tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58216669008777881142024-03-05T03:46:22.372-06:00Encouraging Moms Who HomeschoolA source of encouragement for women who are not only mothers, but homeschooling mothers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger448125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-34535484828563355222024-01-17T11:16:00.007-06:002024-01-26T14:33:36.474-06:00Guard What Goes In... <p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #5e17eb;"><br /></span></span></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="color: #5e17eb; font-size: x-large;">Guard what goes in & your heart will be better off...</span></span></h1><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #5e17eb;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Homeschooling mothers, as a whole, are really good at guarding what our children see and hear. The books they read, who they spend time with, the movies they watch - all this and more is carefully considered and managed. But do we manage our own hearts with the same caution and tenacity?</span><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap"> </span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none" style="font-size: x-large;">There is just too much garbage that is too readily available at too many moments throughout the day. How often are we seeing things that we'd guard our children from seeing?</span><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none"><br /></span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-vj9LliQd55qIuwnGgfz96laMRwzC6crLyXoPpKrmEQ44yH7J3N69zKaPW2IJ0p2x_5rTe2PQj82RcIxFZI04r0r0Kc3OqXS5vJUcC3kLWTZFdfKy_oQtROlqp1jaYG9-47JpYwqlik4X_fD78PoOGT0knfQ1mzy0QbTXDu9AGUicsGL4SlryTwvcU8/s1920/blog%20post%20graphic%20jan%2017%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-vj9LliQd55qIuwnGgfz96laMRwzC6crLyXoPpKrmEQ44yH7J3N69zKaPW2IJ0p2x_5rTe2PQj82RcIxFZI04r0r0Kc3OqXS5vJUcC3kLWTZFdfKy_oQtROlqp1jaYG9-47JpYwqlik4X_fD78PoOGT0knfQ1mzy0QbTXDu9AGUicsGL4SlryTwvcU8/w225-h400/blog%20post%20graphic%20jan%2017%202024.jpg" width="225" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Not every choice is made wisely... Glancing at your phone while your son completes his spelling list is, quite frankly, and unwise choice. I do not need to explain why it is unwise; you already know. Truth is truth. It does not shock you to read these words.</span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">The hard truth is that constant access to timewasters and pop-culture is of absolutely no eternal benefit - and even damages relationships and can harden the heart.</span><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap"> </span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Apply the same standards across the board in your home and watch God bless your wise choices.</span></span><span face="YACgEV-yq04 0, _fb_, auto" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none white-space-prewrap"></span></span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.333333333333332px; --line-height: 1.4; line-height: 29px;"><span class="OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbWbnstrKsSK8ER-yPtLBdVwl_-9AEhVwtxOarY3c2Sxs1gvZ3QUTiO8ZUTnZWg5kN8LIqi0uv5ucTvyYc9g7PJzihwznvS3uPyOo2OXQtdc_SutBhwWVoI47xeCYJGHa098NkKknkOMHnBYGfcaj7UzqTj1URCpyhSoGPV5hr4MMY4mwbvlUGC53FRY/s200/signature%20(1)%20(1).png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbWbnstrKsSK8ER-yPtLBdVwl_-9AEhVwtxOarY3c2Sxs1gvZ3QUTiO8ZUTnZWg5kN8LIqi0uv5ucTvyYc9g7PJzihwznvS3uPyOo2OXQtdc_SutBhwWVoI47xeCYJGHa098NkKknkOMHnBYGfcaj7UzqTj1URCpyhSoGPV5hr4MMY4mwbvlUGC53FRY/s1600/signature%20(1)%20(1).png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://momswhohomeschool.blogspot.com/2024/01/all-deets-about-psalm-91-pray-it.html" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #f33c73; cursor: pointer; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"><b>Psalm 91 - Pray It & Believe Course with Jan L. Burt available now</b></span></a>.<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-71652915080000665842024-01-03T14:50:00.004-06:002024-01-26T14:33:51.771-06:00Does Bible Study REALLY Matter? (And Will It Make a Difference in My Life?) - by Jan L. Burt <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUP2F0u4GLQAMOvglgsu8zDp9ZpR-xLfzGZkbUK_2XXtyR5x1AUWnRTDA0-ReWI_xVVTgLjG_OYJ02QWjy13kG7a1T9xCLVW0K77J86Ro7My3gCNxk976LyysUsnhXJCw7xXJxc69Wk6o_d1T4hZsh1pRbsF8ldDHV4Ul6zMKTnZuqVg6kRhu5xIEpD4/s583/torn%20paper%20graphic%20with%20verse%20for%20new%20blog%20823%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="328" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUP2F0u4GLQAMOvglgsu8zDp9ZpR-xLfzGZkbUK_2XXtyR5x1AUWnRTDA0-ReWI_xVVTgLjG_OYJ02QWjy13kG7a1T9xCLVW0K77J86Ro7My3gCNxk976LyysUsnhXJCw7xXJxc69Wk6o_d1T4hZsh1pRbsF8ldDHV4Ul6zMKTnZuqVg6kRhu5xIEpD4/w360-h640/torn%20paper%20graphic%20with%20verse%20for%20new%20blog%20823%20(1).jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">In this post, I'd like to try and give very specific answers to the question: Does Bible study really matter? And will it make a difference in my life?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">If I were sitting in a coffee shop with you and this was the topic of discussion, this is what I might share with you about personal Bible study and what it does and doesn't do for us.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>~ Bible study matters in our lives because it provides us with peace of mind. </i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>Peace of any sort is a commodity that is in short supply as far as the non-Christian world goes. There just isn't real or lasting peace outside of the Lord Jesus. When we study the Bible, we gain peace of mind, because we learn better and better what God has to say about a whole slew of issues, and how He desires for us to live out our days. Knowing God better via knowing His word better leads to peace of mind. And if our minds are at peace, everything in our life will be improved.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>~ Bible study matters in our lives because it provides us with renewed hope. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, it says in the book of Proverbs, and that is completely true. I've experienced it, and most likely you have, too. Contrast that with how we feel when our hope is renewed. The sky seems bluer, the grass greener, and our hope becomes contagious as we pass it along to others. The unique hope we gain by studying the word of God is of incalculable worth, and it will not come by any other means. We cannot obtain what the Bible holds out to us by means outside of the Bible itself. </i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>~ Bible study matters because it is fuel to the fire of our faith. When and where faith in the Lord increases, our outlook improves, our optimism grows, and our impact on people around us changes for the better. We pray bolder prayers, we seek the good of others and the glory of God more often and the love we have grows and stretches farther and wider than it would had we not spent time in Bible study and experienced an increase in our faith.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>~ Bible study matters because it lends itself to prayer. Not just any kind of prayer, but prayer based on the word of God. Our prayer lives change when we pray based on what we read in the Bible. As we pray God's word, not only will we be bettered, but those for whom we pray and those with whom we interact regularly will also be bettered. </i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>~ Bible study matters because it blesses our relationships. As we are continually conformed more and more to the image of Christ, many of the relationships we have get better and better. Some relationships fade away because we realize that we cannot live in our old, pre-salvation ways and also live out our new life in Christ. Knowing what the Bible says and living out what we learn from our time spent studying the Bible has an impact on our relationships. </i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>~ Bible study matters because by means of studying the Bible, we are better equipped to encourage others. In case you haven't noticed, life in this world is hard. People are hurting, are broken-hearted, are in need of encouragement on a hundred different levels. And when we actively engage in the study of the Bible, we will have something tangible and life-changing to offer them. We will know Jesus better by studying the Bibel, and we will be better suited to share Jesus with people who need encouragement and life-change. </i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>~ Bible study matters because it reveals to us the heart of God. Want to know what the Lord cares about? Study the Bible. Curious as to what kind of character God actually has? You'll find out when you study the Bible. Wish you knew God better? You can know Him better and better each time you open the Bible and read it. </i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763; font-family: helvetica;"><b><i>~ Bible study matters because it changes the way that you think...and the way that you think is the way that you live. The fact of the matter is what you think and how you think determine the direction of your life. If you are continually angry in your thoughts, you most likely will lead an angry life. If you are fearful in the way that you think, you will be fearful in the way that you live. Where your time goes and where your thoughts go, there your life goes. Knowing what the Bible says and believing that what God has said in His word is the truth has a great impact on how you think. Want some life change? I recommend studying the Bible regularly.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">That's my two cents worth on the question of whether or not Bible study actually matters. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: medium;">Thanks for stopping by The Prayer & Bible Study blog. I'll leave the link to my podcast, <a href="https://theburtnoternieshow.podbean.com/" target="_blank">The Burt (Not Ernie) Show</a>, which focuses on God's promises & to <a href="https://theprayerpodcastwithjanlburt.podbean.com/" target="_blank">The Prayer Podcast with Jan L. Burt</a>, which is pretty self-explanatory.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Lord bless!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQ29aC18lxBFL_t1YarYiX07jK5ziJv8e8aT5ipyVVuoem4dDG68B4qOY51dKGeCng6a1CRUsdPCQfOG2AhXw2X0ng_a_OA4_KBU0p-vRu7sSwCPfnHYYTcRJ3pqVF_rbOVv-LsbjgHSPyCLAEAzITed4jZ2hSeowJEvISM7AhpNvm7qgwc8klUeg7kM/s200/signature%20(1)%20(1).png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQ29aC18lxBFL_t1YarYiX07jK5ziJv8e8aT5ipyVVuoem4dDG68B4qOY51dKGeCng6a1CRUsdPCQfOG2AhXw2X0ng_a_OA4_KBU0p-vRu7sSwCPfnHYYTcRJ3pqVF_rbOVv-LsbjgHSPyCLAEAzITed4jZ2hSeowJEvISM7AhpNvm7qgwc8klUeg7kM/s1600/signature%20(1)%20(1).png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://momswhohomeschool.blogspot.com/2024/01/all-deets-about-psalm-91-pray-it.html" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"><b>Psalm 91 - Pray It & Believe Course with Jan L. 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The goal of this event was *supposed* to give lots of encouragement and helpful tips to the webinar attendees, specifically when they speak to people. Now this was meant to include all types of speaking - podcasting, interviews, going live on social media...pretty much any circumstance involving speaking or being part of a live event. </p><p>And it was touted as a way to be more comfortable in this role and in your own skin. </p><p>Because, in all honesty, when doing an interview or guesting on a podcast, running a Facebook live, recording content for a course or for YouTube, can be very awkward. You're either talking to nobody (when you record content for a solo podcast or a course, for example) but also you'll be talking to an unknown number of people when the content is released. Or you're being interviewed or go live on social media, and the other person(s) are there with you in a sense, but you aren't in the same room and you can have slight delays and hiccups due to connection issues, and it can leave you feeling out of place. </p><p>You get the drift as to what this webinar was about. Or, what I <i>thought </i>it was about. </p><p><br /></p><p>As the event progressed, an ever-widening gap began to develop between the "haves" and the "have-nots". </p><p>Here's the abbreviated takeaway:</p><p> ~ If you are part of the "in" crowd in the world of online ministry, then you're special. And if you're not part of it, then you're un-special.</p><p> ~ This is an exclusive group, and not all Christians who are doing some sort of ministry in the online space are part of the club. </p><p> ~ This is an elitist group under the guise of "Christian ministry". </p><p> ~ This group will gladly take your money and your time and dole out small tidbits of semi-helpful information, while somehow at the same time make sure you know that while your money is good enough for them, you and your ministry most certainly are not and you should count yourself lucky to even be in the same room (albeit a zoom room) with them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, you may be wondering what this post is doing on a blog for homeschooling moms that shares Bible-based content. </p><p>I decided to share about this experience on this blog because I think this happens quite often in the Christian community. Whether it's a Sunday school class, a small group, a larger event, a prayer group, a church staff meeting, the homeschool co-op, or within the Christian community online, this sense of exclusivity is real. And it is really, really painful.</p><p>When we gather together, is there anything we can do that can prevent a newcomer from feeling welcome, growing in grace, understanding more of the Father's love for them, or becoming part of this particular Christian community? </p><p>Or do newcomers feel as if they are being pushed aside or pushed out to the Gentile Court?</p><p>Do they leave feeling blessed and encouraged, or discouraged and unwanted?</p><p>And a far more personal and pointed question would be this: Have you ever, or do you currently, feel like you are being moved outward toward the Christianized version of the Gentile Court? </p><p><br /></p><p>Loving the Lord is not an exclusive, cliquey club. And when someone feels held at bay, I can't help but wonder how that makes the Lord feel. </p><p><br /></p><p>My personal prayer as I hit the "leave meeting" button near the end of that webinar was, "Lord, how can I not be part of this painful messiness in my ministry and in my real life?"</p><p>(And that's a scary prayer to pray when you're an extreme introvert trying to do a very extroverted type of ministry because you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you often come across as stiff and reserved and unapproachable due to your social awkwardness and introverted nature.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Lord seemed to answer my prayer by taking me to John, chapters 15, 16 & 17. </p><p>Reading Jesus' words in these chapters was a soothing balm following the strange webinar event. </p><p>And so, as a Bible study girl who podcasts & speaks & teaches about the Bible, can I encourage you to take some time and read these three chapters, while praying about how to best help newcomers experience the love of God via our church gatherings, small groups, homeschool events and in our own personal ministry opportunities?</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd very much like to hear your comments and insight on these three chapters from the book of John. Would you share in the comments? I'd be so blessed by that! </p><p><br /></p><p>And my closing prayer today is that none of us feels shoved to the outer court, but rather senses the warm welcome and the lavish love our Father has for us. </p><p>Lord bless & I'll see you back here next time!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoS1_l3cWcU1s_EgncG4RxXqWll7SYMsdBJDgnna8SReggAAREbMpC8eCUxeyNslb70Rge6_Fg3WYPNhvSKoYVXS2_YJHgDVv936jONsFht5GNRu8p9xGDqVtjUwme7lrTEF6sQR0Jyq8jMf-A1vKPI0itFsu30ADRqa6h1Er4hz3jMYOm2ud2be3eHr8/s200/signature%20(1)%20(1).png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoS1_l3cWcU1s_EgncG4RxXqWll7SYMsdBJDgnna8SReggAAREbMpC8eCUxeyNslb70Rge6_Fg3WYPNhvSKoYVXS2_YJHgDVv936jONsFht5GNRu8p9xGDqVtjUwme7lrTEF6sQR0Jyq8jMf-A1vKPI0itFsu30ADRqa6h1Er4hz3jMYOm2ud2be3eHr8/s1600/signature%20(1)%20(1).png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://momswhohomeschool.blogspot.com/2024/01/all-deets-about-psalm-91-pray-it.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"><b>Psalm 91 - Pray It & Believe Course with Jan L. Burt available now.</b></span></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-76466446706313250082024-01-03T14:12:00.007-06:002024-01-26T14:33:07.381-06:00All the Details About the Psalm 91 - Pray It & Believe Course from award-winning podcaster Jan L. Burt<p> </p><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-family: Alegreya; font-size: 23px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-family: Alegreya; font-size: 23px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Want to see your prayer life grow & your faith increase?</span></p><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-family: Alegreya; font-size: 23px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">You're in the right place!</span></p><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-family: Alegreya; font-size: 23px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-family: Alegreya; font-size: 23px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-family: Alegreya; font-size: 23px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-family: Alegreya; font-size: 23px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJxeE8YhObxpDp0nmmyYCi6qd_zEPmj3hjfaY1fBNvchXMj_SVt-4IRpjSAcxfWk7eHlcPdEaOJmX-CVo-nuaPfyUHIid5NrH1MCMgWUvI6aPEPmIdwWMl3eyHFhm8jLB4_5yv6si2j8wmVenlErFfMIEOLzUyHDIX0ouXtUdIDgh01MOtF6irgXM62k/s1200/8d4a1f4f3db1f46f87784f7f8646223e_1200_80.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJxeE8YhObxpDp0nmmyYCi6qd_zEPmj3hjfaY1fBNvchXMj_SVt-4IRpjSAcxfWk7eHlcPdEaOJmX-CVo-nuaPfyUHIid5NrH1MCMgWUvI6aPEPmIdwWMl3eyHFhm8jLB4_5yv6si2j8wmVenlErFfMIEOLzUyHDIX0ouXtUdIDgh01MOtF6irgXM62k/w640-h360/8d4a1f4f3db1f46f87784f7f8646223e_1200_80.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 30px; margin: unset; text-align: center;">In this course, expect to see your prayer life grow and your faith increase. Jan's diagnosis of heart failure plunged her into a lifestyle of living, breathing & praying the Word of God, and Psalm 91 has become a portion of the Bible that has changed her life. Jan is the founder of the online prayer retreat group "Praying Through the Storm" & she has been the host of several live multi-day prayer retreat events as well as a 17-week long study of Psalm 91.</p><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 30px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto; text-align: center;">Come along on a journey to apply the profound and life-changing promises from this psalm to your daily life & your loved ones. Expect to be blessed as we get the promises of God into the people of God, right where they belong!