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MONEY AND THE HOMESCHOOLING MOM

2024-12-04T10:30:00.000-08:00

Day 1 - 90-Day Success Plan:

Small Daily Steps for Financial Freedom.

This plan follows my F.R.E.E.D.O.M. program outline, offering daily actions for personal growth, financial healing, and spiritual maturation. Each week focuses on a key topic, building momentum for transformation by Day 90.

This week the F in FINANCIAL FREEDOM also stands for FORGING godly relationships.

Goal: Identify and define your financial trauma and your relationship with money.

Wether or not you may realize it, you have a relationship with money, we all do. Wether that relstionship is helathy or not, that's what we are discovering.

Financial trauma refers to the psychological and emotional distress caused by financial instability, stress, or hardship. It often results from experiences such as poverty, overwhelming debt, job loss, or unexpected financial crises.

This trauma can manifest in anxiety, fear, or avoidance behaviors related to money, making it difficult for individuals to make sound financial decisions, build wealth, or maintain financial stability.

Day 1: Do I have financial trauma? From the definition above, think about your interaction with money from your childhood until now. Would you say you have financial trauma?

If you answered yes, how does that make you feel? Write it in jour journal. Remember that being truthful with yourself and God is key.

Scripture:

Matthew 11: 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

I know this is about money and your finances but, I learned that the first step in financial freedom is not how to make more money, It is how do I find peace. Learn to rest in Jesus.

If you find yourself in financial trauma, you lack peace. Ask the Father to give you His peace which passes all understanding and to keep your heart and mind through Christ Jesus.

Journal your thoughts feelings and emotions about the idea of financial trauma.

Action - Read all of Matthew 11 and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you what you need to take away from that scripture.

As you position yourself to pray, press the record button on your gadget, record your prayer. As you pray, allow the Holy Spirit to lead you in your prayers. Do not re- record. Post your prayer in this group.

Welcome to day one of 90,

May the Lord guide us on this journey for His glory, Amen.

Take back your TRUST and place it in the Lord.

2021-10-14T13:32:00.004-07:00

But blessed in the man that trusts in the Lord, whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but her life shall be green and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8

In my morning quiet time, gazing out toward the water, I remembered a command that the Lord gave me a few weeks ago. The word was TRUST. Of course up to this point in my life and given all that has happened, I would have thought I do trust the Lord.

Obviously, if he gave me a command to trust him, then there must be an area in my life where I still do not trust him and therefore I needed to find out what that was. So I asked the Lord.

Lord, In what was am I not trusting you? Help me to draw nearer and where am I standing in your way?

This was the Holy Spirit response to me:-

Every question does not always have the answer that you want. You want to fix every pain right away so that no one goes through anything.

You are still trying to prevent their suffering. How can they abide in me if they cannot trust me?

Teach them to trust as you learn to trust ME. Rest your heart and mind and trust me with your children.

Break covenant with the spirit of Job, That is not your life. Do not fear, I will prevail, in fact I have prevailed. Trust in me.

With tears streaming down my face, I said thank you Father, as you teach me to trust you, teach my children to trust you as well.

My prayer,

Abba, forgive me for forming a covenant rooted in fear with the spirit of Job.

Forgive me for passing that fear unto our children.

I break every covenant that I formed consciously or unconsciously with that spirit and I apply the blood of Jesus between myself and every ungodly word, thought or deed and cover that sin.

I choose to live in and by faith and not in fear.

Lord, forgive me for exalting myself and my fears in a religious spirit.

Nothing that I say, do or write has more power than you Abba.

I remove my trust from myself and anyone or anything else that I have trusted in and I put my trust in you Father, your Son Jesus and your precious Holy Spirit.

I remove my trust from money,

I remove my trust from head knowledge,

I remove my trust from Satan,

I remove my trust from anything else that I may not see right now, and Abba,

I place my trust back in your hands.

In the name of your son Jesus I pray, Amen.

If God has brought us this far on our homeschooling journey, then we can trust him to take us the rest of the way. Moreover, we can trust him to care for our children their entire lives. He loves them more than we ever can.

Thank God for his sovereignty

Remember the sacrifice of his son Jesus

Understand what the will of the Lord is concerning you

Sing praises unto him and bless his name

Transform your mind with his word

Take Back Your Heart

2019-01-17T17:00:00.002-08:00

The Heart

THIS POST WILL WALK YOU THROUGH TAKING BACK YOUR HEART

UNDERSTAND THAT NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE BELONGS TO YOU!
Read 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Your heart does not belong to you. It belongs to GOD!

The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof –
Psalm 24:1-2

You have given your heart away to several people and things…

· Husbands/wives

· Children

· Parents

· Jobs

· Homes

· Money

· Cars

· Friends

· Pastors

· Churches

And so on and so forth…

It was and is not yours to give away repentance is necessary

It’s time to take back your heart…

The kingdom of God works by speaking… Example Genesis 1, God spoke, HE said “LET THERE BE…” and there was

Open your mouth and speak…

Father God, in the name of Jesus, I repent for having given away my heart. I acknowledge that everything belongs to you and everything that I have is yours.

I am sorry for giving away the heart that you gave me and for allowing anything and anyone to make me stray from you.

I ask for your forgiveness because I believe that Christ died on the cross for my sins, I receive my forgiveness because of HIS finished work on the cross and I thank you in Jesus name. Amen

Father, by faith in the name of Jesus I take back my heart from___________and I give it back to you, to heal and restore what was broken and stolen.

Thank you, Father, for loving me and restoring me back to a place in you.

Father God, in the name of Jesus I repent for having exalted __________into a high place above you. You alone belong on the altar of my heart and I am sorry and ask forgiveness for putting ______________ in your place. I take down___________from the high place that I have placed them on and I break up every spiritual altar that I have ever erected in Jesus name I pray AMEN.

Spend quality time with God getting to know HIM not about HIM get to KNOW HIM like HE knows you.

Read, Psalm 24, Psalm 139, Romans 8

Read as the Holy Spirit leads you.

Why Did I Do It?

2017-09-28T10:13:00.003-07:00

"Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."

Psalm 51:10

That is the question that came into my mind as I lay in the bed one night.

It’s was after twelve a.m. and I was looking through a FaceBook home school group, that I am a part of online. As I scrolled down and read through the posts, they were one heartbreaking post after another. I read as much as I could without giving in to the disappointment in what I was seeing. Mom, after mom, after mom, complaining about what was wrong with their children, themselves and their homeschooling method of choice. That's when the question hit me and I had to stop and ask myself… WHY? Why did I start homeschooling?

