Posted on Friday 11 September 2009 by banquet
Sinai Covenant and Marriage Covenant
It is an enlightening exercise to compare the Sinai covenant with the marriage covenant by interpreting the Ten Commandments as ten principles of conduct for married people.
Paul Stevens has produced a most perceptive comparison between the two covenants by means of the following table:
Covenant Between Covenant Between
Israel and Yahweh Wife and [...]
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Posted on Tuesday 1 September 2009 by banquet
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Homeschooling
- also check out www.nzhomeed.wordpress.com for New Zealand homeschooling information and helps
Recipes
Lapbooking
Mum-e-Mail
includes parenting
My family’s web presence:
The Counsellor
Kiwikids
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Posted on Friday 17 April 2009 by banquet
For MUMSense Magazine, NZ, (c) April 2009
Living Each Day of Your Life
“What a wonderful world!”
“Life is for living.”
It’s a great day, a beautiful day;
The kind of day that makes you want to say
“I’m glad that I’m alive”,
I’m happy to be me,
and that’s the way to be … (thanks, Barney).
As much as I liked my children [...]
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Posted on Saturday 28 March 2009 by banquet
My 9yo boy gets distracted doing workbooks, cleaning his room, doing all sorts of chores and tasks around home, but sit him in the middle of his lego or brainbox circuitry and he’s focussed for ages! So, I know he can focus in. (He’s a dreamer. I love him dearly.)
I set the stove timer beeper [...]
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Posted on Saturday 21 February 2009 by banquet
Be like Women of the Bible
Like Deborah, I will serve the Lord in power and speak His word without fear.
Like Esther, I will intercede for God’s people before the throne.
Like Abigail, I will humble myself to wash the feet of the servants of the Lord.
Like Sarah, I will respect my spouse and his ministry to [...]
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Posted on Thursday 23 October 2008 by banquet
http://aholyexperience.com/2008/10/draw-god.html
Imitate the imitator – read in Ann’s blog of the boy copying the artist with the easel set up in front of a famous painting in a museum.
… “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ” (Paul in 1 Cor. 11:1). …
Our children imitate those they spend time with, are attached to, [...]
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Posted on Monday 20 October 2008 by banquet
Suggestions for new parents
After Baby is Born
1. After 4-6 weeks the answerphone message went: “Thank you for calling Mark and Johanna. We’re probably attending to G… right now. Please ring back in 10 minutes or leave a message after the beep.”
2. Keep all ‘proof of purchase’ barcodes. You never know when a free or cheap ‘something’ might [...]
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Posted on Tuesday 14 October 2008 by banquet
Chocolate Mug Cake
- submitted by Michelle, MOPS graduate (MPL)
1 Coffee Mug (or 1 cup pyrex jug)
4 tablespoons flour (that’s plain flour, not self-rising)
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
Nuts (optional)
Small splash of vanilla
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.
Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in [...]
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Posted on Monday 13 October 2008 by banquet
Suggestions for new parents
When Baby is Born – first four weeks
1. Have a soft cloth beanie for straight after delivery.
2. Don’t push your darling little bundle of delight on to anyone else. Grandmas seem to be the exception, but older men and singles especially – ask first and invite them if they’d like to hold your [...]
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Posted on Monday 6 October 2008 by banquet
Suggestions for new parents
Before Baby is Born
1. Don’t rush out and buy baby clothes or equipment before baby is born, especially if it’s your first child.
2. Essential baby clothing items are envelope necked singlets [un/-domed, long- / short-sleeved], disposable nappies [even if using cloth nappies], soft wash cloths, and 2-3 [brushed] cotton wraps.
3. Have [...]
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Posted on Monday 6 October 2008 by banquet
Suggestions from new parents
Clothes
1. The best type of booties are woollen, square-topped ones with a good length up the leg.
Comments
2. Our baby is an unique individual with her own emerging personality – please don’t tell the parents who the baby looks like.
3. Consider how the mother feels when she hears “Oh, baby’s like her [...]
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