Aug. 26, 2024
Back to School Blessing for Christian Homeschool Families
Join us for a special "Back to School Blessings" episode of the , where we offer encouragement, Scripture, and prayer to kick off the 2024-2025 homeschool year. Hosted by Matt Ubl, this episode features insights from CEO Jerrod Vaughan, and beloved...
Join us for a special "Back to School Blessings" episode of the Master Books podcast, where we offer encouragement, Scripture, and prayer to kick off the 2024-2025 homeschool year. Hosted by Matt Ubl, this episode features insights from CEO Jerrod Vaughan, and beloved authors like Angela O'Dell, Kristen Pratt, and Marilyn Boyer.
Highlights:
Seek God's strength and presence daily in your homeschooling journey.
Recognize God's role in every subject you teach.
View homeschool as a mission field and an investment in your children’s spiritual and academic growth.
Apply James 1:22 to your homeschool. Be doers of the Word and live out your faith through homeschooling.
Pray that your homeschool curriculum will help your children understand the gospel and effectively share it with others.
Be sensitive to the opportunities for development and rely on worship and prayer in your daily lives.
Rely on God's strength for the school year. God has everything you need for success, even in uncertain times.
Stay rooted in Christ. Apart from Him, true flourishing is impossible.
New Book Alert:
Enjoy a chance to win a digital copy of John Stamper’s new book, Courage to Stand: Profiles of Enduring Faith. Perfect for families seeking spiritual support and inspiration for the homeschool journey.
Show Links:
Master Books Homeschool Curriculum
Master Books Academy for Online Homeschool Learning
Master Books Christian Homeschool Catalog
Courage to Stand: Profiles of Enduring Faith
Visit MasterBooks.com for more!
Transcript
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Hey guys, welcome to episode 80
of the Master Books podcast.
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My name is Matt and I am the
Director of Video Production
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here at Master Books.
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And in this very special back
to school blessing show,
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we're bringing together some of
your favorite authors,
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instructors, and our CEO to
offer you the encouragement,
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scripture, and prayer you need
to start this home school year
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off under God's authority and
his watch care.
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Our Master Books team is here
to partner with you,
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equipping you to tackle the
challenges ahead, and reminding
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you to keep your eyes
on the big picture of
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discipling your family.
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To seek first the
Kingdom of God.
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But after you listen or watch
this episode, meet us in the
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Moms of Master Books Facebook
group or the Master Books app
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to find out how you can enter
to win a digital copy of John
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Stanford's new book,
Courage to Stand Profiles
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of Enduring Faith.
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Don't miss this opportunity to
be blessed and inspired as you
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embark on another incredible
year of homeschooling.
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Here at Master Books, we are
dedicated to help you disciple
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your children and develop a
strong faith as a family with
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pro Bible,
homeschool curriculum and
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beautiful books that honor
God as creator.
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We offer online courses
to help your family worship
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and serve God.
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You will also find morning
baskets and devotionals for
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the whole family.
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Our mission is ink on paper to
touch eternity, and we have
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been publishing Christian books
for this purpose since 1975.
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Find your Pro Bible homeschool
curriculum at master Books.
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Com.
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Hello, my name is Jared Vaughn
and I'm the CEO of
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Master Books.
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I want to encourage you all as
you begin this school year with
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a short story.
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You may have heard it before,
but it comes from beautiful
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eulogy and it's titled The
String That Ties Us.
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Let's suppose that a kite could
come to life and develop
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its own personality.
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On the one hand, it would feel
the excitement that comes from
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the surges of the wind that
direct it through the sky.
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And on the other hand, it would
almost immediately take notice
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of something annoying the
tugging of the string
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in its center.
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A feeling of constant
restraint and resistance.
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And soon the kite
begins to think to itself.
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If only I could detach, then I
could really fly to the kite.
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You see, it seems that the
string is limiting its full
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experience of
freedom and potential.
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But as any boy or girl who has
ever flown a kite knows where
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that string to suddenly snap.
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The kite wouldn't soar freely
for very long.
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It would dart to or fro for
a minute, maybe two, but very
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soon thereafter it would end up
on the ground and a pile of
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broken sticks and torn paper,
never to fly again.
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Whether it is the tight line
between the kite and the one
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holding it that enables the
kite to fly, it allows all the
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principles of aerodynamics to
come into play so that the kite
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might achieve
its fullest potential.
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Here's the point that I
want to make with this story.
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As we embark on
another school year Education,
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acquiring knowledge,
expanding our horizons are
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all good, created by God and
important for flourishing
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in this life.
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But if we think
about it, at its core,
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education is discipleship.
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It is teaching our students and
reminding ourselves that apart
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from Jesus Christ, without our
string tied to his truth and
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his foundation, they cannot
flourish and achieve the
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purpose that God ultimately
intends for them.
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So differently, we cannot truly
flourish apart from him.
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So my message is
one of encouragement.
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What you are doing
is incredibly important.
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As you all know, it
has impacts not only in this
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life but eternally.
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So when the days are long
and hard, I think it's
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important for us to remember
John 1010 And Jesus said,
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I came that they may have life
and have it abundantly.
