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What Jesus Thinks About You

I just had to share this today. I know that God really feels this way about us because He told me personally. He answered me when I called and told me that He delights in me.

I’m still trying to walk in that knowledge daily. Changing your mindset can be a long process. But He keeps telling me over and over again through many different avenues – such as this word from David Wilkerson – that He delights in me and I am precious to Him.

David Wilkerson Today

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010

THE KEY TO ALL DELIVERANCE

The Holy Spirit gave David a revelation that is the key to all deliverance. David could say, “The reason God delivered me from all my enemies—from all my sorrows and the powers of hell—is because I am precious to him. My God delights in me!”

“He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me (Psalm 18:19). Do you need deliverance? From lust, temptation or trial? From a problem that’s mental, spiritual, emotional or physical? The key to your victory is in this verse above. God delights in you! You are precious to him!

In Song of Solomon, the Lord says of his bride, “How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!” (Song of Solomon 7:6). Three of the Hebrew words in this verse are synonymous: fair means precious; pleasant indicates pleasure; and delights. These words describe Jesus’s thoughts toward his bride as he beholds her. He looks at her and says, “How beautiful, sweet and delightful you are. You are precious to me, O love.”

In turn, the bride boasts, “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward
me” (7:10). The meaning here is: He runs after me with delight. He chases me because I am so precious to him.

These same thoughts are found throughout the Psalms. “The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy” (Psalm 147:11). “The Lord takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation” (149:4).

Read this devotion online: http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/devotions/2010/the-key-to-all-deliverance

We Get to Stay in Our House!

Last weekend, Gary and I went away for our anniversary. I was so ready to just get away by ourselves. I was hoping to wean Abby during this time away from her. I made all the plans for a get-away in a cabin by a lake. It was going to be a nice, romantic trip, but I also wanted to spend time with the Lord and ask Him what we were supposed to do about this house situation.

I was hoping that we would pray together and talk to each other and just enjoy the quiet and beauty of nature together. We haven’t been away from all of the kids for about 8 years now. We used to go away for our anniversary every year. Even then, we had a nursing baby with us many times.

As the time came nearer to leave, I started missing the kids. I hadn’t even left yet, but I was already missing them! I told them that I was going to have a hard time with this. The older kids said to go have fun and not worry about a thing. They had a new spaghetti recipe they were anxious to try – barbecue spaghetti with meatballs. They told me that they would watch the babies like hawks. I was really concerned about that part of the whole thing. Would they really watch my babies well enough?

We took off for the lake that night. Earlier in the day, Gary had been talking about just going ahead and signing the year lease on the house. That seemed to be all they cared about. We had just been trying to be honest, but that didn’t seem to be acceptable to them. We talked about things on the way to the lake. We were both relaxed and looking forward to our time together. I was a little bit nervous about the kids, but I knew they would be all right and God would take care of them.

We got to the cabin and tried to turn up the heat because it was really cold in there. The thermostat said it was 50 degrees. Gary tried to set it higher, but it was stuck on 45 degrees. It wouldn’t change no matter what he did to it. There was a gas-log fireplace, so he tried to turn that on. There was a little bit of a flame, but it wasn’t putting out any heat, and there was no way to turn that up, either.

I found an emergency number on the paper they left for us on the counter. It was late, so there was nobody in the office. I called the number four times, but we never got a call back.

We finally left to go back home. We were disappointed, but we were also kind of relieved to be going back to the kids. On the way home, we felt like the Lord was really telling us to go ahead and sign the year lease. We both felt a peace about it.

So the next day, we read the lease and signed it and copied it and took it to the office of the rental management group. A couple days later somebody came and took the sign out of our yard. (The first people who had wanted to rent the house must have backed out when they saw that we really weren’t going to leave until we had somewhere to go. So the rental management group had come out and put a sign in our yard again. I suppose they would have tried to let people go through our house again to look at it.) But now we don’t have to worry about any of that any more.

I am so relieved. I’m thankful that God has taken that pressure away from us. I don’t know what His plans are for when we are to move somewhere else or where we are to go, but I’m thankful that I don’t have a sign in my yard or people threatening to take us to court any more!

Previous to all of these events, Gary wrote a letter to the owners and explained to them that his job situation was more secure than he had thought and asked them to at least let us stay in the house through December. We never heard from them, but when the rental management group called to tell them we had signed the year lease, maybe his letter influenced them to go ahead and let us stay.

Moving somewhere else would have been such a hardship. It’s hard for us to find a house in this area because of occupancy rules. They won’t allow more than two people per bedroom. That means we would have to rent a 6-bedroom house. We haven’t even found a 6-bedroom house to look at! We would love to have 6 bedrooms, but there aren’t many houses around that have that many bedrooms- especially in our price range. We make 4 bedrooms work fine, but still it would be nice to have a couple more bedrooms.

And having had bad experiences with BOTH of the rental management groups that dominate our area, we wondered if we would be able to find a house to rent. We wouldn’t get any help from them.

But we are happy that God gave us wisdom for this situation. And we were happy to see our babies as soon as we woke up the next morning. We will still get our chance to have a get-away, but I guess it wasn’t time yet.

Some day we will have a big, beautiful house, and it will belong to us. And we will have land, too. And all of this will be behind us. We are holding on to that promise.

P.S. If you want to know more about our bad experiences with the rental management groups, I would be happy to share. Just leave a comment asking me to write a post about it.

Morgan’s Notebook – Using Notebooking in Our Homeschooling

Pages from Homeschool in the Woods Colonial Time Travelers used with our study of Early America.

