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Last week I posted on a Read your Bible in Year Plan and I mentioned that I would write more about learning a Bible Verse every week for the year…
I found this list of memory verses - a verse a week - through the year… and decided we would give it a try.
I for one [...]

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So it is that resolution time of year - again. Where we get all caught up in good ideas for quiet times and over ambitious lists of Bible readings and prayer ideas…
Now my kids do their own Bible Reading in bed in the morning, either their school reading or I get them fun Bible [...]

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A Jesse Tree is a symbolic family tree of Jesus following from Creation and Adam and Eve through the Bible until the birth of Jesus. A new symbol is added to your tree day by day throughout Advent.

 
I have been trying to do a Jesse Tree with my kids for years but I have never [...]

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A Sunday Snippet for mother people: I love these books, so I am sharing them with you…

I think in most jobs there are times when you feel disheartened and wahaaa I just can’t do this… Well these books are the answer to the homeschool mom who is despairing at the laundry, the chores, the schooling, [...]

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We all know how important it is to pray for other people but in order to teach your children to pray for other people you need to have a couple of ideas up your sleeve so that they don’t end up praying rote prayers without actual input from their hearts.
They are never too young [...]

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This book is one of our Christmas Traditions:

It is written by Ruth Bell Graham and illustrated by Richard jesse Watson.
On the 1st of December it gets popped onto the bedtime story pile and we read a couple of pages every night all the way until Christmas Eve when we finish it with a flourish. [...]

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There are so many Story Bibles on the market that it is quite hard to decide which to choose for which child or what purpose… So many are dry and dull, longwinded, and just plain dreary. So here are some of our favorites.
Bible story books need to be read but not replace actual bible reading. [...]

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