Category Archives: In the Word

Keepers of the Faith – Susanna Wesley – The Real Truth

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I was so encouraged by this article by Susan from Keepers of the Faith – Susanna Wesley – The Real Truth.  You will find many other encouraging article for daughters and mothers as well as many resources for home, school and your Keepers of the Faith club.

What encouraged me most about this article is the perspective that Susan gives us about putting up human models to attain too.  Our jobs as wifes, mothers and teachers is no easy task.  It is easy to become overwhelmed with the everyday tasks.  Add to this the external pressure of impossible standards and even the strongest can feel like giving up.

As Susan points out, Jesus is our only standard and model.  And in the end it is His blood that covers our feable attempts and makes us worthy to stand before God’s presence.

Week 2 of the Bible in 90 Days Challenge

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Today is day 9 of the Bible in 90 days Challenge.  I am half way through Leviticus.  It is amazing to be blazing through the Bible at such lightning speed and to be honest I got a little behind the first week.  But thankfully Sabbath afternoon I spent a little extra time catching up.

It is about 40 minutes worth of readying every day.  This a luxury I do not get easily but I have made this commitment of getting up at 5 am every morning.  Oh, believe me it has not been easy–most mornings I am so tired I just want to roll over and snuggle deeper in the covers.  But I have not regretted making the “sacrifice”.  This time has also made it possible for some quiet time and alone time to exercise.  It is so much easier to exercise without a little one hanging on to your leg.

In my reading today the thing that struck me was the incredible detail that was involved in atoning sin and that sin has a price that must be paid.  Thankfully we have Jesus.  I am so thankful that His blood paid the price of sin.  But we still live in a sinful world and although I am not saying that we must live in a constant state of worry, “Have I sinned?”  Yes, God freely forgives but He also says that we must ask.  The psalmist said “search my heart”.  I have become convicted that I do not search my heart as I should, asking forgiveness of my fellow-man (namely my family) and of God.

A wonderful Bible Study Resource

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Sheri Graham from Graham Family Ministries (by the way an excellent website with some wonderful resources) posted this link and I wanted to pass it on, on our site because this resource is that good.

Through the Bible with My Child

by Charles Sharman

Price: $17.12
Availability: usually ships within 2-3 business days
Edition: Paperback, 368 pages (11 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches)
Publisher: Anchor-Cross Media (2009)
ISBN: 978-0974272719

Through the Bible with My Child helps parents teach their children God’s word. This book provides a method and a plan: a method to teach the Bible to young children, and a plan to cover the Bible in four school years. Supplemented with memorization recommendations, daily review questions, writing pages, blank maps, and tests, Through the Bible with My Child offers a complete introduction to the Bible for elementary age children.

Orders can be placed through amazon.com by clicking here.

The entire content of Through the Bible with My Child can be downloaded and read from this website free of charge. To view the book in pdf format, click here. You are permitted to share this file in electronic or print form, provided that it is not done for profit. Thus you may post this file on your website or make print copies for your personal use without charge and without notifying Anchor-Cross Ministries.

Don’t miss the free pdf from above.   If you are like our family you make it a goal to read through the Bible on a regular basis.  This book will help you add depth to your bible reading.  I have also created little booklets for my 4th and 2nd year boys so they can fill out their findings as we read.