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Over the years of my walk with the Lord, I have faced many ups and downs. Lot’s of moments and seasons of being passionate and on fire for the Lord, many seasons fighting the lies of the enemy in valley seasons, with few hills top seasons.

We know we will face trials in this world. We know we will have valley seasons. We must remember that even though we may walk thru the valley of the shadow of death, we don’t need to fear evil. We are overcomers because Jesus overcame, we are victorious because Jesus is the Victor! We know the outcome will be great, for us being on the Lord’s side will lead to victory.

However, the bible describes us in a spiritual battle. It is normal to have low moments in our walk with Jesus. It is normal to feel mundane days.

However, we must push pass our feelings of lowliness, sorrow, pain, frustration, numbness, depression, hopelessness, and remind ourselves of the Word of God that brings forth FAITH.

Faith seems like this unattainable thing, but all faith is, is trusting the Father. Trusting he loves and cares for you, trusting he will provide, trusting his ways and will are higher then ours, trusting that we don’t have to know or see whats next or in-store for us. Trusting that no matter the outcome, he is still worthy of our praises.

He is still worthy of our pursuit.

Sometimes, we may feel weak, and discouraged but the Lord tells us to encourage ourselves in the Him!

1 Samuel 30:6 KJV
[6]🌟 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters:
🌟but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

David often found himself in pits of despair. He often found himself in hardships. He often found himself in NEED of the Lord to intervene. But he never gave up. He was a man after God’s own heart. He was distressed, yet he encouraged himself in the Lord.

It’s natural to desire others to encourage you, but sometimes you have to encourage YOURSELF.

If you have found yourself down, barely the desire to even read the Bible or to sing a praise to the Lord, I will encourage you right now, do it anyways. Do it until you are encouraged in the Lord.

You may be the one that has to pull yourself out of that pit by seeking the Lord’s face.
Ultimately the Lord will pull you out, but you have to pursue him!! Stop walking around hopeless and defeated!

The Lord will meet you where you are AT. He will hold you close. He will forgive you. He will strengthen you. He wants you to get desperate for HIM!

He desires you.

Will you pursue him despite how you feel?

Will you encourage yourself in the Lord?

At about 1am this morning I woke up and heard the word “Justice.”

Justice refers to the principle of fairness, righteousness, and moral rightness in the way people are treated and how laws are applied.

The Lord is bringing forth Justice.

[20] Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 16:20 NLT

Justice is coming.

[15] Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.
Proverbs 21:15 NLT

[24] Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.
Amos 5:24 NLT

[8] “For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them. Isaiah 61:8 NLT

What has seemed unfair, what has been wrong, will be made right.

The Lord is the Lord of Justice. For righteousness and justice will prevail!

Nothing can stop the Lord.

August 28, 2025 posted on facebook

As I turn on my lamp stand this early morning trying to keep it dim still because everyone is sleeping except for Israel. The Lord gently reminded me of this verse…

[21] Then Jesus asked them, “Would anyone light a lamp and then put it under a basket or under a bed? Of course not! A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light will shine.

[22] For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light.

[23] Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.”

[24] Then he added, “Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given—and you will receive even more.

[25] To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they have will be taken away from them.”
Mark 4:21-25 NLT

As I sit here in the dark, I see how much light this ONE lampstand is putting off. If we as believers are all called to be the light in the darkness, man our lights should be shining ever so bright in the world.

A few years ago Mic got a hair cut and this lady who was into newage practices (crystals and such, essentially witchcraft) said when he came in to get his hair cut she saw such a bright light in him.

See, she was seeing from darkness in the spiritual senses. She saw that he had a bright light. She came to bible study once and we tried ministering to her but that very night after Bible study I had a crazy dream. A giant bull spoke to me and said that we couldn’t have her.

That morning I woke up and prayed for her. But knew unless she decided to follow Jesus that she belonged to the enemy. She didn’t want to give up her new age practices. She hadn’t desired freedom yet. I pray she will one day.

I’m reminded of this story because she saw into the spirit ralm that we had LIGHT and that it was BRIGHT.

Now, we don’t go seeking un authorized access to the spirit ralm (ie witchcraft, crystals, new age) but we do have access to the Holy Spirit as believers. Whatever he decides to reveal to us we can pray on and trust the Lord in.

But if someone in deep darkness saw our light, imagine what the whole world sees when we are lights.