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As we progress through
the year, I'm excited to hear
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the stories of the seeds that
you all plant to help grow your
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students faith in God and
His enduring truth.
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Please know that these stories
are an incredible encouragement
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to me, our employees,
our authors, and our parents.
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So please share them with us.
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May God richly bless you and
your family this year.
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We master books are here
to love, support, and serve you
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in any way that we can.
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And please know that we are
cheering for you wildly and
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praying for you intently.
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Thank you and Godspeed.
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Hey everyone, Angela O'Dell.
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Here I am, the author
of the Math Lessons for Living
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Education series, the America's
Story series, and the World
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Story Series, and I am actually
here in Washington, DC on a
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research trip for a a high
school level American history
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course that I'm writing,
and hopefully that will be
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available in the spring.
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I just wanted to make a quick
video to say, welcome to a
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new school year.
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I am so excited for you
guys to be digging into this
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new school year.
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I missed that I homeschooled
for 22 years and I really do
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miss that beginning of the
school kick off.
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Um, but I wanted to just pray
over you this year as you are,
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um, approaching this
fresh new year.
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And I would like to actually
read Ephesians three.
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I think it's 18 through 21 or
17 through 21 as a
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prayer over you.
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And because I feel like this is
the perfect prayer for a new
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school year, a home
school year, and this is
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what it says.
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It's Ephesians 16.
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That's actually Ephesians
316 through 21.
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So this is what it says.
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I pray that out of his
glorious riches, he may
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strengthen you with power
through His Spirit in your
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inner being, so that
Christ may dwell in your
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hearts through faith.
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And I pray that you,
being rooted and established
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in love, may have power
together with all the Lord's
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holy people to grasp how wide
and how long, and how high,
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and how deep is the
love of Christ.
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And to know this love that
surpasses all knowledge.
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That you may be filled
to the measure of all the
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fullness of God.
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Now to him who is able to do
immeasurably more than all we
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ask or imagine, according to
his power that is at
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work within us.
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So if you're feeling like
you're the one who has to bring
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the power to the table, relax.
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God has it.
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He has exactly what you need
for the entire school year for
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the children that
you are teaching.
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I like to tell homeschool
parents just like you.
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He It's the one who
created you as the parent.
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As the parents of
these specific children.
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I know that there's a
lot of strange and weird things
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happening in the world today.
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Kind of scary, actually, if we
allow ourselves to think about
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it that way.
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But I want to remind you, and I
want to encourage you, that the
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God of the universe
is not surprised.
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He's not gobsmacked.
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He knows exactly, exactly how
he's going to use the events of
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today to fulfill his plans
and his will.
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So you stay connected to him
and you will be fine.
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Okay.
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Stay plugged in and
have a great school year.
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Hi, I'm David Farley, and I am
the instructor of several of
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the music courses here at
Master Brooks Academy.
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I have a couple of
guitar courses, a couple music
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theory courses, and ukulele.
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and soon to be
bass guitar course.
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This is my beautiful wife,
Jessica, and she is getting
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ready for a new semester.
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Home schooling, our fourth
grader and our one and a
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half year old.
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I don't know if we're
really homeschooling him.
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No, we're we're actually about
a month in, um, because we do,
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like a year round schedule,
like six weeks on, a week off.
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Uh, that's the
beauty of homeschooling.
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Um, and then we get
a long break over the holidays.
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Thanksgiving through Christmas
is off, and then we have a
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shorter summer break as well.
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But, um, we're a month in,
and like you said, we have a
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fourth grader and then an
almost one and a half
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year old son.
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So, um, it's been
interesting so far.
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Yeah, it's been great.
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Um, I'm the kind of person that
doesn't handle when things
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don't go according to the well
thought out plan that I had.
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And as you can imagine, this so
far has been a year with lots
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of opportunities
for refinement.
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Um, so I think that's, uh,
what we want to pray for you
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all as you go
into this new school year.
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Or maybe like us, you are
already in it and
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you're seeing.
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Right, um, all of the ways that
it can go, um, well, and all
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the ways it can go sideways.
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So, um, I feel like it's
important for us to, as adults
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to remember and also to model
for our kids that like growth
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and change is
a lifelong process.
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And, um, so, yeah, we have the
opportunity as they're growing
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and changing and learning to do
the same alongside them.
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So yes, um, that's what we want
to pray for you all and, um,
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hopefully bless your school
year as well.
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Yeah.
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Well, let's let's pray.
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So father, in heaven,
thank you for, um, bringing us
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into families for
for creating families.
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And, um, and thank you for the
opportunity to be the ones
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who are, um, teaching our
children and spending hours
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upon hours each week.
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Uh, sowing good seeds
into them.
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Lord, we just asked
for direction, for help,
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for favor, uh, for grace.
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Um, and just help us as
we, um, are embarking on this,
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this new semester.
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And in Jesus name.
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Lord, I just also ask that you
would help us as parents to be
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sensitive to the opportunity
that's before us.
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Um, to grow and change
alongside our children.