Curiosity first captured my interest in homeschooling way back in about 2004. I can’t say for sure what led me to this idea, it had to be the Holy Spirit, but I remember researching and digging into how homeschooling worked. I ended up with a bunch of papers and information on homeschooling but dared not do it. Well, as it turned out, I tried to convince a friend of mine to home school her child using the information that I had gathered but she didn't run with it, so there I was, stuck with all my homeschooling info, that I was not able to “pawn” off on her.

The truth was I was paralyzed by fear and doubt. Surely I was incapable of homeschooling my children. I was not smart enough or educated enough after all she had a bachelors degree – I didn’t.

After that mini rejection of my homeschooling idea, I tucked it away neatly in a corner, never to be remembered again, yet I remembered. As the years passed, and I started to learn the word of God, I realized that I had a duty to perform as a believer. To train up my children in the way they should go. It wouldn’t let me rest. Through years of PTA and SLT meetings and hoping for something greater than what was happening, it kept getting progressively worse.

In 2009 after years of running, trying to forget homeschooling and constant nudging from the Holy Spirit I made up my mind to home school. This time, though there was another frustration or reason for me doing so – I had NO peace.

I was frustrated with public school, the process, the pressure for books and uniforms and “things”, the changing of outfit every six months and having to figure this out for three children at a time along with a baby. I was very overwhelmed and I had no peace. I panicked and stressed out over “school” every four to six months as the seasons changed.

It took me all of 2009 to brace myself for homeschooling the following school year. I kept putting the bug in the ear of anyone who would listen and looked to see their reactions.

The last two weeks of school pushed me over the top and there I was, September 2010 our first homeschooling year… oh boy! In panic and fear, I braved the winds of change that were blowing my way. I had no “money” to buy a fancy curriculum and had one not so great computer. As we forged on into homeschooling waters, we weathered the storms of rebellion and resistant children, skeptical family members, crossed eyed church family and one very supportive first-grade teacher, who gave me as many books as she could to help jump start my journey.

Seven years later as I think about my why this is my answer:
1. I was led by the Holy Spirit to do so.
2. It is my desire to manifest the power of God in my life and the lives of my family members
3. To make known HIS ability to see me through, no matter what.
4. I strongly believe it is the best thing to do for my children.
That is my WHY.

I am grateful for the peace that homeschooling has brought me as a mother and the many, many lessons I have learned along the way.
No, it wasn’t and isn’t easy and we have a lot of drama, but God gets the glory out of it all. So before you sit and complain about your task of homeschooling, ask yourself WHY? Ask the Holy Spirit to remind you of why you did it in the first place and if your motive and answer do not glorify God then I would say to you, please go back to your home school summit and ask the Lord to purify your heart and your motive for homeschooling.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

Be Encouraged!

2016-09-01T13:54:00.005-07:00

1 SAMUEL 30...and David encouraged himself in the Lord.

Sometimes on this journey, you have to encourage yourself. When you are at that place in the race where there seems to be no one cheering you on, there are no more water refreshing stops, and the finish line is some miles down the road. There are times when you just need to keep going but you can't seem to find the strength or figure out how to put one more foot in front of the other, it is during those times that you have to encourage yourself in the Lord.

In 1 Samuel 30...
It came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

David lost everything he owned, the enemy had cleaned out his camp. There were times when I felt like David, like the enemy had invaded the home schooling camp. I felt stripped of everything, no thoughts, no resources, no family, no friends, not even a voice to cry out sometimes and nothing seemed to be going my way in homeschooling.

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters:

Now, let's look at this picture, they were all grieving together because everyone had lost all their family and possessions including David BUT David was their leader. They "expected" him to figure out what had happened and to make it right. They spoke of stoning him, the very men that fought with him in battles before and defeated great enemies together. These were the ones that were supposed to be his ride or die, the ones that God had given to him, people that David knew personally that he had helped. They were the very ones that turned on him and they spoke of stoning him.

What do you do when the enemy is sitting in the camp looking you in the eye? What do you do when the very ones you expected to help you, were cutting you down with their negative words?

When I look back into 2010, I remember the fear and the dread of "What were people going to say? What were they going to think about me homeschooling my children? Even worse than that, what if I failed? I had no idea what I was doing. I did not have a big plan and a blue print laid out for the road to success in homeschooling.

Yeah, there were blogs to read and articles to consider but every situation was different and what worked for one was not necessarily working for me. When I told family the "big news" there was no support, there were secret counsel of doubt and discouragement and it became evident eventually when we would gather at family gatherings.

I acted defensively about homeschooling and made a decision to not "share" it with anyone lest I become discouraged and quit.

"...but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.8 And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

As I sought the wisdom and counsel of the Lord like David did, onward I forged day after day. The days turned into months and the months turned into years and before I knew it, six years had passed. There were many days of, Lord I can't and he would say, you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

Some days it was, I am tired and he would say, my grace is sufficient for you, for in your weakness I AM strong. I would scrape myself up off the floor rejoicing in another small yet significant victory and I would go to the computer and find exactly what I needed in order to move forward.

So today, as I look back, it's been six years and the two oldest are getting ready to jump a hurdle, finishing high school. Of course the enemy is trying to infiltrate the camp and discourage them and myself but Jesus is at the center of it all.

I choose to encourage myself in the Lord like David did. I look back only to see how far the Lord has brought me, not to stay there and mourn over days gone by, but to rejoice and give thanks and praise because I AM an over comer through Christ according to HIS word, John 16:33. He has overcome the world, and I am in HIM (CHRIST) and He (CHRIST) is in the Father, and as HE (CHRIST)is in heaven, so am I on this earth.

This word today is to encourage you and in doing so, encourage myself. Six years ago in 2010 I started this homeschooling journey with my family. There were many hopeless looking days and failure seemed eminent. There were mornings spent crying on the floor in my room, searching, for answers and solutions, listening for someone to tell me, it's OK to quit. OH how I wanted to quit so many times. It felt good, it seemed like a good idea but it was not God.

You see, God is not a quitter, he never quit on us, we just drift away from him sometimes but HE never leaves us. So now, as we start this new school year, I want to encourage you no matter what leg of your journey you may be on, BE ENCOURAGED and encourage yourself in the lord.

As necessary as mankind is in helping us in this world, Jehovah Jireh is our ultimate source of help, provision and encouragement when we need it. He is the one who can touch the heart of man and give them a desire to help you. If we would allow him to direct our help, and stop "expecting " certain people to help us, then we would be less discouraged. David "expected" the men in his camp to support him during this tragic time.

Sometimes, we "expect" the children to do better, sometimes we "expect" our spouses to do better, sometimes we even "expect" ourselves to do better but we can't and they can't, not without GOD. The Lord did not allow the people around David to help him, in fact, he allowed them to turn their backs on him so that David would learn to turn to GOD.

