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Bible Verses for Kids Who are Afraid at Night

January 17, 2013 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

One of my kids would often have a hard time sleeping, saying he was afraid. He didn’t have anything specific that he was afraid of, he just had a feeling of fear. After spending many nights talking to him, and praying with him, I wrote these verses out for him. He kept them by his bed with a flashlight. If he was having trouble, you would read the verses. This helped to calm him and relieve his fears.

Note: I’m not talking about little kids who need comforting. I’m talking about older kids, teens, or even adults that are having a problem with fear, that can read these verses for themselves.

There are a lot of verses in the Bible that speak about fear and worry. Here are the ones that I used.

Psalm 37:8

Matthew 6:25

Philippians 4:6

1 Peter 5:7

Matthew 6:31

Matthew 6:34

2 Corinthians 10:5

Hebrews 13:5

You can write the verses all on a sheet of paper or you could put the references and have the older child look them up as they need them. You could also write each verse on one card of a spiral index card pack. You could put bookmarks at each verse in their Bible or put tabs on the correct page with the verse highlighted. A flashlight by their bed or under their pillow with the verses makes it easier for them to use the verses without having to get up and without turning on a big light. Not using a big, bright light will make it easier for then to fall asleep again, too.

I hope this helps your kids get some sleep like it did mine.

Here’s a printable version of Bible Verses for Kids Who are Afraid at Night for you that you can print right from this page.

Judah Bible Curriculum Review

May 15, 2012 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

As part of The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew, I received a digital download of The Judah Bible Curriculum to review.

From the Judah Bible Curriculum website:

A Principle Approach curriculum for Bible class.
Develop a comprehensive knowledge of the Bible.
Build strong, Godly character in your children.
Study the Bible together.
Study the hand of God in the lives of individuals and nations.
For homeschool, Christian school, Sunday school.
Teach your children living Biblical principles to guide their lives.
Apply God’s word personally in every area of life.
The Bible is the textbook.

The purpose of the Judah Bible Curriculum is to make Bible Literacy the hallmark of the new generation of Christians. The Judah Bible Curriculum is designed to help you teach your student how to study and research the Bible, extract true understanding from it, and apply Biblical principles to his or her own life and character.

The Judah Bible Curriculum is a “Principle Approach” Bible curriculum whose distinctives are the following:

The BIBLE is the textbook. The student studies and learns the Bible.
The student learns God’s purpose in history, studying the hand of God in the lives of men and nations through the Bible.
The student develops his reasoning ability, helping him to apply Biblical principles personally.
The curriculum helps you shift from rote learning to Biblical reasoning.
The student learns the relationship between the sovereignty of God and the personal responsibility of the individual.
The student learns the relationship between individual character and national liberty.

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The Judah Bible Curriculum is not a curriculum. It’s more of a guide to using the Principle Approach to study the Bible. There are no student lessons, etc. The purpose of the Judah Bible Curriculum is to help you teach your children how to study and research the Bible at a depth that will enable them to apply it to all of life as they grow up. The Judah Bible Curriculum is a Bible study method that your children will be able to use for the rest of their lives. You can, too!

There are weekly guide sheets that tell you the theme of the week, and what section of the Bible is being studied that week. The only student paper that is included in the curriculum is a Key Sheet. A Key Sheet is what is the student writes the key people, places, and lessons learned in each weeks study.

Our family Bible study normally includes us reading the Bible together, discussing what we have read, and answering any questions the kids have.

The Judah Bible Curriculum is a good fit for families who study the Bible together in this way. I think this curriculum is best used as a family. So if you looking for a Bible curriculum for the kids to use by themselves for homeschooling, this curriculum would not be a good fit for your family.

With the Judah Bible Curriculum, your family will study through the Bible each year. You will not be reading through the whole Bible but analyzing one key topic each week.

Here is what I have done and would recommend for using the Judah Bible Curriculum.