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That this year would
be full of opportunity, um,
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for development,
for refinement.
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Um, Lord, for us to leave this
year different than we
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started it, but in the best
ways that you would incline our
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hearts to be, um, drawn closer
to you and closer to one
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another?
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Yes.
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That you would help our
children to extend grace to us
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as we grow and develop.
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It's not a smooth
process sometimes, as we've
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seen with them.
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Um.
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And we just ask for the grace,
uh, to walk alongside them
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in this process.
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Yes.
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We thank you for this year.
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We thank you for these students
and their families.
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We pray blessing over them.
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Yes.
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Hallelujah.
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We, um, just really appreciate
the fact that we do this in
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community and in
partnership with you.
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In Jesus name, Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, as far as
my courses are concerned,
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the music courses, guitar,
ukulele, and in theory, um,
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my heart is that we
would leave, we'd finish up the
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semester just having a better
grasp on on how worship fits
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into our everyday lives, to our
prayer lives, and that we
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would be, you know, like like
King David was, uh, he seemed
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to me, as I study the Psalms
and and his life, that he he
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just used worship and prayer
together as a as a weapon, as a
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tool to navigate through the
difficulties of life and
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difficult hard seasons and
also great seasons.
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we're all doing.
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You know, it's a very difficult
time we're living in.
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We need prayer.
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We need to mix those two
together to connect with
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the Lord, to hear from him,
and then receive direction and
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know which way to go.
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And and the whole point is that
we would be on the
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journey with him.
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And worship helps us do that.
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And so that's my heart
is that, uh, in learning these
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instruments and learning about
music theory, we also
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understand what these
things are for.
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They are for connecting with
the Lord and just walking this
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journey of life with him.
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So bless you guys.
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Thank you for letting us be a
part of your journey and have
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a great semester.
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Hi, I'm Kristin Pratt,
developer of the master books
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method and the author
of The Language Lessons for
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Living Education series.
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As we kick off a brand new
shiny school year, let's be
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encouraged by one of my
favorite life passages Proverbs
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three five through six.
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Trust in the Lord with all your
heart and lean not on
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your own understanding.
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In all your ways
acknowledge him, and he shall
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direct your paths.
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I trust the Lord to direct your
steps and guide your
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home school, and I praise him
for doing the same for me
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and my family.
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It is an honor and a privilege
for master books to come
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alongside your family.
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It is my hope and prayer that
the Language Lessons for Living
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Education series will help your
children to understand the
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gospel message, receive it as
their own, and as they grow and
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mature in their faith.
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Effectively share this message
with their generation.
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I pray that you experience
God's goodness and we can't
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wait to hear about how he has
moved in your family as he
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grows the seeds you have
planted in faith.
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Hi everyone!
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My name is John Stamper and you
may recognize me from the PE
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Courses Strength and
Conditioning course or the
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Introduction
to Geocaching course.
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I'm also the author of
conflicted Pulling Back the
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Curtain on Public Education,
and I've just written a
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new book, which comes out next
month called Courage to Stand
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Profiles of Enduring Faith.
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I just wanted to say,
have a great school year.
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Whether you're just getting
started or whether you never
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really stop learning.
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Whatever the case may be,
I hope you enjoy the freedom
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that learning at home
can bring.
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And looking back on my own
homeschool experience, I'm so
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grateful because I can see what
a blessing it's been in
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my life.
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Not just back when I was
a kid, but even still today.
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And I hope and pray that you
not only learn and develop
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new skills, but that
you grow closer to God.
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This year Now, one scripture I
want to encourage you with,
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and I'd like you to consider is
from James chapter one
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verse 22, and it says,
be doers of the word and
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not hearers only.
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I love this verse because it
reminds me that faith without
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works is dead.
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And it's so important to apply
God's Word to our daily lives.
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So I encourage you to pray
about that, think on it,
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and ask God to show you
how you can live out your faith
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as you homeschool.
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So this is Coach
Stamper signing off.
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Go get them and have
a great year.
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Hello.
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Welcome to a new school year.
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My name is Rachel Smith.
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I'm the co-author of Language
Lessons for a Living Education
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level seven and eight.
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It is my prayer that the
students who use those levels
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understand that good language
art skills are not about a list
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of rules that we learn just to
pass a test or quiz, or just
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writing a paper.
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As you learn those good
language arts skills, You are
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learning the ways to be the
absolute best and most
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effective
communicators for Christ.
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You're learning to be excellent
communicators for Christ.
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You'll be learning how to best
share Christ with others and
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how to best represent
Christ for parents.
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I'm excited for you as you
begin this new school year,
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you have the greatest mission
field given to you of the Lord
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sitting right at your table or
right in your school
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room every day.
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Second Timothy 314 tells us to
continue thou and the things
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which we have learned has been
assured of, and knowing who has
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taught them to us.
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You have that wonderful
privilege to sit with your
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children every day.
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You have the privilege to share
the Scripture with them as well
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as their academics.
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You have this wonderful
investment that you're getting
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to give every day to your
children so that they
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can continue, and the things
that they have learned, Learn,
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they've been assured of knowing
who has taught it to them.