Psalms 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him.

Are you turning to God first in everything for your home schooling journey? Are you trying to figure things out on your own? Are you expecting someone else to help you and they are not? Are you allowing others to influence your move forward or are you allowing GOD to order your steps?

Today before you take another step, this is your examination time. Ask yourself, WHO IS DRIVING MY HOMESCHOOLING SHIP? If your answer is not truthfully "God" right off the bat, then you need to go back to the drawing board, like David did. Go back to the ultimate source and cry out to HIM and inquire of him as to what your next move should be. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path.

BE ENCOURAGED BUT MOST OF ALL, ENCOURAGE YOURSELF IN THE LORD!

Religion or Relationship?

2014-09-30T14:43:00.007-07:00

‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. (Matthew 15:8)

I woke up one morning and these words were in my spirit. Religion or relationship?

As I pondered the words in my heart, I began to evaluate my own self and my children to find out what we have been studying. You see, like myself, my children have been in church for approximately seven years and in those years we learned a multitude of traditions and rituals but as my children got older and I looked at them, it was becoming harder and harder for them to do what I was expecting them to do.

We were taught the traditions of men, jumping and dancing and spinning around in church and shouting and praising and so we happily adapted to those teachings. Now my children seem so disconnected from all theses things. Even when they were in church it was becoming progressively harder for them to do certain things that were 'expected' of them. Pretty soon, I started looking at them like the church would look at anyone who was standing in the midst of all the 'praising' but was not moving a muscle, "Oh they must have a spirit on them." or "They are really disconnected from God." And so I found myself in the "judgment seat", judging, convicting and crucifying my children because they were not obeying the "LAWS" of church going.

Now don't get me wrong I love to praise and worship the Lord, but my worship cannot be turned on and off by some organ player and choir director. My worship comes from within and is directed by the move of the Holy Spirit who lives within me and therefore it is not confined to fifteen minutes on a Sunday morning or on cue by the worship leader. So as I was freed from the traditions of men, It was my desire to free my children as well.

In our morning bible study time I have been led by the Lord to become intentional with teaching them the characteristics of "relationship" as opposed to the traditions of men found in "religion." I stopped pressuring them to get into what was known as "praise mode" because one should not be made to worship, but worship should be cultivated through time spent with the Lord and reading and receiving HIS word - only then, will worship be manifested as the product of relationship with CHRIST.

When we have illuminated the characteristics of a true relationship spiritually with Christ, then it becomes easier for us to cultivate healthy and long lasting, genuine relationships with other human beings. Remember, everything that we see on this earth is just a shadow of what has already taken place in the spirit realm. Therefore, if you see legalism and religion in your earthly life commitments, then it's only a reflection on the legalistic religious interaction you are having with GOD.

‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. (Matthew 15:8)

And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.(Matthew 15:9)

What are you teaching God's children, RELIGION OR RELATIONSHIP?

Do you see the signs?

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John 20: ³⁰And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: ³¹But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

When I started this "home schooling" blog, I was determined to make it as good as the other blogs out there. This was going to be one of those top notch blogs that gives you all the perfect schedules for homeschooling.

This blog was going to have every important link that you needed and it was going to surely bring you success in your homeschooling. This blog was going to be another fabulous blog with all the right pictures and all the right words and millions were going to love it and it would let the world know how awesome and capable God was, and how wonderful it was homeschooling my five children. This blog set out to be phenomenal.

The more I struggled to make my writing "fit in" the more it stuck out. I felt like Saul before he became Paul. I felt the Holy Spirit asking me why was I kicking against HIM. The more I struggled to make this blog mimic some other blog that I had seen, the more it would take on it's own shape and form. I decided to allow the Holy Spirit to lead me. I don't blog every day, but as I am led by the Holy Spirit, I write.

I see the church mourning Jesus as if He were still dead and as they mourn the dead, its as if they have forgotten that He rose from the dead and gave us back the power that the devil stole from us. HE sent HIS HOLY SPIRIT to help us to live in HIM and through HIM - but it seems, we have forgotten.

So no, this blog might not bring you the success in the area of homeschooling that you might have expected but it can and will bring you to a clearer understanding of the power that comes with having a relationship with Jesus the Christ, Son of the living God.

As the home schooling days go by, I see several signs. I look at the different signs and I can tell what is in the atmosphere. I cried out to the Holy Spirit, "Let me see your power, I need to see you power working." As the days went by, I started seeing things that I had not been able to see before.

The teaching that had become so hard and such a struggle, suddenly started flowing and as I looked around I saw routines being followed for bed time.

During the day I saw work being completed in a timely manner. Then as I looked a little deeper, I saw peace flowing over my home, I heard less arguing and fussing, I saw more working together and I heard more laughter - and that's when I realized, all these things were signs.

I saw the signs that told me the peace of God was upon my children, I saw the sign that told me the Holy Spirit reigned over my home.

I saw the sing that reminded me to rest as HE works in me and through me. I saw the sign that told me, HE calmed the storm in my heart, that HE healed a place that was broken, that HE restored that which had been taken away and that HE has given back all that was stolen from me.

I saw peace in the midst of the storm, I saw confidence in the midst of challenges, I saw hope and light in the midst of despair and darkness. I saw the signs.

So I blog, not to replicate other blogs, not to produce the typical homeschooling blog that I thought I was going to do. But I blog to show the SIGNS of the POWER of the Holy Spirit at work, in me, in my home, in my children, in my husband, in my marriage, in the Kingdom Of God that is within me, in everything I do.

Thank you Abba, Father for allowing me to see the signs.

The Holy Spirit is not written in a curriculum to be followed like routine, HE is the power that lies within me, because of the finished work of Christ on the cross, so as you look at yourself and your busy home school schedules, tell me, what signs do you see?

Do you see signs of REST in the Holy Spirit or do you see the tell tale signs of stress from the pressures of the world.

John 20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Experiencing the SWORD

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For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)

As the homeschooling days roll along sometimes discouragement sets in. Some days, the children are downright zoned out and other days, everything is right on target. Well yesterday I was having one of my own melt down days and suddenly, all I could see was everything wrong. So I picked up my notebook and bible and was going into some quiet time. Just then my husband beckoned me to watch a movie with him about a book that he had just finished reading to the children. I resisted for a minute. I had other things to do, but I sat down with him and we started watching the movie. It was awesome, the story of Ruby Bridges.

