“A heavy responsibility rests upon you. In view of this, how careful should you be in all your words and acts. What kind of seed are you sowing in the hearts of your children? The reaping time—oh! remember, the reaping time is not far distant. Sow no foul seed. Satan is ready to do that work. Sow only clean, pure seed.”
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2 pg 79
Hi everyone,
I’m not sure if you are all familiar with the book 40 Days; Prayers and Devotions to Prepare for the Second Coming by Dennis Smith. I am beginning this study with some ladies at church and since we do not have meetings coming up with specific people to be praying that God will reach to bring to the meetings, I instead am focusing my prayers on specific needs or requests that God is placing on my heart.
One of my Prayer Pages will be focused on AHE. I am sharing with you all for a specific reason. One, the book says we should alert those we are praying for. 🙂 Two, we should ask for requests concerning this person/request.
My focus on the AHE prayer page will be in the ministry of AHE. I want to pray for the families (in general) that are homeschooling and trying to follow God’s calling in this area. I want to pray for the ministry that we are reaching out in areas that God desires us to reach out. I want to pray over AHE’s current ministries (the email lists, the facebook page, the website, the study board) to be sure it is as God would have it. I have concerns that have been brought to my attention that I will be praying over, as well.
So, I am asking that you all, since you are all part of AHE (you are all Adventist Homeschoolers), that if you have concerns or thoughts concerning AHE that you feel free to bring them to my attention so that I can pray over them in the next 60 days (I give myself 2 months to cover my 40 days of prayer since I sometimes “miss a day” of the specific requests). Please send those thoughts to Melissa at: adventisthomeducator@gmail.com
Also, I am asking that if anyone wishes to join me in praying for the AHE ministry, that they feel free to join me. I know that God has blessings to impart on AHE families and on the ministry itself if we would just ask and pray for God’s leading. So please join with me if God places this on your heart.
Warmly,
~Melissa
“With us as parents and as Christians it rests to give our children right direction. They are to be carefully, wisely, tenderly guided into paths of Christlike ministry. We are under sacred covenant with God to rear our children for His service. To surround them with such influences as shall lead them to choose a life of service, and to give them the training needed, is our first duty.”
Ministry of Healing, 396
From the comparative simplicity of their Jewish home, these youth of royal line were taken to the most magnificent of cities and into the court of the world’s greatest monarch. Nebuchadnezzar “spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes; children in whom was no blemish, but well favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace. . . .
“Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. ” Seeing in these youth the promise of remarkable ability, Nebuchadnezzar determined that they should be trained to fill important positions in his kingdom.
They were acquainted with the history of Nadab and Abihu, the record of whose intemperance and its results had been preserved in the parchments of the Pentateuch; and they knew that their own physical and mental power would be injuriously affected by the use of wine.
Daniel and his associates had been trained by their parents to habits of strict temperance. They had been taught that God would hold them accountable for their capabilities, and that they must never dwarf or enfeeble their powers. This education was to Daniel and his companions the means of their preservation amidst the demoralizing influences of the court of Babylon. Strong were the temptations surrounding them in that corrupt and luxurious court, but they remained uncontaminated. No power, no influence, could sway them from the principles they had learned in early life by a study of the word and works of God.
Patriarchs and Prophets
Thank you Tonya, for sharing inspiring parenting insights. You can read more at Tonya’s blog, Momma’s Sunshine.
Printable outline maps are always valuable to homeschool families. Here is a selection of maps to meet a variety of geographical and historical needs.
Online Map Bank – A huge selection of maps categorized by country, region empire and event. Middle to high school level.
NASA Outline Maps- A downloadable .pdf file of continents and regions. Upper elementary to high school level.
Eduplace Outline Maps – Historical and geographical maps. Primary to upper elementary level.
US Dept. of the Interior printable maps- A variety of US maps, including some with climate or other science information. Upper elementary to high school level.
National Geographic Education – A beta (test) site from National Geographic featuring customizable, printable maps. Upper elementary to high school level.
“Children are sometimes tempted to chafe under restraint; but in afterlife they will bless their parents for the faithful care and strict watchfulness that guarded and guided them in their years of inexperience.”
Ministry of Healing, 394
“True education is missionary training. Every son and daughter of God is called to be a missionary; we are called to the service of God and our fellow men; and to fit us for this service should be the object of our education.
This object should ever be kept in view by Christian parents and teachers. We know not in what line our children may serve. They may spend their lives within the circle of the home; they may engage in life’s common vocations, or go as teachers of the gospel to heathen lands; but all are alike called to be missionaries for God, ministers of mercy to the world.”
Ministry of Healing, 395
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