Now not everyone sees into the spirit ralm, so the way they see our light will be by our character. Yes what we say but also how we live. It’s no coincidence that our worship to the Lord is the way we live. Not just an act we do during services.

This is something I try to instill into my boys. Worship is your life not just an emotion during a song. Also music can soften our hearts. Worship is more then sound. It’s a life of surrenderence, repentance, transformation, and obedience.

I teach my boys why I raise my hands when I worship in music. It shows that I surrender to the Lord, it shows that I am lifting HIS name up above all others. It releases the burdens I carry and allows for me to receive what he has for me.

Let’s teach our kids what being a light is, what worship is, and remind ourselves it’s more then emotion. It’s a life.

This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine. 💡

Written on Facebook August 21, 2025

The other day I felt like was I suppose to take a picture of this plant. Didn’t know exactly why but I knew the Lord had to tell me something with it.

Well today, I had the worst headache (still somewhat lingering) so I took a little nap to help it. I fell into a deep sleep and had some dreams and wrote them down. I woke up. And the boys told me one of them decided to dump this red marker liquid into my 2 plants I have sitting on the window seal that grows basil and mint.

The other day they were drying out and looked wilted. The boys have been watering it but it kept producing these spotted leaves that didn’t look healthy. So now that it had red dye marker in it, how much more is it unhealthy so I finally decided to cut all the growth off the plant. It had quite a lot. But it was not producing healthy growth. Being that these are herbs we eat I haven’t been wanting to eat them as they haven’t been fresh. So I finally cut off all the dead plants and decided to start from scratch. It’ll take longer, but it will produce a fresh edible harvest.

Well, what about the red dye?

I have to wash it out. It’s going to take time because it got down to the roots. But once its gets completely washed out and can begin producing fresh harvest again, it will produce twice as much that can actually be eaten.

Then I heard in my Spirit, that “this is what God is doing with his people. We have to cut out the growth that looks like plenty but it has been producing spotted un-edible harvest. Once we cut it out, it will look like nothing remains, but overtime as the Lord purifies the soil and the roots, it will begin to produce again, this time a much greater harvest which it’ll be a healthy harvest, one that can be eaten and nurture our bodies. Producing thirty, sixty,
Or even a hundred times greater then what’s been planted.”

Matthew 13:23 NLT
[23] The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

Written on Facebook August 23, 2025

The soil is getting cleaner… but now the red has made its way into the actual plant itself.

This is what’s happening with the bride of Christ.

I shared this on Facebook on August 13, 2025 but figured I should log it here as well.

I had a prophetic dream that was from the Lord. I heard a resounding loud alarm going off over the cities.

🚨Sounding the Alarm🚨

The Lord has brought some clarity to me on the words and dreams he has been giving me over these last few weeks and I feel lead by the Holy Spirit living in me to share what I believe he is speaking to the body of Christ as a whole.

“His children have been walking in mixture.
They have been playing in uncleanliness and compromise. They have the Holy Spirit but they have allowed the demonic to bring confusion. They’ve allowed and entertained spirits that aren’t His Spirit. Their spiritual awareness has been murky and tainted. They thought it was the Lord’s discernment but the source was impure.

⚠️Check the source.⚠️

As I stepped outside of the mud I could hear and see clearly once again, recognizing where the source was coming from.

⚠️Which is impurity⚠️

• These are people who are not new believers, they’ve been saved for some time now. However, they’re also not fully mature believers, yet.

My spiritual senses were being dulled. But once I stepped outside of the mud I could hear the warning clearly and loudly.

• THERE ARE MANY still walking in the uncleanliness of impurity. Being hindered and dulled in their spiritual senses. The source is demonic and impure, DISGUISED in a sweet smelling fragrance.

It’s made it’s way into the structure and leadership of the churches.

🚨 The Lord is sounding the alarm to the believers walking in this path!!!! You still have time but not for long. Get off the wrong path! Get on the straight and pure path! Stop living in compromise. Listen to that still small voice that says “no, that’s not me. That’s not Jesus” no matter how good or sweet it sounds. It may seem like a great opportunity but the source is sewage!!!

➡️The source is IMPURE!⬅️

⚠️ Jesus is coming back for a pure bride. Church, its time to awaken and REPENT!!!⚠️

Lay aside our agendas. Lay aside our systems. Lay aside programs. Lay aside our structures.

● Make room for HIS plans! His ways! Make room FOR the KING!!! FOR THE KING IS COMING BACK FOR A PURE BRIDE!