Needless to say, after I saw the perseverance and dexterity in that mom in the movie, I was worse off than I was before. I fussed the children into their beds because I was upset with myself and couldn't wait to be alone with my self. I was planning a party, so that I can whine and cry and beat my self up for how incapable I was. Boy oh boy, that's a lot of "I" but yes, as I swooped down on the floor in front of my room door, I don't know why there, I started crying and writing in my book. I wrote about the horrible and incapable person that I was, (comparing myself to the mom in the movie, who seemed to have it all together). I started telling Jesus how incompetent I was and I started listing all the things that were wrong with me and the way I was doing things, I highlighted all my short comings and was asking Jesus to help me.
HE allowed me to vent for a few seconds and as I was about to have the pity party of all pity parties and just completely melt down I realized something.

I recognized that two different things were happening to me at the same time. My flesh was weeping, and criticizing but as I wrote on the pages all the negative things about myself, my spirit was singing, "Thank you Lord, Thank you Lord, I just want to thank you Lord" I stopped writing as I heard the singing in my spirit and I started singing. As I picked up the pen again, I was reminded about the power that is in the name of Jesus and that it was not used only to cast out demons and bad spirits but it is also used to claim all the blessings to which we are entitled, through Jesus' finished work on the cross. I started claiming my blessings and every good thing that the Word says about me. When I was done, I realized what had happened, the Word had been made manifest in my life once again. "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
It happened so fast and I was truly overwhelmed. I had just experienced the separation of my soul and spirit and it was awesome. I got up off that floor and celebrated the victory - not yet seeing the manifestations of the things I confessed but already knowing that greater is HE that is in me than he that is in the world. In other words, the Holy Spirit that dwells in me is greater than the physical body that I dwell in.OH! Glory be to God. I am loving this season of my life.

So today, I have learned a life lesson that I can share with my children as we continue to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and watch as all other things are added unto us. The Holy Spirit is our helper and a present help in times of trouble.
I got up off that floor, strong and empowered and I opened my mouth and confessed out loud all that was written on that paper and I receive it in the mighty, powerful, capable, ever living name of JESUS the Christ.
THANK YOU LORD, Thank You Lord, I just want to thank You Lord.

Joy

2013-11-21T18:06:00.002-08:00

"...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." Psalm 30:5

I looked at the clock, it said 1:34 a.m. as I rubbed sleepy eyes on my way back from the bathroom. I have kept a vigil all night and now it seemed like daylight would never come. I looked at my baby sleeping but not so soundly I could see the discomfort in her breathing but one verse kept resounding in my spirit. "Weeping may endure for the night but joy comes in the morning." I knew that if I could just, if we could just make it through the night, she would be okay.

Somehow it seems like the biggest struggles takes place late in the midnight hour. I kept holding onto the knowledge that Jesus died for her healing and we were already seeing tremendous progress. Her breathing had regulated to a more relaxed pace and the mucus that was so stubborn started moving. As she coughed the mucus would come out and it brought relief for her and myself. I kept on thanking God for her healing and the next look at the clock was 3:00 a.m. She got up and I carried her to the bathroom. Between sleep and wake she said, "Mommy can I please get some grapes?" I laughed and told her she would get it in the morning. Before, she was not eating or drinking any thing much. This was progress.

The next glance at the clock ushered in 5:40 a.m. and I was glad. As I glanced over to her, the knowledge that we had made it through the night and the joy that came in the morning was overwhelming - but more than that, Gods word had proven itself true once again. You see, there were many nights that my family had spent out side in the freezing cold, rushing one or the other to the hospital because they had "symptoms " of one thing or the other - but my God is a healer and HE healed my babies.

His word remains true no matter what it looks like and even when it feels really bad, His word reigns over every other word. Ah...the spoken word, it becomes the written word, which becomes the manifested word. That's life in the Kingdom of God. Thank you Abba Father, thank you Jesus, Amen.

Peace 2

2013-11-19T19:37:00.001-08:00

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Today's Life Lesson was nothing short of amazing. I taught a little bit of grammar earlier on in the day but by the end of the day my "grammar" would turn out to be the lesson of the day - the words that came out of my mouth was teaching a lesson that would last a lifetime.

My baby girl Azariah, started coughing a few days ago. As I listened to this mucus build up on her chest and her watery eyes running, the sniffling and the discomfort, I went into normal "mommy" mode - prayers, honey, lime,garlic, soup, juice and crackers. The more I gave her the worse it seemed to get. The more I prayed and declared the more she coughed. I realized that the battle was deeper than I thought. As the day went by, a little bit of questioning and second thought started creeping in and I was inquiring of the Lord what to do. I felt myself becoming overwhelmed as my baby kept on coughing.

I slowed down for a minute and I as I was doing the dishes at the sink, I started thanking Jesus and just giving HIM praise. I sat beside her and explained to her, that she was healed and that all she had to do was thank Jesus for her healing. As she pushed past the discomfort in her chest and the mucus in her nose, she started murmuring the words, "Thank you Jesus, thank you for my healing". I told her, it doesn't matter what it looks like or feel like, it's a lie and Jesus already paid the price for her healing. She pressed on with confidence, "Thank you Jesus for my healing." her little voice whispered.

I went outside to get diapers and as I was approaching the pharmacy, I had a thought forming in my head. As soon as the thought started forming, the Holy Spirit counteracted it with these words "I bore all your sickness and diseases". It was at that moment I experienced the peace which passes all understanding and I knew my baby was going to be all right. I continued into the store giving thanks and praises to God. "Thank you Abba Father", I said, "Thank you Jesus". I started nailing every sickness and disease to the cross, I took it off my baby and nailed it on the cross where the finished work of Jesus bore all our iniquities, all our sickness and all our diseases.

The thought in my head was - Lord, why don't you put this sickness on me, take it off of her and put it on me. That thought was trying to put me in the place of Jesus but the Holy Spirit taught me that it was not for me to bare and that Jesus bore all our diseases already and that healing was complete as long as I believed she is healed. Wow, what peace filled my heart and mind and all I could do was praise. I did not have to carry the burden.

So I started out teaching about different types of words, and learned that the words that I spoke had enormous power and the Holy Spirit kept my mouth from speaking something that was not in the will of God for my life. I am truly grateful for lessons learned today.

As I am typing this, the children are watching the story of Joseph and I can her my baby girl singing along, she has peace as well - all my children shall be taught by the lord and great shall be the peace of my children. (Isaiah 54:13) This is the promise of the Lord and the inheritance of the children of God. I am grateful.

Peace...

2013-11-15T11:09:00.001-08:00

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Today as I am writing, I'm reflecting on an incident that took place in my home and it forced me to give deep thought to my reaction. My nephew came to spend a day with his grandma and our children. My husband and I were away for the weekend and grandma baby sat. On our return home, every thing seemed to have gone okay and then, the tricks of the enemy that took place over the weekend, slowly unraveled. By night fall I found out that I had a broken laptop thanks to my nephew, over exposure that was uncouth for a ten year old to demonstrate and language that was certainly not permitted in our home by the said visitor. Boy oh boy, it seemed that all the rest and relaxation of the past three days was wiped out in one swipe and we had the video to prove all of this. All at once fear overcame me and I reacted. It was loud and harsh and my two were made to understand once and for all, what was totally unacceptable in our home - but so was my behavior.

