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WEEK 14 Homeschool Prayer Challenge | Discipline in Our Homeschools
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Jun 19, 2024
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What comes to mind when you think about discipline
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Do you have a specific strategy when it comes to disciplining your kids
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An overall desired outcome that you use to guide your actions in teaching and training
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As homes, we are going to be privy to many opportunities to discipline our kids
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We are often with our kids around the clock. We are going to see them mess up, make bad choices, show reluctance to do school work, fight
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with their siblings, and much more. While everyone has their own opinions and strategies for discipline, I wanted to share my thoughts and what I've learned over the few years that we've been homeschooling
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Maybe it will encourage you and even help you look forward to the opportunities we get to point our kids to Jesus
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Okay, so here's the first lesson I've learned over the years. Discipline is harder when you are stressed
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No kidding, right? I can't be the only one who has lost my temper with my kids out of anger simply because I'm feeling stressed and overwhelmed at the moment
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When this happens, it unfortunately does not accomplish the goals I have for disciplining my kids, which ultimately is to point them to Christ
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We want our kids to desire to obey God above all else, which in turn means that they will honor and obey us
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But how will they see Christ if we are constantly lashing out because of the lack of our own self-control
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I know it's easier said than done, but take time to evaluate what's really going on if you find
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yourself constantly stressed and overwhelmed. Pray for the fruit of the Holy Spirit in your life that
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you will show patience with your kids in these moments. Make time for rest, for studying and
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reading God's word. Try to set up systems in your home and your homeschool that will help everything
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to run smoothly. And overall, daily ground yourself in what is truly important to help you be less
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stressed and remember your goals in disciplining in the first place. Okay, lesson number two I've
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learned Discipline is a gift That sounds kind of strange right But you know what really changed my mindset about discipline When I realized that it an opportunity given to me by God and I started to see each opportunity as a gift
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What a merciful father we have that allows us to see our children's sin so that we have the chance to point them to him
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I would much rather help my kids learn from me than from the world. I would much rather than make a mistake in my home so I can correct them rather than have them fail
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miserably and not know where to turn when they're on their own someday. Whenever I start to get
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frustrated or feel discouraged because my child has sinned, which they are all going to do often
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I try to remember to praise God for revealing that sin to me, then ask him to help me make
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the most of this training opportunity. This can be such a transforming mindset shift to make and so
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helpful to keep in mind. Okay, lesson number three that I've learned. Discipline should be a heart
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fixer. For many, discipline often equates to punishment, but did you know that the word discipline
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actually comes from the Latin word disciplina, which means to teach, guide, and instruct? In Mark 7
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21 through 22, Jesus tells us, for it is from within, out of a person's heart that evil thoughts
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come, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly. And God's word also tells us that we are sinful
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birth. We clearly know that our kids are going to sin and we are told that those sinful
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actions reveal what's truly in their hearts. When an opportunity for discipline presents
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itself, we can teach, guide, and instruct our kids in ways that will get to the root of their
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heart issues. So how do we best fix these heart issues and point them to Christ in their
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disobedience? One of my absolute favorite resources for this type of training is the book
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I can't believe you just said that by Ginger Hubbard. If you haven't read it
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it, put it on your Amazon wish list today. I'm going to link to this book below. I'm
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serious You need to pick up this one It so good In this book Ginger encourages moms that we can fix heart issues by using God word And she outlines very specific issues and steps on how to do this
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with scripts. So she gives you the words to say, the tools to use. Whether your child's disobedience is
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homeschool related or character related, we can use God's word to steer them in the right direction
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and help them change their hearts. Okay, on to lesson four. Discipline is often in
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If you are anything like me, you feel that you are constantly busy. Because of this, taking
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the time to discipline our kids often feels very inconvenient for us if we want to do it properly
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It's one thing just to yell across the house for your kids to stop doing something that they shouldn't be doing
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It's a whole other process to actually take the time to go to them, calmly figure out what's behind the
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disobedience, and then reprove and train them. Don't be fooled friends. It can be very tempting to
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ignore small occurrences of disobedience because they are inconvenient. or because we think that it doesn't really matter. Don't give the enemy that foothold
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We need to be attentive and intentional in our parenting. Take a few extra minutes to work on those
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heart issues like I mentioned and pray that God will give you the strength and patience to not
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grow weary or exasperated. Finally, lesson five. Discipline is not about us, mamas. I don't know
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about you, but I can sometimes get caught up in the moment when my kids disobey. I might feel upset
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like how dare they treat me that way? And I feel like I need to be justified in making sure that
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they learn their lesson. We have to remember though that ultimately when our kids are sinning
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Yes, they are sinning against us, but also they're sinning against God. It's not just about us or how
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we have been wronged by our kids. When we think like that, we miss the big picture entirely
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Jesus died for your sins and he died for the sins of your children too. Our job as parents is to
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show them how those sins go against God's will and teach them how to repent and turn the
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other way Disciplines should never be done out of anger or spite It should be done in a way that we end up pointing our kids to Christ not to us or our desired outcome because we want our kids to learn to love and obey God not only when they are under our roof but when they are out on
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their own someday. Okay, I hope these lessons that I have learned and my reflections are helpful to
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you. They've been good things for me to learn over the years and also things that I do need to come
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back to time and time again because they're such good reminders. And that's why I wanted to focus
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on this topic this week in our homeschool prayer challenge. Discipline is a necessary part
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parenting. We won't always do a perfect job, but we do have a perfect God who is with us
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every step of the way. Let's pray this week for his guidance in disciplining our kids in our homeschool
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and study a bit about what the Bible has to say about discipline. Let me pray for us
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Heavenly Father, you are good, loving, and perfect. Thank you for my children and the privilege
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you've given me to teach, train, and guide them in their lives. Help me to teach them
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obedience and discernment in their actions. Give them hearts that have the desire to obey you above
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all else. And on days that I'm overwhelmed, help me parent patiently with grace and love, finding peace
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in knowing that you are ultimately in control. If there's any sin in my kids' lives that has gone
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unnoticed by me, please reveal it. Show me how to help them overcome and allow your Holy Spirit to work
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in their lives. I need your wisdom and guidance to handle disobedience at our homeschool. Thank you for
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every opportunity to point my kids to you in love, may I never take it for granted. In Jesus
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name I pray, amen. Okay, you guys, that wraps up week 14 of praying for our homeschools. Check out
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those links in the description below to grab your printable prayer, hang it up in your homeschool
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room this week so you can be praying continually and just being more intentional about discipline
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and discipling your kids. And don't forget to check out that book recommendation. I promise it will be
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worth it. Leave a comment below. sharing what resonated with you the most or how I can be praying for you this week. I will see you next time
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