⚠️ There is still time to warn the new believers. There is still time to disciple the new believers. The NEW believers are in danger!!! They’re getting cast aside for the sake of our agenda!!! They’re in the path of destruction.

⚠️ We must be a pure bride!!! We can’t keep claiming grace and living in compromise.

The church has gotten really good at covering the more mature believers and discipling them. But the church is neglecting the new believers. It’s casting them aside on the sidelines.

● God is not pleased. ●

🚨 This is a warning to church leaders from the Lord.

There will be a great falling of leadership in the body of Christ in the form of church leadership.

⚠️ God is coming to bring judgement on these leaders and everyone. For they are held to a higher standard. They have been like pillars in the faith standing firm. But a time is coming that they will crumble under the hand of God’s judgment.

The intensity is strong because the coming is near.

○ But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value. ○ If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward. ○ But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.
1 Corinthians 3:13-15 NLT

Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 🔥
– John 15:6

🚨 Sound the Alarm 🚨 the time is now. Repent. Stop living in sin. Stop living in mixture. Stop living like the Pharisees celebrating their man made traditions and systems. Thinking that they have escaped the flames. They didn’t have ears to hear. They didn’t have eyes to see. As long as you walk on the path you are, you are heading toward destruction and following an impure spirit. You may barely escape the flames by the hem of your garment.

Jesus gave up his life for us, to make us pure, without spot or wrinkle. (Eph. 5:25-26)

The Lord highlighted these verses to me.

[21] Listen, you foolish and senseless people, with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.

[22] Have you no respect for me? Why don’t you tremble in my presence? I, the Lord, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross. The waves may toss and roar, but they can never pass the boundaries I set.

[23] But my people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned away and abandoned me.

[24] They do not say from the heart, ‘Let us live in awe of the Lord our God, for he gives us rain each spring and fall, assuring us of a harvest when the time is right.’

[25] Your wickedness has deprived you of these wonderful blessings. Your sin has robbed you of all these good things.

[31] the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?
Jeremiah 5:21-25, 31 NLT

[3] Lord, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. You crushed them, but they refused to be corrected. They are determined, with faces set like stone; they have refused to repent.

[4] Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor? They are ignorant. They don’t know the ways of the Lord. They don’t understand God’s laws.

[5] So I will go and speak to their leaders. Surely they know the ways of the Lord and understand God’s laws.” But the leaders, too, as one man, had thrown off God’s yoke and broken his chains.

[6] So now a lion from the forest will attack them; a wolf from the desert will pounce on them. A leopard will lurk near their towns, tearing apart any who dare to venture out. For their rebellion is great, and their sins are many.
Jeremiah 5:3-6 NLT

[1] “Run up and down every street in Jerusalem,” says the Lord. “Look high and low; search throughout the city! If you can find even one just and honest person, I will not destroy the city.

[2] But even when they are under oath, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ they are still telling lies!”
Jeremiah 5:1-2 NLT

Idols aren’t only graven images. They’re whatever causes you to obey them and not GOD.

Matthew 4:17 NLT
From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”

I will leave you with this.

⚠️1 Peter 4:17 NKJV
For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?⚠️

Even if “I die” I will obey the Lord.

I woke up this morning. I had a dream that I believe represented people in the body of Christ.

As I prayed on the dream this morning and wrote down a specific word that the Lord gave me at 2am. The word “calcified”, to be honest I had to look up what the meaning of the word meant.

Calcified Definition:

Hardened by deposition of or conversion into calcium…

THE DREAM:
It was suppose to be a beautiful woman. But instead this women was 2/3’s calcified. Her skin was frail and peeling. She was so white and sickly, even her left eye was calcified. The remaining third of her was still flesh. Her name represented PURE. It was suppose to be the PURE Bride. But she was calcified!!! She was so hardened. And when she spoke, she said she didn’t want to go back to church. I woke up from the dream and the Lord spoke the word “Calcified” to me. I wrote it down in my phone and went back to sleep. This morning as I sit with the Lord, I am hearing him so clearly.

● 2/3’s of the Bride of Christ is calcified. It has hardened itself to the church. It’s flesh is literally rotting and peeling. It is so SICK and needs the healer. It needs JESUS! It’s been so wounded by the body of Christ that they don’t even want to be a part of CHURCH anymore.

⚠️The church must repent to God, yes, but not stop there.

They must GO to those whom they either offeneded or hold offense to.