Sitting back in reflection of my behavior, I saw the manifestation of fear - the Holy Spirit gently reminded me, "I did not give you the spirit of fear but of love and of power and of a sound mind". Boy oh boy! I totally blew it. Now I had to search out the source of this fear.
What I found was, deep within, was a little girl that was so afraid because no one came to help her and so fear grew up with her. Then, I saw the woman who overcame the odds but still lived with the fear that now it may happen to her children - that was the woman who reacted in anger and frustration.
As my teacher, the Holy Spirit continued to guide me, I remembered the promise that my Heavenly Father made to me in Isaiah 54:13, "...all your children shall be taught by the Lord and great shall be the peace of your children..." The peace which passes all understanding, that is also for me. The peace that my savior Jesus gave to me, not as the world gives... and that peace comes from the fact that I am counted in the beloved and so are you. Being counted in the beloved resounds in a deep love that cannot be described but can only be experience personally.

Today as you continue to train up Gods children walk in the peace that comes from above. Don't allow the trials of life to overtake you - and as I am doing now, release your self and your children from the grip of fear and cling to the unconditional peaceful love of our Father.

Today I decree and declare that I fear not because the perfect love of my heavenly Father casts out fear because fear involves torment and in Christ there is no torment but peace like a river. I cast off the spirit of fear and I clothe myself in the spirit of peace, love, joy and righteousness and power in the Holy Spirit. I will not pass on the spirit of fear to my children because they also are counted in the beloved and abide in the shadow of the almighty in Jesus name Amen!

I sat down with my two in prayer and repentance, forgiving and asking for forgiveness, receiving then giving love unconditional from above, as I hugged my babies there is peace that all is well in the name of Jesus. Life lessons were learned and hurdles were overcome. One computer broken but a breakthrough was reached from paralyzing fear. Thank you Abba Father, You continue to love and nurture me and I am truly grateful.

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Not conformation...only transformation

2013-10-23T10:16:00.001-07:00

...and do not be conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind...Romans 12:2

The flesh or my carnal mind keep pressing on me to make this blog like every other blog about homeschooling but I can't by the grace of God, and because of the finished work of Christ on the cross, I, nor this blog will not be conformed to this world and the traditional forms of homeschooling blogs but we are being transformed by the renewing of of minds and in the process, we hope to help to renew your mind.

In writing about homeschooling I have tried to keep it on "school" but I have come to realize that I cannot tell about our school experiences.You see in the midst of "schooling" I found LIFE! I found out that "Training up my children in the way they should go had little or nothing to do with a "curriculum" as we know it. I found out that living was our classroom and the Holy Spirit is our teacher. Its been three years and I have struggled to bring some sort of ritualistic order to what we call homeschooling and as I fought and fought against life in the spirit I found myself more and more frustrated and buried in guilt. It was that same feeling I had when my children were in public school, as I daily walked my children to school and then sat in the parent teachers room and watched and the masses going through the ritual of what was deemed an absolute must -- go to school and learn.

I stepped out on faith that September of 2010 because my heart couldn't take it any more. So now here I am and again, my spirit is pushed against the grain. You see, the academics is of no value if it is not structured or geared toward building up the kingdom of God. "what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and loose his own soul? (Mark 8:36). Slow down for one minute and think about the souls of millions of our babies at stake as we feed them into the treadmill of the world to be processed and conformed to life in the kingdom of darkness.

We are earnest Christians, determined to give our children the best, we continue to march to the beat of the enemy as we ignore the Holy Spirit's prompting to go against the grain and flow with the Spirit of our Father. Daily we ignore or forget the instructions given to us by Paul as he wrote from the Roman prison " I beseech you brethren...be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind..." (Romans 12:2) If our minds are renewed, then our children's minds will be renewed as well.

As my family and I continue in our "life lessons" I am learning more and more to listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit as He teaches me, to train them up, and as He teaches them to live for Him. How great is our God. Thank you Abba, Father. (Proverbs 22:6, Isaiah 54:13) "Train up a child in the way they should go...all your children shall be taught by the Lord and great shall be the peace of your children..."
Amen.

BE ENCOURAGED!

Without faith...

2013-06-16T21:41:00.000-07:00

...it is impossible to please GOD.(Hebrews 11:6)

As it draws near to the end of the school year for 2012 - 2013, reflections are certainly in order. This school year was not without it's trials but the hand of God brought us to the other side.

I recall September 2010 when I started homeschooling. I was in a boat without any physical help or support. I know what the Lord had laid on my heart to do but I saw nothing physical that was going to help me move along. All I had was a conviction in my heart to "Train up my children in the way they should go." and that was the WORD that I stood on.

There was great fear in my heart, fear of failing, fear of failing my children, fear of what people might say and think, fear of not having any support from friends and family. Yes, there were many great fears - but my greatest fear was the Fear of the Lord. More than any thing else in this world, my desire was to please God.

I ventured out into uncharted waters, with the Lord on my side. I started out thinking, I can do this, I ended up finding out, NO, I can't, NOT WITHOUT JESUS. I can do all things (BUT ONLY) through Christ who continues daily to strengthen me and that was my first lesson - to myself. When I learned this lesson, I began to see God working in and through my children.

As we are getting ready to end our third year, I look back with gladness, joy and peace in my heart. I am glad that I took the leap when I did. I am at peace with myself because I know God is doing what only HE can do for me and my family and I am grateful for all that HE is doing and will continue to do.

In September 2010, I could not see three years down the road, but today I am grateful for the things that The Lord is doing with me, for me and through me! HE gets all the glory on this homeschooling journey. For we walk by faith and not by sight,(2 Corinthians 5:7) and without faith, it is impossible to please God.

I just want to encourage parents, to seek the will of God for your life and your children's lives. Trust HIM to take you through and take you to your destiny. Jesus died on the cross for us and He rose again so that we may have the power to overcome. The Holy spirit is our teacher and our guide. Jesus said He would not leave us comfortless but that He would send a helper, (JOHN 15:26). That helper is the Holy Spirit and if you are in Christ, you are never alone.
Be encouraged!!

Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

I will trust in the Lord...

