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Blessed to homeschool in rural east Texas. Two graduated, one to go!

Motivation Monday

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Parents, remember that your home is a training school, in which your children are to be prepared for the home above. Deny them anything rather than the education that they should receive in their earliest years. Allow no word of pettishness. Teach your children to be kind and patient. Teach them to be thoughtful of others. Thus, you are preparing them for higher ministry in religious things.

The history of every one is written in the books of heaven, that all may know that their reward or punishment is according to their works,—their service in this life. Let parents remember that every day makes part of their history, and that no neglect must be permitted in the home, because they can not know how soon sickness and death may come to them or to their children.

Pacific Union Recorder – August 18, 1910

Monday Bible Promise

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wheat, tares, wordsAnd let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
– Galatians 6:9

Building Your Birdwatching Skills

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Are you thinking that The Great Backyard Bird Count sounds like fun for your children but you don’t know anything about birdwatching? This great four-video series from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a perfect place to start.  Appropriate for all ages, the videos guide you through the basics of bird identification.

We’ve embedded the first video on our blog, and you can find the other three videos HERE

Motivation Monday

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“The influence exerted in the home must be Christlike. This is the most effective ministration in the character-building of the child. The words spoken are to be pleasant. No boisterous, arbitrary, masterful spirit is to be allowed to come into the family. Every member is to be taught that he is to prepare to be a member of the royal family.”

Pacific Union Recorder – August 18, 1910

Ten Days of Prayer ~ Day Ten

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Ten Days of Prayer Theme: Abiding in Christ—Life More Abundant

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January 15, 2016- Day 10—Christ Reflected in the Neighborhood


“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8

What a beautiful way to begin  2016!  We pray that the Ten Days of Prayer has been a blessing to you.  It is also our prayer that the past ten days have been a time of spiritual revival and prayer for each participating household.

If you are just now following the program, you can find the readings for all ten days at the link below.

Click HERE to download today’s reading and personal reflection questions.

Ten Days of Prayer~ Day Nine

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Ten Days of Prayer Theme: Abiding in Christ—Life More Abundant

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January 14, 2016- Day 9—Christ Reflected in the Church


“I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.” John 17:23, KJV

If you are just now becoming aware of the Ten Days of Prayer program, that’s okay!  Start with day one’s materials found at the link below.

Click HERE to download today’s reading and personal reflection questions.

Ten Days of Prayer~ Day Eight

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Ten Days of Prayer Theme: Abiding in Christ—Life More Abundant

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January 13, 2016- Day 8—Christ Reflected in the Family
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.”
1 John 4:7

We pray that the Ten Days of Prayer program has been a blessing to you and your household.  If you are just now becoming aware of the program, then today is the perfect time to start on day one.

Click HERE to download today’s reading and personal reflection questions.