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Then, for students this year,
as you begin, I want to
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encourage you in first
Corinthians 1031 that tells us
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to whatsoever our hands find
to do, to do it,
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to glorify the Lord.
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That includes all of those
assignments and all of the
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other things that your parents
are going to have you
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do this year.
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I do pray that you will glorify
God in your school year.
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Hi, I'm Carrie Lindquist,
the author of Foundations
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Phonics and the Let's Talk
Science series, and I am so
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excited for you and your family
as you begin your
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home school year.
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I pray that the
Lord richly blesses this school
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year for you.
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One of my favorite things about
homeschooling is that we have
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the opportunity to learn and
grow together, in both
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knowledge and our faith
as a family.
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Every subject your student will
study this year provides a rich
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opportunity to
encounter their creator.
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God is the author of the
consistency we see in math.
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The giver of the language we
use to share his
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love with others.
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He is the creator of all that
we explore in science, and the
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one whose hand we
see throughout history.
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My prayer for you this school
year is that your children
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would learn for the glory
of God, and that when the books
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are closed at the conclusion of
your studies, your family will
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proclaim with the Psalmist and
Psalm chapter 95,
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verses three through seven.
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For the Lord is the great God,
the King above all gods.
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In his hands are the depths of
the earth, and the mountain
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peaks belong to him.
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The sea is his, for he
made it, and his hands formed
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the dry land.
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Come, let us bow
down in worship.
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Let us kneel before the
Lord our maker.
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For he is our God, and we are
the people of his pasture,
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the flock under his care.
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I'm Kate Hannon, I'm the author
of the Principles of
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Mathematics curriculum and a
variety of other biblical
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worldview math resources,
and my encouragement and prayer
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for each one of you this year
would be Psalm 154, which in
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the ESV says, seek
the Lord and his strength.
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Seek his presence continually.
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And as a homeschooled child,
I watched how what my mom
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thought affected what she did.
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And now, as a homeschool mom,
I'm discovering that in a whole
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different way and how easy it
is to just get bogged down
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seeking the academics, seeking,
just getting through
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homeschooling for the
day and surviving.
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Seeking some time to do what I
want to do rather than truly
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viewing every day with my child
as an opportunity to seek God's
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strength and to
seek his presence.
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And that is my prayer for you
that you would seek his
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presence in everything
I've written, the math
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materials I've written because
math was the subject growing up
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that we didn't seek God in.
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Math was just neutral.
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We thought, when really all of
math is shouting out God's
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praises in a way of describing
the consistencies that he
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created and he sustains.
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And so that was my
heart in writing the math
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materials I did.
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I didn't want other students to
miss out on seeing God
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in that subject.
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But every subject that you're
studying and everything you're
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doing in homeschooling,
it's about way more than just
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getting it done.
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It's about really seeking God.
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But I know that's not
easy to remember.
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And so my prayer for you and my
prayer for myself is that the
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Lord would keep us seeking him
this homeschool year.
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Greetings, homeschool
moms and students!
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I am Marilyn Boyer, the
mom of 14 homeschooled kids.
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I am so excited that you guys
have made the decision to
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homeschool this year.
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I spent 37 years
home schooling, and it was one
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of the best decisions
I ever made.
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I know you guys are
not going to regret it.
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You know, one of
my very favorite things about
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homeschooling is the time my
kids and I got to
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spend together,
learning together
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over the years.
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And one of the perks is that my
kids are still each other's
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best friends, even today.
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I mean, it's it's the
best thing ever.
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You know, God has blessed us in
this country with the freedom
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to educate our children.
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It was a priority for me to
teach my kids how to learn,
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to serve and glorify our God.
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With that goal in mind.
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I have authored 13 books for
master books focusing on the
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godly heritage that we
possess as Americans.
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But sometimes we haven't
heard about it.
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We don't know about it today.
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For you, they signed will arm
your junior high school
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students with the truth
of the signers.
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The 56 signers of the
Declaration of Independence you
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will learn about what they
sacrificed for our freedom and
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also what they believed
about Jesus Christ.
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You know, the majority were
born again Christians by their
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own testimonies, not deists as
the world would have
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us believe.
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For fourth or sixth graders,
we have two history books with
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that tell about the fascinating
adventures of other men and
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women who helped shape the
founding of our country.
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You know, the founding of our
country is so important for
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kids to get a grasp on today,
because our foundations are
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kind of being taken from us,
so the kids need to
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know about them.
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Their lives are told in story
form to grip your interest and
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help you remember
what you're reading.
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You know, they were real people
who accomplished amazing things
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with their lives, and we tell
you about them in
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those two books.
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My newest project was writing a
ten book series called What a
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Character!
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These books are readers that
tell the real life story of
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people like America's
war heroes, inventors,
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scientists, famous presidents.
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And I picked the
ones that were Christians for
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president's orders, women,
and many more.
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You know, I even have one about
extraordinary stories of
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animals that
performed heroic feats.
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They were written for for fifth
through eighth grade, but the
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stories are enjoyed by
all ages.