Read more about the Judah Bible Curriculum on their What is the Judah Bible Curriculum page.

Listen to the audio downloads. These are your teacher training in how to use the Judah Bible Curriculum and the Principle Approach to study the Bible. These lectures will give you an in-depth practical view of the Scriptures that you can then teach to your family in bite-sized pieces.

Start making your lesson plan using the Weekly Guide Sheets. The curriculum starts with Creation. You will also need to print out the Key sheets from the website. You will use one a week per student/adult. These will go in the notebooks I’ll tell you about in a minute. If you have younger students, K-3, you’ll also want to find printable coloring or activity sheets that go with your weekly theme for them to do. The Elementary Notebook Ideas booklet included with the curriculum has sample pages of what other students in this age group have done. So you can get ideas for what kind of activity sheets to find.

Start studying the Bible. Read the Bible selection for the day. Discuss it. Fill out the Key Sheet and/or activity sheets and place them in your notebooks. The Bible keys include individuals, events, institutions and documents

You will study one theme per week. There are enough themes to study for an entire school year. The Judah Bible Curriculum is not just a one year curriculum. Every year, you start over and build on what you studied last year. As the students (and adults!) grow and mature, they will be able to study the Bible more in-depth. You can view a Scope and Sequence on the website.

Now for the Bible Notebooks…Each of your children will create a “Bible Notebook” of their own work and study at his or her own level. You will be creating your own teacher’s Bible Notebook, too. The purpose of the notebook is not to fill it with busy work. This will be a 3 ring notebook filled with the students notes, key sheets and activity sheets. These will be the students best work, in their best handwriting. This will be a notebook that the student will be able to refer to for years to come. As the student advances, and does the study in subsequent years, more pages can be added. Maps, timelines, essays or other student writings, even notes from Bible commentaries.

You will be teaching the “big picture” of God’s kingdom and purposes in history through the Bible. You will teach your students how to analyze and categorize the details as they study the stories from the Bible in that context.

What is included in The Judah Bible Curriculum?

You get:
1) Judah Bible Curriculum K-12 Manual
2) Elementary Notebook Ideas booklet
3) Eight-lecture Teacher Training Seminar

The hard copy of the curriculum, book and audio cd, sells on the website for $69. You can also purchase the E-version of the curriculum. For $44. you get the Manual E-book. the elementary Notebook Ideas booklet and the Teacher Training Seminar can be viewed/listened to online or download. Whether you order the hard copy or have the curriculum delivered online, you get all the same curriculum materials.

I really like that The Judah Bible Curriculum is a family oriented Bible Study. However, if you have never used this approach to Bible study, it will take you awhile to get the hang of it. The audio lectures help, so make sure to listen to them before you start using the curriculum with your students. Since this curriculum can be used for all 12 grades, and into adulthood, this is a very cost effective curriculum for your homeschool. No need to buy new Bible curriculum each year for each student.

Instead of just including sample elementary pages, I think this curriculum would be much better if actual printable activity sheets were included. At the very least, links to websites that you can print from would be a great help.

The Judah Bible Curriculum is very labor intensive for the teacher. The rewards of studying the Bible for yourself, your students and your family will be great, though.

See what other The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew Members are saying about Amazing The Judah Bible Curriculum.

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9 Things Every Woman Needs in Their Purse

July 26, 2011 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

9 Things Every Woman Needs in Their Purse

1) TOOTHPICK – To remind you to pick out the good qualities in others. (Matthew 7:1)

2) RUBBER BAND – To remind you to be flexible. Things might not always go the way you want, but it will work out. (Romans 8:28)

3) BAND AID – To remind you to heal hurt feelings, yours or someone else’s. (Colossians 3:12-14)

4) PENCIL – To remind you to list your blessings everyday. (Ephesians 1:3)

5) ERASER – To remind you that everyone makes mistakes and it’s OKAY. (Genesis 50:15-21)