2013-05-02T17:55:00.000-07:00

It is better to trust in the LORD, than to put confidence in man. Psalm 118:8

On this journey, I have been learning to TRUST IN THE LORD for all my homeschooling needs. Even before venturing into home schooling, I had always felt that I needed to contribute something to our household budget. Well such desires have led me down quite some interesting roads. I've done everything from Avon to Melaleuca, I've been approached by Amway, I've signed up for Usbourne books, Primerica, NLC, and the list goes on. All of which have proven to be NOT the thing for me. So I decided to leave the pursuit of making extra money and just focus on training up my children.

As I advanced into the Kingdom of God, my mindset started changing and eventually I was not chasing down an extra income. In seeking first the kingdom of God, I now saw the urgent need to pour into our little children, the Love of Jesus. I saw the urgency for us to sweep them up before the enemy has a chance to bury them in sin and destruction. I have come to realize that in infancy is where thousands of spirits get transferred into our babies, whether it be through some traumatic experience or worldly music or just life it self. Infancy is the stage where these babies are so vulnerable because they have zero resistance and incapable of fighting for them selves so they are taken advantage of and overpowered by the evil that's around them and these spirits grow up with them.

I said all that to say that sometimes in our pursuit for the "finer" things in this life, we forget the things that are important to God and we forget the things that we need for life eternal, like our souls and the souls of those around us. When my quest for money was over, only then was God able to move me into the place that He has for me. God has now allowed me to tutor two babies, a three and four year old. As we work on our ABC's and 123's we also talk and learn about Jesus. We read regular books and the Bible as well. The four year old has asked Jesus into her heart so that she could take Him home with her. She asked me if God could come to her house. How awesome is that.

Now I want you to get the full picture here. God has given me the awesome task of educating HIS babies, not only do I get paid to do this but I just walk upstairs and I'm at my location, for two hours a day I get to love on these babies, teach, train and set in order. How awesome is my God. You see, now that I am not seeking money, money has found me. As I continue to seek first the kingdom of God and it's righteousness, everything else is being added to me. These two are just the beginning I'm sure and all that I am doing is TRUSTING God every step of the way.

The money from this divine assignment is good to have but this assignment is not about money. There is a an array of people that I am encountering and God is just moving through their lives. I listen for HIS voice as the Holy Spirit leads me to pray for, to uplift and enlighten and most of all, to lead to Christ. In the process, He is also teaching my children and molding them into HIS plans for their lives. I'm in awe of the Lord and all that He has done, is doing and will continue to do in my life and my family's life. To God be all the glory for the great things He has done.

Proverbs 3:5-6

King James Version (KJV)

⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Training and Teaching

2013-03-01T07:49:00.000-08:00

Releasing the false burden of teaching from my shoulders....

I know that sounds a little strange but yes, I had to learn how to release myself of the false burden of teaching. God told me to train and He was going to teach. The training I'm required to do is simple, live according to the word in front of my children and they will mimic what they see me do and then trust God enough, to release them into His hands so that HE, through His Holy Spirit can teach them.
As I am led by the Holy Spirit to do what is pleasing in the eyes of God, I am setting up a picture for my children to look at and learn how to function in this world, and in that leading, I surrender them over to their creator and He allows His spirit to touch their hearts and guide them into the obedience that comes only through Jesus Christ.
In other words, they will follow me as I follow Christ and the Holy Spirit does the teaching.
1 Cor 2: ¹³Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
^{1 John 2:27}But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

I'll use this example; the WI-Fi bill was due over the weekend and so I forgot because we were in church all day Sunday. On Monday there was no WI-Fi but the desk top, which is connected by the same Internet company was fully functional so, I was led by the flesh, to turn on the wifi and just "see if it works." Guess what, it did! I felt my heart race in my chest because here was an opportunity to just get some free Internet right ??? WRONG. As I clicked on the Google icon, it went through, then I clicked on face book and it brought me to the log in page and I typed in my email address. Right at that minute, the Holy Spirit brought the word integrity to my mind. Thank you Holy Spirit, 1 Corinthians 10:13, God always makes a way of escape - Integrity, is what you do when nobody is looking. Who is going to know that I'm sneaking some free Internet???? I was going to know and the Spirit of the Most High God that dwells within me would not allow me to go another step further. I quickly closed out and I said, "Thank you Lord, that was a test."
When my daughter got up I shared with her the fact the we had connection with the wifi even though the bill was not paid, she was excited and ran to put it on. I told her not to do it but she said she just wanted to "check it out for herself", same thoughts I had. She logged on the computer and guess what, it was not working at all. How is that possible when it was working a few minutes ago? I asked her if she thought it was a test for me?? She said, "YUP, it probably was". So my test, has now become her lesson and an example to her of how to take the way of escape that God always provides for us. I train by doing the right things and the Holy Spirit teaches by setting up the right lessons that they need. Well guess what, I took the way of escape and I passed the test. Now I was able to share with my daughter the word integrity - what you do when no one is looking. So as I "train up the child," and allow the Holy Spirit to "teach them", I am trusting in the promise that God gave me - when they grow old, they shall not depart. They will not depart from God, His Word or the moral principles they were taught, that are pleasing to God. So today I decree and declare that I believe the Word of God and it shall be so in my children's lives as it is written. In Jesus name Amen.

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Training and Teaching...Part 1

2013-02-24T19:32:00.001-08:00

^{Proverbs 22:6}Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Since I started this blog, I've been dealing mostly with the financial aspect of homeschooling in terms of it being totally possible and affordable for any person despite your income bracket. As you know, when I started homeschooling I lived in the NYCHA projects in the south Bronx. My family and I boldly stepped into this arena together as I pressed into the call that God placed on my life to train up HIS children in the way they should go. Well today I sense a shift from the Holy Spirit and so I am going to allow myself to be led. There is another part of homeschooling that I am going to address today and that is the "training up" part. So far in this blog we have sternly acknowledged that God is our sole provider and supplier of all our needs in the tangible things that we need to survive life in general and homeschooling as well. Now we have to address the spiritual growth of our children and the training that they require.

In communion with my Heavenly Father He made two things clear to me, He established HIS role in the lives of these children and my role in the lives of these children. This is what I learned, my instruction is to:

Proverbs 22:6 - train up my children in the way that they should go...

In obedience to that instruction, HE (GOD) promised that ..."when they get older, they shall not depart."

Depart from what? From HIM(God) nor from the moral and spiritual lessons that they learned during their childhood years.

The second thing God made clear to me was that, HE (GOD) would teach all my children and HE also promised that they would have great peace. Isaiah 54:13 - All your children shall be taught by the Lord and great shall be the peace of your children.
John 6:45 It is written in the prophets, "And they shall all be taught by God."

Therefore my job is simply to train up my children in the way they should go and the Lord will teach them the things they should know and with this dynamic combination in place, they shall not depart from the Word or from God or from the moral and spiritual lessons that they have been taught.