</p><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 30px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 30px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="c-heading c-wrapper" id="heading-bisql4H6VjZ" style="box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="heading-bisql4H6VjZ text-output cheading-bisql4H6VjZ none noBorder radius0 none" style="border-color: var(--black); border-image: initial; border-radius: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--color-l92uie3s); font-family: var(--headlinefont); font-size: 35px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.3em; 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list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: "✓"; padding-inline-start: 0.5em; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: unset;"><span color="var(--color-l92uie3s) !important" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">You want to grow in your prayer life, but are not sure what to pray for...</span></p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="c-bullet-list c-wrapper" id="bulletList-q2qO-UKa0xZ" style="box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="bulletList-q2qO-UKa0xZ text-output cbulletList-q2qO-UKa0xZ none noBorder radius0 none" style="border-color: var(--black); border-image: initial; border-radius: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--contentfont); font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; opacity: 1; padding: 20px 32px; text-shadow: transparent 0px 0px 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><ul style="box-sizing: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: "✓"; padding-inline-start: 0.5em; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: unset;"><span color="var(--color-l92uie3s) !important" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">As a Christian, you aren't sure you are living in the fullness of the Lord's blessings...</span></p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="c-bullet-list c-wrapper" id="bulletList-Com0YFotCVB" style="box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div class="bulletList-Com0YFotCVB text-output cbulletList-Com0YFotCVB none noBorder radius0 none" style="border-color: var(--black); border-image: initial; border-radius: 0px; border-style: solid; border-width: 2px; box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; 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font-size: 18px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--contentfont); font-size: 18px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--contentfont); font-size: 18px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--contentfont);"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> If so, then this course on praying & believing everything</span></b></div><div style="color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--contentfont);"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--contentfont);"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> God has promised us in Psalm 91 might just be a great</span></b></div><div style="color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--contentfont);"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--contentfont);"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> option for you. </span></b></div><div style="color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--contentfont);"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--contentfont);"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></div><ul style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; color: white; font-family: Alegreya; font-size: 21px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: "✓"; padding-inline-start: 0.5em; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: unset;">Easy to consume lessons</p></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: "✓"; padding-inline-start: 0.5em; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: unset;">Printable worksheets & pdfs</p></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: "✓"; padding-inline-start: 0.5em; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: unset;">Life-change happens when we pray & believe this psalm</p></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: "✓"; padding-inline-start: 0.5em; padding-left: 1.5em;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: unset;">Certainty that God's promises are FOR YOU & they are for RIGHT NOW</p></li></ul><div><span style="color: white; font-family: Alegreya;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: Alegreya;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: Alegreya;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="image-feature-OAn9aei5ZDc-headline text-output featureHeadline" style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-family: Nunito; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.3em;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;">TESTIMONIAL - Terry -Prayer Retreat Member</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"></p></div></div><div class="image-feature-OAn9aei5ZDc-text text-output featureText" style="background-color: #4e719d; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Nunito; line-height: 1.3em;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; margin: unset; padding-left: 0px;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;">Jan’s online prayer retreat has changed my life. Our study of psalm 91 has literally transformed my prayer life, both how I pray and what I pray for. I now have the psalm memorized and pray it out loud several times each day and it brings me a peace I cannot quite explain. Although I have never met Jan in person I feel like she is family. She prays for me and my family every day and that has given me the confidence to pray more boldly than I ever have and trust that no matter what comes…it’s God’s perfect plan. One night in December on my way home from work I was feeling overwhelmed by a situation my son was facing. I called out to God right there in my car and asked Him to find a way where we could not see one, to two very specific problems. The next day at 3:00 p.m. BOTH prayers were answered, lifting a huge burden from my son (and me). I believe this was an immediate answer to my prayer and was humbled before God. I’m so thankful to my friend Sara for introducing me to the Praying Through the Storm group. I have enjoyed and benefited from listening to Jan. She is a true prayer warrior.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_fFEaBTqX6-NE639PlO4G2y4gFRDS1E0g5zQ5KhLrsLXXhJ3ql2ZbKmB2s4OffcXDBQSEtVGq2_G2O7ZnH6VeqCoxqaJpylRXPP-mSou5ASmPgEX3AhblSYfa3dPveerce06nmK2qVnITduEE1WIoYJJhmZQeTQAkvaVhCcYZOIt2bQTdFEG7ouQAvs/s1920/cf5d0af0d84479537183fe0bd0ee8a7a_1200_80.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_fFEaBTqX6-NE639PlO4G2y4gFRDS1E0g5zQ5KhLrsLXXhJ3ql2ZbKmB2s4OffcXDBQSEtVGq2_G2O7ZnH6VeqCoxqaJpylRXPP-mSou5ASmPgEX3AhblSYfa3dPveerce06nmK2qVnITduEE1WIoYJJhmZQeTQAkvaVhCcYZOIt2bQTdFEG7ouQAvs/w360-h640/cf5d0af0d84479537183fe0bd0ee8a7a_1200_80.webp" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;">Lifetime access to the </span></h1><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;">Psalm 91 - Pray It & Believe Course is $35</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">I'd love to have you join me in this study & discover the hope & the promise of Psalm 91.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://BibleStudy.JanLBurt.com/offers/49d9c4b3-c5fe-4f7e-a0ac-7a2b9cd7d317" target="_blank">COURSE ACCESS HERE</a></span></div><br /><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--white); font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: unset; margin-left: unset; margin-right: unset; margin-top: auto;"><br /></p></div></div></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: Alegreya;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: Alegreya;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-31285903151609650192023-12-14T16:56:00.000-06:002023-12-14T16:56:01.521-06:00A Special Request for Prayer for a Friend Whose Son Has a Brain Tumor <p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Hey there, friends! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Today's blog post is difficult to share...because it's about a friend who is facing a tremendous struggle in her family & my heart is just so heavy for her. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Can I take a quick moment to share her story, and ask you to pray for her and her family? From the bottom of my heart, thank you for reading this post!</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-181eb38f-7fff-203d-6bac-896a72b591d9"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i>I<b>n the tapestry of life, there are moments when our paths intersect with the struggles of others, and we are presented with a profound opportunity to make a difference. In our journey through life's challenges, we discover the immense power of compassion—the ability to extend kindness, understanding, and support to those facing adversity. It is in these moments of shared humanity that we experience a connection that transcends our individual stories and binds us together in a tapestry woven with threads of love and empathy.</b></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A dear friend and fellow blogger, Lisa, is currently facing a challenging situation, and I am writing to you in the hope that you might be interested in supporting her. Her 8-year-old son has a brain tumor and is going to surgery in early 2024. Between the tumor and the grand mal seizures that it has caused the financial toll has really become dire. To learn more about her story you can visit </span><a href="https://godsgivengrace.com/normal-kid/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">her website</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> that tells of her story.</span></b></i></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b>Lisa is a devoted Christian blogger and a wonderful person who has been an inspiration to many through her faith-based content. Unfortunately, she and her family are currently facing urgent financial needs, and I am doing my best to assist her during this trying time.</b></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b>To help raise funds, Lisa is offering her beautifully designed Bible verse posters that can be printed and used to adorn your home. These posters not only add a touch of elegance to your space but also serve as a source of encouragement, aiding in the memorization of essential Bible verses and providing a constant reminder of God's timeless truths.</b></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b>I believe in the power of community and the strength that comes from supporting one another, especially during challenging times. By purchasing these posters, not only will you be enhancing your home decor, but you'll also be contributing to a cause that holds deep personal significance for Lisa and her family.</b></i></span></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">To view and purchase these inspiring posters, </span><a href="https://vibrant-home-life.myshopify.com/products/bible-verse-poster-bundle" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">please visit her store</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. Your support means more than words can express, and it will make a significant difference in Lisa and her family's journey through this challenging period. Explore additional items in her store if you're seeking more inspirational Christian products.</span></b></i></span></h2><h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><b>Thank you for taking the time to read this message, and I sincerely appreciate any support you can offer. If you have any questions or would like more information, please feel free to reach out to me directly.</b></i></span></span></h2></span><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i><br /></i></span><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><i>Thank you again for taking a moment to read this post about my friend Lisa, and for covering her family in prayer. This means so very much! </i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRm3sFfHLPjMPqMhQeKgnMqGnws7MVy2km1v8mziSeYtF1nS6Ntnl7PVbawCqfFz754NipEAGEjNVALvMRsjeTTTlWcO1_l9VNu1Y5zVe5egq2bXUrar2gIr_LFWG9iifTDA6QMe7PcKtS3Tdu0swbCrdB32tWTIvp0blcQKonqfjQF1d71D2vknFezBw/s200/signature%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRm3sFfHLPjMPqMhQeKgnMqGnws7MVy2km1v8mziSeYtF1nS6Ntnl7PVbawCqfFz754NipEAGEjNVALvMRsjeTTTlWcO1_l9VNu1Y5zVe5egq2bXUrar2gIr_LFWG9iifTDA6QMe7PcKtS3Tdu0swbCrdB32tWTIvp0blcQKonqfjQF1d71D2vknFezBw/s1600/signature%20(1).png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-59135073489117832872023-12-11T17:32:00.007-06:002024-01-26T14:34:21.723-06:00Parenting No-No's from the Life of the High Priest Eli<p> Anybody else read 1 Samuel chapter 2 and see some commonalities in the way many people raise their children today?</p><p>I don't think we can, or should, expect the world at large to apply God's Word to their parenting. But when those in the Church don't take the Bible seriously enough to allow it to influence the way they raise their children, well, there's a problem. A big one.</p><p>The Lord is holy.</p><p>The story of Eli's wicked sons, Hophni and Phinehas, reminds us of this truth with total clarity and unwavering certainty.</p><p>God. Is. Holy. </p><p>When we allow our children to take God's holiness for granted, to run amuck in sin and depravity, we err terribly. And our errors will result in grave and serious consequences, for us and for our children. As if that were not enough, the Church as a whole will be negatively impacted.</p><p>I'm not saying that our children's behavior is the end-all, be-all. And I'm not saying that parents are 100% responsible for every big and every little thing they're children do, from cradle to grave. I'm not adding to what the Bible says in the 2nd chapter of the book of 1 Samuel, either. </p><p>Facts is facts, and the facts in this true tale state that Eli's sons were wicked, and Eli failed to completely adhere to and obey what the Law had to say about their behavior.</p><p>Do we ever do this?</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudw6SjFYV9zo3RvLtMTemTgNMd3LoUpm8S9Fualv8fJw7YVbLu5q0mdAXCTYBkFxc2M6HI-iw5nbsIFSoxx_uA7NODGzUJqnwZ8WRZv123z0QYO7grT9HBsaFFsYKw31ub-XL_gxpVIzuRzYUGb6ca1IcjKpgjF78Q6X6tOLoTGE0RWLW681kwPwFn38/s1200/dec%202023%20blog%20post.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudw6SjFYV9zo3RvLtMTemTgNMd3LoUpm8S9Fualv8fJw7YVbLu5q0mdAXCTYBkFxc2M6HI-iw5nbsIFSoxx_uA7NODGzUJqnwZ8WRZv123z0QYO7grT9HBsaFFsYKw31ub-XL_gxpVIzuRzYUGb6ca1IcjKpgjF78Q6X6tOLoTGE0RWLW681kwPwFn38/w266-h400/dec%202023%20blog%20post.png" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Of course, those who are in Christ are no longer under the Law, but are under the New Covenant. We are under grace - thank You, Jesus! But God's holiness has not lessoned in our day, and we still ought to care more about the Lord God Most High and His holiness than we care about anything else...including our children's particular views on subject matter and sinful behaviors that have been definitively dealt with in the pages of our Bibles. </p><p>The signs of the times are all around us, pointing to the very soon return of our Lord Jesus Christ. </p><p>We have so little time remaining...there is none to waste. And we dishonor the Lord and do our children no favors when we coddle them along the path of life. When we allow them to run the home, to make their own decisions, to push back against what the Bible has to say about things that are wicked and sinful and being accepted as "normal" by society - well, then we fail as Christian parents because we fail to have Christ as the center of our parenting. </p><p><i><b><span style="color: #660000;">...Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the Lord...(verse 12, New Living Translation)</span></b></i></p><p><span>Do we have enough respect for our Lord that we obey Him wholeheartedly, even in our parenting? Even when our children push back against our leadership? Do we revere Him as holy? If so, what does that look like in our life, actually? Have they been allowed to compromise with the world, doing what the Bible says ought not to be done? Do we call such things "struggles" when the Bible calls them "sins"? </span></p><p><span>I may not make any new friends as a result of this blog post, and I would not be surprised if I lost a few. But none of my "friends" has laid down their life for me, paid the price for my sin-debt, and offered me eternal life. Only Jesus has done that for me, and I have allegiance to none but Him. </span></p><p><span>May I end this post with a contrast that could shed a bit more clarity on this subject? </span></p><p><span>In particular, let's take sexual immorality, in all its varied and twisted vices, and use it as a means of making my point crystal clear. </span></p><p><span>Jesus said this: <b><i><span style="color: #660000;">"You have heard the commandment that says, 'You must not commit adultery.' But I say that anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart." - Matthew 5:27-28, New Living Translation</span></i></b></span></p><p><span>When we say that our teen is struggling with sexual sin or with their sexual identity, but they haven't acted on it, we are in stark disagreement with the very words of the Lord Jesus Christ. If the Savior of the world said that when we look with lust, we have already committed the act of adultery, why do we think we can say that not "acting" on sinful, lustful feelings is somehow not sin? We are out of our depth, above our pay grade, and lying to ourselves and to our teens when we follow this line of thinking and apply it to our parenting. </span></p><p><span>When will we, the people who comprise the Church that bears His name (not our name - but His!) stop placating our children, dishonoring our God, and do what He has called us to do? Which is, first and foremost, to take Him and His Word seriously enough that we live by it and allow it to be the Truth that changes our lives and makes a difference for His Kingdom. If not now, when? </span></p><p><span> If you are dealing with these kinds of issues in your home, can I strongly encourage you to take on the role God entrusted you with and allow the Bible to influence your parenting? Don't put off until later what you know you ought to do right now. </span></p><p><span>The book of James tells us that when we know the good we ought to do but fail to do it, that is sin. (from James chapter 4).</span></p><p>I know this is a touchy topic, but that does not mean that it is one to be avoid until later. Later doesn't usually come when we use it as an excuse to avoid doing the hard work of parenting Biblically. And we aren't actually parenting per the Bible if we only imagine that we are using God's Word as our guidebook, while failing to actually apply it.</p><p>Lord bless you on your parenting journey, and may He give you all the strength you need to parent well in this dark and sinful era. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UDmOUqtkF7gU1jJmC51MjtmVa_HgDxnvps4r_v1oiHNygUw4yYiGx32jWgr5e0B490-cXwbfsR5zO6xjsU3kFs3nRzgc6l8dmBy5tvksUZqk5lNw0o2X3uPAVMr3MnNomrILfwXbjvVB_tLOnx6VEKCUcnzIh8xptSB9mCUElYCR9u-tjuynoZ3VB0Q/s200/signature.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="20" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UDmOUqtkF7gU1jJmC51MjtmVa_HgDxnvps4r_v1oiHNygUw4yYiGx32jWgr5e0B490-cXwbfsR5zO6xjsU3kFs3nRzgc6l8dmBy5tvksUZqk5lNw0o2X3uPAVMr3MnNomrILfwXbjvVB_tLOnx6VEKCUcnzIh8xptSB9mCUElYCR9u-tjuynoZ3VB0Q/w20-h20/signature.png" width="20" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEInKNayDJ4HefnV18xvZSh863SJHHvSFCp99LMZlI66dDmKmo_wnfhBFcSyDkexpagS4n149Om43VDmUXG5EqP45yrJDsSneC7lU8l-nYyhm9Y0yFrpyeNEbhTYr_8BSqO9iwwLCneeeq6Ok-lj0Qd2waS4Fc4d_AdYKFZjjNFn2z4m6gXxAUcusMQQE/s200/signature%20(1).png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEInKNayDJ4HefnV18xvZSh863SJHHvSFCp99LMZlI66dDmKmo_wnfhBFcSyDkexpagS4n149Om43VDmUXG5EqP45yrJDsSneC7lU8l-nYyhm9Y0yFrpyeNEbhTYr_8BSqO9iwwLCneeeq6Ok-lj0Qd2waS4Fc4d_AdYKFZjjNFn2z4m6gXxAUcusMQQE/s1600/signature%20(1).png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><a href="https://momswhohomeschool.blogspot.com/2024/01/all-deets-about-psalm-91-pray-it.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"><b>Psalm 91 - Pray It & Believe Course with Jan L. Burt available now.</b></span></a></p><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-53873870154035892162023-08-14T16:48:00.001-05:002023-09-08T08:06:41.869-05:00A Not-Back-to-School Essay About What I Did This Summer... (An Introverts Review of the Speak Up Conference) <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NYltHGIF4aq1EyPnuCjqFgyrKTIeVQx_BC4E6X8aadeDANztZUQ6hrMOrjhEq_KDvyes68MHyLFYMLqK8YEjSrGJU-jmKsuxTRB0TsDMjfCAhjRk3tEpWYRJh1b1OR6MBUABhe9cTBbOO15gfEt4r4iS9gN8dptoEKRgCfVHiPObCUbffP6XgjE2jAM/s1080/Speak%20Up%20Conference%20blog%20post%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NYltHGIF4aq1EyPnuCjqFgyrKTIeVQx_BC4E6X8aadeDANztZUQ6hrMOrjhEq_KDvyes68MHyLFYMLqK8YEjSrGJU-jmKsuxTRB0TsDMjfCAhjRk3tEpWYRJh1b1OR6MBUABhe9cTBbOO15gfEt4r4iS9gN8dptoEKRgCfVHiPObCUbffP6XgjE2jAM/w640-h640/Speak%20Up%20Conference%20blog%20post%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Ever written one of those beginning of the school year essays?</p><p>You know the ones I'm referring to. The attempt to ease students back into the swing of things, coupled with the simultaneous attempt to ease teachers back into the chaos of things, which would somehow be achieved by requiring every-single-student to answer the same question they answered last year...and the year before...and so on, ad nauseam. </p><p>This blog post is basically my adult, non-student, never-going-back-to-school-because-I'm-north-of-fifty version answer to the question, "What did you do this summer?"</p><p><br /></p><p>Spoiler alert: I'm an introvert.</p><p>(And, yes, that actually matters when it comes to this blog post. Hang with me and I'll explain.)</p><p><br /></p><p>As a podcaster and a speaker and an indie author, I keep my eyes peeled for events that will help me grow in my work and expand my horizons in my field. As an introvert, my interest is piqued when said events are available in the virtual space. My motto is: "Online for the win!"</p><p>Late in the spring of 2023, I signed up for the writers and speakers tracks with the Speak Up Conference virtual ticket. I've attended several online events before, and so I thought I had a pretty good idea of what to expect.</p><p>Except I didn't.</p><p>I'm not sure what I thought I had a handle on, or what I thought this event would be like. I didn't have a handle on this event; I simply held on for dear life, because the SpeakUp Conference blessed me so greatly and in so many varying facets...well, it was above and beyond what I was expecting, to say the least. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's something like choosing a random item off the dessert cart after a lovely meal and discovering, quite by chance, that the dessert you chose is truly the most amazing delicacy you've ever tasted. And each bit and every bite is better than the last one. </p><p>Speak Up was hands down the best event for speakers I've ever been part of. </p><p>I'm a note taker, as an extra tidbit for anyone reading who may not know me in real life. And what do note takers do? They take copious notes because they subscribe to the belief that note takers are world changers. (That may or may not be true, but I'm going to continue using that as my excuse for owning so many pens and notebooks and for my love of taking notes at every opportunity.) </p><p>Normally, I accrue a fair amount of filled notebook pages during a multi-day event.</p><p><i>Normally!</i></p><p>During the three days I hopped online and viewed Speak Up sessions, my pen could not keep up with all the content I wanted to put down on paper. I earned myself one nasty hand cramp. And I have reviewed those notes time and again in the days since the event took place. </p><p>But I think the thing that struck me the most on a personal level was this: As an extreme introvert, and as a speaker who knows exactly how worn out in-person events and all the "people-ing" that come with those events, I realized that in heartbeat I would attend future Speak Up events IN PERSON. </p><p>Listen, my friend, this is not a decision that introverts come to quickly or take lightly. This is a big deal. I don't do "in person" unless I absolutely have to. And in the case of this conference, I would happily do "in person" because it is the best thing going for the edification and encouragement of Christian speakers and writers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me give you a glimpse behind the scenes, if you will.</p><p>First, there is a feel to this event that is unique. It has been prayed over, the whole of it, as well as the individuals sharing and speaking. Prayed for, prayed over, prayed through. This was evident right from the get-go. There's nothing quite like attending an event where you've been prayed for.</p><p>In addition, I had a point of contact who reached out to me in the weeks leading up to the conference, emailed me during the event, and followed up afterward. She was so sincere, so kind, and just a blessing to hear from her via my inbox. </p><p>The breakout sessions were wonderful. The leaders of the Zoom rooms were genuine and caring and really just beyond kind and caring, in spite of the fact that they almost certainly were carrying a bit of a workload to pull off an event of this magnitude and manage all the tech issues that come part and parcel with conferences in the online space. And the way the event hosts included the virtual attendees before just jumping into the live feed of the main stage sessions was super inclusive and very welcoming. </p><p><br /></p><p>The giveaways were beyond generous, and so were the leaders who offered to give online conference attendees the same kind of time and focus that they offered to the in-person attendees. If they said they would email you about something, they did it. If they said the would add you to their email list or their private Facebook group, they did it. Whatever they offered, they made good on. In a very timely manner. Without feeling spammy. This aspect of the Speak Up Conference was very refreshing for me. </p><p><br /></p><p>The closing sessions on the second and third nights of the event were outstanding. </p><p>How outstanding, you may be wondering?</p><p>Listen, your girl here is not a crier. It just isn't me. I. Do. Not. Cry. At. Online. Events. EVER. But I did cry during one of the speakers. Tears that were thankful, happy, and convicted. That's a pretty good combo for tears shed by a non-crier. </p><p>In a nutshell, here's what I did this summer: I created and recorded loads of new episodes for my two podcasts. I spent time with my sweet grandbaby. I celebrated as my youngest daughter graduated from college summa cum laude and then moved her out of state to begin her new career. </p><p>And I attended the Speak Up Conference via the virtual attendee option, because I'm an extreme introvert.</p><p>But next year...I'm gonna be there in person. Introvert or not, it's too good to stay home for. </p><p><br /></p><p>As I wrap up this blog post, can I share about a t-shirt I had made? </p><p>My family despises it, but I had it made via an Etsy Shoppe because it simply is the truth. The shirt says this: "Heart Failure - one star, do not recommend". (You guessed it, I have a heart failure diagnosis and I most certainly do not recommend it). On the converse, my review of the Speak Up Conference is this: "Five Stars - absolute must-do event for speakers and writers - highly recommended."</p><p>If you are a writer or a speaker or maybe a Christian mom who is considering speaking at a local homeschool conference or to your women's ministry, perhaps you'll be leading a Bible study or small group soon, or are considering starting a podcast or a blog, I hope you will keep Speak Up in mind as a resource to encourage and equip you. It really is a tremendous event.</p><p>Lord bless!</p><p>~ Jan L. Burt </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-51046011786991132672023-03-24T14:34:00.004-05:002024-01-26T14:34:37.208-06:00Feeling Some Sort of Way & Letting Jesus Change It All (blog post by Jan L. Burt) <p> <span style="font-family: Poppins;">Anybody else out there in the ginormous world of the internet feel like they could use some clear guidance? Maybe some extra insight into what is going on in the world around us and how to navigate all-things-crazy? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I don't want to speak for anyone else, but for me personally, time has somehow paused but also been on fast forward since spring of 2020. It's confusing and hard to try explaining with my words... and I am honestly wondering if anybody else has been feeling this way? Some sort of way? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I read a Bible verse recently that was helpful and reminded me that God is still on His throne (He has not abdicated!) and I am still under His watchful gaze. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Merriweather;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Psalm 16:5</span></b> - <i><span style="font-size: medium;">LORD, You alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine. (New living Translation)</span></i></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">God alone is my inheritance. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I don't have to worry obsessively (or worry at all, actually) about the things of this life because this world is not my home & the things of this world<b><i> ARE NOT MY INHERITANCE.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I have an inheritance. My inheritance, according to this verse, consists of one thing, the only thing that matters: Him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">He is my cup of blessing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">And according to Psalm 23, my cup overflows. Not only that, He is the only time-keeper who can keep things going when time is paused and racing forward. God keeps perfect time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">We can trust Him with our times.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIxvaD3O43vJq6SRVPH1GtX2OqMDsj-BnpQFyi68C3wlQ3irjZYUfMhX2YttZfCICGBqW7xL3vJUWNqXQ0qlRu48VvcZPtUF736_19reMBkZu7KqOfrtQdtdsPByJxopsIs7yQb4IzWB4ReQKkZGTPyJAUsaXeQhXHwxBdJElYSLYeWwDe-7FxACs/s940/march%202023%20blog%20post%20graphic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="606" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIxvaD3O43vJq6SRVPH1GtX2OqMDsj-BnpQFyi68C3wlQ3irjZYUfMhX2YttZfCICGBqW7xL3vJUWNqXQ0qlRu48VvcZPtUF736_19reMBkZu7KqOfrtQdtdsPByJxopsIs7yQb4IzWB4ReQKkZGTPyJAUsaXeQhXHwxBdJElYSLYeWwDe-7FxACs/w640-h606/march%202023%20blog%20post%20graphic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">This song popped up in my Tidal playlist this week, and it's so true, so fitting for this wild era of history in which we currently live. It's called 1,000 Names by Sean Curran and Phil Wickham. (I'll be sure to link to it on YouTube)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">What a profound reminder of who God is, how He shows up in our daily lives in a myriad of ways, and that we can count on Him who always keeps His promises to always keep on keeping them. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">He is my inheritance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">He is my cup of blessing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">And in Psalm 16, verse 5, there is a promise for me... God guards all that is mine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">All means A-L-L. Nothing left out, nothing set aside, nothing misplaced or forgotten.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">All that is mine is guarded, right now, and will continue to be guarded for time and all eternity. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Nothing - not a single, solitary thing - in my life can possibly fall outside the boundaries and borders of that tremendously hopeful, tiny 3-letter word ALL.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">It's all good, and I mean that literally.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Because the One who is the perfect promise maker is also the perfect promise keeper, and He has promised to guard all that is mine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">When we truly believe God, taking Him fully at His word and expecting Him to do nothing less than 100% of all He has said that He will do, we can live at peace and dwell securely, even when the world is paused & on fast forward simultaneously.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Jesus changes everything, after all. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Why shouldn't my life, and yours, be part of the "everything" that He came to change? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc7Fv9TBb-0" target="_blank">Here's that link to the worship song </a>I mentioned, and also one to the <a href="https://theburtnoternieshow.podbean.com/" target="_blank">podcast The Burt (Not Ernie) Show</a> - episode #140.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Draw near to Him today, and He will draw near to you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-8-insvG7MtmuNKhoVpmMK-sJASgoO9zJlpiTtW4qdE74rC-u01fqXG5upHQwDExx-lFoy2WUKgAuzS3EylgqUOeDFYTdE8aM3wLPIno1bhBK7AUpiEigBcrxatn0X0IXKJj50P8PN3Q5_hPHxES5sQLA5u7ibqmHSYAFvC8zxaOkWMqpFwhyLT8pm0/s200/signature%20(1)%20(1).png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1-8-insvG7MtmuNKhoVpmMK-sJASgoO9zJlpiTtW4qdE74rC-u01fqXG5upHQwDExx-lFoy2WUKgAuzS3EylgqUOeDFYTdE8aM3wLPIno1bhBK7AUpiEigBcrxatn0X0IXKJj50P8PN3Q5_hPHxES5sQLA5u7ibqmHSYAFvC8zxaOkWMqpFwhyLT8pm0/s1600/signature%20(1)%20(1).png" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br />~ Jan L. Burt</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://momswhohomeschool.blogspot.com/2024/01/all-deets-about-psalm-91-pray-it.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;"><b>Psalm 91 - Pray It & Believe Course with Jan L. Burt available now.</b></span></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-15655412198656183342023-01-31T18:24:00.003-06:002023-01-31T18:32:35.105-06:00Signs of the Times & Famous Last Words - Examining Matthew 24 (How Long Do We Have Left??) by Jan L. Burt<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjih4B0Ci_7YH3FAKqUjqQ2Ub7IZ8AGRAlif-BaYs3thPymzGHc17pN2ceJ8tEE9ODvBb19Hwfi1H-auJuR3_zyRe7mKiUDyKs1qg4V3c8cvVgiNzsqIV45HGvZqEXCA4BfIPoQVyHtpZHVU67MuGUTI_O9Utg8DS4LFmqG_7simMKsnjVSE-maQXAP/s940/famous%20last%20words%20blog%20image%20123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjih4B0Ci_7YH3FAKqUjqQ2Ub7IZ8AGRAlif-BaYs3thPymzGHc17pN2ceJ8tEE9ODvBb19Hwfi1H-auJuR3_zyRe7mKiUDyKs1qg4V3c8cvVgiNzsqIV45HGvZqEXCA4BfIPoQVyHtpZHVU67MuGUTI_O9Utg8DS4LFmqG_7simMKsnjVSE-maQXAP/s320/famous%20last%20words%20blog%20image%20123.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div><br /></div><div><p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">What words would I want to put down on paper (or on virtual paper via, say, a blog post) if I knew they would be my last and final words?</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">What would the Lord want me to say?</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">What words would matter most? </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">People’s last words may be carefully chosen and well-listened to. Planned out and penned with intention and care and focus.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I do not pretend to know when my very last opportunity to write, to speak, to share will be. God alone knows such things, and none of us will ever be able to answer the question of “How long?”. And so we probably need to weigh our words carefully and say the things that are most important sooner rather than later. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Lately, there are some words that have been on my heart and mind. Words from Matthew chapter 24 and Luke chapter 21 and some portions of the book of Daniel. Even some things written in the book of Revelation have been at the forefront of my mind. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There are things happening in the world that were foretold in these books of the Bible. And while it is true that no man knows the hour or the day when the Son of God, Jesus, will make His promised return, it seems foolish to call myself a believer & a disciple of Jesus and not pay attention to the exact things He clearly told His followers to be on the lookout for.</p><p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I know for certain there are wars and rumors of wars happening <span class="sqsrte-text-highlight" data-text-attribute-id="3d139e66-83bb-4dc7-b1b6-41dee2331246">right now</span>. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I know there are people saying things in His Name all over the world wide web.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I know that nations are rising against other nations.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I know that there are famines and earthquakes in various places.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus said that these are the beginning of birth pains (see Matthew 24:8).</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I know that people all over the world are persecuted for their faith in Jesus. And I know that those who follow Jesus and believe the words in the Bible to be true are hated.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I know that many have turned away from faith in Jesus and many have betrayed and hated one another, and I know that many false prophets have appeared and are deceiving many.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There is, right now, a great increase of wickedness in this world. It is everywhere, all around us, and it is both intense and growing in intensity. I know that the love of many is growing cold.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And I know that there are Christians who work tirelessly to preach the gospel of the Kingdom of God to the entire world.