6) CHEWING GUM – To remind you to stick with it, and you canaccomplish anything. (Philippians 4:13)

7) MINT – To remind you that you are worth a mint. (John 3:16-17)

8) CANDY KISS – To remind you that everyone needs a kiss or a hug everyday. (John 4:7)

9) TEA BAG – To remind you to relax daily and go over your list of blessings. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

Shavuot

June 7, 2011 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

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Shavuot, The Feast of Weeks, is the day when the Jewish People received the Torah on Mt. Sinai. This year, Shavuot starts tonight, June 7th, at sundown and lasts until June 9th at sundown. The Torah, however, does not give us a set date for Shavuot. Instead, we are instructed to count 49 days from Passover, this is called The Counting of the Omer. On the 50th day, we celebrate Shavuot.

For Messianic Believers and Christians, Shavuot is also when God sent the Holy Spirit to dwell with us. You will most likely know it as Pentacost.

Here’s a video with an overview of Shavuot:

Larry Huch TV programs on Pentacost – You can watch online the 5 programs that aired on tv

There are no commandments in the Bible for how to celebrate Shavuot, but there are a few customs.

Eat dairy meals
Decorate the Synagogue with flowers and greenery
Stay up all night studying the Torah
Read the Book of Ruth

In our celebration of Shavuot, we will start with a dairy dinner at sundown tonight. I picked some of my families favorite foods to serve. We’re having macaroni & cheese, yellow squash casserole (made with Ranch Dressing & mozzarella cheese), and vanilla & chocolate pudding for dessert.

We will also be going over the 10 Commandments. We have memorized these as a family, but we will still review them, and say them aloud together from memory. We will also read aloud the Book of Ruth.

Today, I will also be reading aloud the Shavuot section from Jewish Holidays and Festivals, this is a great book that tells in simple language the stories, significance, practices, ceremonies and prayers of the Jewish Holidays. There are also questions at the end of every section. I love this book, it was the first book I purchased on the Jewish Holidays, and the first book I go to when preparing for each holiday.

Shavuot / Pentecost from Torah Class on Vimeo.

Here are some websites to help you learn more about Shavuot:

Shavuot Prep 101 Web Series
Shavuot The Feast of Weeks
Shavuot at Chabad.org
Shavuot Inspiration by Diane
Green Cheesecake at Midnight?
Shavuot on Jewish Virtual Library

Shavuot at Judaism 101

Shavuot 101 at My Jewish Learning

Video – The Giving of the Torah

Shavuot – Pentacost The Basics and Beyond
Shavuot at Light of Mashiach
Shavuot Placed In The Middle
Shavuot at United with Israel
Shavuot at Restoring the Way Ministries – Nice overview, includes Bible verses and a nice little study

Shavuot for Kids

Torah Tots Shavuot
Shavuot for Children
How to Make Shavuot Special for Children
Shavuot Crafts
Free Shavuos Lap-book & more!

Chag Sameach! Happy Holiday!

Passover

April 22, 2011 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

This is our second year celebrating Passover. This has been such a great addition to our families walk with God.

I wasn’t able to get too much done ahead of time due to not feeling well. So Monday morning I searched our cabinets and refrigerator for anything containing any kind of leaven. I did this while talking with the kids about what I was doing, and why. They helped me read the labels, too. I didn’t let them in the cabinets, though. They tried, but I couldn’t keep track of what I had gone through with them moving stuff around. This is what I found:

So the kids and I had an eclectic lunch. lol They made Resurrection Rolls with the 2 packages of Crescent Rolls. (And ate them all!) I had my gluten free pizza and gluten free pancakes that I had in the freezer. The kids ate all the crackers, too. We shared the gluten free chocolate cake that I had stored in the freezer. I was surprised to find a couple of vitamin samples had baking soda in them.

