Proverbs 20:7

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

What to Leave Children

Spurgeon - Faith's Checkbook

ANXIETY about our family is natural, but we shall be wise if we turn it into care about our own character. If we walk before the Lord in integrity, we shall do more to bless our descendants than if we bequeathed them large estates. A father’s holy life is a rich legacy for his sons.

The upright man leaves his heirs his example, and this in itself will be a mine of true wealth. How many me may trace their success in life to the example of their parents!

He leaves them also his repute. Men think all the better of us as the sons of a man who could be trusted, the successors of a tradesman of excellent repute. Oh, that all young men were anxious to keep up the family name!

Above all, he leaves his children his prayers and the blessing of a prayer-hearing God, and these make our offspring to be favored among the sons of men. God will save them even after we are dead. Oh, that they might be saved at once!

Our integrity may be God’s means of saving our sons and daughters. If they see the truth of our religion proved by our lives, it may be that they will believe in Jesus for themselves. Lord, fulfill this word to my household!

Unexpected visitors!

For Today

Outside my window......

Beautiful sunny day High of 98

I am thinking............about what this busy week looks like.

Church............. I missed last Sunday because I woke up in a flare.

Family...... We are adjusting to the new family schedule with Wayne being out of town working.

From The Learning Rooms....

Austen

Austen has been able to take much of the summer off to work. He has stayed very busy with all of the summer youth activities. The past few months they have been preparing for the youth missions trip to Idaho. He will leave this Thursday morning. It is hard to believe that this will be his senior year of high school!

Photography

2013 Water Follies Air Show

Blake

Blake just started the new football season. He will play again this year with the Comets.

QUOTE

Forms of temptation:

1.    Temptation to act – 1 Jn. 2:16

a.    “lust of the eyes” - Personal aspiration

b.    “lust of the flesh” - Personal gratification

c.    “boastful pride of life” - Personal reputation

2.    Temptation to react

a.    Fight - anger, hostility, wrath, resentment, bitterness

b.    Fright - fear, anxiety, worry

c.    Flight - avoidance, apathy, escape, withdrawal

     

James Fowler

I am thankful for:  New Friendships in the Tri Cities.

From The Kitchen... Tacos for supper tonight!

I am reading..... Jumping Ship

I am creating:   KJV Bible Tags

I am praying.... 

Traveling mercies for stateside trip (8th-17th)

Finances

School year

Lord's will in moving

Fibro issues

Family Salvation

Around the house ....

 Lots of cleaning this week

New.....

Grandma & Grandpa are coming Wednesday.

A few plans for the week...

Bible Study & Fellowship 'Stuck'

Austen-Youth Group

Blake- Football Camp Mon-Thur 5:30-7:30

Happy Trails....

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Grandpa giving his gun to Austen.

Today's Verse

Romans 1:20

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

We need to learn to LIVE & WALK in Thanksgiving!

God has truly blessed my life.

I am so thankful for the people he has placed in 

my life the past 10 years!

Daily Promise

Daily Promises
Blue Letter Bible
December 1, 2012

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. (Proverbs 3:24)

When Christ is our life, we have nothing to fear. Our rest can be sweet because we have a God who neither slumbers nor sleeps. And He is always watching over those whom He loves. May you be at peace while trusting in the arms of your Saviour.

Weekly Journal Tuesday

For Today

 It has been a challenging time in my life but I am taking steps to move forward every day. 

Outside my window......Beautiful crisp fall day- Sunny

I am thinking............I can't wait to have a coffee tonight!

Church.............We are in the 6th week of Sunday School classes that parallel what Blake is learning in Sunday School. It is neat to see that our own Bible lessons are on the same topics. We have been challenged to work on the things we learn during the week and then we discuss how it went in class. 

Family...... 

We are adjusting to this area. We have had many challenges but I am still hopeful we will make friends and this will begin to feel like home. It has been a blessing to be closer to our family now. We have had several family members come to visit, in fact almost every weekend for the past couple months. 

From The Learning Rooms....

Austen

some of his photos

Photography

(thank you Grandma Shaun for leaving us your camera to use)

At the park with the family

"Umm...really MOM?"

Blake

Report on Koalas

 Daily Grams

QUOTE

Amid trials hard, temptations strong, and troubles constant, true faith is persevering faith.

Author Unknown

I am thankful for:  a new day with renewed strength, funds to purchase 2 new tires for our car, answered prayer (grandma had 3 mo cancer check- no cancer!)

From The Kitchen... Hamburgers

I am reading..... Bible

I am creating:  nothing this week ;)

I am praying.... My marriage, finances, Austen- a good friend,

new godly friendships, growth in my spiritual walk,

friends & family who have cancer, friends who are hurting, ect...

Around the house .... cleaning, cleaning, never ending cleaning...

New.....We started the Dave Ramsey financial series. So far we have had 2 budget meeting. Blake started KIX on Sundays from 4-5:30

A few plans for the week...

Austen youth group Tuesday from 7:30-9:00

Blake practice Tue-Thurs 5:30-7:15

Homeschool Mom Night out Tue 6:00-8:00

Game Day Saturday 9:00 am

Church- Sunday 9:00-12:00

KIX (Kids In Christ) 4:00-5:30

Happy Trails....