➡️ Repent to THEM so that they may forgive you and be forgiven. So that they may be healed!!! So that you may be healed! So that the bride can be whole again.

This is when healing will take place and restoring the body that has been calcified.

John 20:23 NLT
[23] If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

Proverbs 14:30 NLT
[30] A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.

Matthew 6:14-15 NLT
[14] “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. [15] But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 18:15 NLT
[15] “If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.

Mark 11:25 NLT
[25] But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.”

Oh JESUS!!!! My heart breaks for what breaks yours!!! Restore your bride!!! Heal your bride!!! Move on peoples hearts to walk in love and forgiveness!!!

For some reason the Lord is bringing up things in my spirit that I wrote years ago to share with others. Maybe it will bless them…

July 15, 2021

Scabs and Scars

The Lord wants to give you a responsive heart. He is cutting away the dead and bringing to life things in you that he put in you that has been long hidden away by the dead things that no longer are sustaining you. Allow and trust him in this process.

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. Ezekiel 36:26 NLT

As I was worshipping Jesus the other night, the Lord graciously reminded me of a word that he spoke to me 3 years prior. “God does not just mend the broken hearted but he gives us a new heart.” I heard him speaking to my spirit the words “scars and scabs”, you see everyone has them. Whether it be physical scars or emotional scars. We all have them.

When I reflect on my past, it’s like reopening old wounds by picking at a scab. It feels as though I’m reopening all the pain and hurt from before. The Holy spirit spoke to me, “NO MARY. I don’t leave scabs or scars. I heal, as in made completely new.” He throws the old completely out. He makes us a new creation in Christ Jesus. The only reason we have scars is because on earth we allow ourselves to have them by never surrendering it all to him and no longer thinking on it. A scar differs from a scab in that once healed, it no longer causes pain.

Where as a scab remains in pain. A scab is still in the process of healing and can be easily hurt or reopened with pressure. Once fully healed, a scar serves as a reminder of past events without causing any pain. It leaves a mark. When we go through life and have pain, physical or emotional pain, we go through a healing process. The duration of this healing process can vary significantly, depending on the depth of the wound. The good news is, there’s a way to experience accelerated healing without any scabs or scars. A healing that allows you to move forward without constant reminders of the past. There is a solution. There is an answer, His name is Jesus Christ.

You don’t have to revisit the old pain or the person you used to be. You can leave behind those reminders of your past pain and move forward. You can live in total and complete freedom in Jesus! One moment in God’s presence can make you whole and healed. He will transform you from the inside out. Don’t waste any more time, and let the transformation happen within you through His precious healing touch. Embrace the new heart you’re being given. You’re no longer defined by being broken, wounded, or scared; you’re made new. That is what the bible speaks of when it says to be born again!

[5] Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. [6] Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. [7] So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ John 3:5-7 NLT

In Christ Jesus you can be BORN AGAIN & SPIRIT FILLED! Receive the Holy Spirit, repent of your sins. Ask Jesus to fill you with his Spirit. Believe in Him that he died and rose again 3 days later to bare our sins. He did this so we can live freely for Him. We get to dedicate our lives to him and serve him as our Lord and Master. In doing this, we are given a new heart, His Spirit, and our sins are forgiven. We are reborn, born Again!

Scabs and Scars

(Not my picture, found on Pinterest by Faith Cox)

Today’s revelation:
The reason churches are sleeping or “dead” is because they are not born again!!!!

It starts with the body repenting to God and one another. Holding no records of eachothers wrongs. Giving others the grace we were freely given!!!

Hey there! Thanks for checking out my page. I am a homeschooling mama of 4 boys. My oldest will be entering 6th grade, my next is entering 4th, my middle youngest is entering Kindergarten and my last son is entering potty training.

I’ll keep my writing post short as most people rather jump to the actual resources. I will be sharing some of my advice and resources I have found useful through my years of homeschooling on my page, as well of some resources I’ve created myself or put together. I created a homeschooling planner to meet our family’s needs as well as putting some of my favorite resources for PreK and Kindergarten.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A ● FREE HOMESCHOOL PLANNER ● PDF I MADE AT THE STORE LINK:

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There is a lot of great resources out there. Between Teachers pay teachers, canva, Etsy, and googling free printable for preK and Kindergarten, it can be awesome and overwhelming.