I put the loaf of Challah bread wrapped in foil in the freezer we have in our shed. We don’t feel that throwing away our food is being good stewards of what God has given us, so we box up the food with leaven, seal the box, and place it in our craft room. Our craft room is the least room in the house. Half the time, we keep the door locked. The kids know we’re not supposed to eat anything with leaven so we don’t have to worry about them sneaking anything out. Still, I sealed and labeled the box just to be sure no one got into it by mistake.

I forgot to take pictures of our Seder table the first night, so these pictures are from the second night.

Last year, I made Seder plates for everyone by gluing paper cupcake liners onto paper plates. The first night of Passover, we just used our diner plates. For this night, I took foam plates, labeled them, and placed on top of our dinner plates. The white bowls are water for washing our hands. I left the cloth napkins out of this picture, but we use those to dry our hands on.

We don’t own any wine glasses, but my husband found these little glass cups at a thrift store. They are embossed with grapevines & grapes. They work great for our grape juice. Since there was only the 6 of us for dinner, I used the other 6 cups for the salt water. Someday, I’ll have a nice glass pitcher for our grape juice, for now, I use that tall plastic one in the left of the picture. I have to refill it often, but it works.

Here’s a place setting, and you can see how I labeled the plate.

Our matzah bread cover.

A full Seder plate.

We have looked forward to celebrating Passover all year. It’s a special time to remember what God has done for His chosen people and us, Christians grafted in. We have special family time learning more about God’s Word, make donations to help others, and grow closer to God.

Here are some links:

Books that we use:

A Family Haggadah
A Christian Observance of Passover The Haggadah
The Messianic Passover Haggadah
Christ in the Passover – Why is This Night Different?
Seven Blessings of the Passover

Websites:

The Passover Problem Solved
Crash Course on Passover
The First Passover – with links for coloring sheets
Yahshua and The Passover Week – with links for coloring sheets

Recipes:

The Secret Trick to Boiling Gorgeous Eggs for an Excellent Seder Plate
Chocolate Covered Carmelized Matzoh Crunch
Chocolate and Coconut Dipped Matzah Desert

Blogging Through The Gospels

April 4, 2011 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

Blogging Through The Gospels over at Mom’s Toolbox starts today. Between today and July 10th, we will read the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.

I most likely won’t be blogging about every day’s reading, but you never know. lol

Today’s reading was Matthew Chapter 1, which contains the genealogy of Jesus, and His birth.

What really strikes me in this chapter, is how obedient Mary & Joseph were. No whining, complaining or questionings.

Just “Yes, God.”

I want to be like that! No whining, complaining or questioning.

Just “Yes, God!“

Even when it’s something that’s really hard for me to do.

Just “Yes, God!”

Purim

March 19, 2011 by Linda @ Linda's Lunacy

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This is our second year celebrating Purim. Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates God’s deliverance of the Jewish people as recorded in the Book of Esther.

Part of the celebration of Purim is dressing up in costumes. Here’s a picture of us last year.

We had The Queen of Hearts, King Xerxes, Haman, Queen Esther, a Rabbi, and I was the Queen’s Maid. I had two queens to serve! lol

I can’t say what we’re going to be this year. It’s going to be a surprise!

Here are the other things we do to celebrate purim:

We read the whole Book of Esther, during which the kids use noise makers every time they hear the name Haman. Yes, this gets pretty loud!

We walk to a couple of neighbors in our costumes, and deliver homemade food. Hamantaschen and something else. We haven’t decided what that something else will be this year, yet.

We do something to help the poor. Last year, we gave money to a food pantry. We haven’t decided what to do this year, yet. Most likely we will give to the food pantry again.

Celebrating Purim has been great for our family. It’s a great family fun day. We also remember how God protected and provided for His chosen people. Which in turn reminds us of all that God has done for us.

Here are some links for more information about Purim:

The Fast of Esther

The Four Mitzvot of Purim

Purim Crafts & Worksheets

HebCal Jewish Calendar

Purim Play to End All Purim Plays! by Kosher Joe