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WEEK 7: Homeschool Prayer Challenge | Praying for Our Friendships
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Jun 19, 2024
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What's the number one question you were asked when someone finds out you homeschool your kids
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Let me take a guess. What about socialization? If it's not at the top, I'm guessing it's not far away
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So many people are amazed how homeschool kids get by without sitting in a room with 20 to 30 peers each day
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and how in the world they ever make any friends. If you have homeschooled for any length of time
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you might laugh these questions away. Let's be honest, it's hard to understand from the outside looking in
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I was once there myself before we became a homeschooling family. For many of us, it's not necessarily difficult to find activities to participate in or other
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homeschooling families to connect with. How often, though, do you ask the Lord to lead and guide you in your decisions involving
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those friendships? I'm so glad you are here joining me for week seven of the homeschool prayer challenge so we
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can dig into this topic this week. last week i talked about companionship in our marriage and the importance of praying for and with
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our husbands during our homeschool journey companionship in the form of friendships is also important
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both for our kids and for us homeschool moms friendship is such a blessing and we should be praying
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for our current and possible future friendships this week i want to help us focus our hearts on
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praying for discernment in our family's friendships and learn what those friendships should look like
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when we turn our eyes upon Jesus, our closest friend. Friendships have more of an impact on us
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than we might give credit to Who we spend our time with what we saturate our hearts with that affects us and begins to reflect in our thoughts and actions Whenever I wake up and spend time with the Lord in prayer and reading his word I have the tools to better respond to situations that arise throughout the day
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Similarly, when I have praise music on the radio, sermons or Christian speakers on my podcast app, or spend time with other believers, it changes my attitude about how I live
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On the other hand, if I'm around people with constant negative attitudes, I tend to complain more
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friends that love to gossip it can be hard to resist joining in on those conversations that friend who continually
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disrespects her husband we have to guard our hearts first Corinthians 1533 says do not be misled
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bad company corrupts good character and we would be wise to consider this verse for both ourselves
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and our kids i don't think that means in all cases we just cut certain people out of our lives
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but we need to be good examples for our kids about what setting healthy boundaries looks like
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and make sure that we evaluate friendships that may be leading us astray from how god wants us to live the
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friends that lift you up in prayer and will hold you accountable when you slip into sin that will point you to the Bible when you call them for advice, those are the kind of friends we
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want to keep extra close. The same goes for our kids. Since we homeschool, I have the blessing of
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being around my kids a lot, which gives us multiple opportunities for character training and
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discussing relationships. We can teach our kids that they have a choice in which friendships they
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want to invest effort in and pray that they will choose friends that influence them for good
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This week, commit to praying for the friendships in your life and your kids' friendships
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Have you made a point to do this before Not just praying for more friends or for your kids to become socialized but for God to place the exact right friendships in your life that he wants your family to have Is there a certain area of your
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homeschool in which you need more support? Pray for a friend that can show you the way and keep you
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accountable. Are any of your kids struggling against the influences of the world? Pray that their
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friends help them to stand firm in their faith and that they have a support system that will not let
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them be let astray. Pray for your community to support one another and encourage each other to live
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in truth and light. Your Heavenly Father loves you and your kids and cares about your friendships
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Ask him for your will to align with his for all of the friendships in your life. Do you remember
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that song? What a friend we have in Jesus. What a beautiful thought that Jesus considers us
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his friends. John 15, 13 through 15 says, greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life
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for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants because
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servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I've called you friends for everything that I
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learned from my father I have made known to you. Jesus left the comfort of heaven to come to earth
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to lay down his life for his friends. The greatest sacrifice bearing all of God's wrath so that we may
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be free from the burden of sin when we trust in him as our savior. If we take note of Jesus's
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actions, we can plainly see that sacrificial love and humble service is a big part of friendship
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in our relationships. In praying for our friendships this week, let's pray that our families have
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relationships that are shaped by this kind of love. When we love one another as Jesus loved us
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we can bring glory to God and show Christ through our friendships with others Let me pray for us Heavenly Father you are all knowing and care for me in so many ways I praise you for the gift of friendship Thank you for the friends you have brought into my life to teach me and encourage me daily
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May I be discerning in my friendships. Make clear to me who my family should be spending time with
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I pray for my kids that they keep godly friends who encourage them to do as you command
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Help us to evaluate the friendships we need space from because they are drawing us away from you
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Show us those who need extra love and let our family be faithful friends and a blessing to others
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Thank you even more so for Jesus, our greatest friend who laid down his life for mine
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Give me the desire to love with this kind of sacrificial love that was displayed on the cross
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In Jesus' precious name, I pray. Amen. One of the great things about social media these days is the opportunity to form friendships with so many different people
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and I'm so thankful to have you here praying for your homeschool this year with me. I'd love to get to know you more, so please feel free to leave a comment below to say hi
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and share something about your homeschool with me. I would also love to hear how you will be praying for friendships in your homeschool this week so I can pray along with you
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And don't forget to check out the links in the description below to log into the challenge dashboard and download your prayer and printables for the week
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If you aren't officially signed up to get those for free, there is a link for you to do that as well
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I hope you're enjoying these printables each week. I hope you have been able to put the prayer in a place where you'll see it each day and be reminded to pray and keep God at the center of your homeschool
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All right, friends, that's it for week seven. I will see you next week
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