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Saturday, January 25, 2014

K5 Learning Review.

K5 Learning has an online reading and math program for kindergarten to grade 5 students.  I've been given a 6 week free trial to test and write a review of their program.  If you are a blogger, you may want to check out their  open invitation to write an online learning review of their program. - See more at: http://www.k5learning.com/review-k5?sid=24510#sthash.uaex3acZ.dpuf

Check back in 6 weeks!

Sunday, January 12, 2014

40 Day Fast: Day 7

Day 7 - Sunday, January 12
No secular media, No meats or sweets

Scripture Reading - Joshua 1 (Conquering the Promised Land)

Prayer Focus - Spend some time today praying for our local law enforcement, firefighters, military and hospitals. Pray that God would protect them and give them wisdom in the midst of very difficult circumstances and situations.

Scripture meditation - "Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon." (Isaiah 55:6-7)

Saturday, January 11, 2014

40 Day Fast: Day 6

Day 6 - Saturday, January 11
No secular media, No meats and sweets

Scripture Reading - Exodus 20 (The Ten Commandments)

Prayer Focus - Pray today for our mayor and our elected officials. Pray that God would give them wisdom and that they would make decisions to honor God and fight against injustice in our community and nation. 

Scripture meditation - "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened." (Matthew 7:7-8


Friday, January 10, 2014

40 Day Fast: Day 5

Day 5 - Friday, January 10
No secular media, No meats and sweets

Scripture Reading - Exodus 3-4 (God calls Moses)

Prayer Focus - Pray today for area or state colleges. Pray that revival would break out among the students and that Jesus would be lifted high on that campus.

Scripture meditation - "The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him." (Lamentations 3:25)

Thursday, January 9, 2014

40 Day Fast: Day 4

Day 4 - Thursday, January 9
No secular media, No meats and sweets

Scripture Reading - Genesis 21:1-7; 22 (Abraham's Faith)

Prayer Focus - Spend some time today praying for the school and teachers in our town.  Pray that God would progect them and that He would raise up teachers who are filled with His Spirit to lead and mentor this next generation.

Scripture meditation - "Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will hear you. You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:12)

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

40 Day Fast: Day 1,2,3 Devotional

I'm sorry I haven't gotten the first and second days devotionals up yet.  I've gotten all the devotionals planned out to post now though so they should be coming every morning.

Day 1 - Monday, January 6
No Secular Media, No meats and sweets

Scripture Reading: Genesis 1-2 (The Creation Account)

Prayer Focus: God first reveals Himself in Scripture as a sovereign, loving, and powerful Creator that has given us everything beautiful, good, and true.

Start your fast by praising and thanking God for all He's done for you and for us a church. Thank Him for
-Your salvation, redemption, healing, and identity found in Christ.
-Your family, loved ones, relationships, spouses, children, etc.
-Your physical blessings (health, finances, career, education, etc.).
-His hand of protection and blessings on our church

Scripture meditation: "You will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all you soul." (Deuteronomy 4:29)


Day 2 - Tuesday , January 7
No secular media, No meats and sweets

Scripture Reading - Genesis 3 (The beginning of Sin)

Prayer Focus - Ask to "search your heart" (Psalm 139:23) and spend some time confessing any sin in your life.

Scripture meditation - "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)


Day 3 - Wednesday, January 8
No secular media, No meats or sweets

Scripture Reading - Genesis 15; 17:15-27 (God's Covenant with Abraham)

Prayer Focus - Pray today for your neighborhood and the neighborhoods surrounding our church.

Scripture meditation - "I love those who love Me, and those who seek Me diligently will find me." (Proverbs 8:17)



Tuesday, January 7, 2014

I'm Reading 52 Books in 52 Weeks this year!


Or I'm going to try my with all my might to read 52 books in 52 weeks this year.  A book a week.  I've got some thick books to read in a week while still taking care of my husband and family.  I don't have all of my 52 books decided at this point yet but here is what I've decided on so far.  I'll update as often as I can and review as many of the books I read as I can.

