Daily Sheet: Day 142: Righteousness
Family Book: “Noah’s Ark”
Travel: Norway
Tag Archives: Poor
Day 128: Generosity
Daily Sheet: Day 128: Generosity
Family Book: “A New Coat for Anna”
Travel: Denmark
Song: “Come Thou Fount”- Fernando Ortega (with lyrics)
Day 127: Hope
Daily Sheet: Day 127: Hope
Family Book: Star of Fear, Star of Hope
Family Book: “Erika’s Story” – Be very careful to read this one first!!! It is not appropriate for most young children. I do think it is important for older students.
Travel: France
Video: “It Might Be Hope” – Sara Groves
Song: “Soldier of Hope” – Roo Panes
Day 118: Beauty
Daily Sheet: Day 118: Beauty
Family Book: “The Beautiful World that God Made”
Travel: Ecuador; Galapagos Islands
Video: “Jesus, You’re Beautiful” – Sara Groves (with lyrics)
Day 102: Benevolence
Daily Sheet: Day 102: Benevolence
Family Book: “If the World Were a Village”
Travel: Gabon
Video: “Open My Hands” – Sara Groves (talking about her inspiration behind writing this song)
In Psalm 84:11 we read, “No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.” Sir Richard Baker comments, “But how is this true, when God so oftentimes withholds riches and honor and health of body from men, though they walk ever so uprightly? We may therefore know that honors and riches and bodily strength are none of God’s good things, and the good things of God are chiefly peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Spirit, fruition of God’s presence, and a vision of His face in the next. These good things God never withholds from the Godly.”
Video: “Open My Hands” – Sara Groves (live acoustic performance)
I believe in a blessing I don’t understand. I’ve seen rain fall on wicked and the just. Rain is no measure of his faithfulness; He withholds no good thing from us.
I believe in a peace that flows deeper than pain, that broken find healing in love.
Pain is no measure of his faithfulness; He withholds no good thing from us.I believe in a fountain that will never dry, though I’ve thirsted and didn’t have enough. Thirst is no measure of his faithfulness; He withholds no good thing from us.
I will open my hands, will open my heart.
I am nodding my head, an emphatic “Yes!” to all that You have for me.
Questions:
- Do you think Sir Richard Baker is right?
- Why does Sara Groves say, “I believe in a blessing I don’t understand”?
- Why, if God is faithful, do people experience drought, pain, and thirst?
- What is our role in all this?
Day 91: Acceptance
Daily Sheet: Day 91: Acceptance
Family Book: “Leo the Lop”
Travel: Botswana
Video: “One Faith” – John Michael Talbot & Michael Card
He is the good Shepherd and He’s laid down his life for His sheep, so out of many nations He’s gathered one fold and one faith;
And He has built His church on the rock foundation of faith, on apostles and prophets who shepherd the people in His place.
And He gave to Simon Peter and to all the twelve the keys of the Kingdom so darkness shall never prevail
But some of the shepherds have pastured themselves on their sheep, so He has come out against them and scattered His people of faith.
In good pasture He will shepherd His people; On the mountain top He feeds His sheep. He will heal the poor and afflicted; To the prisoner He brings release.
Yet He’ll not forsake His people; He’ll claim His sheep for His own. He’ll send out His Word to the nations, regather His people back home,
For He is the good Shepherd. He’s laid down His life for His sheep, so out of many nations He’s gathered one fold and one faith.
There is one faith, one hope, and one baptism, One God and Father of all. There is one church, one body, one life in the Spirit now given so freely to all.
Questions:
- What does it mean to “Accept one another… just as Christ accepted you”?
- Put Leviticus 19:34 into today’s terms.
- What does John Michael Talbot’s song, “One Faith,” have to do with acceptance?
- Discuss the significance of John Michael Talbot’s (biography here) and Michael Card’s (biography here) collaboration on this project.
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