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I know that as lightening comes from the east and is visible even in the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man, Jesus Christ, be. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus said this regarding such times: “Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see all these things, you can know His return is very near, right at the door.” (see Matthew 24:32-33)</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">He also said this: “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.” (see Matthew 24:37-39)</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And He spoke these words, also: “So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would keep watch and not permit his house to be broken into. You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.” (see Matthew 24:42-44)</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I know it to be the truth that many, many people do not know Jesus as their Savior and I think, in light of all these things, I would want to share about Him if I knew these were my last words. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Evil is real. And it is not getting any less real. There is a level of wickedness in the world that is horrifying. This world does not feel “safe” for most people. <span class="sqsrte-text-highlight" data-text-attribute-id="f5d152dd-69cf-4d69-af6e-35570e5f63de">That’s because it isn’t safe!</span></p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">But there is a path to safety - and that path is Jesus. He said the road to destruction is broad but the road that leads to life is narrow and few find it. Be one of those few. Link arms with the few that are on the narrow road. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Grab a Bible and start reading - use a Bible app if you don’t have a print Bible. Start with the book of John in the New Testament. Pray and ask God to show you whether or not He is real and see what you discover as a result of that prayer. Yield the throne of your heart to Jesus. Ask the Holy Spirit to lead and guide you every single day. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And when the wars and rumors of wars increase - and they will increase! - you will find yourself in that place of safety, walking that narrow path, with the Lord’s help in every circumstance and situation. Life won’t be perfect on this earth. But when Jesus is the Lord of your life, you have the guarantee of a perfect life with Him that will last for eternity. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The best thing I ever did was give my messed-up life to Jesus and ask Him to do something with it - whatever He wanted to do, that’s all I wanted. God is not a respecter of persons; what He has done for me, He will do for you. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Please don’t wait one day longer to turn to Jesus. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Today could be the first day of your new life.</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Today could be the most important day of your life, now & forever. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Today could be the last day before He returns. </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">What will you do with this day? And what would your last words be?</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">~ Jan L. Burt </p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/60-Day-Prayer-Journal-Parents-Burt/dp/B09MYQ24VH?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank">A 60-Day Prayer Journal for Parents available at Amazon </a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-9566983450014648162022-11-07T16:28:00.005-06:002022-11-07T16:34:39.501-06:00Prayer - Unshackling Faith & Maintaining Hope by Jan L. Burt<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDVmUp8AzZtgigCvb3QFhcOnDV_V0tw8uXbqgwDQb1UM_9Xa6oTEzEpSimxMTrJNqLYsvwqALC80POau5ZthaHfVLZ0mF8QLFtaBRYeNKLNdGVzI4wf3GX64Li2dRAaio-CXTXv2hOWeroKsOOY7KcHmk8oCaixHie13GaBXWZY-gYJqnpoKh7x2H/s1920/prayer%20blog%20post%2011-7%20graphic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDVmUp8AzZtgigCvb3QFhcOnDV_V0tw8uXbqgwDQb1UM_9Xa6oTEzEpSimxMTrJNqLYsvwqALC80POau5ZthaHfVLZ0mF8QLFtaBRYeNKLNdGVzI4wf3GX64Li2dRAaio-CXTXv2hOWeroKsOOY7KcHmk8oCaixHie13GaBXWZY-gYJqnpoKh7x2H/w300-h533/prayer%20blog%20post%2011-7%20graphic.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Are things changing? </span></p><p><b id="docs-internal-guid-500f3350-7fff-4477-ac41-f99ec21f84ef" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Does it seem like there is an almost palpable change taking place? And that it’s going to lead to more and more changes? </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sort of like we are all just waiting for the other shoe to drop… but the state of the world has changed so much since the spring of 2020, the second shoe dropping could turn out to be almost anything at all. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">It feels like nothing would surprise us; the bottom has fallen out on the shock value. And yet, something heavy is hanging in the air. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Things have changed so much in recent years, and things will continue to change. That much we all seem to know. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">What are we to do with all this change, and all the impending change that seems to be looming on the horizon?</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Pray. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">What we do, as followers of Jesus, is pray.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">When I get too focused on the unknowns & the what-if’s, I start to lose hope. And when I start to lose hope, I don’t pray big, bold prayers. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">And I don’t encourage others to hold on to hope, believe God’s promises, and pray big, bold prayers. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">It’s a downward spiral that I need to fight against.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">How do I do that, exactly? </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Recognizing that I hamstring myself and shackle my faith (keeping it small and unexpectant) when my focus is on all the very real, but not-so-great things happening in the world is key in moving me back to an unshackled, hopeful prayer life. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">And I’ve found that I also need to be aware that I don’t shackle anyone else’s faith or hinder their hope by focusing on all the downers and concerns that come from living in this current day and age. The era in which I find myself is the point in time the Lord chose for me to be alive on the earth, and I need to trust Him with my day-to-day life and with everything that may (or may not) happen in the future. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">By always opting to go back to what the Word of God says & by choosing to believe that God’s promises are true, sure and trustworthy (because He is true, sure and trustworthy), I maintain hope. My faith grows. Which, in turn, impacts how I pray and how much I trust God for.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">It isn’t helpful, or hopeful, to make excuses as to why things haven’t changed yet, why God hasn’t moved every mountain I want Him to move… And it doesn’t help other believers when I gripe & complain incessantly. Since it isn’t good for much of anything, I need not waste my time on it. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">It shackles my own faith, as well as the faith of those around me, when I try to reason out why God hasn’t done “my bidding” and given me what I want. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I don’t want to do that anymore. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I don’t want to shackle anyone’s faith or hope. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Hope, I have learned, is contagious. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">And God’s promises offer us tremendous hope. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">How can we maximize & capitalize on that hope?</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">How can we throw hope around like confetti?</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">By boldly proclaiming God’s promises. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">For me, that often happens in a more public setting - via my podcast, or through one of my books or at a speaking engagement. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">For others, it may be a bit less public - during family devotions or during discussions around the dinner table, perhaps.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I guess my clarion call for each one of us today is this: Let’s hope better, stay unshackled in our faith, & pray big, bold, daring prayers based on the Word of God. </span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">I can’t think of anything more needed at this moment in time. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">And I can’t think of anyone better qualified to spread hope, fan faith into flame, and pray the biggest prayers possible than God’s people.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Thanks for reading my thoughts on prayer.</span></p><p><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">But more than that, thanks in advance for changing lives and honoring God with your prayer life.</span></p><p><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">If you’d like to connect with me, you can<a href="https://sendfox.com/lp/m2g856" target="_blank"> join my email list here</a> (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>and also grab a free prayer resource I recently put together</i></b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">). You can also find me via my podcast, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The Burt (Not Ernie) Show.</span></b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> It’s available on all podcast players such as Spotify and Apple Music, as well as at my website - <a href="https://janlburt.com/new-page" target="_blank">Jan L Burt.</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><a href="https://janlburt.com/new-page" target="_blank"> com</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">And I also have a couple of books available on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B08PDSXKRK?_encoding=UTF8&langFilter=default&node=2656022011&offset=0&page=1&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=author-sidecar-rank#formatSelectorHeader">Amazon</a> (one of them is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B08PDSXKRK?_encoding=UTF8&langFilter=default&node=2656022011&offset=0&page=1&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=author-sidecar-rank#formatSelectorHeader">a prayer journal for parents</a>). </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-33058043885975612132022-08-15T15:28:00.000-05:002022-08-15T15:28:56.966-05:00Sharing A Bit of Back-to-School Encouragement with You!<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6TksIcgtBSAqDejc2dr5iluRCqxJWDRoRQOs-z7feZZf4iqZhxdsWCRHm9eRjcKnspUUAhXCqUFG1LNzxO6pog9dS9_G0qbarJ6nyFfRLdF8e4AxUHR9p4a_G53tzoWRc91BWmwvDrNh_nDU1E_QhUMY5huHpwRIHQ62bEnX1zuIePwECXoGJBDm/s6912/back%20to%20school%20encouragement%20blog%20post.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="6912" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6TksIcgtBSAqDejc2dr5iluRCqxJWDRoRQOs-z7feZZf4iqZhxdsWCRHm9eRjcKnspUUAhXCqUFG1LNzxO6pog9dS9_G0qbarJ6nyFfRLdF8e4AxUHR9p4a_G53tzoWRc91BWmwvDrNh_nDU1E_QhUMY5huHpwRIHQ62bEnX1zuIePwECXoGJBDm/w400-h200/back%20to%20school%20encouragement%20blog%20post.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Well, here we are, on the brink of a new homeschool year. Wrapping up another summer and moving into fall. </p><p>I wanted to share a few things with you today that will *hopefully* serve as tangible sources of encouragement for you - and to make an impact on the way this school year plays out for your family.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let's jump right in!</p><p><br /></p><p>First, here is a fun quiz to find out what's missing in your homeschool. <b><a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/hshw22-vip/62c5e19473568/" target="_blank">Check that out HERE</a>.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Next, I recently had the pleasure of meeting an author who write Christian fiction for middle schoolers, and after hearing her heart for children ages 9 to 12, well, I had to share about her books here on the homeschool blog. Her name is Jill Osborne, and if you have a middle schooler and would like to offer them some books that could benefit them as they lay a foundation of who they are in Christ and help them discover what God may be leading them toward in their future, her fiction series are worth looking into. <b><a href="https://authorjillosborne.com/jills-books/" target="_blank">Check that out at her website here</a>. </b>You can order via Amazon (the option to buy her books on her website takes you to Amazon) so if you are like me and have gotten used to not paying shipping fees, rest assured! </p><p><br /></p><p>Number three is a link to a new podcast for homeschoolers and this one is kind of awesome. It's the audio extracted from a bunch of the best workshops from the last couple of years of Kerry Beck's homeschool summits and it is pretty cool to be able to access these "best of" episodes via a podcast. I love this option! <a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/hshw22-vip/62c5e15e73567/" target="_blank"><b>Here is a link to that podcast.</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>I also am going to share a YouTube video with you. It's all about homeschooling with confidence and dealing with the overwhelm. This is no small issue for homeschoolers, and it hit me in year one and year twenty-five of homeschooling! It's just a very real thing, and if you happen to not deal with overwhelm, then you are just plain amazing, and I need to know your secrets! But if you ever have dealt with overwhelm or lack of confidence, <b><a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/hshw22-basic/62f26b0f56170/" target="_blank">here's the YouTube video link</a>. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>So, those are four things that I am really expecting will be encouraging to you as you head into the new homeschool year.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you have any encouraging things to add to this list, please share them in the comments!</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Homeschooling!</p><p>~ Jan L. Burt</p><p><br /></p><p>host of the award-winning podcast <a href="https://janlburt.com/new-page" target="_blank"><b>The Burt (Not Ernie) Show</b></a></p><p>and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1514820749/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i1" target="_blank"><b>The Homeschooling Mothers Bible Study</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-13483780768081875642022-06-23T15:35:00.000-05:002022-06-23T15:35:05.470-05:00A Brief Word About Prayer <p> For so many of us, prayer is a challenge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe because it can be hard to find the time for an extended prayer session. Or there is a lack of guidance to help us as we pray. Sometimes the prayer meeting can feel more like a gossip meeting, and that has never helped anyone to grow a healthy prayer life. We may not even know what, exactly, we can and should pray for and about. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-afBrqm-6S108UmbuCTVkfREc8srGQ4DHR-HkBhoc4Y90ljDHZIr5aTitOPuGXm-0fptOLDo3NlG_dYyfk-Jmz9ytDQIiDMBAr8fSpaWR6Ns1vXCXSOduIboEsuux40mlwCbBHvFAPV4j3WswDrtrnmCH6SsHTUR-a8cZd12GfoTurMhvrTeszKB/s940/prayer%20graphic%206-22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-afBrqm-6S108UmbuCTVkfREc8srGQ4DHR-HkBhoc4Y90ljDHZIr5aTitOPuGXm-0fptOLDo3NlG_dYyfk-Jmz9ytDQIiDMBAr8fSpaWR6Ns1vXCXSOduIboEsuux40mlwCbBHvFAPV4j3WswDrtrnmCH6SsHTUR-a8cZd12GfoTurMhvrTeszKB/w640-h536/prayer%20graphic%206-22.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't want to make this one bit more complicated, confusing or challenging.</p><p>What I do want, however, is to see more people pray more prayers and receive more answers.</p><p><br /></p><p>This blog post won't be written perfectly, and there is no well-mapped out flow for what I share here. There is just my heart for God's people and my belief that He is still in the prayer-answering business. So here I am, in all my imperfection, to offer you this brief and somewhat untidy word about prayer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thought #1 - </p><p> God's promises are long lasting. They are imperishable. And they have a very long shelf life... as in, an eternal shelf life. What might change in our praying if we kept that truth in mind? </p><p><br /></p><p>Thought # 2 - </p><p> Sometimes life is so hard, it actually seems painful to pray. But one of the most detrimental things we can do in those hard seasons of life is to stop praying. The devil wins a victory when we cease to pray. It's okay, it's totally normal, to pray with groans and tears and brutal honesty. What amazing and miraculous things might happen if we were to pray through the hard times, to pray and not give up?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thought # 3 - </p><p> Since my diagnosis of heart failure in 2016, I have been asking God for physical healing. The last couple of months I have upped the ante as I've prayed - and praying bigger, bolder prayers has made more hopeful about God's healing for my heart. Whatever nervousness I had about really, truly asking God for miraculous healing has sort of flown out the window... and I hope I can encourage others to pray for physical healing in their bodies, too. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thought # 4 - </p><p> In the month of July, I will be starting an in-depth look at the book of Acts to learn all that I can about prayer in the early church. And I am pretty sure that as I study this New Testament book "on the hunt" to learn more about prayer, the Lord will teach me. Probably, a whole lot of teaching will take place. What will happen to my prayers after I do this intense study? I'm excited to find out!</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep praying, and don't ever give up.</p><p>Now more than ever, I am fully convinced that God hears and answers prayer. </p><p>I'm waiting to see Him move in this world, in my life & in yours, in ways both big and small.</p><p>Let's be known as people who pray and never give up!</p><p><br /></p><p>~ Jan L. Burt</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09MYQ24VH/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0" target="_blank">A 60-Day Prayer Journal for Parents - available at Amazon</a></p><p> </p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-471196336479987752022-06-16T17:08:00.000-05:002022-06-16T17:08:19.974-05:00Our Qualification Comes from God... <p> I think I had a sum total of 17 days during my homeschool years when I felt confident & qualified...maybe.