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WEEK 10: Homeschool Prayer Challenge | How to Handle Worry in Homeschooling
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Jun 19, 2024
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One of the first things I did when my husband and I made the decision to homeschool was worry
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I worried about socialization. Yep, I was one of those stereotypes. I worried about what I would teach them and what we would do all day
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And even once I settled on some curriculum, I worried if I was doing it right and if I was teaching them enough
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I can still very easily fall into the worry trap, even though I've got a few years of homeschooling under my belt
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As moms, I don't think that we will ever be completely immune to it, but thankfully I have
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learned a few things that help keep my worrying under control. My daughters have developed this strange fear of going up to the second story of our home by
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themselves. They are worried about something that they have imagined and are fearful of being
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alone. As their mom, I know, of course, that there's nothing on the second story of our home that
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they should be afraid of. I can see the big picture. I know without a doubt the ins and outs of our
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home the truth about what is real and imaginary and I try my hardest to reassure them that
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there's nothing to worry about. If they would just learn to release those worries and trust that
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I have their best interest at heart always, everything would be okay and they would be able to live
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in much more peace. I thought about this today as I contemplated worry. I don't want my kids to
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worry and I often try to ease their worries because I care about them. I also often see the big
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picture, like in my example about my girls not wanting to go upstairs, and I want my kids to come
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to me when they're worried so I can offer comfort, peace, and motherly wisdom. How much more so is this
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true for us and our worries? If we care so much about our own kids to want to take their burdens
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imagine how our Heavenly Father wants to do the same for us. Imagine how he must feel when we hold
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on to our worries and don't go to him for comfort and strength. Matthew 10, 29 through the
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31 says are not two sparrows sold for a penny yet not one of them will follow the ground outside your father care and even the very hairs of your head are all numbered So don be afraid You are worth more than many sparrows
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God cares about the details in our homeschool. The small and the big and everything we worry about
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We are worth so much to our loving father. How would truly believing this change our lives and our homeschooling
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First Peter 5.7 tells us to cast all of our anxiety upon him because he cares
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for us. To me, this is saying, go to him with all of our worries. Not just the big life-altering ones
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not just when we're finally at the end of our rope, but it's trusting God with each of our worries
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everything that we need or are anxious about. This includes day-to-day things, and it includes
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even something like worrying about how our kids are ever going to learn algebra. When we cast our
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anxieties upon him, we are acknowledging that he is God and we are not. We are showing our faith
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in the truth that he can handle our worries better than we can. Remember that just
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Just like we often see the big picture when our kids come to us with their worries, God sees even more and promises to work everything for our good
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Homestchooling is hard. I don't think anyone would disagree. Honestly, life in general is hard sometimes. And when things get hard, it's so easy to fall to the comfort of worrying
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But we all know that worry does nothing except trap us. God did not design us to live in a state of worry
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In fact, when we cast our cares upon him and learn to let go of our work, he can truly begin to work in our lives. Psalm 5522 says
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cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken
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He will sustain us. This means that when we go to him with our cares, he will bring us peace through the Holy Spirit, which strengthens us. No matter how big our worries are
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he promises to support us and not let us fall. When we cast our cares on the Lord
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that doesn't mean that we will worry less or never worry again or that we shouldn't be concerned
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about things, but it does mean that we don't have to sit with our worry and handle it
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all on our own and that we can actually have an action plan for when we are hit with anxiety and worry Here are three practical steps you can take to build the habit of casting your cares upon the Lord Step number one meditate on God word and hide it in your heart The first and most
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important step is to read and study God's word. God has given us all the tools we need to subdue our
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worrying and those tools are found within the pages of the Bible and in our personal relationship with
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our Heavenly Father. But we can't access those tools if we don't draw near to him daily. We need to
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know what his promises are and how they apply to us. Philippians elves
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4-8 tells us, finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is
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right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable. If anything is excellent or
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praiseworthy, think about such things. When we find promises and truths from the Bible that we can
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think upon when we have to worry, we have less room for the worry. Step two, release your worry
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meaning give it to God. When you recognize yourself caught in a trap of worry or anxiety
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pray about it. God wants us to come to him just as we would want our worry. children to come to us if they were worried about something. Philippians four six through seven tells
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us don't be anxious about anything but in every situation by prayer and petition with thanksgiving
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present your request to god and the peace of god which transcends all understanding will guard your
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hearts and your minds in christ jesus sometimes we feel like we are so alone in our worries
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and we truly forget that god is always with us and we can speak personally with him what a blessing that we so often take for
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This does not mean that everything will be perfect because you pray or that you will never worry again
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but prayer should be one of our first stages of attack. God already knows what we're going through
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He created us for that relationship with him and has promised to sustain us. So go to him in prayer and
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release those worries to him. Step three, trust that God is in control. Often we may be tempted to fall
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back into the habit of worry, even though we know that worrying does nothing. Once we've released
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those worries to God, we then have to trust that he has infinite wisdom and
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control over the situations in our lives, more so than we like to think we have
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When we don trust it like we saying that we know better than God but he can handle our worry He can handle everything we encounter in our lives Worry is about homeschooling about our kids home or whatever else
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We don't have to carry them. We will never be able to take care of our problems better than God can or without his help and loving care
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If we can learn to let go and allow him to help us, God promises to sustain us
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Our best homeschooling journey is not to be laden with worry and anxiety
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but in reliance on our sovereign, faithful father. to meet all of our needs. He sees the big picture and we can trust him with our worries today
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and always. Let me pray for us this week. Heavenly Father, nothing is too difficult for you. I come to
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humbly today knowing that you are faithful and the only true source of my peace. You see the big
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picture of my life and I confess that I easily forget this. I worry and try to take care of things
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on my own instead of resting in the promise that you are working everything for my good. For every situation
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I worry about though, you alone have all the wisdom and strength I need. I desire to take every thought
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captive and cast my cares upon you with confidence. Help me be willing to let things go and reveal to me the
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worries I'm failing to trust you with. Replace all of my worry with comfort and rest in your loving arms
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Give me a heart that trusts you fully, knowing you will meet every need I have. Thank you for caring for
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and sustaining me, my kids, and our homeschool. In Jesus name I pray, amen. Thank you
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so much for joining me this week. If you stumbled upon this video, it's actually part of my
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homeschool prayer challenge, which is a year of prayer and encouragement to help you keep God
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at the center of your homeschool by praying intentionally each week. If you have signed up
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for this free challenge, make sure to log in and download your printable prayer and Bible study
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sheets for this week. And if you're not signed up, you can jump in at any time. I'll leave
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the link for you in the description below. That's it for week 10. I will see you next week
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will be praying about how to stay joyful in our homeschooling. Bye friends
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