Day 144: Renewal

Daily Sheet: Day 144: Renewal

Family Book: “The Color of Home”

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Travel: Minnesota

Video: “All Things New” – Elevation Worship/Hillsong

Video: “Mills Family Baptism”

Video: “River Baptism 2015”

Video: “Dry Bones” – Gungor (another incredible acoustic performance!)

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Day 140: Dependability

Daily Sheet: Day 140: Dependability

Family Book: “This is the Rope”

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Travel: Nevada

Song: “The Red Sea” – Ric Blair

Video: “Abide With Me” – Audrey Assad

Video: “My Sweet Refuge” – Roo Panes

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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.

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Travel: France

Video: “It Might Be Hope” – Sara Groves

Song: “Soldier of Hope” – Roo Panes

 

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Day 113: Commitment

Daily Sheet: Day 113: Commitment

Family Book: “Silver Threads”

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Travel: British Columbia

Song: “I Commit” – Margaret Becker

 

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Day 110: Neutrality

Daily Sheet: Day 110: Neutrality

Family Book: “The Slant Book”

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Travel: Austria; Czech Republic; Switzerland

Video: “Roll to the Middle” – Sara Groves

 

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Day 109: Peacefulness

Daily Sheet: Day 109: Peacefulness

Family Book: “Where the Poppies Now Grow”

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Travel: Algeria; Tunisia

Song: “God and Country” – Gungor

“You can take my money, take my land, but not my son!

…Those who live by the gun, die by the gun.”

 

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Day 102: Benevolence

Daily Sheet: Day 102: Benevolence

Family Book: “If the World Were a Village”

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Travel: Gabon

Map: Mary Kingsley’s Travels

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?
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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 81: Courage

Daily Sheet: Day 81: Courage

Family Book: “They Called Her Molly Pitcher”

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Travel: Louisiana; Arkansas

Song: “Song For My Sons” – Sara Groves

“Your dad and I pray for strength and understanding for things we couldn’t see or comprehend.”

Song: “Sing for the Wind” – Roo Panes

“Love’s the journey of a lifetime, and where you finish isn’t where you start.”

Questions:

  • What is the difference between bravery and courage?
  • Why do you think the story of Gabriel speaking to Mary was chosen for “Courage”?
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