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Our little ones are sponges and are ready to absorb all that’s in their environment. Today we’ll discuss ideas on getting the Word into the hearts   of our children (and in ours too!).

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Deuteronomy 6:6-9

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Remember: It takes diligence to hide God's Word in our hearts and our children's hearts.

“There will come a time when our lives will reveal whether we’ve based our lives on reality or on triviality. ” Start Today with this FREE SPF Resource

Head on over to this blog post and get a free memory verse to print out and hang in your house AND learn a fun little ditty with hand motions to get it rooted in your mind and heart.

Follow this link to the blog post Memorizing Scripture with Your Kids

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Verse Packs for Scripture Memory Cards

 

Topical Memory System $15.14 NavPress Topical Memory System: Life Issues, Hide God's Word i

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Is conflict in a marriage ok? How can we use conflict to draw us closer to our husbands instead of using it as a repellent? Today we have three communication tips when things get a little heated in marriage.

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I used to be embarrassed to admit that my husband and I experienced conflict here and there in our marriage, like we were different or something was wrong. But the truth is I am a sinner who married a sinner and conflict is a guarantee. The mark of a gospel-centered marriage is not the absence of conflict but the presence of repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Now that is a marriage that points the world to God, and kindles that closeness and intimacy we crave.

We are only 5 years into forever with our marriage but we've learned a few valuable communication tips that work for us when we have conflict. These have given us a safer space to communicate with each other even when the tensions are high.

Three Communication Tips for Marriage Conflict

Tip 1: Never use the word "divorce" in conflict, especially as a threat.

Tip 2: Stay away from using absolutes like "always" and "never." (Ex: "You ALWAYS leave your clothes on the floor.")

Tip 3: Be quick to repent and ask for forgiveness.

This episode dives into each of these tips and will encourage you with Truth from God's Word.

Recommended Resource The Gospel-Centered Life

9 Week Bible Study

This is hands-down my favorite Bible study that is both basic and deep. Every time I do this study, the Lord blows my mind with what the Gospel is and what it does in our hearts. It's a big deal.

I highly recommend this study for married couples and small groups!

Transforming Intimacy - Voddie Baucham MP3

When it comes to marriage and family relationships, we encourage friends to check out Voddie Baucham's message on Transforming Intimacy. (Note: This talk is from a homeschool conference ;) but his message about submission and love and sacrifice and respect is the best I've ever been taught from Ephesians 5.)

You can purchase the MP3 from Resounding Voice for $4.

 

 

The Gospel-Centered Life: Study Guide with Leader's Notes $11.91 By Robert H. Thune, Will Walker

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It’s a #DailyGrind podcast today!

I’m talking through some highs and lows in the Hlushak household an doc course dishing out practical ways to live gospel centers lives.

Today’s daily grind is all about ideas for Family Worship, friendships, budgeting, and one big way to win in marriage.

You do not want to miss the part about marriage - it’s a game changer.
(If you don’t have time for the entire podcast, skip ahead to 23:26 for a little wisdom on marriage conflict.)
 

Recommended Resources Family Worship Song Ideas

• Amazing Grace
• Be Thou My Vision
• All Creatures of Our God and King
• Mighty Fortress
• Onward Christian Soldiers
• Doxology

A Puritan Family Devotional by Jon J. Cardwell

This is an incredible robust resource on Family Worship complete with catechism, devotional, Scripture readings (and even the London Baptist Confession). We adapt this because our children are young but this is an incredible resource for any family!

A Puritan Family Devotional $7.95 By Jon J. Cardwell  

A is for Adam by Ken Ham

This is a great resource to teach children the timeline of history in an engaging way that leads to the Gospel on every page. I love this book to because it physically stands in a way to show the kids the pictures so you can read the text and questions on the back. This book helps kids apply logic to creation that always points back to God. *Note, we skip a few pages with our young kids now - like Cain and Abel - but will come back to it when our kids are ready.

A Is for Adam: The Gospel from Genesis $14.58 By Ken Ham, Mally Ham

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It’s a #DailyGrind podcast today! I’m talking through some highs and lows in the Hlushak household an doc course dishing out practical ways to live gospel centers lives. Today’s daily grind is all about ideas for Family Worship, friendships, budgeting, and one big way to win in marriage.

Send me a Text Message! (I can't directly respond, but I can answer questions and share comments in upcoming episodes!

Vacations are an incredible reprieve from the daily grind, until you have to take them with kids. Then the daily grind just seems to happen in another location you had to shell out money for. Today’s episode we will learn 5 tips on how to take a family vacation so that no matter the age of the kids, you too can recreate and re-create on your vacation.

 

Tip No 1. Vacation always starts by PREPARing YOUR HEART

• Prayer - bring it all to God; often. Offer thanksgiving, ask for your time to be blessed.
• Search the Scriptures - search keywords in the Bible like "rest" "refuge" "peace" and ask God for wisdom on how to apply truth to your life.
• Be in communication with your spouse - (and/or other adults who are taking the trip); talk about expectations and ask where each person needs help in preparing for the trip; discuss times and ways each parent can lighten the load so the other can take a real breather.

