Praying the word of God

1.  The Integrity of God's Word
   • Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
   • Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. He said, "And won't he?" He spoke, and he won't execute it?
   • 1 Kings 8:56 Blessed be the LORD, who has given peace to his people Israel, according to all that he has said; not a word of all his promises that he expressed through Moses his servant has failed.
   • 2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God are in him Yes, and in him Amen, through us, to the glory of God.
2. Why pray the Word?
   • Jeremiah 1:12 And the LORD said unto me, Thou hast seen well; for I hasten my word to do it.
   • 2 Chronicles 19:9 And he commanded them, saying, Ye shall also do in the fear of the Lord, with truth, and with an upright heart.
   • Loyal Heart, Perfect Ear, Full Heart, Committed Heart, (Peaceful Without Strife)
   • Psalm 37:3-4 Trust in the Lord, and do good; And you shall dwell in the earth, and feed on the truth. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and he will grant you the desires of your heart.
   • John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
   • Words (Rhema)
   • Speak A word spoken by a living voice
   • 1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have made to him.
3. Pray the Answer 
1. Don't Focus on the Problem, but on God's Solution
2. Isaiah 55:8-11 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.10 For as rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return thither, but water the earth, and cause it to sprout and bring forth, and give seed to the one who sows,  and bread to him that eateth, 11 so shall my word be that proceedeth out of my mouth; it will not return to me void, but will do what I will, and if will prosper in that for which I sent it.
• Identify God's Will
• Matthew 8:1-4 When Jesus came down from the mountain, many people followed him. 2 And behold, a leper came and fell down before him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. 3 Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; Be clean. And instantly his leprosy disappeared. 4 Then Jesus said to him, "Look, don't tell anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and present the offering that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
4. Examples of How to Pray the Answer
• Finance
• Philippians 4:19 "Supplying all my needs"
• Luke 6:38 "As I give, it will be given to me"
• Matthew 6:33"Putting God first, all things were added to me"
• Psalm 37:25 "I Will Not Have to Beg for Bread"
• Psalm 34:10 "No good shall be wanting"
5. Healing
• Isaiah 53:5 "By His Stripes We Are Healed"
• 1 Peter 2:24"By whose stripes we are healed"
• Psalm 107:20 "He sent his word and healed"
• Exodus 15:26"For I am the Lord who heals you"
• James 5:14-15 "The Prayer of Faith Will Save the Sick"
6. Orientation
• Psalm 32:8 "I will guide with my eye"
• Isaiah 58:11 "The Lord will guide you continually"
• John 16:13 "The Spirit of Truth Will Guide You"
• Psalm 37:23 "My steps are commanded by the Lord"
• Psalm 119:105 "A Lamp to My Feet and Light to My Path" 
7. Fear
1. Psalm 27:1 "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear"
2. Joshua 1:9 "I will not be afflicted or faint, for the Lord my God is with me"
3. Romans 8:31 "If God is for me, who can be against me?"
4. 2 Timothy 1:7 "God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and of a sound mind." 
8. Peace

• Isaiah 26:3 "Keep Me in Perfect Peace"
• Philippians 4:7 "The peace of God will guard my heart and mind"
• Psalm 119:165 "Those who love your word have much peace"
• John 14:27 "Jesus left his peace with me, so my heart will not be troubled"

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The 12's Times tables Trick

The 12's times tables have always been a little difficult to solve. My son and I was working on some math problems when I noticed that the 12's has an interesting pattern (see the above picture).  The answer in the one's place counts by 2's restarting at 0 after 8. The other part of the answer counts by 1's skipping the 6th number.  As you can see the pattern repeats quite well.  Did anyone else already know this? If so, please share in the comments. 

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Prayer and Fasting

 

Prayer and Fasting

1. The Combination of Praying and Fasting
• Mark 9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
• Fasting:
• Abstinence (Voluntary forbearance especially from indulgence of an appetite or craving or from easting some foods)
• To abstain from food
• Hebrew word for fasting means to cover over one's mouth 
• Examples of Fasting in the Word
• Ezra 8:21-23 "Prayer and fasting for protection"
• Nehemiah 1:4 "Prayer and fasting over the condition and restoration process"
• Esther 4:16 "Prayer and fasting for guidance and deliverance"
• Psalms 35:13 "Prayer and fasting for healing"
• Daniel 9:2-3 "Prayer and fasting for fulfillment of the promise"
• Luke 2:36-38 "Prayer and fasting as a lifestyle"
• Acts 13:2-3 "Prayer and fasting for direction"
• Acts 14:23 "Prayer and fasting for the appointment of leadership"
2. What Fasting is and is not
• Fasting is not twisting the arm of God to force Him to move on our behalf. 
• It is not a diet.
• Fasting is:
• Putting the flesh under submission
• Focusing on the supernatural and not the natural
• Focusing on the will of the Father and not the will of the flesh
• A time to feed upon the Word of God and not natural food
• A specified time set apart to seek God through prayer and the Word
• Matthew 4:1-4 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
• Isaiah 58:1-14 "God's Chosen Fast"
• To loose the bonds of wickedness
• To undo heavy burdens
• To let the oppressed go free
• To break every yoke
• To share your bread with the hungry
• To bring the poor to your house
• To clothe the naked
• Not hiding yourself from those in need
• Fasting focuses on the plan, will, and purpose of the Father.
• Fasting is not focusing on the problem.
• Matthew 6:16-18 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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3rd grade Social Studies