From Homeschool in the Woods History Through the Ages Timeline Figures

We print these Homeschool in the Woods timeline figures in a big size and use them as notebook pages.  We do them along with our Bible reading.

Map of Israel from Knowledge Quest Maps.

We got this from Living Books Curriculum.

Also from Living Books Curriculum

This is from Barry Stebbing’s Lamb’s Book of Art

Morgan wanted to study birds so I found him some unit studies on birds.

A-Z Birds of North America for Beginning Bird Watchers by www.LightHome.net

He read lots of books for the Library Summer Reading Program.

From Virginia Donahue at Proverbs 22:6 Academy

He asked a question about the water cycle, so I found this page from abcteach.com for him.

He wanted to study Rocks and Minerals, so I found this activity at Home School Launch. The Earth’s Structure printable is here.

Declaration of Independence copywork from Lynda Ackert at Christian Home School Hub

Some of these materials were free. The timeline figures from Homeschool in the Woods I bought. I also bought the book of historical maps from Knowledge Quest. Many of these materials were freebies from CurrClick.com. Lynda Ackert makes great freebies, too. Homeschool Launch has free stuff. Lots of sites have free printables. You can do a search for printables and find lots. Enchanted Learning has some nice ones, but there is a yearly fee. Homeschool Share has free stuff.

It is very easy to use unit studies and notebooking as your curriculum. And very affordable!

Tipping Point in Battle Against Abortion

From Shawn Carney at 40 Days for Life:

Yesterday I was in Minnesota, and today I’m heading
to Florida. 40 Days for Life national director David
Bereit was in Arkansas yesterday, and today he’s
traveling to a different part of Florida …

… but David and I were actually together in one
place for a few minutes yesterday so we could record
a short video for you, announcing some BIG NEWS!

Check it out at:

http://www.40daysforlife.com/tippingpoint

The fall 40 Days for Life campaign that we just
completed together may be a pivotal moment in the
struggle to end the injustice of abortion, Penney.

Record numbers of people participated in non-stop
prayer and fasting, round-the-clock vigils outside
abortion facilities, and grassroots community
outreach — forming the largest, longest coordinated
pro-life mobilization in world history.

Success reports and surveys continue to pour in from
across America and around the globe, documenting more
lives saved than ever before, abortion facilities
shutting down, more clinic workers experiencing
conversions, and unprecedented community impact!

Many indications suggest that this fall, the pro-life
movement has reached a tipping point: crossing a
new threshold, spreading like wildfire, and setting
the stage for massive social transformation.

To share the excitement of what’s happening at this
critical moment in history, I’d like to cordially
invite you to attend “Tipping Point” — a one-time-
only teleconference and web simulcast event next
Tuesday, November 16.

You can participate without leaving your home!

Here are the details …

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

WHAT: 40 Days for Life Tipping Point
Teleconference and Web Simulcast Event

DATE: Tuesday, November 16

TIME: 9 PM Eastern (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain,
6 PM Pacific)

WHO: YOU — Penney Douglas

FORMAT: Simulcast! (Attend via phone or webcast —
it’s your choice)

TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT, GO TO:

http://www.40daysforlife.com/tippingpoint

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During the LIVE event you will be the very first to:

* Find out about the comprehensive impact of this
fall’s 40 Days for Life campaign (this will boggle
your mind — it’s FAR bigger than ever before!)

* Learn about the social indicators that have many
people believing that we really are witnessing the
beginning of the end of abortion

* Hear amazing success reports from local 40 Days
for Life campaign leaders

* Discover the BIG NEWS about what’s next for this
international movement — utilizing input from
more than 4,700 surveys submitted

* Find out how YOU can make a difference in the next
steps of this crucial effort!

It’s absolutely free to attend “Tipping Point,”
however there are limited spaces available for the
live event, so make sure to register and grab your
spot RIGHT NOW:

http://www.40daysforlife.com/tippingpoint

We also want to be completely transparent — this
fall’s monumental campaign drastically depleted the
funds of 40 Days for Life, so during the “Tipping
Point” event there will be opportunities to invest in
this lifesaving work, if you feel led — however,
there is absolutely no obligation to give.

Penney, I hope to talk with you on the phone or via
the web next Tuesday, November 16, to build on the
momentum from this fall’s 40 Days for Life campaign
— and to ensure that this truly is a “Tipping Point”
moment in the struggle to end abortion.

For Life,

Shawn Carney
Campaign Director
40 Days for Life

PS: Please spread the word and let other pro-life
people everywhere know about this teleconference
and webcast so they can join in on this exciting
discussion! Simply send them an e-mail encouraging
them to learn more and register at:

http://www.40daysforlife.com/tippingpoint

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Please FORWARD this message to other pro-lifers!
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My Mom Heart Matters

Sally Clarkson is a woman on a mission! A God-ordained mission. She wants to raise up an army of women who will embrace the calling of motherhood as the high calling that it is and to give them support and tools and encouragement to do this job well – to the glory of God and for the sake of the next generation of children. Find out more about Sally’s ministry here at her website www.wholeheart.org.

She is really excited about her next conference season and feels that God is doing a new thing in her ministry to mothers. She is hosting a giveaway of 4 registrations to her Mom Heart Conferences. You can find out more about the Giveaway here.

January 21-22: CO Springs, CO
February 4-5: Irvine/OC, CA
February 18-19: Irving/DFW, TX
March 4-5: Raleigh/Durham, NC

Check out the schedule and the locations and make plans to attend the conference nearest you!