In my next post I will go into detail as to how this worked for me. Peace.

FAVOR IS FREE...

2013-02-18T19:42:00.002-08:00

Getting ready to go against the grain here and please feel free to comment or respond.

...And you who have no money, come buy and eat. Yes come and buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance. Incline your ear and come to ME. Hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you - The sure mercies of David. Isaiah 55:1-3

Since getting into homeschooling I have seen one thing in common with most if not all homeschooling moms. I have read many blogs and commentaries and there is an overall theme that is running throughout the home school community. Mothers that are certain that God laid on their hearts, the task to home school their children and now seemingly the burden it has become due to lack of finance. Yes money in the center, well I have to share with you where the Lord is taking me in this part of my journey.
When Jesus told the rich young ruler to give up everything he had and follow Jesus, the boy went away reluctant to give up his riches, the bible said he had great wealth and he was not willing to part with his wealth. The reason for not giving it up is that he believed in his heart, that giving up his riches would make him poor and destitute and so he walked away discouraged because he did not want to part with the treasures that were dear to his heart, the riches of this world. He did not realize that his heart was being tested to see if he truly desired God or riches. Was he willing to let go and let Jesus be the supplier of his needs. You see, when God prompts us to let go of something, whether it be money or people or some other material thing, public school, private school, jobs even relationships, it is no just so you are left poor, or broke or hungry or lonely but it's because He wants you to rest in HIM and allow HIM to do for you what you have been toiling in the flesh to try and do for yourself. HE will never take from you and leave you with out. HE wants us to want HIM more than we want the things HE allows us to have.
In this homeschooling journey, I have seen God provide for our every need from food clothes and shelter right down to computers pen and paper. And as I continue to join my mustard seed faith with the faith that is the attributes of God, I see things brought into existence from the unseen realm.

There is a fight that has been going on in my mind as I work on daily lessons and the struggle is between doing what the pressure from the world is telling me I have to do, or listening to the prompting of the holy spirit. Doing what is commonplace for me or taking the time to sit at the feet of Jesus. There is no price to pay for the unmerited favor of God, for HIS grace and truth, for HIS goodness and mercy. It takes a renewing of the mind to become a receiver of the love and kindness of our Father. So come with me as we buy with no money and eat and lets stop spending our money for what is not bread and our wages for what does not satisfy.

Today I encourage you to trust God as the supplier of all your home school needs and watch HIM do for you what no one else can. Rest in the finished work of HIS son Jesus on the cross and walk in the perfect will of God today.

More than Conquerors

2012-12-13T12:45:00.003-08:00

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:36-39

Only by grace can we stand and it has been the grace of God that has held me up these past few weeks.  I have not written in a long time but as you can tell from the above scriptures, Fuller home school has been going through the fire. 

Before writing this post I was browsing through the previous posts and I bless God because it encouraged me to keep pressing on. Paul said in his letter to the Corinthians that nothing could separate him from the love of Christ. I am so very excited because I can be a witness along with Paul that even in these perilous times when my defense seemed week and hope seems so far away, I came to the realization that my Father in heaven has never left me nor forsaken me.  

Often times we boast about our love for Jesus but today I want  to boast about the love that Jesus has for me. Because HE loved me, HE gave HIS life on the cross. Because God Loved me, HE gave HIS only begotten Son to live on this earth, die on the cross, go to the pits of Hell and take back the power form the devil, God rose HIM up from the dead and took HIM into heaven and now HE is seated on the right hand of the Father, interceding for me. 

Wow!! What manner of love is this? I boast about Jesus who sees me as HIS beloved and because nothing on this earth can make HIM stop loving me, today I boast about the LOVE OF GOD.

The Fuller family and Fuller home school has been going through the fire for the past seven months. We lost our home, all of our furniture, not because of Sandy - and we almost lost each other.  I almost lost my marriage and my children almost lost their father. BUT GOD!!!! BUT GOD!!! 

In the midst, holding on is not easy, prayers don't come as often, hope doesn't seem as bright, and giving up seemed to be the next move. But God would not allow me to fall away. He kept on loving me, guiding me and speaking to me.  He kept on teaching and chastising, molding and revealing.  

Sometimes I cried, other times I laughed. For a moment, panic and then with the quickness, peace. I had to purpose in my mind to fight for my marriage, and snatch back my children from the attempts of the devil and now slowly, we are getting back together. 

Through it all, lessons were learned, teaching continued, broken hearts were mended, creativity was born, motivation was resurrected and determination was renewed.

In all things we are more than conquerors.  No Satan, you will not make me quit homeschooling, I will not walk away from God, HE loves me too much. 

Abba Father I thank you that you never allowed us to sleep on the street, we are never hungry or dirty, you always supplied all of our needs and even our wants. 
You kept us together as a family and You guided us every step of the way. You are Jehovah Tsidkenu, the Lord our Righteousness. 

TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOR THE GREAT THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE IS DOING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO IN THE LIFE OF THE FULLER FAMILY.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:7-9, 16-18

The Vision

2012-09-19T11:12:00.002-07:00

And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
³For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Habakkuk 2:2-3 (KJV)

So Fuller home School 2013 has taken off. We started on September 11, and we've been going by the grace of God. As I flipped through one of my old notebooks from December 2009, I found the page where in my daily devotion, the Lord had spoken to me pertaining the vision for Fuller Home School. Well what I noticed in those notes was that there was a second part to my vision.

As I read the words off the page, my heart was beating fast because I realized that the first part of the vision had already come through, you see, I was in my second year of home schooling my children, all four of them. Yes me, the black mama, living in NYC housing projects on the edge of the south Bronx, yes I was homeschooling the children that God gave me.

Write the vision HE said, the vision is yet for an appointed time. As I am typing these words, the second part of the vision is being birth out and I know that God is faithful over HIS Word. Wow Lord You are truly awesome.

Be encouraged, with God, all things are possible and you, whosoever is reading this blog, you can do it. Whatever God has laid on your heart to do for HIS children, you can do it. The reason why you can do it, is because it's not you that is doing it but it's through Jesus and His finished work on the cross. He goes before us to His Father and intercede for us.

He is the Blood sacrifice that was given for us so when the enemy tries to bind us into lack and poverty, we must remember that through the shed blood of Jesus and His broken body that hung on a cross, Jesus recovered it for us, everything that we gave away. He bought us back from the enemy and put us back in right standings with our Father. Oh!!! how wonderful you are Jesus. Thank you.

So today, as I embark on the next part of my Journey, with the Lord still on my side I give HIM all the praise and the honor and the glory. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Be encouraged, In Jesus name Amen.

