"Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him for the life of your young children." Lamentations 2:19
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Paul wrote, “I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me” (Philippians 3:12).
And in order to take hold and make our own everything that Christ has taken hold of for us and placed in us, we need to let go of everything that keeps us from doing so.
If we would grasp and make our own what Jesus has already done for us, and what He had deposited in us, our lives would look very different than the tepid faith of the average churchgoer.
God’s power, provision, and purposes are for “who so ever will” (Mark 8:34 KJV).
Will what? Will let go of all that holds you back from experiencing the abundant life of the adventurous faith and take hold of truth that makes it so.
So here’s what I’m challenging you to do:
• Let go of insecurity and take hold of your true identity as a child of God.
• Let go of the scarcity mentality that says that you’re not enough and take hold of God’s abundant promises that say you have everything you need.
• Let go of crippling bitterness and take hold of radical forgiveness.
• Let go of shame-filled condemnation and take hold of grace-filled acceptance.
• Let go of weak-kneed worry and take hold of sure-footed confidence.
• Let go of comparison to others and take hold of your God-fashioned uniqueness.
• Let go of debilitating discouragement and take hold of your next assignment
• Let go of timid reluctance and take hold of bold believing.
I know that’s a tall order, but I know you can do it.
It’s what God wants for all of us. (Devotional from Sharon Jaynes)
God's timing. Prayer. Waiting. Anticipation. Frustration. Desperation. Spinning my wheels. Do it my way. Prayer. Pleading prayer. Waiting. repeat the above.
People with self-control master their moods. They do not let their moods master them. Most of what gets done in the world is accomplished by people who do the right thing even when they don't feel like it: "A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls." (Proverbs 25:28, NLT)
People with self-control watch their words. They put their minds in gear before opening their mouths: "Be careful what you say and protect your life. A careless talker destroys himself." (Proverbs 13:3, TEV)
People with self-control restrain their reactions. How much can you take before you lose your cool? "If you are sensible, you will control your temper. When someone wrongs you, it is a great virtue to ignore it." (Proverbs 19:11, TEV)
People with self-control stick to their schedule. If you don't determine how you will spend your time, then others will decide for you: "Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:15-16, NIV)
People with self-control manage their money. They learn to live on less than what they make and they invest the difference. The value of a budget is that it tells your money where you want it to go rather than wondering where it went! "In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has." (Proverbs 21:20, NIV)
People with self-control maintain their health. That way they can accomplish more and enjoy their achievements: "Learn to appreciate and give dignity to your body ...." (1 Thessalonians 4:4, MSG)
In what areas do you need to develop for self-control? The disciplines you establish today will determine your success tomorrow.
But it takes more than just willpower for lasting self-control. It takes a power greater than yourself: "For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, his Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control." (2 Timothy 1:7, TEV)
written by: Rick Warren (Daily Hope with Rick Warren)
Today we pray for the fruit of the Spirit-self control. We praise God for His amazing Grace that covers us in our short comings! We commit our children to Him that they will live in the power, love, and self control of the Lord and not listen to fear and doubt. We pray for them to be slow to speak and maintain their self control at all times which has been deposited on the inside of them by the Holy Spirit. We pray for His strength to be made perfect in their weakness. We pray for a guard to be placed at the door of their lips discerning what comes through that gate. We pray for self control in every area of their life! Amen.
We will not meet the Monday of Spring Break or the following Monday. Our last meetings of the year are as follows: April 11,18,25
Blessings for a wonderful break with family and friends!
| Baguley, Rick | Social Studies |
| Carlson, Nathan | Social Studies |
| Clements, Mike | Social Studies |
| Cole, Megan | Social Studies |
| Delahay, Linda | Social Studies |
| DePew, Keith | Social Studies |
| Doyle, Carter | Social Studies |
| Esslinger, Tom | Social Studies |
| Evans, Daniel | Social Studies |
| Johnson, Casey | Social Studies |
| Morman, Christine | Social Studies |
| Rush, Rhonda | Social Studies |
| Walker, Chet | Social Studies |
| Holbrooks, Darren | Social Studies/Fine Arts |
| Harvey, Jenny | EL |
| Beale, Virginia | English |
| Brown, Keith | English |
| Cooley, Michele | English |
| Gant, Angela | English |
| Kreider, Anne | English |
| Marchino, Amy | English |
| McClurg, Stephen | English |
| Perkins, Robert | English |
| Smith, Catherine | English |
| Smith, Kathy | English |
| Thomas, Lisa | English |
| Dameron-Vines, Melissa | English/World Languages |
| Brown, Robyn | World Languages |
| Kersh, Julian | World Languages |
| Myers, Michelle | World Languages |
| Parker, Marta | World Languages |
| Welle, Douglas | World Languages |
| Phillips, Rebecca | World Languages/EL |
I couldn't take my actions back. A woman had parked her car and blocked my way of getting to the gas pump. She hopped out to drop off some recycling items, and I didn't feel like waiting, so I honked my horn at her. Irritated, I put my car in reverse and drove around another way. I immediately felt bad about being impatient and unwilling to wait 30 seconds (at the most) for her to move. I apologized to God. Yes, she should have parked in the designated area, but I could have spread kindness and patience instead of harshness. Unfortunately it was too late to apologize to her—she was gone.