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We have, um, testimony from
other moms that some of their
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older kids are reading them to
their younger kids, or reading
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them as a family, or reading
them in morning baskets.
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Kids, it's my desire that you
will be inspired to attempt
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great things yourself as you
learn of the struggles and
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hardships these people overcame
to accomplish the amazing
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things that they did.
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And who doesn't
love a good story?
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I also hope that you have a lot
of fun while reading them.
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Moms, I want to make your job
easier by providing engaging
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materials that your kids will
want to read, your bookworms
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and your reluctant
readers as well.
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We hear from other moms in the
community that this is what is
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happening in their homes.
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Not only the avid readers,
but the reluctant readers are
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loving this series.
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I pray for all of you guys that
God will crown your efforts
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with success this school year,
both moms and students alike,
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and that you will be drawn
closer to this amazing God
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that we serve.
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Happy homeschooling!
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Hey, thanks for joining us
today for the
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Master Books podcast.
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It was really fun to
do this with you today.
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We hope that you'll take a
moment and rank and review the
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podcast wherever you are
listening or watching, so that
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others can find it
more easily.
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We loved having you here.
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And we look forward to being
with you in the next podcast.
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It comes out every other week,
Mondays at 5 a.m.
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Hey guys, welcome to episode 80
of the Master Books podcast.
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My name is Matt and I am the
Director of Video Production
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here at Master Books.
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And in this very special back
to school blessing show,
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we're bringing together some of
your favorite authors,
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instructors, and our CEO to
offer you the encouragement,
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scripture, and prayer you need
to start this home school year
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off under God's authority and
his watch care.
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Our Master Books team is here
to partner with you,
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equipping you to tackle the
challenges ahead, and reminding
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you to keep your eyes
on the big picture of
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discipling your family.
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To seek first the
Kingdom of God.
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But after you listen or watch
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embark on another incredible
year of homeschooling.
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Hello, my name is Jared Vaughn
and I'm the CEO of
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Master Books.
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I want to encourage you all as
you begin this school year with
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a short story.
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You may have heard it before,
but it comes from beautiful
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eulogy and it's titled The
String That Ties Us.
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Let's suppose that a kite could
come to life and develop
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its own personality.
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On the one hand, it would feel
the excitement that comes from
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the surges of the wind that
direct it through the sky.
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And on the other hand, it would
almost immediately take notice
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of something annoying the
tugging of the string
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in its center.
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A feeling of constant
restraint and resistance.
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And soon the kite
begins to think to itself.
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If only I could detach, then I
could really fly to the kite.
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You see, it seems that the
string is limiting its full
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experience of
freedom and potential.
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But as any boy or girl who has
ever flown a kite knows where
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that string to suddenly snap.
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The kite wouldn't soar freely
for very long.
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It would dart to or fro for
a minute, maybe two, but very
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soon thereafter it would end up
on the ground and a pile of
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broken sticks and torn paper,
never to fly again.
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Whether it is the tight line
between the kite and the one
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holding it that enables the
kite to fly, it allows all the
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principles of aerodynamics to
come into play so that the kite
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might achieve
its fullest potential.
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Here's the point that I
want to make with this story.
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As we embark on
another school year Education,
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acquiring knowledge,
expanding our horizons are
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all good, created by God and
important for flourishing
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in this life.
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But if we think
about it, at its core,
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education is discipleship.
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It is teaching our students and
reminding ourselves that apart
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from Jesus Christ, without our
string tied to his truth and
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his foundation, they cannot
flourish and achieve the
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purpose that God ultimately
intends for them.
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So differently, we cannot truly
flourish apart from him.
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So my message is
one of encouragement.
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What you are doing
is incredibly important.
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As you all know, it
has impacts not only in this
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life but eternally.
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So when the days are long
and hard, I think it's
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important for us to remember
John 1010 And Jesus said,
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I came that they may have life
and have it abundantly.
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As we progress through
the year, I'm excited to hear
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the stories of the seeds that
you all plant to help grow your
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students faith in God and
His enduring truth.
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Please know that these stories
are an incredible encouragement
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to me, our employees,
our authors, and our parents.
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So please share them with us.
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May God richly bless you and
your family this year.
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We master books are here
to love, support, and serve you
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in any way that we can.
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And please know that we are
cheering for you wildly and
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praying for you intently.
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Thank you and Godspeed.
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Hey everyone, Angela O'Dell.
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Here I am, the author
of the Math Lessons for Living
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Education series, the America's
Story series, and the World
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Story Series, and I am actually
here in Washington, DC on a
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research trip for a a high
school level American history
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course that I'm writing,
and hopefully that will be
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available in the spring.
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I just wanted to make a quick
video to say, welcome to a
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new school year.
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I am so excited for you
guys to be digging into this
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new school year.
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I missed that I homeschooled
for 22 years and I really do
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miss that beginning of the
school kick off.
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Um, but I wanted to just pray
over you this year as you are,
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um, approaching this
fresh new year.
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And I would like to actually
read Ephesians three.
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I think it's 18 through 21 or
17 through 21 as a
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prayer over you.