</p><p>17 days plucked out of the midst of 25 years is not all that many days.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've heard that confidence is key, which may be true, but it isn't a key I have access to and so the doorway to completely confident living remains locked tight.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my daily Bible reading, I came across these words: </p><p><b><i><span style="color: #351c75;">"We are confident...because of our great trust in God through Christ. It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God. He has enabled us..."</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #351c75;"> - from 2 Corinthians 3:4-6, New Living Translation</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p><span>Even though the youngest of our five children finished her fourth year of college last month, in spite of the fact that I haven't done a single lick of homeschooling in over four years - nevertheless, I read those words this morning and thought about how they applied to my life as a homeschool mom.</span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><p><span>In and of myself, I wasn't confident. I was too much of a realist, I suppose.</span></p><p><span>Maybe I would totally mess up their character.</span></p><p><span>Perhaps I would never grasp high school math and they would suffer irreparable harm for the rest of their lives.</span></p><p><span>What if I made a mistake on their college application, goofed when I was putting together their transcript, or totally spaced out and didn't get them that one critical course they needed to take in order to, oh I don't know, bring an end to some huge worldwide catastrophe?</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, that's a bit dramatic, but it kind of sums up my level of confidence in my own abilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>God, in His great mercy, did equip me to be the mom and the homeschooler that each of my five kiddos needed, day by day, step by step, subject by subject. </p><p>And as I look back, I see that far more clearly than I did in the moment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe you aren't at a place of "looking back" just yet. Maybe you are still too up close & personal to see things super-duper clearly. If so, can I encourage you to scroll back up a bit and read those verses from 2 Corinthians once more? </p><p><br /></p><p>Place your total confidence in the Lord God Almighty.</p><p>The One who was, who is, and who is to come can totally handle anything and everything that comes into your life and into your homeschool. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your qualification comes from Him.</p><p>And nobody can take that away from you, my friend!</p><p>He has enabled you to do what He has called you to do.</p><p>And that is such great news!</p><p><br /></p><p>Bank on the fact that God has got you, and He won't let you down.</p><p><br /></p><p>And hey, you just never know what He might do in you and through you once your homeschool journey comes to it's appointed end.</p><p>I never thought I'd still be involved in the homeschool world, but this summer alone I am speaking at five different workshops for homeschoolers. And just today, I got a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/homeschoolcompass/photos/a.3530885763689930/4897421953702964" target="_blank">notification on Instagram</a> and Facebook that an article I wrote for a homeschool magazine about 2 1/2 years ago was shared by The Homeschool Compass - part of Christian Book Distributors. </p><p>I may have thought I could take the homeschool out of this mom when my fifth child headed off to college, but it sure hasn't turned out that way!</p><p>(And if you'd like, you can find that article on Instagram @homeschoolcompass or via my All Things Homeschool Facebook page.) </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that encourages you and reminds you that you will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.</p><p>That's a promise from Psalm 27:13, and God never breaks one of His promises!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I'd like to invite you to grab a ticket to the Homeschool Mom Summer Summit.</p><p>There is a totally free option, which is great, and there is an upgraded paid option. This summit is giving a chunk of the proceeds to the organization For The Silent to help them in their fight against human trafficking. I'm so honored to be able to partner with the summit's founder and donate to this group. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a<a href="https://homeschoolmomsummersummit.com/?aff=6" target="_blank"> link for info about the summit</a>.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMP8MU2s630431HZ7pTYCqm5fuLC_DNy-q8-1Qb38sOBxkJD8GPwva_heApHodK0N9cpxI69Hk7opazin_-XpTumvt2ktwzteMT_mYdQaZOSAveQAG8JS4dWw2j-w0AQNkCNLa_6aLD678PGjU6fHLL2L61dqXbz6y6iPUnNdM2ko9RlCkDuGweJ4/s1080/HMSS%20Fun%20Promo%20Images%2019.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMP8MU2s630431HZ7pTYCqm5fuLC_DNy-q8-1Qb38sOBxkJD8GPwva_heApHodK0N9cpxI69Hk7opazin_-XpTumvt2ktwzteMT_mYdQaZOSAveQAG8JS4dWw2j-w0AQNkCNLa_6aLD678PGjU6fHLL2L61dqXbz6y6iPUnNdM2ko9RlCkDuGweJ4/s320/HMSS%20Fun%20Promo%20Images%2019.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>And here is a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AllThingsHomeschool/videos/1901164036939470" target="_blank">quick little live video </a>I did with some of my favorite workshops. </p><p>And please don't ever forget that your qualification comes straight from God. </p><p>You, my friend, are totally qualified.</p><p>God bless you!</p><p>~ Jan L. Burt </p><p><br /></p><p>host of the award-winning podcast</p><p><a href="https://janlburt.com/new-page" target="_blank">The Burt (Note Ernie) Show</a></p><p>getting the promises of God into the people of God, one podcast episode at a time</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-78212097610907646172022-06-02T13:19:00.005-05:002022-06-02T13:19:23.043-05:00Summer Is a Great Time to Work on Art Projects (and you can count the time spent on summer art as part of next year's homeschool days - WIN/WIN!!)<p> So, one pretty terrific trick of the trade that I discovered during my quarter of a century of home education was that the classes & online courses & lessons (including sports lessons) my kiddos participated in during the summer months could be counted toward their school days the following year.</p><p><br /></p><p>(In our neck of the woods, 180 teacher contact days were required to fulfill the academic requirements legally - so we aimed to hit that number each year.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Take skating lessons for my children - I would simply keep track of all the time spent at the ice rink during the summer in my planner and before we started the new school year, I would add up the hours spent on the ice and calculate how many days of "schoolwork" it counted for. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also kept track of art camps, books they read, online courses they took, missions trips and service projects, and even things like rebuilding a lawn mower engine or painting a bedroom (small engine repair and life skills/home economics are real classes taught in "real" schools, and if it counts there, it counted here!)</p><p><br /></p><p>And even though my kids are all grown, and my homeschooling days have come to an end, I still have a whole lot of friends in the homeschool world. And one of my favorite people is Justina of Jus' Classical.</p><p><br /></p><p>Justina has a pretty niche focus on Christian encouragement & classical resources for the homeschool family. Her sweet spot is music, and she puts her all into her classes and courses - she even dresses up as a classic composer for some of her content! It's fabulous!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3403qm0NCTIZH441RtNR1AGWsMF61yj3LPVoEIHEQ-cwdJuL5cX7TksaUgRah3g76g7I5MmrY4eI2fWF5AprSHkxWrIeropXMP8O4WtrScdIFoquPIRVIc_K38nsJrNzmSiDOQAL3XzfkOf-Fd0tqkOJO4H7WfblY7d1-WtUZ41tyXJOsYZCRLWF/s1440/The%20Artist%20Detective%20Volume%201%20Mockup.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1440" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3403qm0NCTIZH441RtNR1AGWsMF61yj3LPVoEIHEQ-cwdJuL5cX7TksaUgRah3g76g7I5MmrY4eI2fWF5AprSHkxWrIeropXMP8O4WtrScdIFoquPIRVIc_K38nsJrNzmSiDOQAL3XzfkOf-Fd0tqkOJO4H7WfblY7d1-WtUZ41tyXJOsYZCRLWF/w400-h216/The%20Artist%20Detective%20Volume%201%20Mockup.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>So if you are A) looking for some options to entertain your kiddos this summer and B) you are a bit intrigued by the idea of counting summer "stuff" as part of your homeschool work, then Justina's sales for the summer of 2022 could be just the ticket for ya!</p><p>You can find all the info below - and she also has a pretty awesome 5 Day Decluttering freebie (that should pop up for you as you look around her site). I bet you could have your kids help with some serious decluttering this summer and find ways to count those tasks as part of your Life Skills & Home Ec course work (that's a total <b><span style="color: #990000;">WIN/WIN</span></b>!).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Let me lay out her summer offerings that will be discounted right here - </p><p><br /></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>June 1-4</b> </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://janburtauthor--jusclassical.thrivecart.com/drawing-with-rembrandt-volume-1/6292b1385a3c5/" target="_blank">Drawing with Rembrandt</a> - a beginning drawing course for elementary students</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Regular price: $57</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sale is 25% off</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #26282a;">Coupon code: </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>GETDRAWING</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white;"><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>June 6-10</b> </div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://janburtauthor--jusclassical.thrivecart.com/the-artist-detective-volume-1/6292b2865a3c6/" target="_blank">The Artist Detective Volume 1 </a>- art appreciation for families geared towards elementary and middle school students</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Volume 1 covers Renaissance artists: Giotto di Bondone, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Fra Angelico, Albrecht Durer, Michelangelo Buonarroti, El Greco</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Regular price: $67</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sale is 25% off</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #26282a;">Coupon code: </span><b><span style="color: #990000;">GETART</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>June 13-17</b> </div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://janburtauthor--jusclassical.thrivecart.com/the-composer-detective-volume-3-bundle/" target="_blank">The Composer Detective</a> full course or any unit or bundle</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Full course is 10 units covering the orchestra, George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Regular price:</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Full course: $187</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Unit $29</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bundle $87 (4 units - Investigating the Orchestra plus three composers)</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sale is 25% off</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #26282a;">Coupon code: </span><b><span style="color: #800180;">MUSICWORKS</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>June 27 - July 1 </b></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://janburtauthor--jusclassical.thrivecart.com/thriving-at-home-school/6292afca5a3c2/" target="_blank">Thriving at Home School: The Christian Homeschool Mom's Home Management and Productivity Course</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Regular price: $97</div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sale is $40 off</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #26282a;">Coupon code: </span><b><span style="color: #38761d;">THRIVE22</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;">I hope you check out her website and consider making a purchase, which is also an investment in your child's education. And I do have to say that it breaks my heart to see the Fine Arts getting the short end of the stick in children's lives. It is such a blessing that within the homeschool community we can keep music and the arts as a prominent part of education (unlike public education that often cuts funding to those areas whenever they feel a "crunch"). </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr">And Justina will be speaking at the <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://homeschoolmomsummersummit.com/?aff=6" target="_blank">Homeschool Mom Summer Summit</a></span></b>, too! You can get info about that <a href="https://homeschoolmomsummersummit.com/?aff=6" target="_blank">HERE</a> (<b><i>don't miss signing up for the FREE ticket option </i></b>- I gotta tell ya, when I was attending conferences there was no free online option so whenever you see me pushing that, it's because I tend to push the things I needed when I was in the midst of all things homeschool! Sign up - if you decided to upgrade and spend a few bucks on the summit cuz it's super beneficial and encouraging, then great! But you'll never get any of the benefits of this summit if you don't at least have a free ticket option to catch the workshops that are just what you need in this season of your homeschool journey.) </div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">And I'd also like to share about one of my books, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09MYQ24VH/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0" target="_blank">A 60-Day Prayer Journal for Parents</a> (it's available as a softcover book via <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09MYQ24VH/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0" target="_blank">Amazon</a>). The summer months are a great time to spend investing in focused prayer for our children, and I created this prayer journal to make it easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy for parents to pray for their children for a concentrated period of time easily, while having a record of those prayers (and space to record the way God answers!). It's a great way to invest your time this summer. (And I'm gearing up to do a summer long weekly prayer focus in my prayer retreat group - you can join that group here, if you'd like... it's free and believe me you, if you want to be covered in prayer, then this is the group to be in!)</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">Take advantage of some or all of these options this summer.</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">You're doing such a crucial work by training up your children - I thank you, and in the future, the world will be thankful, too. Because we know it is true that the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand the rules the world!</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">God bless!</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr">~ Jan L. Burt</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-burt-not-ernie-show/id1491097404" target="_blank">The Burt (Not Ernie) Show Podcast </a></div><div dir="ltr">the award-winning podcast with a focus on getting the promises of God into the people of God</div><div dir="ltr"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcfDZ2k0WNrBhnxAKbayfZ-ffo4gRSbVq7mziK3SIU-XMqfxOIE9-ZimoaeRqutujBKRuDculJLOvZHKc3lNO-IQOCZkiAQk97eZgI0Ko7N-6f-VThZ33PRltlv2lFHdvVdVwaps3ry19bRmUY7nSpB3uH3H1U_djR5m6hKsFWuUmQwZe6xkSIB6U/s1920/episode%20108%20podcast%20graphic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcfDZ2k0WNrBhnxAKbayfZ-ffo4gRSbVq7mziK3SIU-XMqfxOIE9-ZimoaeRqutujBKRuDculJLOvZHKc3lNO-IQOCZkiAQk97eZgI0Ko7N-6f-VThZ33PRltlv2lFHdvVdVwaps3ry19bRmUY7nSpB3uH3H1U_djR5m6hKsFWuUmQwZe6xkSIB6U/s320/episode%20108%20podcast%20graphic.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div dir="ltr"><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-9926691611693349932022-05-31T13:29:00.002-05:002022-05-31T13:29:44.211-05:00Something B-I-G Is Coming SOON!! (and a fun little giveaway for ya!) <p> Well, hey there!</p><p><br /></p><p>It's the very last day of May. And honestly, after the last couple of years I feel that it is more important than ever to recognize and celebrate as many milestones and opportunities as we possibly can.</p><p>The end of a season - the end of a homeschool year - is worth celebrating.</p><p>The start of a season - the beginning of a summer that doesn't feel quite as constricted & contained & confined as the last couple of summers have felt - this is also worth celebrating.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you've just finished up the homeschool year, I'm over here yelling "CONGRATS!!! Way To Go!!!" at the top of my lungs.</p><p>And if you are still working on school stuff over the summer months, I'm over here cheering you on, pulling for you, believing in you, and reminding you that what you do makes a huge difference. You matter, your children matter, and so your work as a homeschooler matters. I'm so proud of you! (That might sound a bit cheesy, but I 100% mean it.) </p><p><br /></p><p>So, my youngest will be starting her fifth year of college in the fall, and I am still totally amazed that I finished homeschooling almost four years ago. But I stay connected with the world of homeschoolers, and I have been so blessed to speak at more conferences and summits than I can count over the last four or so years. Maybe it doesn't seem like I haven't been actively homeschooling in four years because I get to be in the homeschool world via these speaking opportunities? </p><p>I love homeschoolers. I loved homeschooling. And I hope I am never totally removed from this world. </p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever stage or state of life you find yourself in today, don't forget that you are exactly the mom to exactly the kiddos that God chose. He didn't make a mistake and He isn't going to start making mistakes in your life or your children's lives. You've got this because God's got you.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the title of this blog post I mentioned a giveaway - here are the details about that.