Many of the Proverbs challenge us to think about how to respond when people get in the way of our plans. There’s the one that says, “Fools show their annoyance at once” (Prov. 12:16). And “It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel” (20:3). Then there’s this one that goes straight to the heart: “Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end” (29:11).
Growing in patience and kindness seems pretty difficult sometimes. But the apostle Paul says it is the work of God, the “fruit of the Spirit” (Gal. 5:22-23). As we cooperate with Him and depend on Him, He produces that fruit in us. Please change us, Lord. —Anne Cetas (Our Daily Bread)
Lord, we thank you for being a patient God. We many times are anxious for your answer to our prayers and forget how patient you are in your timing. We praise you for your countless times of forgiveness and redo's you provide for us! We pray for our willingness to practice patience. We thank you that patience is deposited inside us as a fruit of the spirit! May we activate it everyday! We pray for our children to walk in patience. We pray for them to help the idle, fainthearted, and weak as they practice patience. May they rely and rest on you Lord with their shortcomings. Amen
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| Alexander, William | Science |
| Donaldson, Joshua | Science |
| Hardin, Lynn | Science |
| Hardman, Matthew | Science |
| McBrayer, Melonie | Science |
| McBride, Mindy | Science |
| Menard, Emily | Science |
| Metge, Elizabeth | Science |
| Reaves, Kelly | Science |
| Roth, Kelly | Science |
| Swope, Deanna | Science |
| Wilson, Jami | Science |
You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
Today we praise God for the fruit of the spirit: Peace. We praise God for being the author of peace, the Prince of Peace. We praise Him for being a God of order and detail and the creator of all things. We pray for our children to live in peace. May they trust completely in the Lord so that their minds would be steadfast. (unwavering, firm in purpose, firmly established) This is the recipe for perfect peace. May our children know this is the path to peace and walk in peace.
| Cannady, Justin | Math |
| Collins, Katelyn | Math |
| Dark, Lauren | Math |
| Drake, Holly | Math |
| Fairley, Stacee | Math |
| Gossett, Kim | Math |
| Hellmers, Mark | Math |
| Hurry, Tim | Math |
| Martin, Kathleen | Math |
| Miller, Jennifer | Math |
| Porter, Lars | Math |
| Rouleau, Melinda | Math |
| Shepler, Tim | Math |
| Swift, Bridges | Math |
| Warren, Catherine | Math |
| Stoffregen, Maggie | Mathematics |
| Hughes, Kevin | 8th Algebra |
| McLeod, Mary | 8th Algebra |
| Thuirer, Laura | 8th Algebra |
| Hefner, Justin | 8th Lang Arts |
| Powell, Jennifer | 8th Lang Arts |
| Prater, Jessica | 8th Lang Arts |
| Edwards, Susan | 8th Science |
| Jemison, Sabrina | 8th Science |
| Knudsen, Molly | 8th Science |
| Flinkow, Jana | 8th Soc Stu |
| Maddox, Laura | 8th Soc Stu |
| Whitehead, William | 8th Soc Stu |
| Cheney, Christine | 7th Lang Arts |
| Ezekiel, Shelia | 7th Lang Arts |
| Gaines, Lisa | 7th Lang Arts |
| Love-Jones, Jenny | 7th Lang Arts |
| Colley, Tracy | 7th Math |
| Langston, Angela | 7th Math |
| McArdle, Carol | 7th Math |
| Morton, Rosa | 7th Math |
| Drummond, Melanie | 7th Science |
| Klotz, Erin | 7th Science |
| Bonds, Austin | 7th Soc Stu |
| York, Cristin | 7th Soc Stu |
Raising your child “in the way he should go” means being aware of: (1) Their interests. John Ruskin said, “Tell me what you like, and I’ll tell you what you are.” What do your children like? Numbers? Colors? Activities? The greatest gift you can give them isn’t your riches, but revealing to them their own. (2) Their relationships. What statement best characterizes your child? (a) “Follow me, everyone.” (b) “I’ll let you know if I need help.” (c) “Can we do this together?” (d) “Tell me what to do and I’ll do it.” Don’t characterize loners as aloof, or crowd-seekers as arrogant. God designed them that way. What gives your child satisfaction and makes them say, “Yes”? Do they love the journey, or the destination? Do they like to keep things straight, or straighten things out? What thrills one child bothers another. (3) Their environment. A cactus thrives under different conditions than a rosebush. What soil does your child grow in? Some love to be noticed while others prefer to hide in the crowd. Some do well taking tests, others excel in the subject but stumble when it comes to exams. Winston Churchill repeatedly failed tests in school, yet he changed history. We only excel when we’re in the right environment. (4) Their strengths. At two, Van Cliburn played a song on the piano as a result of hearing someone teaching in an adjacent room. His mother noticed, gave him lessons, and the kid from Kilgore, Texas, won the first International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. Resist the urge to label your children before studying them, and ask God to help you understand their uniqueness.
