“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:11
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days of my youth! Let me stand once more at the dividing ways, that I may choose the path of light.’ But there was no Father’s voice to answer, and the days of youth would not come back at his call. He thought of the companions of his youth who had chosen the better path, and he wished that he had gone with them. He wished that he had died in his infancy rather than to have lived a wasted life as he had done. With bitter remorse and blinding tears, he bowed his head and cried again, ‘Oh that the days of my youth would come back! oh for a touch from the guiding angel’s hand that once was put forth to lead me in the path of peace and holiness.Coupled with a reading of Luke 2 in the Bible or one of the first six chapters of the book, Desire of Ages, this peaceful hymn playlist makes a lovely family worship.
Our yearly listing of free Bible reading plans continues to be one of our most-read/commented/shared posts of the year. What a blessing! Each year we do our best to update links and find new resources. Thank you so much for sharing this list with those who may have missed it.
**General Conference Youth Ministries Department – Morning Watch from 100 years ago. The 1917 morning watch calendar has been reprinted as a free printable for 2017.
**Perpetual Bible and SOP reading schedule– Twelve monthly printables courtesy of the Sebastopol SDA Church.
**Amazing Facts will send your daily Bible reading selections direct to your inbox if you sign up. You can also print the plan for the entire year at once. Amazing Facts – The Bible in A Year
**Looking for a Bible Reading Plan for younger children? Here’s the Adventist Junior Youth Bible Year Plan. It is a four -year plan that divides the Bible readings into themes by chapters, such as Prophecy, Praises and Peace.
**The Encounter Series is an AY/Pathfinder Club reading plan that works very well as a Bible Curriculum for middle and high school aged students. The series is a four-year plan that combines reading the Bible with the corresponding Spirit of Prophecy books. The series follows the following outline:
Christ The Way – The four Gospels and Desire of Ages
Christ The Church– Acts to Revelation and Acts of the Apostles, The Great Controversy
Christ Our Redemption – First half of the Old Testament and Patriarchs and Prophets
Christ Our Hope – Last half of the Old Testament and Prophets and Kings
You can find the printable guides for the full series HERE courtesy of the South Pacific Division:
Links to online & audio versions of the Spirit of Prophecy books:
Ellen G. White writings- find the apps or audio book links you need here.
Cornerstone Connections -online, ebook and audio versions in modern English
EllenWhiteAudio.org -audio versions
**A free .pdf download of a youth devotional book from the General Conference Youth Min. Dept. Identity devotional book.
**Join others around the world in a daily reading of the Bible and weekly SOP selection through the Believe His Prophets 5-year reading program. You can find the free schedule for 2017 -HERE. (Scroll down to the bottom)
**An interesting Bible Study Plan from Sabbath School Net. Generally an OT and NT chapter assigned per day, with a Psalms every tenth day. Bible Reading Plan
**Printable Children’s Day By Day with Jesus Bible Reading Guide from the General Conference Children’s Ministry Department (copy and paste this link) – http://www.gcchildmin.org/pdf/2012biblereadingguide.pdf
“We want temperance at our tables. We want houses where the God-given sunlight and the pure air of heaven are welcomed. We want a cheerful, happy influence in our homes. We must cultivate useful habits in our children, and must instruct them in the things of God. It costs something to do all this. It costs prayers and tears, and patient, oft-repeated instruction. We are sometimes put to our wit’s end to know what to do; but we can take the children to God in our prayers, pleading that they may be kept from evil, praying, “Now, Lord, do thy work; soften and subdue the hearts of our children,” and he will hear us. He hearkens to the prayers of the weeping, careworn mothers.”
Christian Education, 174
Weimar Institute, a self supporting Seventh-day Adventist college in California, is in the process of evaluating new degree program options for strategic planning purposes. Weimar Institute would like to survey Adventist homeschool high school students to find out if any of the programs they are considering would be of interest to them.
Adventist homeschool high school students are of particular importance to Weimar because a very large percentage of our college students were homeschooled for much or all of their education before coming to college at Weimar.
All Adventist homeschoolers in grades 9-12 are invited to participate in Weimar’s online survey found HERE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/ r/T9H9B2M The questionnaire takes 5-7 minutes to complete and is confidential.
This is an excellent opportunity for high schoolers to let their voice be heard! Please share with the Adventist homeschool high schoolers you know and encourage them to participate.
The Adventist Home Educator 