</p><p>Each month I give away two print copies of books (meaning in-your-hands books, not digital books) to one randomly chosen person who is on my email list. I know that our inboxes get so full super-duper fast, and while I don't email my list too often (usually once or twice a month), these monthly giveaways are just my way of thanking my subscribers for joining my list and letting me land in their inbox. (I'm also transitioning the name of my email from "3 Quick Things with Jan L. Burt" to "The Runway with Jan L. Burt" - I am aiming to give readers a refuel so they can be encouraged to get on with the life the Lord has given them to live & I also am planning on creating a membership experience to go along with this refueling idea... I am praying The Runway will be a blessing to as many people as possible & I would love it if you would join me in praying that! TIA!) </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZIwZvUtBSM-aJVgDecR9iN78JbK71-JtsMhKGwBjsRural4McYiDauUwciZaFVX-BKuGZoRLb01f2KYcVxUXryP4l0FPmTSZ-bAldQhuMGH_wf8BiI3XpbbTJIZW4dXBwQ7qAXDX4xiah81HTLXwGNaHGXhs8MasqqNwXwFH3ISEtxNIVR06FzV_/s1080/june%202022%20monthly%20giveaway%20graphic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZIwZvUtBSM-aJVgDecR9iN78JbK71-JtsMhKGwBjsRural4McYiDauUwciZaFVX-BKuGZoRLb01f2KYcVxUXryP4l0FPmTSZ-bAldQhuMGH_wf8BiI3XpbbTJIZW4dXBwQ7qAXDX4xiah81HTLXwGNaHGXhs8MasqqNwXwFH3ISEtxNIVR06FzV_/w640-h640/june%202022%20monthly%20giveaway%20graphic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you'd like a chance to win the June 2022 giveaway, you can do that right<a href="https://janlburt.com/" target="_blank"> HERE at JanLBurt.com</a></p><p>There are also a couple of other things you can check out if you scroll down a bit <a href="https://janlburt.com/" target="_blank">on that page</a> - like my free online prayer retreat group & my new course on Psalm 91 (it is on sale for just a couple more days at the lowest ever price of $21 and by June 3rd it will bump back up to $37, if you might be interested in signing up.) A pic of the June books in the giveaway is in this blog post.</p><p><br /></p><p>And also, the B-I-G thing that is coming soon is a totally free option for an online homeschool summit that I am part of. I'll be speaking at 3 workshop sessions during Richie Soares' Homeschool Mom Summer Summit. (Here are my workshop titles - Character Training That Lasts a Lifetime - Managing the Mayhem - A Time of Encouragement for You, the Homeschool Mom) <a href="https://homeschoolmomsummersummit.com/?aff=6" target="_blank">Here is an early bird link</a> to be notified when registration opens - there will also be some awesome giveaways during this summit, and I really am hoping it will encourage loads of homeschoolers. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPucJgrelaM21Vxz-b9An1Z1CZELLNzC-7U4kN1OP2n6g_-Hxo2ZVfZC2MI0ehYqr3N8BftsM50GYD9wj7mB0VVb9A7JZ5vF85V1i1LJcceExI7xmH-k_HbyVqM8IcfDmPIvs-9JlSJbxSBevb4pwy5JZintdi56UjuLfsHLAi6uHFkcQ-trA3UfY/s1080/HMSS%20Fun%20Promo%20Images%2018.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPucJgrelaM21Vxz-b9An1Z1CZELLNzC-7U4kN1OP2n6g_-Hxo2ZVfZC2MI0ehYqr3N8BftsM50GYD9wj7mB0VVb9A7JZ5vF85V1i1LJcceExI7xmH-k_HbyVqM8IcfDmPIvs-9JlSJbxSBevb4pwy5JZintdi56UjuLfsHLAi6uHFkcQ-trA3UfY/w400-h400/HMSS%20Fun%20Promo%20Images%2018.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIiTb5Vi_neyEHO9Q6dK0Gwefpdg13Fy9VIz261-d6GkmdeLxwSzKaaSylzB6MtgxeuSBIxZpYpsm4NdYtrq61rM4tpf56_2wU8HELuO_EubL1Ry5bfnjtDEdi2NRA6m4cluRzxWJtRCitwJBuhNMGIQqgQ3dnYOpBoNoQwYY-uFXPOzAnuWlY2fE/s1080/HMSS%20Fun%20Promo%20Images%203.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixIiTb5Vi_neyEHO9Q6dK0Gwefpdg13Fy9VIz261-d6GkmdeLxwSzKaaSylzB6MtgxeuSBIxZpYpsm4NdYtrq61rM4tpf56_2wU8HELuO_EubL1Ry5bfnjtDEdi2NRA6m4cluRzxWJtRCitwJBuhNMGIQqgQ3dnYOpBoNoQwYY-uFXPOzAnuWlY2fE/w400-h400/HMSS%20Fun%20Promo%20Images%203.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-B6pRQyzh8Lx1DPiVr4sifJEIOPLx7Ikcuiw6tTtpob4hOvCkMJZsPtruVNq4XeP2UQ4u0jeopyJxVOCc3IkRxoJpGuRbuMlkCy1KwuRASbCGNSd_RCuNk31wmeM9TtdyUcgXZ9pO5cDTitFdCeYfdjzjwv_OMF34YD8AO8wuuR6-7iAjD5a8B8_/s1080/HMSS%20Fun%20Promo%20Images%2022.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-B6pRQyzh8Lx1DPiVr4sifJEIOPLx7Ikcuiw6tTtpob4hOvCkMJZsPtruVNq4XeP2UQ4u0jeopyJxVOCc3IkRxoJpGuRbuMlkCy1KwuRASbCGNSd_RCuNk31wmeM9TtdyUcgXZ9pO5cDTitFdCeYfdjzjwv_OMF34YD8AO8wuuR6-7iAjD5a8B8_/w400-h400/HMSS%20Fun%20Promo%20Images%2022.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilL_pLWMzBAGuj4ddvJi1Of-PvFbSI9SFJuxWEjYalPlJltRpNONxvq4rVzUIwfEqEswVomZCssEB1zBN409Cb40qGLbcKepEEgY1BORWzBtdsY5PA1a0rK5yDOLcRtLuWU2n0uRLdYU48ED_RZJDAq1JpB0jnOLXrb82CN2lDZgdH_oSy0ongBwV6/s1080/HMSS%20Fun%20Promo%20Images%2011.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilL_pLWMzBAGuj4ddvJi1Of-PvFbSI9SFJuxWEjYalPlJltRpNONxvq4rVzUIwfEqEswVomZCssEB1zBN409Cb40qGLbcKepEEgY1BORWzBtdsY5PA1a0rK5yDOLcRtLuWU2n0uRLdYU48ED_RZJDAq1JpB0jnOLXrb82CN2lDZgdH_oSy0ongBwV6/w400-h400/HMSS%20Fun%20Promo%20Images%2011.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(Also, if you grabbed a ticket to a homeschool conference hosted by Kerry Beck via my link earlier this year, be sure to check your inbox and spam folder for a special email I sent out last week with free access to the Psalm 91 course!) </p><p><br /></p><p>As always, I am praying for you and rooting for you.</p><p>You are a great mom. And the difference you are making in your children's lives is going to pay far-reaching & long-lasting dividends.</p><p>Thanks for doing what you do.</p><p>I appreciate ya!</p><p>~ Jan L. Burt</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-21617620051198268132022-05-27T15:00:00.002-05:002022-05-27T15:00:22.397-05:00The Righteous Cry, and the Lord Heareth Psalm 34:17 - A Timely Verse for An Untimely Season in A Broken World<p> I'd like to share this excerpt from my eBook All Things Homeschool - Devotions for Moms Volume 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>In light of the astounding evil we see in the world around us, both on the other side of the globe and right here in these United States, a verse like this one is as needed as it is timely.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep praying - keep crying out to the Lord, and believe the promise from Psalm 34:17 - He hears. And He answers. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XhUKEkFTySaeHh2eNE4NkctiBYrELdQFsbocMh7NkwSP7XGCSfaqVPka01FMHE2Ghftk-BsKGgwSe05uK-_XQgGl_N49Ocx366I6IitA_IwGtbkLb2QGTAsOMd3nh59VIz-gdKATmpsx0OvI_3jljzKoDto-3o_blFTWNz9LWIb6-_GMsUCDEuWm/s2000/ATHS%20devotional%20volume%202%20August%202020.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XhUKEkFTySaeHh2eNE4NkctiBYrELdQFsbocMh7NkwSP7XGCSfaqVPka01FMHE2Ghftk-BsKGgwSe05uK-_XQgGl_N49Ocx366I6IitA_IwGtbkLb2QGTAsOMd3nh59VIz-gdKATmpsx0OvI_3jljzKoDto-3o_blFTWNz9LWIb6-_GMsUCDEuWm/w494-h640/ATHS%20devotional%20volume%202%20August%202020.png" width="494" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><br /></div><div><i>Father, my prayer today is that You would move to comfort all who are in need of comforting, to be close to the brokenhearted and those who are mourning. May the people who know Your name weep with those who weep and be a source of love and support in these trying times in which we find ourselves. Lord, protect the children in our land. All of them, the born and the unborn. Give parents wisdom and guidance as they raise their children. Remind us of the hope we have in You. Keep us close to Your heart and centered in Your will. Equip us for the work You planned for us to do, and strengthen us so that we will be ready to encourage those around us. Be near, Lord. And put an end to the evils in this world. Amen.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>If you ever need someone to pray for you, feel free to reach out to me. You can also join my private prayer retreat group on Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/627249051525444" target="_blank">Praying Through the Storm Online Prayer Group with Jan L. Burt at this LINK </a>- we are a praying group and it is a safe place to be encouraged and refreshed. We'd love to have you join us there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lord bless you today!</div><div><br /></div><div>~ Jan L. Burt</div><div><br /></div><div>Author of the new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/60-Day-Prayer-Journal-Parents-Burt/dp/B09MYQ24VH" target="_blank">"A 60-Day Prayer Journal for Parents"</a> & the audio course <a href="https://app.hiro.fm/channel/psalm-91-pray-it-believe-course-with-jan-l-burt" target="_blank">"Psalm 91 - Pray It & Believe".</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-37371369549798170942022-04-28T15:42:00.003-05:002022-04-28T15:42:58.939-05:00Perfect Peace<div class="blog-item-content e-content" style="background-color: #a28da5; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; margin: 0px 0px 3vw;"><div class="sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12" data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" id="item-626afb239ce2eb23278e83e1"><div class="row sqs-row" style="margin-left: -17px; margin-right: -17px; width: auto !important;"><div class="col sqs-col-12 span-12" style="float: left; padding-right: 0px; width: 1234px;"><div class="sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html" data-block-type="2" id="block-edee46f8bd06446d203e" style="clear: none; height: auto; padding: 0px 17px; position: relative;"><div class="sqs-block-content" style="outline: none;"><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fixed on You...</p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stayed on You...</p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stops at You & goes no further.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBOQdAORHC6lycRVMCd-T1T8q8Qhep5ev-zNR3l_HPJWSk9nvgC3NSGpo877FOf3Cg-H5gJWZ0MCvk6Wo9o_aZ14aUYu7CveoxO8NafieEqye7dkVQXC8s3ogI1ctRE4_AJh14vWe6pxouYQ6jJgxQo5oWiFfe_IVnlDAdrMD_-4_GMABV_xh3Ljg/s1080/Beige%20Floral%20Bible%20Verse%20Instagram%20Post.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBOQdAORHC6lycRVMCd-T1T8q8Qhep5ev-zNR3l_HPJWSk9nvgC3NSGpo877FOf3Cg-H5gJWZ0MCvk6Wo9o_aZ14aUYu7CveoxO8NafieEqye7dkVQXC8s3ogI1ctRE4_AJh14vWe6pxouYQ6jJgxQo5oWiFfe_IVnlDAdrMD_-4_GMABV_xh3Ljg/w640-h640/Beige%20Floral%20Bible%20Verse%20Instagram%20Post.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">May my thinking & my living, the way I love others & the words that I speak, my attitude & my intentions in any & every situation come to the Lord my God and then stop right there.</p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">I do not want or need to take my thinking one step beyond my God. My reasoning fails, while His is perfect. My worries overwhelm me, while He has no worries.</p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">He is the strength of my heart & my life - shouldn’t He also be the strength of my mind, as in what I think & where my thoughts go?</p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">If He wants to keep me in perfect peace (and Isaiah 26:3 states that He does!) then I ought to want that, too.</p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lord, Your will be done. Today, and everyday, may my mind stop at You - not pondering a problem past Your will & Your wisdom.</p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">You are a good God, & I rest in You today.</p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Jan L. Burt</p><p class="" style="margin: 1rem 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">host of <a href="https://janlburt.com/new-page" target="_blank">The Burt (Not Ernie) Show podcast</a> & author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QG4Q7XH" target="_blank">The Power of God’s Will - 40 Days of God’s Promises devotional</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blog-item-author-profile-wrapper" data-content-field="author" style="align-items: center; background-color: #a28da5; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 19.2px; margin: 3vw 0px; place-content: center;"><a href="https://janlburt.com/blog-3?author=5e602dd2cc15064de33093ce" style="background: transparent; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></div><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-7483173846936460792022-03-22T15:09:00.003-05:002022-03-22T15:09:45.677-05:00Can I Just Say... This Devotional Is Ideal for This Time in Our World?? <p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, there’s this.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c06b097e-7fff-d6f2-3f1c-9aa571b87fb4"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A devotional created for - ahem - WORRY. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anybody else a bit of a worrier?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anybody else feel like worry has been a staple in their life the last couple of years?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anybody…?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The book “5-Minute Devotions for Worry” by Jenifer Metzger is an excellent resource for anyone dealing with worry. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The subtitle of the book is “Ease Doubt and Find Peace with Prayer”.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And if you happen to know me in real life (or via social media, which is like knowing me in pseudo-real life) then you know I am a woman who prays. Not a woman who believes in prayer, which I most certainly am, but a woman who actually spends time in prayer. A lot of time.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, a devotional that offers peace in place of worry and has an emphasis on prayer?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sign me up!</span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPun7YDzQ9aJP4dh3Ct9QhlYG0loz4VonbrMwMUYUzYEsHfktmD-sCGx2dkAF3pJcug0NDVoPBPAropCkvWQ_xdahupUk3e_m9XV_YzjUsTsJiPoCk4fBEEn5prYcOmFifGej8-fB-n5-_5s4QqGSgI7R2KOLESHKS_b5XlvRyySHgysnTWyeNJbU/s2000/jenifer's%20book%20review%20image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPun7YDzQ9aJP4dh3Ct9QhlYG0loz4VonbrMwMUYUzYEsHfktmD-sCGx2dkAF3pJcug0NDVoPBPAropCkvWQ_xdahupUk3e_m9XV_YzjUsTsJiPoCk4fBEEn5prYcOmFifGej8-fB-n5-_5s4QqGSgI7R2KOLESHKS_b5XlvRyySHgysnTWyeNJbU/s320/jenifer's%20book%20review%20image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Right from the get-go, Jenifer’s honest introduction pulled me in. Like, I could actually FEEL what she was describing. And in all honesty, I think a whole lot of us need to do some “FEELING”. We’re sort of starting to transition out of what has become our daily way of life over the last couple of years, and while moving forward is so, so good… I kind of feel as if we are being encouraged to move on without acknowledging how hard this all has been.</span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This devotional is a book for the times in which we find ourselves, and I truly feel it would be a blessing to anyone who deals with worry or doubt, who wants to grow in their prayer life, or who needs to hit “pause” and grieve all that has taken place before rushing headlong into the upcoming season of life.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hope you consider grabbing a copy of the book, and maybe grab an additional copy to gift to someone else. It’s such a lovely resource for this point in time, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jenifer, thank you for writing the book that NEEDED to be written for us all at this moment in history. May the Lord bless you a hundredfold in return!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">~ Jan L. Burt </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Find the devotional <a href="https://www.amazon.com/5-Minute-Devotions-Worry-Doubt-Prayer-ebook/dp/B09S5287VH/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8">via Amazon</a> ~ </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And be sure to sign up for my monthly newsletter & giveaway <a href="https://janlburt.com/" target="_blank">HERE! </a></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://janlburt.com/" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-66721417575105975312022-03-01T14:13:00.005-06:002022-03-01T14:13:40.819-06:00Yesterday Was National Rare Disease Day <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijOUyz48e588lacio2Xug5uKaH4aThP5E8nG0aXH7jvws6F6y2v28u8qvfOA5YmC-ejQYT7zsZnK5YqozSCQb3jPfWK5u8EhqKbX6Qqeq1SdfDuMnD0wUAGRt6_UFsRCMarH-DIQ3i4_VOVBg_wGedaG5S1wH83ykSKO3_8IdSxi1srJ9MhivpmaxY=s2240" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijOUyz48e588lacio2Xug5uKaH4aThP5E8nG0aXH7jvws6F6y2v28u8qvfOA5YmC-ejQYT7zsZnK5YqozSCQb3jPfWK5u8EhqKbX6Qqeq1SdfDuMnD0wUAGRt6_UFsRCMarH-DIQ3i4_VOVBg_wGedaG5S1wH83ykSKO3_8IdSxi1srJ9MhivpmaxY=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>People.</p><p><br /></p><p>People matter so, so much to the Lord.</p><p>And so, people really ought to matter to those of us who follow the Lord, who are disciples of Jesus. When you follow someone, then what matters to that someone should be what matters to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday was National Rare Disease Day.</p><p>And it just struck me that there are so many people all around the world dealing with health issues that are uncommon and, as such, probably go unnoticed, misunderstood, and perhaps they even feel a bit forgotten.</p><p>Now I don't have what would be considered a rare disease, so I won't get all "overly fluffy"<br /> and pretend that I know what it's like to live with a rare disease. (I have faced a rare combination of two different electrical problems with my heart which made treatment pretty much impossible, but I have always been able to find cardiologists and electrophysiologists who could provide me with some answers to my questions and at the very least explain the finer points of what it meant to live with bigeminy premature ventricular contractions and super ventricular tachycardia and the potential for an episode of VFIB). I can only guess that those who have a rare disease have to fight so much harder to find medical help, to garner any answers that will help improve the state of their day-to-day life. </p><p><br /></p><p>Until you cannot find an answer in your moment of great need, you have no idea what a gift it is to be able to hit the Google and generate a million results in half a second's time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, I'd like to offer this prayer for anyone dealing with a rare disease. </p><p>Would you join me in praying?</p><p><br /></p><p> <b><i> Lord, I come to you today as a woman who desires to love people well, because You love people so well. I cannot personally encourage all those facing life with a rare disease, or those friends and family members attempting to care for those with rare illnesses. But I can, as a whole, lift them before You and seek Your grace, Your favor, Your insight and wisdom, Your healing and protection and deliverance and provision for their every need. Do that today, Lord. Bless them right now at their greatest point of need. Encourage them. Strengthen them. Open doors for them that need opening. Gird them up. And make headway via research and with medical professionals in ways that will improve their lives dramatically. Do what only You can do & bring hope, life, real & lasting change to these situations and circumstances. Touch hearts, bring clarity, and heal. Lord, please heal! You are our Healer, so I am simply asking You to be who You are - the Lord, our Healer. Jesus, be near. And thank You for hearing and answering my prayer today. In Your Name - Amen. </i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for praying with me. And please continue to pray.</p><p><br /></p><p>The world of the unknown is not reality for most of us.