DISCLAIMER: Devotionals were originally written by "The Word for You Today". For all inquiries, please contact www.wordforyou.com.
Please pray for the following 6th grade teachers and their students:
| Baird, Darby | 6th Lang Arts/Soc Stu |
| Marshall, David | 6th Lang Arts/Soc Stu |
| Meacham, Erin | 6th Lang Arts/Soc Stu |
| Smith, Shea | 6th Lang Arts/Soc Stu |
| Tanner, Leslie | 6th Lang Arts/Soc Stu |
| Thrash, Casey | 6th Lang Arts/Soc Stu |
| Alling, Taylor | 6th Math/Science |
| Bates, Amanda | 6th Math/Science |
| Gossett, Haley | 6th Math/Science |
| Hacker, Amy | 6th Math/Science |
| Jones, Michelle | 6th Math/Science |
| Sterley, Jordan | 6th Math/Science |
"Today, I’m praising God for the newness of grace.
The cleanness of grace.
The freshness grace.
The let’s-start-this-over-ness of grace." by Sharon Jaynes, "Girlfriends in God"
Grace defined is God's favor and ability, HIS unmerited favor. Also, it can be remembered by the acronym, GOD'S RICHES AT CHRIST'S EXPENSE. We praise HIM today for the free abundant gift of God's GRACE! I pray you rest in the center of His grace today! We pray our children to accept and rest in God's grace and that they will seek His will for their lives daily! May they not follow the natural bend to seek the patterns of this world, but be renewed daily to His Word and direction. Please provide for them Godly leadership through spiritual leaders, strong spiritual friendships, and with us, their parents. Give us wisdom and direction to lead our children down the path that is created by you! Amen
“In keeping with his individual gift or bent.” Pr 22:6 AMP
As a parent you either accelerate or stifle your child’s giftedness. The Bible says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (v. 6). That doesn’t mean when you set your kids on the right path they’ll never leave it. No, salvation is the work of God (See 1Co 3:6). So what does this Scripture mean? The Amplified Bible says, “Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent].” Note the word “bent.” As a parent you hold the bow, and your child is the arrow. So pray for God’s help in recognizing your child’s strengths and giftedness and aim them “in the way [he or she] should go.” The fact is God pre-wired your infant, preprogrammed your toddler’s strengths, set your teen on a trajectory, and then gave you an eighteen-year research project! So ask yourself, “What sets my child apart?” Childhood tendencies often forecast adult abilities. Read them. Discern them. Affirm them. Cheerlead them. Think about the life of Joseph. At seventeen he saw dreams and visions of himself as a leader (See Ge 37:2-10). And as an adult he interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh and ended up leading the nation (See Ge 40-41). As a boy David displayed two strengths: fighting and music. Later he killed a lion and a bear (See 1Sa 17:34-37). And He played skillfully on the harp (See 1Sa 16). Fighting and music dominated David’s adult life, and are largely what he’s remembered for today. So strive to understand, appreciate, and channel your child’s uniqueness.
DISCLAIMER: Devotionals were originally written by "The Word for You Today". For all inquiries, please contact www.wordforyou.com.
Please pray for the following 5th grade teachers and their students:
Attribute: Abiding in the Lord
1 Chronicles 16:34 O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalm 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalm 100:4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving, And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name.
Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.
1 Timothy 4:4-5 – For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with gratitude; for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
whose confidence is in him.
8 They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
To live victoriously you must: (1) know your life’s true source; (2) protect it; (3) draw from it daily. If your security, your strength, your self-worth, or your strategy for living comes from any other source but God, the Enemy can defeat you. Everything you need comes from God, so protect and nurture your relationship with Him, for it will always be the focal point of Satan’s attack. A day without reading God’s Word isn’t merely a slip; it’s a setup for failure. Prayerlessness isn’t carelessness; it’s foolishness in the extreme. (excerpt from devotional "Word for You Today")
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield[b] and the horn[c] of my salvation, my stronghold.
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.