Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The Mommy Manual
Unfortunately, we will not have our books until next week. Do we want to meet at the park again or take a break? Send me an email tcdelozier@aol.com or give me a call. 404-556-6767. Jessica will lead our study May 5th, I will be out of town. Have a great week and let me know what you want to do, we have to let Karen and Lisa know whether or not we will meet.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Sorry I missed this week. Issac is getting a little better finally. I missed seeing and talking with each of you. We will do chapters 14 and 15 next. We will not meet the week of spring break.
Don't forget to pray for Erin, Paul, and Logan as they get used to each other and their new family. You might want to give her a call and love on her. Pray for each of us in the group and be an encourager.
Thank you for all you do in in serving your families and leading them in the way of the Lord. Your dedication is pleasing to God and will be honored. Do something nice to yourself today, tell your husband a few things you respect about him, and spend a little special time with each of your children. Love you, Tonya
Don't forget to pray for Erin, Paul, and Logan as they get used to each other and their new family. You might want to give her a call and love on her. Pray for each of us in the group and be an encourager.
Thank you for all you do in in serving your families and leading them in the way of the Lord. Your dedication is pleasing to God and will be honored. Do something nice to yourself today, tell your husband a few things you respect about him, and spend a little special time with each of your children. Love you, Tonya
Friday, March 6, 2009
Week 3 review
I was very pleased with our discussion on Tuesday. I hope you found it helpful. You are a wonderful group of Moms. We missed those of you who were not able to make it and look forward to seeing you next week. Remember to pray for each other and encourage one another. Let's pray for Logan to turn around and that he and Erin would be safe and healthy in the few weeks left of gestation. Thank you for your love and committment to the Lord and to your families.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Week 3 review
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Review of Week 2
Galations 5 "Christ has set us free!verse 1 " For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery."
We need to watch our attitude. Our attitude in our home set the temperature in the environment in our family. We need to make sure our attitude is good because it will spread quickly to our family members. Our emotional state can be a heavy yoke if we do not control it. We are not to be victims of our emotions.
Verses 6 b - 9 "... but only faith working through love. You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. "
As mothers, we run our home wrapped in love and acceptance of each member of our family. Sometimes we get caught up in a belief or "feeling" or "emotion" that isn't neccesarily true. We need to keep check on what we allow ourselves to think about and envision. We need to carefully guard our hearts and keep our mind on things above and not on the mundane or situational things. Our attitude and frame of mind affects those around us on a daily basis.
Verses 13 - 15 " do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fullfilled in one word. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. But if you bite and devour each other, watch out that you are not consumed by one another."
It is important that the tone in our homes is a positive one. We don't want to be "biting and devouring each other".
That goes for everyone in the home. We must command respect for each member of the family from Dad and Mom to the children. Our homes need to be a refuge and haven for each member of the family, including Mom and Dad. But it is also very important that each child feels loved and accepted in our home.
We need to make sure that our schedule is not overbooked so that we aren't all tired and cranky, rushing and running late from one activity to another. Parents and children need time to rest and relax. Matthew 11:28 - 30 says to learn to live freely and lightly.
The same goes for being unprepared and unplanned. We need to know what we want our families to look like. What do we want our children to be as adults? What do we want our children to remember? If we don't think about and plan, how will we insure we are doing what matters most in our daily lives? If it is important that we instill godly principles in our children, but if we don't stop to put our beliefs into practice or take time to teach the basic principles to our children, then how do we expect them to develop those characteristics we desire in them?
We need to make life fun for our children. Teach them to "whistle while they work". Teach them to have joy and make the best of things. Play games to make housework fun. Delegate responsibilities. Don't have unrealistic expectations for yourself or your home. Allow your children and spouse to make mistakes. It isn't the end of the world if your home isn't in perfect order every second of every day. Your children will not be around forever. Enjoy them every minute.
Plan time with each child. Set boundaries. Make sure each child gets a turn with quality time. Make sure the children don't "bite and devour each other."
Remember that it is normal to have to repeat instructions to children (or spouses). Just like God deals with the same issues we have over and over. He is patient with us, we are also to be understanding and consistant with our family members.
When we are at home, BE AT HOME. Take care of yourself and get the rest you need. When it is family time, turn off the "working mentality". When you are spending time with a child, focus on that child, not the other things that may be piling up. That time is valuable to that child and it is important in the long term. More so then the laundry or dishes... or tv show.
Trust God in the details. Do you REALLY believe what you say you believe? Do you PRACTICE what you say you believe? Or is God someone who loves others much more than He loves you?
Verses 16 - 21 "But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolitry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. "
Our worth is determined by who and what God says in His Word. It is NOT where we work, how much money we make, how we look, how we dress, or how are children behave. I think it is interesting when we talk about the works of the flesh we look at what we consider " the big sins like adultry and sorcery... and such, but look also at: fits of anger, rivalries, jealousy, and envy. We like to skim over those ... We need to teach our children by example. We need to teach them that these things are sin. We need to guard our own hearts that we don't fall into their trap. We need to make sure we are not "biting and devouring" each other. We need to make sure we aren't "biting and devouring" our sisters in Christ by comparing or being envious! We are all doing the best we can do with what we have to do with. Let's give each other encouragement and understanding and truly love one another.V
erses 22 - 26 " But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with his passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another."
None of us are perfect. We all fall short of the glory of God. We need to ask God to teach us to live by the Spirit. Ask Him to grow us in our relationship with Him. Ask Him to fill us daily with His Spirit.
Galations 6:1 - 3 "Brothers, if any one is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ, for if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself."