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And because I feel like this is
the perfect prayer for a new
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school year, a home
school year, and this is
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what it says.
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It's Ephesians 16.
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That's actually Ephesians
316 through 21.
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So this is what it says.
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I pray that out of his
glorious riches, he may
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strengthen you with power
through His Spirit in your
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inner being, so that
Christ may dwell in your
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hearts through faith.
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And I pray that you,
being rooted and established
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in love, may have power
together with all the Lord's
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holy people to grasp how wide
and how long, and how high,
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and how deep is the
love of Christ.
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And to know this love that
surpasses all knowledge.
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That you may be filled
to the measure of all the
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fullness of God.
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Now to him who is able to do
immeasurably more than all we
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ask or imagine, according to
his power that is at
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work within us.
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So if you're feeling like
you're the one who has to bring
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the power to the table, relax.
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God has it.
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He has exactly what you need
for the entire school year for
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the children that
you are teaching.
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I like to tell homeschool
parents just like you.
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He It's the one who
created you as the parent.
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As the parents of
these specific children.
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I know that there's a
lot of strange and weird things
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happening in the world today.
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Kind of scary, actually, if we
allow ourselves to think about
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it that way.
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But I want to remind you, and I
want to encourage you, that the
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God of the universe
is not surprised.
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He's not gobsmacked.
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He knows exactly, exactly how
he's going to use the events of
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today to fulfill his plans
and his will.
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So you stay connected to him
and you will be fine.
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Okay.
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Stay plugged in and
have a great school year.
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Hi, I'm David Farley, and I am
the instructor of several of
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the music courses here at
Master Brooks Academy.
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I have a couple of
guitar courses, a couple music
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theory courses, and ukulele.
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and soon to be
bass guitar course.
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This is my beautiful wife,
Jessica, and she is getting
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ready for a new semester.
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Home schooling, our fourth
grader and our one and a
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half year old.
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I don't know if we're
really homeschooling him.
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No, we're we're actually about
a month in, um, because we do,
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like a year round schedule,
like six weeks on, a week off.
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Uh, that's the
beauty of homeschooling.
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Um, and then we get
a long break over the holidays.
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Thanksgiving through Christmas
is off, and then we have a
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shorter summer break as well.
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But, um, we're a month in,
and like you said, we have a
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fourth grader and then an
almost one and a half
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year old son.
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So, um, it's been
interesting so far.
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Yeah, it's been great.
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Um, I'm the kind of person that
doesn't handle when things
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don't go according to the well
thought out plan that I had.
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And as you can imagine, this so
far has been a year with lots
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of opportunities
for refinement.
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Um, so I think that's, uh,
what we want to pray for you
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all as you go
into this new school year.
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Or maybe like us, you are
already in it and
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you're seeing.
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Right, um, all of the ways that
it can go, um, well, and all
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the ways it can go sideways.
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So, um, I feel like it's
important for us to, as adults
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to remember and also to model
for our kids that like growth
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and change is
a lifelong process.
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And, um, so, yeah, we have the
opportunity as they're growing
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and changing and learning to do
the same alongside them.
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So yes, um, that's what we want
to pray for you all and, um,
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hopefully bless your school
year as well.
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Yeah.
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Well, let's let's pray.
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So father, in heaven,
thank you for, um, bringing us
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into families for
for creating families.
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And, um, and thank you for the
opportunity to be the ones
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who are, um, teaching our
children and spending hours
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upon hours each week.
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Uh, sowing good seeds
into them.
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Lord, we just asked
for direction, for help,
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for favor, uh, for grace.
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Um, and just help us as
we, um, are embarking on this,
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this new semester.
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And in Jesus name.
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Lord, I just also ask that you
would help us as parents to be
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sensitive to the opportunity
that's before us.
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Um, to grow and change
alongside our children.
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That this year would
be full of opportunity, um,
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for development,
for refinement.
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Um, Lord, for us to leave this
year different than we
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started it, but in the best
ways that you would incline our
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hearts to be, um, drawn closer
to you and closer to one
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another?
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Yes.
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That you would help our
children to extend grace to us
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as we grow and develop.
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It's not a smooth
process sometimes, as we've
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seen with them.
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And we just ask for the grace,
uh, to walk alongside them
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in this process.
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Yes.
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We thank you for this year.
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We thank you for these students
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We pray blessing over them.
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Yes.
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Hallelujah.
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We, um, just really appreciate
the fact that we do this in
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community and in
partnership with you.
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In Jesus name, Amen.
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Amen.
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Well, as far as
my courses are concerned,
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the music courses, guitar,
ukulele, and in theory, um,
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my heart is that we
would leave, we'd finish up the
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semester just having a better
grasp on on how worship fits
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into our everyday lives, to our
prayer lives, and that we
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would be, you know, like like
King David was, uh, he seemed
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to me, as I study the Psalms
and and his life, that he he
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just used worship and prayer
together as a as a weapon, as a
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tool to navigate through the
difficulties of life and
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difficult hard seasons and
also great seasons.
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And that's that's what
we're all doing.