Tip No 2. BUILD ANTICIPATION

• Vacation Money Jar - growing up my brother and I painted old glass spaghetti sauce jars and glued shells and other things on them, punched a hole in the top and started filling it with all the change we could find and money we earned. Decorating the jars gave us a physical reminder that vacation was coming and that we could work hard to earn spending money for souvenirs, ice cream, floaties- you name it!
• Prayer Countdown Chain - make a paper chain with not only a countdown to vacation, but on each paper link, write down something to pray for that day as a family. This is a great way to build anticipation through prayer and go before the Lord with your trip. It teaches us to lay our requests before the Lord and eagerly wait for His answers.
• Family Planning Night - dedicate a night (or two) to dream up the adventures everyone wants to have while on vacation. Talk about what you want to bring, where you want to go, and list some activities you can do together. This is a great opportunity for parents to set some expectations for the trip.
• Plan a Surprise - it doesn't have to be anything big, but try and keep something a secret about the trip. For older kids you can have them guess at dinner one night while you give clues. For little ones, get them excited about a surprise activity or tasty treat. I know as a kid Dippin' Dots would have sent me off the thrilled deep-end; or space ice-cream?! So fun!
• Prepare Together - getting reading for a vacation can be a big task for dad and mom. Dividing up responsibilities can encourage the family to work together so they can play together. Preparing might look like a big laundry day, or preparing road trip snacks, or getting the yard ready.

Tip No. 3 Make a PLAN BUT BE FLEXIBLE

• Create a calendar of days that you will be gone and where you will be.
• Jot down some ideas of activities you could do for each of those days.
• Think through museums, water parks, zoo's, and other places that may charge admission.
• Research area attractions, restaurants, and activities.
• Plan down time and be sure to think through the personalities of each family member and what they would enjoy doing.
• Going in with a plan is a type of preparedness that can alleviate the stress of planning and deciding while on vacation. But be sure to hold plans with an open hand. If Tuesday is beach day and it's raining outside, it's a great exercise is adjusting expectations for the kids (and ourselves).

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Vacations are an incredible reprieve from the daily grind, until you have to take them with kids. Then the daily grind just seems to happen in another location you had to shell out money for. Today’s episode we will learn 5 tips on how to take a family vacation so that no matter the age of the kids, you too can recreate and re-create on your vacation.

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God calls us to live wisely with our time, making the most of your time. Today we will discuss three of the biggest time wasters and how we can trade them for the will of God. 

 

Top Three Time Wasters:

1. social media
   • tip: turn off push notifications
2. indecisiveness
   • tip: grow in your identity in Christ to avoid people pleasing and pressure to perform
3. worry
   • tip: learn to cast all your cares on the Lord

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She Proves Faithful Discipleship Plans are a great resource to help you grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ and help someones else grow too! This is a discipleship resource to help you go and make disciples with easy to use mini bible studies.

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Use code DPFREE to get your free digital download of these three mini bible studies.

She Proves Faithful Discipleship Plan Life Hack: Breakfast Sausage

Cut down on time in the kitchen at breakfast. Pre-cook sausage links by cooking them in the oven at 350 for about 20 minute or until cooked through. Remove pan from oven and cool for 5-10 minutes and then place in freezer on pan. Once frozen, remove links and put them in a ziplock freezer bag and store in freezer until you are ready for sausage. Take a link out and microwave it for 30 seconds.

I highly recommend Kodiak Cakes pancake mix. It has protein in the mix and more protein can be added with the addition of eggs and/or milk. We get ours at Costco, but here is a link on amazon for the same product.

  Kodiak Cakes Power Cakes: Flapjack and Waffle Mix Whole Grain Buttermilk 4.5 Lb $26.99 Kodiak Cakes

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God calls us to live wisely with our time, making the most of your time. Today we will discuss three of the biggest time wasters and how we can trade them for the will of God.

Send me a Text Message! (I can't directly respond, but I can answer questions and share comments in upcoming episodes!

Being intentional about praying can be difficult. There are a million distractions and our prayers can sometimes    feel flat and dry. If prayer is about communicating with the God of the universe can’t they be more real and deep?  Today you’ll learn a creative way to be intentional about prayer so you may know God and engage with Him in a deeper way. 

Top Five Reasons to Pray through a Psalm

1. Because as my husband says, “Psalms are already prayers.” So that’s nice.
2. Teaching someone to pray can feel awkward - praying through a Psalm gives a template to pray though. 
3. Psalms address every life issue - from joy, to sadness, to hope, to affiliation, to shame, to people chasing after you with swords. There are 150 scenarios for you to pray from.
4. Psalms always teach us to give God glory no matter what the circumstances 
5. Praying through a Psalm is such a simple way to get people reading the Word of God and praying at the same time. 

Psalm Suggestions

• Psalm 1
• Psalm 16
• Psalm 23
• Psalm 84
• Psalm 95
• Psalm 103
• Psalm 145

Recommended Resources

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She Proves Faithful Praying Through a Psalm Worksheet

Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God $9.99 By Timothy Keller

Timothy Keller's book: Prayer, Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

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Being intentional about praying can be difficult. There are a million distractions and our prayers can sometimes feel flat and dry. If prayer is about communicating with the God of the universe can’t they be more real and deep? Today you’ll learn a creative way to be intentional about prayer so you may know God and engage with Him in a deeper way.