The 3rd Grade Social Studies student:

•  Is introduced to different forms of communication—telephone, email, languages, sign language, Braille, microphones, CD recordings, and the printing press.
• Learns about conservation of water and land use and the natural resources water and gas.
• Gains interest in geography—continents on the map and globe, Spain, and Israel.
• Distinguishes between different types of communities, businesses, and agriculture—farms and products.
• Expands knowledge of American history—Christopher Columbus, colonization, slavery, George Washington Carver, and our government.

Resources:

• social-studies: geography
• social-studies history
• Heritage History
  
• Geography
• 3rd Grade textbook
• https://ureadthru.wordpress.com/
• geography
• Early American History
• History
• Geography and Cultures
• US History grade 3
  
• Free History unit studies & Lesson plans
• History Websites for Homeschoolers
• Timelines
• Virtual fieldtrips
• Teaching Current Events

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Faith and Prayer

1. Faith is...
• Hebrew 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
• Faith (pistis)
• from G3982; persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:—assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
• Faith is the substance (to set under) things hoped for.
• assurance
• guarantee
• certainty
• The evidence of things not seen. 
• Proof
• Faith itself is the guarantee; the objective assurance that the goods promised by God not presently seen but vouchsafed (to grant or furnish) by Him, will indeed be delivered.
2. Without faith it is impossible to please him
• Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• Rewarder (Strong's G3406 - misthapodotēs)
• from G3409 and G591; a remunerator[1]:—rewarder.
• remunerator - compensation, payment
• Diligently (Strong's G1567 - ekzēteō)
•  from G1537 and G2212; to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship:—en- (re-)quire, seek after (carefully, diligently).
• Romans 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
• 1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
3. In Prayer We must ask in Faith
• James 1:6-8 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
• Asking in Faith
• Believing in God
• Not Doubting (not wavering). This is... 
• Uncertainty if God can really do it
• not confident in His ability
• Lack of trust in His Word and who He is
4. We must receive by faith
• Mark 11:22-24 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
• Believe (Strong's G4100 - pisteuō)
•  from G4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ):—believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
• Revieve (G2983 - lambanō)
• to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of
5. Praying the prayer of faith
• James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
1. Learn the promise of God found in His Word for your situation.
2. When you are convinced, not just in your head but in your heart, that the promise is true for you, speak the Word.
3. When thoughts come to make you doubt, confess the promise and thank God that it is done. 
4. Stand and it will come to pass. 
• 1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
• Daniel 10:1-13

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2nd Grade Social Studies

The 2nd grade Social Studies student:

•  Learns about other countries. 
• Learns about travel—maps, signs, the compass, camping, and directions.
• Expands his understanding of our country—freedom, the Capital, our President, citizenship, flags and pledges, famous buildings, Washington, D .C., George Washington, and rules and laws.
• Learns about communities, farms and ranches, fruits and orchards.
• Builds reading comprehension and learns new vocabulary.

Resources:

• Early American History
• History
• Explore USA Geography
• Heritage History
  
• Geography
• 2nd Grade Textbook
• Read Through History
• Geography Part II
• American History Textbook
• World History Textbook
  
• Free History Unit Plans
• History Websites for Homeschoolers
• Timelines
• Virtual fieldtrips
• Teaching Current Events

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Corporate Prayer

Corporate Prayer

Corporate prayer: A unified body of individuals gathered together to communicate with God. 

Luke 9:18

And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

• Prayer Alone
• 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• Praying together
• The Power of Agreement
• Matthew 18:19-20 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
• Agree
• To be harmonious
• to accord (to be in agreement, to be consistent or in harmony)
• Agree together
• Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
• Ecclesiastes 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
• Established by two
• 2 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
• Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
• Genesis 41:32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
• The power of unity
• Genesis 11:1-9 "The Tower of Babel"
• Genesis 11:6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
• Acts 2:1-4 "The Day of Pentecost"
• Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
• One accord: one mind
• Examples of Corporate prayer
• Esther 3:1-15 "Haman's plan to annihilate the Jews"
• Esther 3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
• Esther 4:1-17 "Mordecai asks Esther to go before the King"
• Esther 4:15-17  Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
• Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
• Esther 8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
• There is great power in united or corporate prayer and fasting
• The goal of united prayer is to seek the Lord for His help and direction concerning a particular situation. 
• 2 Chronicles 20:1-25 "Jehoshaphats battle against Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir"
• 2 Chronicles 20:3-4 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 20:15-18 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you. And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.
• Acts 12:1-19 "Peter freed from prison"
• Acts 12:11-13 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.  And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying. And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
• The Power of Corporate prayer is not a group of people praying, but a group praying for the same goal and purpose. 

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