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How to Put God First in Your Homeschool

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A new year encourages us to evaluate our lives and all it’s components.  Homeschooling is one of those components.  When you spend such a large part of your life committed to something, you want to make sure you are doing it right.  The only way to ensure you are doing anything right is to lay it at God’s altar and submit to His will.  The same is true for your homeschool.  You can put God first in your homeschool.

January is the perfect time to pray and evaluate what you are doing in your homeschool. It’s a great time to switch things up if God nudges.  That can be especially hard for me as a former public school teacher.  In my training to be a teacher at a public college, God was never part of the education equation.  It would be normal to charge ahead with my educational plans, thinking about what the standards are, or what other kids are expected to learn at various ages.  The truth, however, is that God has a plan for my children.  It’s my job to educate my kids by equipping them for what God wants them to do with their lives.  I can still do the former, but I must not neglect the latter.  I must intentionally put God first in my homeschool. 

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A whole new world opened up to me when I began to homeschool. I didn’t begin homeschooling for religious reasons, but I quickly began to see just what a huge part of the equation God really was!  God was the author of history, the creator and designer of science.  He revealed His perfect order mathematically.  Great works of literature and art worshiped Him.  He is everywhere we look.  He is part of my homeschool.  It is my job to put Him first, even in our education.  

For the Lord gives wisdom;
    from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.” Proverbs 2:6 ESV

Today I was blessed with the opportunity to guest post at an amazing blog called Year Round Homeschooling.  They have a great series going on right now called Refresh Your Homeschool. I hope you will hop over there and check out my post, Putting God First in Your Homeschool, for specific ways that you can do just that.  God wants to lead you in every area of your life–including your homeschool.  

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A Printable for You

If one of the ways you feel God leading you is to promote health, you aren’t alone.  I have been feeling God nudging me to teach my children to care for their bodies as God’s little temples.  They must have energy and health to carry out God’s plans.  I created this printable out of obedience to God for our family.  If you feel like you are on a similar journey, I want to share it with you.  You can get it by subscribing below.

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This year, make it a commitment to put God first in your homeschool!

What do you do to keep God first in your homeschool or other academic endeavors?  

Filed Under: Curriculum, Family Life, Homeschool, Philosophies, Prayer, Printables Tagged With: Curriculum, Family, Homeschool, Prayer

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  1. Andrea says

    January 6, 2017 at 4:19 pm

    God’s got to be put FIRST in EVERYTHING – because otherwise none of it will even matter!
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  2. Terri says

    January 6, 2017 at 10:39 pm

    God has to be first in everything because he is inc ontrol of everything and if he is in control then it will all work out. Great post
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  3. Caroline says

    January 7, 2017 at 12:59 pm

    I love that you do this! The most important thing they need to be taught 🙂

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  4. Kristi says

    January 7, 2017 at 11:53 pm

    Yes, putting God first even in education, where we have been taught to put him aside, is so important! He created it all and will help us understand it all too! What a blessing your kids are receiving by you putting him first!
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  5. Lisa Rios says

    January 8, 2017 at 7:43 am

    I am very much with you on this as I always put God first on almost everything and anything in my life. It is so important to do the same with our kids as well and it is the best way to start a homeschooling process too to make sure our kids do have that faith in the Almighty!

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  6. Andrea says

    May 17, 2017 at 2:13 pm

    Not just in our homeschooling lives – God must be first in ALL of our lives!

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  7. Susan Evans says

    May 17, 2017 at 3:33 pm

    I always pray about what God wants me to do in my homeschool each year, and sometimes God surprises me in prayer by revealing changes in my schedule or showing me I need to spend more one-on-one time with a certain child. Every summer especially, before the next school year, I will set before the Lord the things I would like to teach and ask Him what He wants me to do.
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  8. Lo Tanner | lotanner.com says

    May 17, 2017 at 9:40 pm

    When I was homeschooled my mom created her own little devotional sheets for me to finish daily and we always started the day with prayer as a family (even the siblings who were in public school). I miss that.

    I’m excited to take over my kids schooling for the summer and maybe incorporate some of those things again.
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