Day 139: Steadfastness

Daily Sheet: Day 139: Steadfastness

Family Book: “Freedom Summer”

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Travel: Utah; Colorado

Video: “If I Stand” – Rich Mullins (acoustic, Wheaton College chapel service 1997)

Song: “If I Stand” – Adam Young (Owl City)

Question:

  • When Satan told Jesus the following, what was he referring to?  (If you get stuck, refer back to Day 131).

For it is written: “He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”

  • What does this tell us about Satan?
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Day 132: Self-Control

Daily Sheet: Day 132: Self-Control

Family Book: “Separate Is Never Equal”

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Travel: Kiribati; Nauru; Tuvalu

Song: “Kingdom Comes” – Sara Groves

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Day 125: Mercy

Daily Sheet: Day 125: Mercy

Family Books: “My Favorite Food”“Mrs. Katz and Tush”

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Travel: Slovakia

Video: “I Will Sing” – Rich Mullins

Video: “Different Child” – Roo Panes

 

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Day 99: Freedom

Daily Sheet: Day 99: Freedom

Family Book: “Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation”

Family Book: “You Are Special”

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Travel: Nebraska; Kansas

Video: “Set You Free” – Nomos

If you did, if you did, even if you did…  Been where you shouldn’t have been, Seen what you shouldn’t have seen, Dreamed what you shouldn’t have dreamed, that doesn’t mean you have to be locked up here forever.  I’m going to set you free.
And if you did, if you did, even if you did…  Done what you shouldn’t have done, Run when you shouldn’t have run, Lost when you shouldn’t have won, that doesn’t mean you have to be paying the price forever.  I’m going to set you free.
And if you did, if you did, only if you did…  Strayed from the beaten track, Maybe you never got back, Went in off the black, that doesn’t mean you have to be lying around here forever.  I’m going to set you free.
Ah if you did, if you did, even if you did…  Suffered from a broken heart, Got off to a poor start, Maybe you fell apart, that doesn’t mean you have to be paying the price forever.  I’m going to set you free.
And if you did, if you did, even if you did…  Known what you shouldn’t have known, Shown what you shouldn’t have shown, Thrown what you shouldn’t have thrown, that doesn’t mean you have to be lying around here forever.  I’m going to set you free.
Ah if you did, if you did, even if you did…  Been where you shouldn’t have been, Seen what you shouldn’t have seen, Dreamed what you shouldn’t have dreamed, that doesn’t mean you have to be locked up here forever.  I’m going to set you free.

Video: “Deliverer” – Audrey Assad

You are not possessive, You respect all things
You are not invasive, You have no envy
You are not insistent, You do not force me
You are not controlling, You make me free indeed

You’re my deliverer, You’re my deliverer.  You won’t pass me by.

Your law is freedom and mercy is Your rule
Though You dwell within me, I can’t contain You

In the ruins of my heart, You preach to the poor
Turning over stones to show me there is more
More than all I ask, more than I’m looking for
In the ruins of my heart

Video: “Land of the Living” – Roo Panes

Where they go
That we shall cherish and that I wrestle
Don’t want to be like the dust that settles
This empire of nothing
I find that I’m king of all these empty homes
That are ruled by my own flaws
But you can’t be an old fire
If you are burning with a new flame

So remember that, you are never a forgotten name
Cause I know a land called the land of the living
It’s the world beyond those curtains where we learned to play
I hear the voices of my childhood singing it’s the world beyond those doorways
Where we use to play

Cause every moment
Is a chance to define what you want to become
You’re not a slave to things you’ve done
Be brave and be bold
Be childish and old it’s the same old story
Every life needs a hope of glory
But you can’t be an old fire
If you’re burning with a new flame

I was born to be free, you were born to free me

Cause I know a land called the land of the living
It’s the world beyond those curtains where we learned to play
I hear the voices of my childhood singing it’s the world beyond those doorways
Where we use to play
I know a land called the land of the living
It’s the world beyond those curtains where we learned to play
Oh we’ll go back, we’ll go back to the beginning
And we’ll pick up on the trails of forgotten ways

Song: “Finally” – Gungor

Call me back into the silence, into the sunlight.

Every breath a standing defiance of death and of clamor; Let darkness be scattered now.

I’ll be here waiting in silence, waiting for sunlight to make all the world shine bright.

All the stars fall in line and the seas bow their heads.  We remember our dead and we sing another day.

As the silence, it grows and the worlds fade away; All the sons empty their graves.

We will sing another day.

Questions:

  • Compare and contrast physical, emotional and spiritual freedom
  • Can you find examples in today’s lesson where faith in Christ has brought each of these types of freedom to someone?
  • Explain what you think is meant by the line, “I was born to be free; you were born to free me.”
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Day 98: Loyalty

Daily Sheet: Day 98: Loyalty

Family Book: “The Last Brother”

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Travel: New Zealand

Video: “My Sweet Refuge” – Roo Panes

I don’t think You want grand gestures, just a simple faithful friend, someone who will walk it with You all the way to the end, someone who can live and love You, singing how I’ve come to know

You’re like the sun that gives the moon its glow

You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge.  You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge and I know the wolves keep circling but we’ll leave them chasing tails ’cause You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge.