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Grady & Blake 

2011

Tuesday Journal 9-18-12

 For Today

Outside my window......the dark sky

I am thinking............Coffee is sounding so good.

From The Learning Rooms....

Austen

Bible ~ How Wisdom Acts

Spanish~ Seasons & Months Of The Year

Math~Khan Academy SAT Prep

Science~ Systems of the Body

History~Government

Life Management~Resume Writing

Spelling~ SAT Prep

Writing~ SAT Prep

Blake

Bible~ Daily Challenge:

Psalm 84:10

"Choose a way you'll remember to trust God instead of complaining"

Math~ T.T 5 & Daily Warm ups

English~  Review parts of speech

Science~ The Human Body 'Nervous System'

Spanish~ Months of the Year

Writing~ History of Chewing Gum

History~ Geography 

I am thankful for:  God providing for last week, a renewed energy, healthy children, and a very hard working husband!

From The Kitchen... Crock Pot Night

I am reading..... Proverbs Fountain of Life

I am creating:  New Website 

brwaau.wix.com/branmadetags.com

Where I can organize my tags

I am praying.... For Austen to learn the true freedom in forgiveness,

For Blake to learn the difference between our wants and our needs,

Funds for 4 new tires on the Tahoe, 

New godly friendships, growth in my spiritual walk,

Friends who have cancer

Around the house .... Flea bombing today, getting ready for company to get here Thursday.

A few plans for the week

Haircuts

Football Pics

Football Practice Tue-Thurs 5:30-7:15

Family Coming-  Thursday through Sunday

Homeschool Week 1 2012-2013

Week One

Wow! We made it through our first week.  Austen is a junior this year and Blake is in 4th grade. As their mom and teacher, I am so blessed. We decided to put Blake in his first team sport this year. He is playing for the Pasco Youth Football League. I was a little apprehensive about allowing him to play, but it has been a good experience so far! Austen playing 3 years of youth football and we had no problems with kids or coaches. I am so thankful! 

Some Things We Learned About This Week

* The Human Body

*Review Parts Of Speech 

* The Book Of Proverbs 

* Memory Verse Hebrews 11:1 & Psalms 23:3-4

* Spanish- Numbers & Greetings

Math-Review Place Value

Geography-Using A Map

Some Pictures

Geography

Bible

English-Parts Of Speech

Youth Football

1st Game 9-8-12

Comets- 40 Vs Vipers- 6

Marriage Monday .....Me First!

The cultural philosophies that are prevalent today lean toward glorifying and promoting an extreme self-centered, me-first attitude. It would seem we are living in a society described prophetically in 2 Timothy 3:1-4 by the apostle Paul.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 

God's ways are not what we would always expect them to be- but they work! 

Giving up one's own self- interest to please and build up others to promote mutual unity?  God's Word tells us that forgetting one's self and focusing instead on the needs of others produces the sense of unity and joy that God grants to likeminded and obedient believers.

~Happily Married 

Debi Pryde

The Road Block Of Fear

Controlling TOXIC Thoughts and Emotions

Dr. Caroline Leaf

http://drleaf.com/

There two kinds of decisions. Fear based and faith based.

Fear is an emotion that will give power to your thoughts and with focused attention,  you will begin to attract that thing or situation which you fear. You can actually feel your body respond to fear based thinking.  It tightens and the breath reacts, so you see how you ingest a fear based thought then it manifest physically, emotionally and spiritually. We begin to doubt ourselves immediately with a fear based thought.

According to Dr. Caroline Leaf states that 87% to 95% of the illnesses that plague us today are a direct result of our thought life. What we think about affects us physically and emotionally. It’s an epidemic of toxic emotions.

The average person has over 30,000 thoughts a day. Through an uncontrolled thought life, we create the conditions for illness; we make ourselves sick! Research shows that fear, all on its own, triggers more than 1,400 known physical and chemical responses and activates more than 30 different hormones. There are INTELLECTUAL and MEDICAL reasons to FORGIVE! Toxic waste generated by toxic thoughts causes the following illnesses: diabetes, cancer, asthma, skin problems and allergies to name just a few. Consciously control your thought life and start to detox your brain!

Medical research increasingly points to the fact that thinking and consciously controlling your thought life is one of the best ways, if not the best way of detoxing your brain. It allows you to get rid of those toxic thoughts and emotions that can consume and control your mind.

Change in your thinking is essential to detox the brain.

First point of change is to recognize what thoughts you are:

1.      How many times a day to you think “I should have, could have or would have?”

2.      How often do you regret your life choices?

3.      Do you replay old “tapes” in your head and fantasize about different outcomes?

4.      Are you an observer of your thoughts or do you ingest them all as truth? 

5.      How honest are you with yourself?

6.      What are you scared of physically?

7.      What are you scared of emotionally?

8.      What are you scared of spiritually?

9.      Do you believe these fears are all possible?

10.  Are you afraid of failure?

11.  Are you afraid of success?

12.  Are you trusting in God

10 % _____25%  _____  50%_____ 75% ____ 90% ____ 100% ____ of the time?

Summer Fun with pics

Summer Fun

On The River

2012

Jet Skis On The Columbia
Austen & Blake

Wayne & Boys

Wayne - Brandon - Blake