As we are the parents, disciplinarians of our children, we need to be very careful and understand how we address our children. Consider how we talk to our children. Are we trying to punish or discipline? What is the goal? To teach and restore or to punish and humiliate? Do we see our children as fragile... as a special gift entrusted to us? Or do we see them as miniture adults who should know better? Do we treat them with care or in anger and impatience? Do we show them their value and worth or as a bother and annoyance? We need to think before we speak. Discipline with gentleness. Keep watch on ourself - less we fall into the flesh with "fits of anger". Do we discipline our children as God disciplines us? Do we give our children the respect and gentleness we would expect others to address us if we were caught in a transgression?I love you and I am praying for you this week. Remember to pray for each other and lift one another up.
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Review of Week 2
Galations 5 "Christ has set us free!verse 1 " For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery."
We need to watch our attitude. Our attitude in our home set the temperature in the environment in our family. We need to make sure our attitude is good because it will spread quickly to our family members. Our emotional state can be a heavy yoke if we do not control it. We are not to be victims of our emotions.
Verses 6 b - 9 "... but only faith working through love. You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. "
As mothers, we run our home wrapped in love and acceptance of each member of our family. Sometimes we get caught up in a belief or "feeling" or "emotion" that isn't neccesarily true. We need to keep check on what we allow ourselves to think about and envision. We need to carefully guard our hearts and keep our mind on things above and not on the mundane or situational things. Our attitude and frame of mind affects those around us on a daily basis.
Verses 13 - 15 " do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fullfilled in one word. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. But if you bite and devour each other, watch out that you are not consumed by one another."
It is important that the tone in our homes is a positive one. We don't want to be "biting and devouring each other".
That goes for everyone in the home. We must command respect for each member of the family from Dad and Mom to the children. Our homes need to be a refuge and haven for each member of the family, including Mom and Dad. But it is also very important that each child feels loved and accepted in our home.
We need to make sure that our schedule is not overbooked so that we aren't all tired and cranky, rushing and running late from one activity to another. Parents and children need time to rest and relax. Matthew 11:28 - 30 says to learn to live freely and lightly.
The same goes for being unprepared and unplanned. We need to know what we want our families to look like. What do we want our children to be as adults? What do we want our children to remember? If we don't think about and plan, how will we insure we are doing what matters most in our daily lives? If it is important that we instill godly principles in our children, but if we don't stop to put our beliefs into practice or take time to teach the basic principles to our children, then how do we expect them to develop those characteristics we desire in them?
We need to make life fun for our children. Teach them to "whistle while they work". Teach them to have joy and make the best of things. Play games to make housework fun. Delegate responsibilities. Don't have unrealistic expectations for yourself or your home. Allow your children and spouse to make mistakes. It isn't the end of the world if your home isn't in perfect order every second of every day. Your children will not be around forever. Enjoy them every minute.
Plan time with each child. Set boundaries. Make sure each child gets a turn with quality time. Make sure the children don't "bite and devour each other."
Remember that it is normal to have to repeat instructions to children (or spouses). Just like God deals with the same issues we have over and over. He is patient with us, we are also to be understanding and consistant with our family members.
When we are at home, BE AT HOME. Take care of yourself and get the rest you need. When it is family time, turn off the "working mentality". When you are spending time with a child, focus on that child, not the other things that may be piling up. That time is valuable to that child and it is important in the long term. More so then the laundry or dishes... or tv show.
Trust God in the details. Do you REALLY believe what you say you believe? Do you PRACTICE what you say you believe? Or is God someone who loves others much more than He loves you?
Verses 16 - 21 "But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolitry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. "
Our worth is determined by who and what God says in His Word. It is NOT where we work, how much money we make, how we look, how we dress, or how are children behave. I think it is interesting when we talk about the works of the flesh we look at what we consider " the big sins like adultry and sorcery... and such, but look also at: fits of anger, rivalries, jealousy, and envy. We like to skim over those ... We need to teach our children by example. We need to teach them that these things are sin. We need to guard our own hearts that we don't fall into their trap. We need to make sure we are not "biting and devouring" each other. We need to make sure we aren't "biting and devouring" our sisters in Christ by comparing or being envious! We are all doing the best we can do with what we have to do with. Let's give each other encouragement and understanding and truly love one another.V
erses 22 - 26 " But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with his passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another."
None of us are perfect. We all fall short of the glory of God. We need to ask God to teach us to live by the Spirit. Ask Him to grow us in our relationship with Him. Ask Him to fill us daily with His Spirit.
Galations 6:1 - 3 "Brothers, if any one is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ, for if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself."
As we are the parents, disciplinarians of our children, we need to be very careful and understand how we address our children. Consider how we talk to our children. Are we trying to punish or discipline? What is the goal? To teach and restore or to punish and humiliate? Do we see our children as fragile... as a special gift entrusted to us? Or do we see them as miniture adults who should know better? Do we treat them with care or in anger and impatience? Do we show them their value and worth or as a bother and annoyance? We need to think before we speak. Discipline with gentleness. Keep watch on ourself - less we fall into the flesh with "fits of anger". Do we discipline our children as God disciplines us? Do we give our children the respect and gentleness we would expect others to address us if we were caught in a transgression?I love you and I am praying for you this week. Remember to pray for each other and lift one another up.
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Mom... and Loving it! Chapters 5 & 6 Week 3
Hey! Look what I learned to do...
the address is bbcmomandlovingit@blogspot.com {I think...)
I wanted to remind you to read chapters 5 and 6 this week. I am looking forward to seeing you!
the address is bbcmomandlovingit@blogspot.com {I think...)
I wanted to remind you to read chapters 5 and 6 this week. I am looking forward to seeing you!
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