So I kiss farewell to drama; My everything is You, and after all the things that You’ve done, oh, Your love’s been proved.  I’m not going back there; no, I’ve come to know

You’re like the sun that gives the moon its glow

You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge.  You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge and I know the wolves keep circling but I’ll be safe with You ’cause You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge.

I need you, I need You, I need You, I need You, I need You Lord, every day.  I need You, I need You, I need You, I need You, I need you.

Song: “Stay Close to Me” – Margaret Becker

Lately I’ve been finding comfort in this truth: I am just a child of need who’s found her hope in You.  Stay close to me.

Video: “Abide With Me” – Audrey Assad

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide.  The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.  When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies.  Heaven’s morning breads, and earth’s vain shadows flee.  In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.

Video: “Stay With Me” – Roo Panes

Well I’ve been everywhere, but I’ve been nowhere; It was all viridian in permission blood.  There was a void before me; it was as deep as truth, because all the world couldn’t hide the view of you.

Stay with me!  Oh stay with me; you’re right where you are supposed to be!

You’re y Eldorado; you’re my holy grail; I found my treasure through the rain and hail, knowing I was taller when upon my knees, knowing you’d come back to me if I just said please!

Oh you take me back to the morning light; You take me back to the morning light, the very moment that I found my sight, You’re forever by my side.

Questions:

  • Why do you think Gabe made the decisions he did?
  • Do you think he made the right decisions?
  • How did he remain loyal to his brother and to Orly?
  • How are these four songs similar?
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Day 88: Vision

Daily Sheet: Day 88: Vision

Family Book: “On the Oregon Trail”

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Travel: Idaho; Oregon; Washington

Hymn: “Be Thou My Vision” – Chelsea Moon

Be Thou my vision, oh Lord of my heart.  Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.  Thou my best thought by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my wisdom and Thou my true word.  I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord.  Thou my great Father, I Thy true son, Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one.

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise.  Thou my inheritance, now and always.  Thou and Thou only, first in my heart.  High King of Heaven, my treasure Thou art.

High King of Heaven, my victory won.  May I reach heaven’s joys, oh, bright heaven’s sun.  Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my vision, oh Ruler of all.

Video: “Be Thou My Vision” – Fernando Ortega (set against images from the Hubble telescope)

Consider the following three translations of Proverbs 29:18:

Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law.  (New American Standard Bible – NASB)

Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; But blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.  (New International Version – NIV)

Where there is no vision, the people perish: But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.  (King James Version – KJV)

Questions:

  • Is vision important?  Why or why not?
  • What does Proverbs 29:18 teach us about vision?  Use the above three translations to explain.
  • How are vision and restraint linked?  How can you apply this in your own life?
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Day 87: Leadership

Daily Sheet: Day 87: Leadership

Family Book: “The Lewis and Clark Trail”

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Travel: Missouri; Iowa

Map: The Lewis and Clark Trail

Questions:

  • What are the marks of a good leader?
  • What are the marks of good leadership?
  • How are we to respond to bad leaders and/or bad leadership?
  • Consider the following lyrics: “People of God, rise up and shine God’s love.  We are the light of the world.”  …How do these words relate to leadership?

Song: “People of God” – Gungor

We could have tongues of angels; We could move mountains with our faith; We could give everything away, but if we don’t have love we’re left with nothing.

We could see blind eyes opened, know all the mysteries of our faith.  We could sing all the highest praise but if we don’t have love, we’re left with nothing.

People of God, Rise up.  Rise up and shine God’s love.  We are the light of the world.

Love is what holds it all together.  Love never fails, it never dies.  There is no deeper truth.  We know that God is love, our God is love.  Tear down the walls that divide us; Let love rebuild and unite us.  All we need is love.

 

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Day 86: Obedience

Daily Sheet: Day 86: Obedience

Family Book: “The Other Side”

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Travel: Ohio; Indiana; Illinois

Song: “When Will I Ever Learn” – Phil Keaggy

…You brought it to my attention that everything was made in God.  Down through centuries of great writings and paintings, everything was in God.  Seen through architecture of great cathedrals down through the history of time, is and was in the beginning and evermore shall ever be.

When will I ever learn to live in God?  When will I ever learn?  He gives me everything I need and more.  When will I ever learn?

…And up on the hillside it’s quiet where the shepherd is tending his sheep, and over the mountains and the valleys and the countryside is so green.  Standing on the highest hill with a sense of wonder, you can see everything is made in God.  Head back to the roadside and give thanks for it all…

 

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Day 84: Discretion

Daily Sheet: Day 84: Discretion

Family Books: “Unspoken”“Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad”“Follow the Drinking Gourd”

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Travel: Niger

Video: “Underground Churches in China”

Video: “Down in the River to Pray” – Alison Krauss (with the Berklee Gospel Ensemble)

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