I have learned that doing less worksheets at the younger ages will actually achieve more. I put a few different styles on here in hopes you choose the best one or two fits for your little learner, but unless your child is asking for more worksheets, I encourage you to spend more time counting their toys with them, showing them the colors of things thru books and everyday life, and spending a little time with a letter for an entire week before moving onto a new letter. The sound that the letter makes may or may not come to your little learners easily so don’t stress it, usually by the age of 7 years old your child will begin to learn to identify the alphebet letters and it’s sounds fairly well.

Spend lots of time engaging with your little and read aloud to them. Spend more time teaching them and having them as your helper then sitting at a desk doing work sheets.

These Work sheets are just a few I have found helpful. When they are in PreK and only 4 years old or a young 5, then I personally have them trace the Large Font of ONE Letter and/or ONE Number a day every day for one week. Talking about the same number and letter every day of that week and pointing it out in books I read aloud to the child. We spend time going over the sound of the Letter and the names of that Letter and Number. We spend our time saying this apple starts with our Letter A that says ă ă ă. Then we do a color that week. Red, our color is Red. I may introduce a shape that week as well. (Keeping it very simple shapes) Triangle, Circle, Square, Star, and Retangle.

LA/Reading:

For teaching Kindergarten I have found that All About Reading is the way to go for Language Arts up until the 4th Level is completed. You don’t need busy work for your littles, you just need to teach them how to read. I haven’t tried all about spelling yet but I’ve read that it’s good to introduce after you’ve completed the AAR level 2. I honestly over complicated my children’s education where we used AAR for reading, another curriculum for LA and another for spelling on top of writing. After I completed AAR level 4 with two of my children I learned that it was majorly overkill what I did and no wonder my boys hated school lol. I was informed by a private school covering that I use that simply using AAR alone was enough to be counted as Reading and LA and spelling up to the point of after level 2. Then they encouraged me to go thru the spelling on AAS so and that it didn’t need to be done every single day (like I was doing with ALL of our subjects!!) Now my plan is to do AAR with my two younger ones and once they complete level 2 I will slowly introduce AAS. And that IS their language arts program!!!

HANDWRITING:

I enjoy using the Good and the Beautiful handwriting books up until 4th grade. After 4th grade I feel that my children have learned handwriting well enough to stop doing it as a subject since their other subjects begin to require more hand written assignments. My goal is for my children to be able to read cursive to some extent and write in it to some extent. TGTB Handwriting curriculm introduces cursive in the 3rd level and more in the 4th level, which I find is enough for my children.

MATH

I have found and committed to using the Good and Beautiful Math. We have used K – 5th so far and love it. However, midway thru 5th we have broken lessons up and even crossed out some problems as it just was taking us wayyyy too long with my ADHD son.

SCIENCE

Honestly, I’ve bounced around a lot with science curriculums. In my opinion reading topics on science in books with pictures is the most fun for elementary. However, I was set on having a curriculum, so some I have used is TGTB, BJUPress, Abeka (2nd grade and younger), and homeschool journey academy (this is really my favorite as it has a faith based video teaching) with textbooks/consumable printables available too.

HISTORY

I can’t say that I have found a history that I truly love for elementary. I would say out of all that I’ve tried (and I’ve looked into many and tried all good share) I like Not Grass Star Spangled Banner for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. I have learned that history before 3rd grade is pointless. Social Studies/Geography is better for teaching communities and cultures etc. Which honestly good library books can introduce that thru fun picture stories. I remember introducing president’s to my boys before 3rd grade and they didn’t retain anything. 🙈 So I have found doing a simple style of history and keeping it easier levels keeps them more engaged. I would say 5th grade and up I have enjoyed using Drive Thru History Adventures. (You can go online and order the dvds on amazon or purchase the streaming versions with the homeschool printable worksheets on the actual website.) I don’t personally use the work sheets as I don’t think it’s necessary until high-school. But that’s my personal opinion in which you may find a different one for your own families needs.

I do like masterbooks geography course and how they have little passport books which is cute. Yet again, as someone who seems to over do it, I thought at the time they needed MORE. Now looking back, I see I added way to much on them and will be more relaxed on the younger two entering elementary years. And I’ve definitely made some changes for my older two moving forward.

If you’re new to homeschooling fear not, you will find what works for you and your children. It takes time learning the learning style of your children but also learning your teaching style. I have found I enjoy adding stuff to curriculums so I just need a simple base that teaches the important stuff like Math and Reading. As I end up doing a lot of extras and like to somewhat expand on things.