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You know, it's a very difficult
time we're living in.
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We need prayer.
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We need to mix those two
together to connect with
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the Lord, to hear from him,
and then receive direction and
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know which way to go.
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And and the whole point is that
we would be on the
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journey with him.
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And worship helps us do that.
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And so that's my heart
is that, uh, in learning these
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instruments and learning about
music theory, we also
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understand what these
things are for.
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They are for connecting with
the Lord and just walking this
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journey of life with him.
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So bless you guys.
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Thank you for letting us be a
part of your journey and have
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a great semester.
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Hi, I'm Kristin Pratt,
developer of the master books
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method and the author
of The Language Lessons for
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Living Education series.
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As we kick off a brand new
shiny school year, let's be
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encouraged by one of my
favorite life passages Proverbs
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three five through six.
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Trust in the Lord with all your
heart and lean not on
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your own understanding.
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In all your ways
acknowledge him, and he shall
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direct your paths.
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I trust the Lord to direct your
steps and guide your
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home school, and I praise him
for doing the same for me
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and my family.
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It is an honor and a privilege
for master books to come
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alongside your family.
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It is my hope and prayer that
the Language Lessons for Living
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Education series will help your
children to understand the
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gospel message, receive it as
their own, and as they grow and
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mature in their faith.
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Effectively share this message
with their generation.
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I pray that you experience
God's goodness and we can't
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wait to hear about how he has
moved in your family as he
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grows the seeds you have
planted in faith.
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Hi everyone!
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My name is John Stamper and you
may recognize me from the PE
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Courses Strength and
Conditioning course or the
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Introduction
to Geocaching course.
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I'm also the author of
conflicted Pulling Back the
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Curtain on Public Education,
and I've just written a
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new book, which comes out next
month called Courage to Stand
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Profiles of Enduring Faith.
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I just wanted to say,
have a great school year.
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Whether you're just getting
started or whether you never
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really stop learning.
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Whatever the case may be,
I hope you enjoy the freedom
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that learning at home
can bring.
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And looking back on my own
homeschool experience, I'm so
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grateful because I can see what
a blessing it's been in
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my life.
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Not just back when I was
a kid, but even still today.
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And I hope and pray that you
not only learn and develop
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new skills, but that
you grow closer to God.
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This year Now, one scripture I
want to encourage you with,
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and I'd like you to consider is
from James chapter one
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verse 22, and it says,
be doers of the word and
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not hearers only.
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I love this verse because it
reminds me that faith without
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works is dead.
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And it's so important to apply
God's Word to our daily lives.
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So I encourage you to pray
about that, think on it,
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and ask God to show you
how you can live out your faith
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as you homeschool.
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So this is Coach
Stamper signing off.
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Go get them and have
a great year.
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Hello.
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Welcome to a new school year.
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My name is Rachel Smith.
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I'm the co-author of Language
Lessons for a Living Education
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level seven and eight.
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It is my prayer that the
students who use those levels
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understand that good language
art skills are not about a list
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of rules that we learn just to
pass a test or quiz, or just
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writing a paper.
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As you learn those good
language arts skills, You are
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learning the ways to be the
absolute best and most
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effective
communicators for Christ.
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You're learning to be excellent
communicators for Christ.
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You'll be learning how to best
share Christ with others and
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how to best represent
Christ for parents.
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I'm excited for you as you
begin this new school year,
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you have the greatest mission
field given to you of the Lord
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sitting right at your table or
right in your school
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room every day.
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Second Timothy 314 tells us to
continue thou and the things
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which we have learned has been
assured of, and knowing who has
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taught them to us.
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You have that wonderful
privilege to sit with your
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children every day.
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You have the privilege to share
the Scripture with them as well
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as their academics.
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You have this wonderful
investment that you're getting
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to give every day to your
children so that they
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can continue, and the things
that they have learned, Learn,
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they've been assured of knowing
who has taught it to them.
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Then, for students this year,
as you begin, I want to
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encourage you in first
Corinthians 1031 that tells us
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to whatsoever our hands find
to do, to do it,
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to glorify the Lord.
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That includes all of those
assignments and all of the
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other things that your parents
are going to have you
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do this year.
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I do pray that you will glorify
God in your school year.
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Hi, I'm Carrie Lindquist,
the author of Foundations
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Phonics and the Let's Talk
Science series, and I am so
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excited for you and your family
as you begin your
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home school year.
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I pray that the
Lord richly blesses this school
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year for you.
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One of my favorite things about
homeschooling is that we have
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the opportunity to learn and
grow together, in both
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knowledge and our faith
as a family.
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Every subject your student will
study this year provides a rich
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opportunity to
encounter their creator.
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God is the author of the
consistency we see in math.
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The giver of the language we
use to share his
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love with others.
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He is the creator of all that
we explore in science, and the
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one whose hand we
see throughout history.
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My prayer for you this school
year is that your children
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would learn for the glory
of God, and that when the books
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are closed at the conclusion of
your studies, your family will
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proclaim with the Psalmist and
Psalm chapter 95,
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verses three through seven.