Get up and get dressed

2012-09-05T15:15:00.003-07:00

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
(Ephesians 6:11-12)

We sometimes get comfortable homeschooling within our four walls, and we tend to forget when we go outside, that there is a whole other world out there for us to deal with. One of the main reasons I chose to home school was so that I would be able to equip my children with the tools that they needed to face the world.

God allowed me to see that I was allowing someone else be the dominant person shaping my children's life. One who did not acknowledge HIM and one who valued the things of the world more than the things of God.

Let's look at it this way, they went to school at 7:30 A.M. and came home at 3:30 P.M. that's eight hours out of the day that they spent with a total stranger with who knows what kind of values. Then, they come home and have to do home work, relax, etc. until bedtime. By the time I got in from work or whatever it is that I did, there is roughly half an hour to an hour, for me to check home work, talk and teach, maybe some form of scripture, (sometimes).

The point is, that by this time it's almost bedtime and so you have officially spent one hour with your child and a few seconds, teaching him or her their true value our worth in the eyes of God. In the meantime some one at school is bullying them, calling them ugly and robing them. Or, on the other hand, they are extremely nice to them, giving them money etc., and on the sly, they are taking sexual advantage of your child, (girl or boy). It's all in the news. For eight hours, your baby endures this other side to their lives and you are totally unaware until something drastic happens.

So, today, before you walk out the door, our send your child off to school, please remember to equip them with all that they need to fight in this raging war. Teach them to put on the full armor of God so that they can withstand the fiery darts of the wicked and if you have not made the decision to home school, give it some more thought and make a decision soon.

If you do home school, please make it a part of your morning devotion to cover your family your home and the educating of GOD'S children, in the blood of HIS son Jesus the Christ.

^{Ephesians 6:13}

Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

LOOKING BACK IN 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR

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Here are some pics fromt this past school year. Still looking for others, had a computer meltdown in the middle of the school year, lost lots of data and pics as well. God is still good and we'll share the few that we have. Praise God no one can steal our memories!!!

Josh and Azariah

Caleb and his big sis

Arts and crafts, Joshua made himself and his cousin/"brother"

Painting time

Made a new outdoor friend in Georgia

Park and picnic perfect recipe for a nap!!!

Mary and Joseph/Azariah and Joshua, their own creation

Princess Zariah

Train to Geoigia...woohoo!!!!

Cold train to Georgia, nap time for Caleb Princess Andazi

Vacation is sweet in the pool for some poeple guess who is on the sideline holding Caleb??

Art time - Azariah on the computer

Joshua

Andazi's

Let the peace of God keep you...

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^"And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:7

The peace of God that comes with homeschooling is one to be desired. My God would not take away a burden from you to replace it with another burden. Jesus said, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matt 11:28-30

Having said that, I remember around this time, every year without fail, I would work myself into a frenzy because there was so much that needed to be done. Some how it seemed that no matter how early I started I would always end up in the same place - worrying about the children, the changing of the seasons and going back to school.

Back to school for me meant three sets of uniforms, at least one per person, three of this and three of that. Books, book bags clothes, sneakers jackets, school supplies, you name it and I had to get three of each. Two girls and a boy. The tension was certainly high for me around this time of year and the burden was definitely heavy.

In 2010, after much debate and fear, knowing that the Lord was leading me to home school my children, after all the research, and pondering over a desire that had been in my heart since 2003 and crying out to the Lord, I made up my mind in that summer of 2010 that I was going to home school my children.

As soon as I made the decision, the burden was lifted. I looked to the Lord for my help and HE gently led me to the steps that I needed to take to get the job done. Once I started there were many days that I felt like I was failing but God kept on re-assuring me - "MY grace is sufficient"- as long as I kept seeking His guidance, that this was the route He wanted me to go.

Praise the Lord. Three years later, here I am, blogging and sharing my experiences. Today though, what I really want to share with you is the PEACE that comes from God through Christ Jesus when you are obedient to HIS will for your life. On the outside, I am in a very uncomfortable position, but I find my self in a "praise mode" overcome with gratitude and appreciation. Oh Father I thank you so much for all that you have done.

As this 2012-2013 school year challenge escalated, with Zariah entering the High School phase, I heard a little knock of anxiety at the door of my heart but ever so quickly I was reminded of the peace of God which passes all understanding and so I felt compelled in my Spirit to share this with you today, trusting that every need is already met according to HIS riches in glory and so, I am not anxious about deadlines and first day of school but joyfully, I await the manifestation of HIS glory once again in this coming school year.

If you are a homeschooling mom or you are planning on homeschooling your child or children, start claiming HIS peace about the decisions that you have to make.

What ever you do, acknowledge GOD as you ultimate source and provider, director and deliverer for what ever your circumstances are. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Be encouraged. Remember that we all must be good stewards over everything that God has placed in our lives especially HIS children. Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." This is our ultimate responsibility for God's children.

To God be all the glory and honor, thank you Abba, Father.

My God supplies school supplies!

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"...But my God shall supply all your (MY) need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19

Looking back at this past school year, while getting ready for this upcoming year, it's truly amazing how God had supplied every one of our homeschooling needs.

I will say of the Lord He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I will trust. Everything we needed for the school year came to my door. Literally, in boxes and by car. My God. I was worrying about how I would be able to afford the school supplies and curriculum last year and so I signed up for a "fundraiser" - well that turned out to be more like a "flop raiser" and put me in debt about $900.00 deep.

Then one day the Lord reminded me that HE, Jehovah Jireh is my provider and that He shall supply all of my needs...The WORD was, be still and know that I am God.

Well I stood still and watch God send people to bring things to my door and there was not one thing that we lacked for our homeschool. We got a new computer, monitor and keyboard complete with new software and security.

Two boxes of school supplies showed up at the door along with a money card for Walmart and what ever else we needed was supplied and all I could do was give God the glory. Thank you Father, for being true to your word.

Blessings...

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The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich and HE addeth no sorrow to it. Proverbs 10:22

So God laid on my heart to do Vacation Bible School at my church. Boy oh boy, I wish everyone could have been here with me to witness the awesomeness of God. He gave me an assignment and as soon as I said yes, HE picked me up and carried me through. For sometime I have been pondering some things in my spirit. Finally I said yes to God and He blessed me this week. I found such Joy in doing something for someone else. To see God's little children excited and happy and playing and not stressed out about the things of this world. Blessed to see eight precious ones accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. They traded in the likes of "their super heroes" and accepted Jesus Christ and made HIM the new and only superhero in their lives. I don't remember having ever felt so rich and I haven't had that joy in a long time. Praise be to God. He gets all the glory and praise from my mouth. Thank you Abba Father for blessing me with all of your riches, AMEN.

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