for a “wonderful day.” But now we encourage them to be more specific. What are we thankful for? Yes, we had trips to the park, friends over, and new toys to thank God for. However, we also talk about some basic things that we often take for granted: freedom to worship, our own copy of God’s Word, clean water, food, eyes to see, legs to run. They don’t always remember these blessings in day-to-day life when surrounded by ads and commercials tempting them to want more. However, at night when their hearts are soft, they often recognize God’s provision when a loving parent reminds them of all He has done.
Supplication.
I explained that this was basically just asking God for things. We can ask for things we need or want, but we also want to pray for others. A friend of mine shared a great system that she uses to help her kids remember what they are praying for each day. We made another poster for the wall that looked like this.
Monday — Missionaries.
Here we wrote the name of two specific families we know and support. We pray for their children and try to remember to share any details about their families we get in regular prayer updates in their emails or letters.
Tuesday — Teachers.
Each child prays for their own school teacher. We also include their piano teacher, Sunday School teacher, and coaches. If they don’t know what to pray, we asked God to give their teachers wisdom and endurance.
Wednesday — Widows and orphans.
We pray for specific ones we know — Great-Grandma, a woman at church, and for little Alex and Robelina who we support through an organization that provides opportunities to sponsor needy children.
Thursday — Those who don’t know Jesus personally.
Each child knows plenty of people who are friends, neighbors, or extended family members that they hope they will get to see in heaven one day. It made the celebration that much sweeter when we saw a family we had been praying for come to know Christ.
Friday — Friends and Family.
Our list includes cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and a few special friends. Praying for family helps my kids feel more connected with people that live far away and they may only get to see once a year.
Now that we’ve implemented our new approach to prayer, we’ve found our kids’ prayer lives growing stronger. It isn’t a perfect system. However, they’re learning that prayer is talking with God about anything and everything. They’re remembering who He is, where they fall short, what they’re thankful for, and asking for God’s help for others. Even without looking at the lists on the wall, we’ve moved past talking generically about a “wonderful day” to deeper connection with Christ. We’re still working on that toothpaste cap though.
This article is courtesy of ParentLife Magazine
http://www.cordof6.com/how-praying-the-promises-of-god-will-strengthen-your-faith/
From Cord Of 6 :
Such confidence we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as comingfrom ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, who also made us adequate asservants of a new covenant. 1 Corinthians 3:4-6
I am really enjoying this New To Me Blog I discovered while reading Women Living Well, Good Morning Girls and Good Morning Girls UK.
Daisy writes for the
UK version of Good Morning Girls. https://www.facebook.com/gmgunitedkingdom/
It is also a wonderful place read and share.
Daisy is a delight.
Shared From Walking With My Saviour Christ
HOW TO: How Do We Pray God’s Word?