</p><p>But for so many others, it is a difficult and unwanted daily reality. </p><p>Lord, bless them! </p><p><br /></p><p>~ Jan L. Burt</p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">author of </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Power-Gods-Will-Promises-Devotional/dp/B08QG4Q7XH/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1613416246&sr=8-1" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #f33c73; cursor: pointer; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">"The Power of God's Will - 40 Days of God's Promises Devotional" available on Amazon</a> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqz1W9YEQjWUuuN32YUY6CNVNLxCx6ktK1vyfbn-9FCuykqNT-hquOOwsqQgB4cSMUj7NGHdXx1RQ0YvUn-gx6_6EkedauSxTwvckvQo1BCm-J4O9J4XexFobzlYDnIIkzn157vYVTLnjLaUICOYb3ycL52rO0hsB8sW-SWQiLS653IYLWTQEH_3j0=s320" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="214" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqz1W9YEQjWUuuN32YUY6CNVNLxCx6ktK1vyfbn-9FCuykqNT-hquOOwsqQgB4cSMUj7NGHdXx1RQ0YvUn-gx6_6EkedauSxTwvckvQo1BCm-J4O9J4XexFobzlYDnIIkzn157vYVTLnjLaUICOYb3ycL52rO0hsB8sW-SWQiLS653IYLWTQEH_3j0" width="214" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-7817701013054890792022-02-23T13:35:00.002-06:002022-02-24T09:33:47.728-06:00One & Only Chance To Use This Coupon For This Week's Life Skills Leadership Summit For Parents - Don't Want You To Miss Out On This! :)<p> Just dropping by my blog to share this friendly (but getting close to the very end!) reminder about the Life Skills Leadership Summit that is taking place this week.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifFbeMX1sAjRTomYtR_6uT2E4INnHjIqYzOqP8EgEudGwNeLaURXNCOzXMyF3tZ5sP5OFs6LeWHXOJUk7qch3266PBxtJgHhJhWYs9UVASkRwoReHHhsXX5h1LWomf6VYjTzgrcZwEho3qSo_xo93CIkQ5zOWG9zczuFNjAHDhks4Sig_TLnvok2R1=s940" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifFbeMX1sAjRTomYtR_6uT2E4INnHjIqYzOqP8EgEudGwNeLaURXNCOzXMyF3tZ5sP5OFs6LeWHXOJUk7qch3266PBxtJgHhJhWYs9UVASkRwoReHHhsXX5h1LWomf6VYjTzgrcZwEho3qSo_xo93CIkQ5zOWG9zczuFNjAHDhks4Sig_TLnvok2R1=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I've got a couple of sessions in the summit, and if you want to grab the <a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/" target="_blank">FREE Basic Pass</a>, you can watch all of today's sessions (but only for 24 hours). I also have another session on Friday (again, free for 24 hours with the <a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/" target="_blank">Basic Pass</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">Now, while I'd love for you to at the very least grab your free Basic Pass ticket option (along with </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> personal invite to check out my 2 sessions at the summit - "The Encouragement You Need for the Work of Parenting Well" & "Who Do Independent Thinkers Grow Up to Be?") I also want to make the VIP ticket option available to you just in case you missed some of the sessions that have already been released.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> And you will also get </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> couple of free bonus items directly from me. If you decide to purchase </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> summit ticket via my link, I will send you </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> free digital pdf copy of my latest book, "</span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">A</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> 60-Day Prayer Journal for Parents" (you can take </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> look at it on </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://JanLBurt.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D7c46552f552096debfb6cb9ee%26id%3D21561aa208%26e%3D5713d7b196&source=gmail&ust=1645729323331000&usg=AOvVaw3xooUBWeW9VhSgAfMyfNKi" href="https://janlburt.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7c46552f552096debfb6cb9ee&id=21561aa208&e=5713d7b196" style="background-color: white; color: #007c89; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Amazon,</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> if you'd like) and I'll also give you free access to </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> course I am currently working on - "Psalm 91 - </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">A</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> Bible Study". This will be </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> course with video lessons, printable pdf content, and written lessons, as well as access to my private prayer group on Facebook. I will also do </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> few live vides in addition to the course. And for those who buy the course later, it will sell for $39. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">And in case you're wondering if the free prayer journal or access to the Psalm 91 course is worth the price of admission to the summit, here's what one person shared with me after participating in one of my Psalm 91 prayer retreat conferences: </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: navy;">Jan’s online prayer retreat has changed my life. Our study of psalm 91 has literally transformed my prayer life, both how I pray and what I pray for. I now have the psalm memorized and pray it out loud several times each day and it brings me <span class="il">a</span> peace I cannot quite explain. Although I have never met Jan in person, I feel like she is family. She prays for me and my family... and that has given me the confidence to pray more boldly than I ever have and trust that no matter what comes…it’s God’s perfect plan. One night in December on my way home from work I was feeling overwhelmed by <span class="il">a</span> situation my son was facing. I called out to God right there in my car and asked Him to find <span class="il">a</span> way where we could not see one, to two very specific problems. The next day at 3:00 p.m. BOTH prayers were answered, lifting <span class="il">a</span> huge burden from my son (and me). I believe this was an immediate answer to my prayer and was humbled before God. I have enjoyed and benefited from listening to Jan. She is <span class="il">a</span> true prayer warrior.</span></em><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">I'd be so honored to have you as part of the Psalm 91 course group when it releases this spring, and if you were able to get access to this summit as well, that </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">would</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> doubly bless my socks off! And if you reply to this email to let me know you purchased via this link, I'll send you the prayer journal & get you into the course when it opens! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">Thanks for allowing me to talk about the summit today - and I hope you have </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"> fantastic rest of your day!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">Here's the</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://JanLBurt.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D7c46552f552096debfb6cb9ee%26id%3D4147935b3a%26e%3D5713d7b196&source=gmail&ust=1645729323331000&usg=AOvVaw2bZDpvlVJ7LLLGBo0Xd-JJ" href="https://janlburt.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7c46552f552096debfb6cb9ee&id=4147935b3a&e=5713d7b196" target="_blank"><span style="color: #007c89;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #007c89;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/6202983d21d59/">link to the summit once more</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/6202983d21d59/"> & </a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">God bless & I hope to see you in the Psalm 91 course & at the summit!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-size: 16px;">~ Jan</span></span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-52938680840898187212022-02-18T15:43:00.000-06:002022-02-18T15:43:07.322-06:00Watch It! (A Friendly Reminder to Make Good Choices Today!) <p><br /></p><p><span class="JsGRdQ"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: verdana;">Guard what goes in & your heart will be better off..</span></b></span></p><p><span class="JsGRdQ" style="color: #5e17eb;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p><span class="JsGRdQ" style="color: #5e17eb;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVSKeqR1hwb_N3CYdxCWH49Nmm9moMKPyNOy5lUNKT5kevzedzFNeL6QSDOZwjR6zc6Aj9gZk5a38CmZVfvUqWY4HuAqPCKXcsh10R1NdLa8okDe-SdIlxrjvVPEbvkQRQnyAp7bE_ZPNXXVOvYQ_tg59CbUaQqL8MiygNI241I3VbTX-sT39YtupJ=s940" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVSKeqR1hwb_N3CYdxCWH49Nmm9moMKPyNOy5lUNKT5kevzedzFNeL6QSDOZwjR6zc6Aj9gZk5a38CmZVfvUqWY4HuAqPCKXcsh10R1NdLa8okDe-SdIlxrjvVPEbvkQRQnyAp7bE_ZPNXXVOvYQ_tg59CbUaQqL8MiygNI241I3VbTX-sT39YtupJ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> <span style="font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto;">Homeschooling mothers, as a whole, are really good at guarding what our children see and hear. The books they read, who they spend time with, the movies they watch - all this and more is carefully considered and managed. But do we manage our own hearts with the same caution and tenacity?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto;"><br /></span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"><span class="JsGRdQ">There is just too much garbage that is too readily available at too many moments throughout the day. How often are we seeing things that we'd guard our children from seeing?</span><span class="JsGRdQ white-space-prewrap"> </span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"><span class="JsGRdQ"><br /></span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"><span class="JsGRdQ">Not every choice is made wisely... </span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"><span class="JsGRdQ">Glancing at your phone while your son completes his spelling list is, quite frankly, and unwise choice. I do not need to explain why it is unwise; you already know. Truth is truth. It does not shock you to read these words.</span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"><span class="JsGRdQ"><br /></span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"><span class="JsGRdQ">The hard truth is that constant access to time-wasters and pop-culture is of absolutely no eternal benefit - and even damages relationships and can harden the heart.</span><span class="JsGRdQ white-space-prewrap"> </span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"><span class="JsGRdQ"><br /></span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;"><span class="JsGRdQ">Apply the same standards across the board in your home and watch God bless your wise choices.</span></p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;">~ Jan L. Burt</p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;">Don't forget to grab your<a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/" target="_blank"> Free Basic Pass</a> to this year's Life Skills Leadership Summit. </p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;">February 21-25, hosted by Kerry Beck (she's kind of a rockstar in the homeschool world). </p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;">Encouragement you need for the task of parenting well - that's what this <a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/" target="_blank">summit</a> is all about.</p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;">Hope to see you in there! </p><p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body" style="--font-size: 21.3333px; --line-height: 1.4; font-family: "YACgEV-yq04 0", _fb_, auto; line-height: 29px;">~ Jan</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-51588912290334264242022-02-14T15:08:00.001-06:002022-02-14T15:08:09.182-06:00Fine Arts in Your Family's Homeschool ~ *here's a quick win for ya! <p> So, we all know how hard it is to get the basics done in a homeschool day / week / year.</p><p><br /></p><p>The "extras" can so easily be pushed aside for later. But if we don't make a plan and follow it, later may never come.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today I want to share with you a really terrific resource that can help you thoroughly and easily accomplish one aspect of Fine Arts in your homeschool.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Composer Detective Series by Jus' Classical provides a remarkable way to teach music appreciation in a way that your kids will really enjoy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've done my fair share of products reviews & I only wish I'd had access to these materials when my children were younger. The value is pretty incredible. Super easy to use, high-quality content provided by a competent instructor. Yeah, that pretty much ticks every box for this homeschool mom.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me tell you what <a href="https://janburtauthor--jusclassical.thrivecart.com/the-composer-detective/" target="_blank">The Composer Detective Full Cours</a>e is all about.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's an all-in-one online course that takes the study of music appreciation to a whole new level. In this course, your student will work through four phases of learning about orchestral music: Instruments, History, Composers & Music. It's incredibly thorough and includes videos, playlists, teachers notes, worksheets, activity pages, quizzes, and so on. You get it all, and you get it taught by a teacher who knows her stuff and makes it fun. </p><p><br /></p><p>And what happens when learning is fun? Well, the learned information sticks rather than slides in one ear and slips out the other.</p><p> </p><p>Here's a little snippet of the course layout ~ </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCbvlpLIdiyzr_12BYniVhd9mrUgxNsRZ0uKw0T4RWnegcKHiaDuMf3B0oxDhRQx33MkeVZLJ7gNyz9z4FHZASCqdnj6mwkpYYAaCEqr7GUsMY29AVd-d9q6DGv7iksfLuD_SiYGgYH2MuDuD42KX3yO8Rzg2WxAy__YFiQp3u2q2_1on2y1efz2bc=s1056" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCbvlpLIdiyzr_12BYniVhd9mrUgxNsRZ0uKw0T4RWnegcKHiaDuMf3B0oxDhRQx33MkeVZLJ7gNyz9z4FHZASCqdnj6mwkpYYAaCEqr7GUsMY29AVd-d9q6DGv7iksfLuD_SiYGgYH2MuDuD42KX3yO8Rzg2WxAy__YFiQp3u2q2_1on2y1efz2bc=s320" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p>I really mean it when I say I wish my kids had had access to this course.</p><p>If you have children who are interested in the fine arts, please consider grabbing this course. It will pay dividends in their life and you are laying a foundation for God to develop the giftings and talents and abilities He has in mind for your child. You'll never regret an investment like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you need an extra little incentive, well, here ya go: If you purchase <a href="https://janburtauthor--jusclassical.thrivecart.com/the-composer-detective/" target="_blank">via my link in this blog post,</a> please send me proof of your purchase (like your order #) in an email (send it to JanLBurt@outlook.com with subject The Composer Detective) and I will send you a copy of my ebook "All Things Homeschool - Devotions for Moms Volume 1" for free.</p><p><br /></p><p>The world as a whole is nixing music and art from education in the formative years for a variety of reasons. As homeschoolers, we have the opportunity to "un-nix" the arts.</p><p>So, why shouldn't we??</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Homeschooling, my friend. I hope you are blessed beyond measure today & that you find all that you need in the Lord as you raise up your children to be the young men and women that He created them to be.</p><p>You're doing a good work! I'm in your corner, always rooting for you.</p><p>Lord bless you!</p><p>~ Jan L. Burt</p><p><br /></p><p>Enroll in <a href="https://janburtauthor--jusclassical.thrivecart.com/the-composer-detective/" target="_blank">The Composer Detective Full Course HERE</a></p><p>Or enroll in <a href="https://janburtauthor--jusclassical.thrivecart.com/the-composer-detective/" target="_blank">The Composer Detective Volume 1 Bundle HERE</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And check out the ebook "<a href="https://janlburt.com/ebooks/p/all-things-homeschool-devotions-for-moms-volume-1" target="_blank">All Things Homeschool - Devotions for Moms Volume 1" HERE </a>(be sure to send proof of purchase to me at JanLBurt@outlook.com & I'll get your free copy of the ebook sent to you right away!) </p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-57313301888153297512022-02-07T17:58:00.002-06:002022-02-11T16:25:48.264-06:00Homeschool Mom, You Are Doing An Important Work... & Don't You Dare Let Anyone Tell You Otherwise! <p> I see a lot of "stuff" in the online space about mom life. And so much of it is really, really great. Advice I wish I'd had when my now-adult children were still at home & we were still in the thick of homeschooling.</p><p>In some ways, I kind of felt like I was on my own. Going it alone. That was hard!</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, yeah, I guess I did learn a whole lot via the inter-webs back in the day. But it's just all so much more accessible. Like, the gold is just everywhere for parents & homeschoolers. (And there is a lot out there that isn't gold, too... but that's probably a topic for another day's post! You don't have time for me to get started down that rabbit trail today.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I like to research, I love to read, and I am not afraid to try something new - all three of those things served me pretty well during my 25 years of home education. </p><p>But not everyone likes to research and read and try new things. So, I may well be the odd-man-out, something of an outlier. I think that is part of why the ease of garnering other people's wisdom is so appealing to me!</p><p>When I want to learn about something, say, that has to do with my health, it is easier than ever to learn all I want (the hard part is shutting off the info before it becomes too overwhelming, honestly). And as I say connected with groups & people in the homeschool community, it's remarkable how much has changed in the few short years since my youngest daughter headed off to college. Teaching high school math is one example of how much easier it is to access help when you need it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I see moms encouraging other moms in ways that bless me. I see young people developing their skillsets and growing and maturing in ways that give me great hope for the future of the world as it passes into the hands of the next generation. And I see independent thinkers springing up like weeds - and I love it!