1 - Home to Walnut Ridge (The Teacup Novellas - Book Three)
2 - Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe
3 - Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive
4 - Anything: The Prayer That Unlocked My God and My Soul
5 - Restless: Because You Were Made for More
6 - At Legend's End (The Teacup Novellas - Book Four)
7 - A Christmas Peril (The Teacup Novellas - Book Five)
8 - A Heart Like His: Intimate Reflections on the Life of David

If you are also reading 52 books in 52 weeks let me know so I can keep up with what you are reading.

For His Honor,
Paige

Monday, January 6, 2014

My OneWord365 for 2014

My OneWord365 for 2014 is SURRENDER.  After last years word Intimacy this is a very fitting word that the Lord gave me for 2014.

Full definition of Surrender:  Verb

to agree to stop fighting, hiding, resisting, etc. because you know that you will not win or succeed

to give the control or use of (something: Myself) to someone else: Jesus Christ

to allow something (such as a habit or desire:Jesus Christ) to influence or control you

Transitive Verb:
1 a - to yield to the power, control, or possession of another (Jesus Christ) upon compulsion or demand.
   b - to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another (Jesus Christ)

2 a - to give oneself up into the power of another (Jesus Christ) especially as a prisoner
   b - to give oneself over to something as an influence (Jesus Christ)

Intransitive Verb:
to give oneself up into the power of another: yield

It's going to be a GREAT year!


40 Day Fast

Well I know that it's been 7 months since my last post. Life has been a wonderful roller coaster with God this year and I'm ready to take on 2014. To start out the year I will be doing a 40 day fast with my church (I can't tell you how much I LOVE my church!). Here is what I will be fasting for the next 40 days.

  • Days 1-10 (January 6-15) No secular media, no meats & sweets 
  • Days 11-20 (January 16-25) No secular media, 1 meal a day 
  • Days 21-30 (January 26- February 4) No secular media, no meats & sweets 
  • Days 31-40 (February 5-14) No secular media, 1 meal a day

What is Fasting? To fast simply means to voluntarily abstain from eating and/or drinking, certain foods, and/or certain activities/items for an extended period of time.

Biblical fasting is a discipline of voluntarily denying one's self in order to be available for prayer and communion with the Lord. Since it is an ultimate act of self-denial, you are simply entering into an intense training in righteousness.

As a church will be giving up the following for the next 40 days:

All forms of secular media (movies, TV and music)
Meats & sweets (days 1-10, 21-30)
1 meal a day (Days 11-20, 31-40). You can either fast one meal a day or only eat one meal a day.

It is also encouraged that those participating in the fast ask and listen to the Holy Spirit about giving up other things for the duration of the fast such as (but not limited to…):
  • Caffeine or caffeinated drinks 
  • Breads, starches, gluten, and/ or processed flour 
  • Dairy 
  • All media (no TV, movies, or music) 
  • Talk or sports radio 
  • Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc) 
  • Time wasting websites. games, and/ or apps 
  • Video games 
  • Alcohol 
  • Worry, negativity, complaining, or stress 
  • Eating out 
  • Extra spending 
  • Anything that negatively affects your health 
  • Anything that negatively affects your finances 
  • Anything that negatively affects your relationship with your spouse 
  • Anything that negatively affects your relationship with your kids/ family 
The discipline of fasting is designed to separate you from your perceived life support so you can focus exclusively on the Lord, your actual life support. It is during this time of abstinence from food and other activities that you are to spend time seeking the Lord in Bible study, prayer and meditation. Fasting is one discipline Jesus promised would bring about supernatural results.

Consider joining me? I will be sharing a daily devotional that has a Scripture reading, prayer focus, and Scripture meditation. I will also share what I feel like the Lord is saying to me, teaching me, and healing me of during this time.

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