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For the Lord is the great God,
the King above all gods.
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In his hands are the depths of
the earth, and the mountain
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peaks belong to him.
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The sea is his, for he
made it, and his hands formed
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the dry land.
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Come, let us bow
down in worship.
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Let us kneel before the
Lord our maker.
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For he is our God, and we are
the people of his pasture,
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the flock under his care.
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I'm Kate Hannon, I'm the author
of the Principles of
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Mathematics curriculum and a
variety of other biblical
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worldview math resources,
and my encouragement and prayer
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for each one of you this year
would be Psalm 154, which in
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the ESV says, seek
the Lord and his strength.
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Seek his presence continually.
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And as a homeschooled child,
I watched how what my mom
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thought affected what she did.
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And now, as a homeschool mom,
I'm discovering that in a whole
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different way and how easy it
is to just get bogged down
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seeking the academics, seeking,
just getting through
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homeschooling for the
day and surviving.
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Seeking some time to do what I
want to do rather than truly
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viewing every day with my child
as an opportunity to seek God's
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strength and to
seek his presence.
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And that is my prayer for you
that you would seek his
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presence in everything
I've written, the math
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materials I've written because
math was the subject growing up
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that we didn't seek God in.
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Math was just neutral.
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We thought, when really all of
math is shouting out God's
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praises in a way of describing
the consistencies that he
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created and he sustains.
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And so that was my
heart in writing the math
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materials I did.
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I didn't want other students to
miss out on seeing God
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in that subject.
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But every subject that you're
studying and everything you're
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doing in homeschooling,
it's about way more than just
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getting it done.
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It's about really seeking God.
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But I know that's not
easy to remember.
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And so my prayer for you and my
prayer for myself is that the
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Lord would keep us seeking him
this homeschool year.
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Greetings, homeschool
moms and students!
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I am Marilyn Boyer, the
mom of 14 homeschooled kids.
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I am so excited that you guys
have made the decision to
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homeschool this year.
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I spent 37 years
home schooling, and it was one
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of the best decisions
I ever made.
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I know you guys are
not going to regret it.
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You know, one of
my very favorite things about
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homeschooling is the time my
kids and I got to
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spend together,
learning together
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over the years.
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And one of the perks is that my
kids are still each other's
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best friends, even today.
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I mean, it's it's the
best thing ever.
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You know, God has blessed us in
this country with the freedom
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to educate our children.
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It was a priority for me to
teach my kids how to learn,
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to serve and glorify our God.
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With that goal in mind.
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I have authored 13 books for
master books focusing on the
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godly heritage that we
possess as Americans.
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But sometimes we haven't
heard about it.
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We don't know about it today.
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For you, they signed will arm
your junior high school
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students with the truth
of the signers.
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The 56 signers of the
Declaration of Independence you
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will learn about what they
sacrificed for our freedom and
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also what they believed
about Jesus Christ.
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You know, the majority were
born again Christians by their
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own testimonies, not deists as
the world would have
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us believe.
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For fourth or sixth graders,
we have two history books with
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that tell about the fascinating
adventures of other men and
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women who helped shape the
founding of our country.
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You know, the founding of our
country is so important for
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kids to get a grasp on today,
because our foundations are
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kind of being taken from us,
so the kids need to
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know about them.
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Their lives are told in story
form to grip your interest and
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help you remember
what you're reading.
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You know, they were real people
who accomplished amazing things
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with their lives, and we tell
you about them in
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those two books.
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My newest project was writing a
ten book series called What a
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Character!
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These books are readers that
tell the real life story of
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people like America's
war heroes, inventors,
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scientists, famous presidents.
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And I picked the
ones that were Christians for
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president's orders, women,
and many more.
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You know, I even have one about
extraordinary stories of
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animals that
performed heroic feats.
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They were written for for fifth
through eighth grade, but the
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stories are enjoyed by
all ages.
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We have, um, testimony from
other moms that some of their
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older kids are reading them to
their younger kids, or reading
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them as a family, or reading
them in morning baskets.
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Kids, it's my desire that you
will be inspired to attempt
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great things yourself as you
learn of the struggles and
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hardships these people overcame
to accomplish the amazing
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things that they did.
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And who doesn't
love a good story?
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I also hope that you have a lot
of fun while reading them.
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Moms, I want to make your job
easier by providing engaging
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materials that your kids will
want to read, your bookworms
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and your reluctant
readers as well.
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We hear from other moms in the
community that this is what is
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happening in their homes.
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Not only the avid readers,
but the reluctant readers are
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loving this series.
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I pray for all of you guys that
God will crown your efforts
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with success this school year,
both moms and students alike,
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and that you will be drawn
closer to this amazing God
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that we serve.
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Happy homeschooling!
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Hey, thanks for joining us
today for the
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Master Books podcast.
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It was really fun to
do this with you today.
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We hope that you'll take a
moment and rank and review the
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podcast wherever you are
listening or watching, so that
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others can find it
more easily.
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We loved having you here.
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And we look forward to being
with you in the next podcast.
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It comes out every other week,
Mondays at 5 a.m.
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.
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