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi375ozynu-1urR3UCfZXEMoXtkATe6O4V0CCoi0ozRM7qErjoTtXA50avradVZgCAsTS6BolwwxaZi5a1Q4Bk0Disl_kkvhU7Ot104yDkwF7hlJQ_UjLGS19mkYFM0BLEJtvwgTUJKIfvxpXRb1eX2nYOkzuXVOsZn9-mGKWGXPMhCBiur7EfFfisR=s1400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi375ozynu-1urR3UCfZXEMoXtkATe6O4V0CCoi0ozRM7qErjoTtXA50avradVZgCAsTS6BolwwxaZi5a1Q4Bk0Disl_kkvhU7Ot104yDkwF7hlJQ_UjLGS19mkYFM0BLEJtvwgTUJKIfvxpXRb1eX2nYOkzuXVOsZn9-mGKWGXPMhCBiur7EfFfisR=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>So, why am I sharing all of this with you on the blog? </p><p>Over the weekend I had the chance to spend a lot of time with one of my relatives (who is actually one of my favorite people on the whole planet) and her teenagers and her husband. It was such a great time! Now, this particular relative is totally an independent thinker. She's got spunk, y'all. Spunk in the right ways; when it matters, she will go to the matt for what's right. Not every cause is her cause, but I'd say you wouldn't be wise in messing with this particular mama bear's cubs, if you catch my drift.</p><p>What kind of young men do you think she is raising? Wishy-washy, follow the crowd, cannot think their way out of a wet paper bag teens? Or bold, strong in their convictions, well-spoken, liberally educated, unmoved by peer pressure young men who can think for themselves?</p><p>You know which answer is the correct one; I don't even have to tell you!</p><p>Of course, I spent some time strolling down memory lane, remembering what it was like when we were young. This amazing mom and I kind of "grew up" together and learned how to stand on our own feet and think for ourselves in the same era. Looking back through the years, seeing just how far we have come and how our own way of thinking helped us both to mother our children in ways that allowed them to fully be themselves and to be people who think for themselves, and then looking ahead and seeing a glimpse of what kind of character they will bring to society in the near future...well, I guess I became all sorts of sentimental and super optimistic at the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Being able to THINK is so much more valuable than we always bear in mind. </p><p>Not everyone can think for themselves, let alone think on their feet and make the right decision when the world around them is pressing for a different choice to be made. </p><p>When you think independently, you don't always have a lot of friends. You won't always be understood. You may have to endure questioning and ridiculing that others don't have to deal with. It can be hard. But it is also too important to let the "hard" of it deter you from the "right" of it. (I've mentioned many times that we need to be sure to choose our hard, or our hard will choose us; this is one example of choosing our hard.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can do the work to help your children become independent thinkers, and you combine that with your own ability to reason well, and you add in the ease of obtaining encouragement and advice and wisdom via the online world...well, you're pretty well primed for success. </p><p><br /></p><p>And if you've been around the blog for a while, you know that I've been a speaker at a bunch of conferences and summit for parents, but mainly for homeschoolers. It's not something that is ever going to stop being part of what I do to encourage parents and families. And I'm kind of getting excited about speaking events opening up in person again, to be honest! But as a mom who was so busy when my kids were home (and sometimes finances were a bit tight for us as a single-income family), I didn't always have the option of traveling to conferences and conventions. I'm guessing that other moms can relate. Having an online option is pretty cool and would have been so perfect for me on more than one occasion!</p><p>So, I am excited to share with you about an <a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/6202983d21d59/" target="_blank">upcoming online summit for parents and homeschoolers</a> that I get to speak at a couple of times. I didn't so much "pitch" an idea or a proposal of topics like I usually do; this time, I was asked by the summit's founder to speak on these two exact subjects. I was honored to be asked and also pretty happy that both topics are ones that get my blood pumping! </p><p>One is, of course, encouragement. Surprise, surprise! I've come to be known as the encouragement lady (and when I get fired up about God's Word or prayer or the promises God has made to His children, I've been referred to as the "preachy lady" ha-ha!). Here's a little description of that summit session:</p><p><br /></p><p><i> <strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The Encouragement You Need for the Work of Parenting Well, by Jan L. Burt</span></strong></i></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><i><span style="color: #20124d;">From her homeschool blog to her podcast to her private groups, Jan’s specialty is to encourage, encourage & encourage some more. In this session she will use Biblical texts and helpful tips & hints from her own experiences raising her five children. Sharing from the heart, Jan will leave you feeling encouraged and equipped for your task of parenting children who will be leaders in the future.</span></i></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is going to be a really awesome session!</p><p><br /></p><p>But the other session that I was asked to speak about is this one:</p><div><i><span style="color: #20124d;"><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Who Do Independent Thinkers Grow Up To Be? by Jan L. Burt</strong></span></i></div><div><i><span style="color: #20124d;"><b><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /></b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">We raise our children to one day be adults, not to remain children, right? It only makes sense that as parents we would “work backwards” and plan wisely in order to reach our goal of having adult children who are truly independent thinkers. Join Jan for this session and learn hands-on tips that she used in raising children to be adults who think well.</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p>As an FYI, I don't pull any punches in this session. I speak the truth, in love and with great respect for my fellow homeschoolers, but it is the truth, nonetheless. This is no time to mince words; in many ways, our world is darker than ever before, and it is more vital than ever that we do the work off raising our children in the way they should go. This benefits all of society in the long run; the work you do each day is a good work, no - it is a truly great work. And it will have a lasting impact. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is a way for you to watch my summit sessions for <a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/" target="_blank">free</a> (and of course there is a way for you to get a paid ticket with more access and benefits and freebies and all of that, too - I mean, you know how this online conference stuff works. But I also don't think you mind me telling you about both options, because I know that you understand that people like me who are in some type of ministry role love to give away as much as we can at no charge, but we also need to ask for a sale on occasion in order to pay the bills and be able to afford to keep up with the things of life.) So, either way, I'd be honored if you<a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/" target="_blank"> took a look</a> at both of my sessions. But if you are interested in learning about raising independent thinkers, then this particular session will be helpful for you. I'll add <a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/6202983d21d59/" target="_blank">the link to the summit site </a>where you can learn more, if you'd like to, or where you can just sign up for the free or paid pass. </p><p>The price the week of February 7-13th is the lowest it will ever be; it bumps up again on February 14th and then again on February 21st. The free option is only available the week of the summit.</p><p>The summit takes places entirely online the week of February 21-25, 2022, and for those who are buying a ticket, a portion of your ticket price will go to the ministry Unbound. </p><p>Again, no pressure to buy anything. But I would like to thank you for reading the blog - whether you're brand new or have been reading for years, I am so thankful for every single reader. </p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>You are doing an important work and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. </b></i></p><p><i><b>Your life matters tremendously, and the lives of your children do as well.</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p>God is at work in this world, and I believe one of the ways He is really moving is among the younger generations. I can't help but be optimistic when I see what kind of young people intentional parents are raising. They are world changers, and so are you, because world changers are raised by world changers. </p><p>Keep on keeping on for the Kingdom, and know that I am always here, in your corner, cheering you on, rooting for you, pulling for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>OH! I actually almost forgot (that sounds corny as I type it, but it is totally true - I really did almost forget this!). For anyone who buys a ticket to the summit <a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/6202983d21d59/" target="_blank">via my link </a>(you can find those all throughout this blog post and at the very bottom of the post) I am giving away a couple of things as a "bonus", I guess you might call it. First is a digital copy of my most recent book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09MYQ24VH/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2" target="_blank">"A 60-Day Prayer Journal for Parents"</a> that you can print out and use to pray for your children. It has daily verses and a daily prayer and then plenty of space for you to write your own prayers and room to come back and write how the Lord answers those prayers. Looking back in the future, it will be a really awesome keepsake of how you prayed for your children and how God heard and responded to those prayers. Adn the other free item is access to a course I am currently putting together called "Psalm 91 - A Bible Study". This will be a course with video lessons, printable pdf content, and written lessons, as well as access to my private prayer group on Facebook. I will also do a few live vides in addition to the course. And for those who buy the course later, it will sell for $39. Combined with the price for the prayer journal on Amazon, the value of the free items I'm offering is $47. I'm offering this as an incentive to buy a ticket because I really want the content of the summit to get into your hands by any means possible, and the prayer course on Psalm 91 is one of the most important pieces of content I have ever created. I'd love for you to have access to it as well as the prayer journal! </p><p>To claim your free items, just email me proof of ticket purchase at JanLBurt@outlook.com (your order number or the email you used to buy your ticket is all I need to see!). I'll get the pdf prayer journal to you right away and add you to the private prayer group. Access to the course will be sent to you as soon as it is ready to go live.</p><p>I hope you are ready to have the socks flat blessed off your feet, because <a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/" target="_blank">this summit</a> and my freebies are the kind of stuff that will not only make your life better, but will make your children's lives better, too! </p><p>Hope to see you "in there" at <a href="https://janburtauthor--kerrybeck.thrivecart.com/lsls-22/" target="_blank">the summit</a> and in the prayer group! </p><p>Lord bless you!</p><p>~ Jan </p><p><i> </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBMeqMNka5rz_yov8rVRvoHIbgpNkF04O_LFPx4mKtUygYm0UkWGrjKp9TF1QrQ9K7kbglt3Mxq3XiysdQO-MqKG5YJ_br8ehBFRfFgS7XkItmtXraaTBuqH05SQxP8c_cshPodQ91l5NWLBm09NBdDTPHo9XG4HpYatGZ-frB6i1TemeeKi0vaKX5=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBMeqMNka5rz_yov8rVRvoHIbgpNkF04O_LFPx4mKtUygYm0UkWGrjKp9TF1QrQ9K7kbglt3Mxq3XiysdQO-MqKG5YJ_br8ehBFRfFgS7XkItmtXraaTBuqH05SQxP8c_cshPodQ91l5NWLBm09NBdDTPHo9XG4HpYatGZ-frB6i1TemeeKi0vaKX5=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-46330726427291422392022-01-31T15:59:00.000-06:002022-01-31T15:59:14.329-06:00A Fun Winter Tradition in Our Homeschool ~ aka "Snow Prizes"! <p>If you've been homeschooling for any length of time, you have had to deal with those days when kids in public school get the day off.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you take the day off? Do half the day's work? When those days hit you out of the blue and the neighbor rings the doorbell to ask if your kiddos can come outside and play... those were never my favorite moments as a homeschooling mom. When the school day is rolling along splendidly, it's hard to just up and stop it all! And when public schoolers get a snow day, it doesn't exactly apply to us. I mean, the drive to school on slick roads is very different than the walk from the bedroom to the kitchen table in a cozy-warm house.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did come up with a fun little way to add some "zest" to the long winter months. </p><p><br /></p><p>Whenever the forecast called for snow, I would issue to call for the much sought-after "Snow Prize".</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jwlKihEToVpIoV3clywddeumBS35WAFi1f_OpGZVHmQCGHc1BI9N_CkTKYXoxAc6SFrGTaGzStx6doqgR_ciKIpuvvv-F1OldUaurZGr3dMTiBIoyUmAFI0XdJRHl5kh1ZhLFKzeetk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2380" data-original-width="2380" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jwlKihEToVpIoV3clywddeumBS35WAFi1f_OpGZVHmQCGHc1BI9N_CkTKYXoxAc6SFrGTaGzStx6doqgR_ciKIpuvvv-F1OldUaurZGr3dMTiBIoyUmAFI0XdJRHl5kh1ZhLFKzeetk/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Here's how it worked in our family's homeschool:</p><p> Whoever saw a snowflake first would receive some special "prize" from me. Whichever one of the kids got to me first with their claim of seeing snow - even just one tiny little baby flake floating in the wind - would be given some special gift. </p><p>This was not at all difficult to pull off. I'd grab items here and there and tuck them away, so I'd have some things on hand whenever snow decided to make its presence known. Small boxes of candy or chocolates, gift cards in the amount of $5, a small Lego set or a softcover copy of a book they'd been hoping to read... things of that nature.</p><p>And it became such a fun tradition that I actually got text messages from my children when they went off to college letting me know they'd seen a snowflake and wished they could still get a "Snow Prize".</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what about your family? What fun traditions do you have that brighten up homeschooling in ways that would not be possible if your children went off to school each day? I'd love to see your thoughts in the comments!</p><p>And I'd also like to invite you to implement the concept of "Snow Prizes" into your family. (Now, say you live in sunny Florida...you may need to mix this up a bit - perhaps a "below 40 degrees" prize?) </p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Homeschooling to You!</p><p>~ Jan</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, of the three books I currently have available on Amazon, my book "The Homeschooling Mothers Bible Study" has been selling far more copies than my devotional & my prayer journal for parents combined. It seems as if the interest in homeschooling is on the uptick, and I love that so much! I'm kicking around the idea of a cover redesign (when I self-published the Bible study, creating a cover was far more difficult than it is now...). So that may be changing in the near future, but the content is still the same! I'm just so encouraged that moms are grabbing the book & I am praying it is a blessing and encouragement to every single mom! If you've bought a copy, thank you so much. <span></span></p><p>More fun stuff is coming your way soon here on the Encouraging Moms Who Homeschool blog, and I can hardly wait! Encouragement will be served up again and again! Thanks for reading this post and if you start doling out Snow Prizes, I'd love to hear about it! Leave a comment or find me on my All Things Homeschool with Jan L. Burt Facebook page (I'll be sharing this post there so people can leave comments).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3pjvzXkcfuGrgu0eSjMcurlZvgOfSOyGn4DfoIebuxgJVO7zIR-UFCqj6u0LO91NI7BSPuq0RoviUqT1FNvB8tt5Gbze-6WDtOtg2ocY3RchJlyNMAvpaySqU0jebqYQ8eJJw5Xoqg4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3pjvzXkcfuGrgu0eSjMcurlZvgOfSOyGn4DfoIebuxgJVO7zIR-UFCqj6u0LO91NI7BSPuq0RoviUqT1FNvB8tt5Gbze-6WDtOtg2ocY3RchJlyNMAvpaySqU0jebqYQ8eJJw5Xoqg4/" width="286" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Have a wonderful end of January and start to February! </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821666900877788114.post-13315333304300942592022-01-10T14:55:00.002-06:002022-01-10T14:55:30.563-06:00Need A Bible Reading Plan for Your Kiddos? No Sweat - I Got You! (Plus, It's Free!!) <p> It's January again.</p><p>Another new year.</p><p>And for homeschoolers, this stretch from January through March can be L-O-N-G.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I thought I'd share a fun freebie with you. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's a free pdf download Bible reading plan for preteens and teens (but it could be adapted for your younger children and you could even use it yourself, my homeschooling mom friend!)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ14nu9ijDDE9XgWveDsilLAMGCDvWEQ0w3SxukvATcWgzX-b28RnsGvSySm_a8uRHWcQf15SE6h9r9ZD_FA1At2w06ax-iGLo-bS5gltJ5UqtRf9Jo8JXEVO861dLzABP1-TANt85wRfjx4-uyDueQHpgt-wINU1Ob75hnx8kWmtRV0v19ZmurEdz=s350" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ14nu9ijDDE9XgWveDsilLAMGCDvWEQ0w3SxukvATcWgzX-b28RnsGvSySm_a8uRHWcQf15SE6h9r9ZD_FA1At2w06ax-iGLo-bS5gltJ5UqtRf9Jo8JXEVO861dLzABP1-TANt85wRfjx4-uyDueQHpgt-wINU1Ob75hnx8kWmtRV0v19ZmurEdz=s320" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Here's the link ~ <b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/One-Year-Annual-Bible-Reading-Plan-Freebie-7554383" target="_blank">One Year Annual Bible Reading Plan</a></b> ~ & I have to brag a sec... it was created by my daughter. She's starting to build up her printable shop & I think this is an excellent way to kick things off.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grab your free copy today and please share this post with your friends who would benefit from this freebie.</p><p>I'm sure it will come in handy!</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy New Year & Happy Homeschooling to you!</p><p><br /></p><p>~ Jan L. Burt</p><p><br /></p><p>Find these ebooks at <a href="https://janlburt.com/ebooks" target="_blank">JanLBurt.com</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2mRJbEKgRsIwLFFIjFhSy_DrD5epRJdMderZHN56-RPCZPFmexJKCoO6j2NCkU-0bVX9eOuKl-V9aNbsL2--d-cJgkPC84fKxhYYgBmpuC1GctKJY3AtklWrxYF_ZrMzHvtxpzMljBsyg1WJ_lC6XNjSr5T1TzxIr-R12P238RKj5VX7CctinizKR=s1092" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1092" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2mRJbEKgRsIwLFFIjFhSy_DrD5epRJdMderZHN56-RPCZPFmexJKCoO6j2NCkU-0bVX9eOuKl-V9aNbsL2--d-cJgkPC84fKxhYYgBmpuC1GctKJY3AtklWrxYF_ZrMzHvtxpzMljBsyg1WJ_lC6XNjSr5T1TzxIr-R12P238RKj5VX7CctinizKR=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0