(I attended the Christian Heritage Home Educators of Washington conference this past weekend. It was a great time to recharge, refresh, and hear from wonderful speakers. I will be posting my notes from the keynote speaker and the workshops. Please note that these are my notes and not from a worksheet, and are the highlights of what I want to remember, and not necessarily exactly how the speaker shared. This is from Doug Phillips of Vision Forum.)
Communicate and record the noble, commonplace things.
Psalm 1:28
The 5 Dreams of the man who fears the Lord:
- Work well before the Lord, then reap the fruits
- Be fruitful physically and spiritually
- Make the home a revolving door where all are welcome
- Revive the doctrine of the family table
- Christian families can demonstrate discipline, law, and order
Decisions which will define the next 200 years of the life of your family:
- To achieve victory, first you must seek it
- Make wise choices to lay the foundation
- Pray over who your children will marry
- Sovereignty of Christ over your womb
- Strategic relationships you enter
- Seek wise and Godly friends in christ
- Approach to entrepreneurship, debt and inheritance
- View of theology, culture, ethics
7 Multi-generational visions:
- Parents driven by a holy PURPOSE. Christ honoring vision of victory. Set standards high before the Lord.
Isaiah 58:12, 1 Samuel 7:18-22
This is MY HOUSEHOLD- use our household, Lord, for great things.
1Chronicles 29:16-19- The Holy purpose of King David "May my son finish the work I started"
Set priorities in prayer. Pray daily.
Pray faithfully for your children and children yet to be born.
Pray your children marry wisely. Have your children pray for their future spouse.
Pray that the Lord saves the souls of all your children early in life and none are lost.
Pray that the kids are faithful convenat keeper with the God of their Fathers.
Pray that God sends blessed, well suited spouses and no divorce for the future generations in your family.
Pray that your children homeschool their children according to Hebraic model.
Pray that God blesses the wombs of the daughters and son’s wives
Pray that God makes fruitful the labors.
Pray the the children honor the parents and apply the vistion the fathers give to them.Give your children commissions, visions, and missions.
- You gotta love children!
3 John 1:4
Passion for your children any hobbies
My children are eternal beings
- Presuppose Biblical Patriarchy
Be a man and raise men to lead in vision
Look to the principles of God’s law to create economic and structural incentives - Holy preparation of the next generation
Structure lives to prepare sons to walk beside you.
Seek wise men to mentor your sons
Wise community - Consumes with holy principled action
Make wise choices with a clear conscience
You must be about something bigger than yourself
Dream big dreams for God
Be aware of what the battles of the day are1 Chronicles 28:9-18
(OK, so there are supposed to be 7, but somehow I missed the last two. Maybe someone else has them and will let me know?)
Thank you for posting this. Sounds like a wonderful conference. Can't wait to see more notes.
Corey