⚫️ For this coming year I have found we will be using this:

🔜6th Graderwill be using;

MATH; TGTB Math 6. Possibly carrying over from level 5 if we dont finish as planned.

LA/SPELLING; BJUPress LA 4 and Spelling 5 as thats where he is at in that particular curriculum but we have found the video teachers very helpful for him.

READING; He reads books he enjoys, right now he has been enjoying the Hardy Boys Series. Occasionally writes a book report on them and often narrates what he just read back to me for showing me comprehension.

HISTORY: We will be watching it once a week, Drive thru History Acient Civilations. Then will likely do a fun project based on what he is learning.

SCIENCE; We may do some TGTB units or even do some generation genius science experiements. I haven’t decided but already own a lot of science curriculums so will likely just pull from my curriculms I have. I may even do fun printables from the acient civilations /Geography/cultures and incorporate some science from those areas. We shall see. We will do this 2x a week. I ALSO, bought the Elementary Science Biology from Homeschool Journey Academy so I may use that or wait and use it for my younger two. He may even do a combination of science with his 4th grader brother.

HEALTH; Sexual Repoduction from the Good and the Beautiful Curriculum. (Once a week).

SOME YEARS WE’VE DONE SCIENCE ONE SEMESTER AND HISTORY ONE SEMESTER.

This year we are trying to stick to our 4 day textbook school week. With doing LA, Spelling, Reading and Math every day. And doing history/science/health once a day (science 2x a week, the others once a week). Still keeping only 5 subjects a day.

We read the Bible and I will start logging it with my homeschooling umbrella school I’m under but I won’t call it school for my kids as I don’t want them to resent the bible as they often do resent school.

⚫️ My 4th grader wants to try all his subjects with BJUpress this time around with the video teacher (except hand writing) so we shall see how he likes that lol.

MOLD ME LORD!

‭Jeremiah 18:3-10 NLT‬
[3] So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. [4] But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over. [5] Then the Lord gave me this message: [6] “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.

– My heart’s desire is that the Lord strips away the parts of me that are my flesh, (my desires of sinful nature) and mold me into the person he desires me to become. This is what surrenderence looks like. Submitting our lives over to the kneeding of our Maker. Where we say, “Here I am Lord, do with me as you may!” Then he forms us as he see’s fits. For he knows the true motives of our hearts!!! –

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[7] If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, [8] but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned. [9] And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom, [10] but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.

– The Lord is looking for humble, submissive, and obedient children. He wants us to be strong IN him, he wants us to ABIDE IN HIM. He wants us to succeed THRU Him! He wants to build HIS kingdom thru US. He wants to have willing and usuable vessles! He doesn’t want us telling HIM what HE should do. He wants us to take HIS WORDS and DECLARE it! We do have authority, but it’s only BY HIS SPIRIT and THRU HIS NAME Jesus! We have a job to do and it’s to examine our hearts and keep it pure! Be the PURE BRIDE of Christ with our oil lanterns FULL.

‭Jeremiah 17:9-10 NLT‬
[9] “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? [10] But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”

– He knows whether what we do on the outside relfects our motives of our hearts or whether it is out of a place of selfish ambition. LORD, I ask that you strip away all selfishness in me and use me to carry out your plan, will, and ways!!!

We are the church, so why go to church?

‭‭1 Corinthians 12:14 WEBUS‬‬
[14] For the body is not one member, but many.

People love to say “we are the church” and yes we are, but we are not meant to be alone. For the body of Christ is not one singular person but many members! We were given these gifts to HELP each other (1Corinthians 12:7) so if we wander off, thinking we are fine being alone and “being the church” we are in error! Everything in scripture talks about iron sharpening iron, if one falls the other helps them up, 3 cored strand is not easily broken. To not forsake the gathering of the saints!

STOP TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CHURCH! THAT IS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST! YOU WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE!

Get the log out of your own eye before trying to get a speck out of someone else’s.

Making generic statements about “the church” is NOT edifying the body! We have power of life and death in our tongue! We need to speak to edify the body not belittle it!

I am guilty of this!

Lord I repent! Forgive me for the idle words I have spoken about your bride! Help me to remember to PRAY and intercede for our local bodies rather then walk in pride & with a critical spirit!!

Instead of being frustrated with how the church is, as a whole, find one that has most of the same beliefs as you and see how your passion for the move of God may stir the passion in others as well!