Special Replay | Easter Traditions

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March 20, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Easter Traditions for your family Easter Traditions ~ Episode 464

What are those special Easter Traditions you share as a family? In this episode, with Felice Gerwitz and Crystal Niehoff, you will learn that many Christian families have a diversity of ideas on how to celebrate this holiest day of our Lord’s resurrection.

Welcome to Crystal Niehoff who along with her husband, Kevin, an Army Chaplain hosts the History For Christian Teens podcast on the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. Be sure to subscribe to their wonderful show for teens (and tweens can listen in as well!).

What makes Easter special? Remembering the time of the life, death, and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ! This is a day of celebration for many families and it is more than cute Easter bunnies and chocolate. What makes Easter special in your family? If you have not given it thought think about this, and brainstorm with your family.

  • Some Easter Traditions:
  • Lent (celebrated by Felice’s family 40 days before Easter).
  • Resurrection Eggs – Tokens with the remembrance of Easter for children. Plastic eggs contain a symbol the depiction of something that represents Easter with a guidebook.
  • Good Friday – suffering, and death of Christ.
    • Felice’s family fasts from all meat on Fridays leading up to Easter. We also attend church on Thursday and Friday before Easter.
  • Sunrise Service. Crystal’s family attends (her husband officiates)
  • Easter Vigil – Saturday evening before Easter. Evening service with Scripture readings from Genesis to the Resurrection.
  • The best Resource is the Bible
    • Four Gospels have a different perspective
    • Older teens can read the Gospels and compare the Bible account
  • Thankfulness is not just for Thanksgiving – Easter is a great time to be thankful.
  • Easter is the eternal lesson for celebrating the gifts of the sacrificial love of Christ.

Easter Traditions do not need to take much money (See Easter on the Cheap, last week’s Vintage Homeschool Moms episode). The most important thing to remember is the time we spend with our family can not be replaced.

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Resurrection-Powered Homeschooling

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April 4, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Finish Well Homeschool Podcast, Podcast #156, Resurrection-Powered Homeschooling , with Meredith Curtis on the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network

Resurrection-Powered Homeschooling

In “Resurrection-Powered Homeschooling,” Episode, #157, Meredith Curtis honestly shares how to face the everyday stress and struggle of homeschooling with Resurrection-Power available to every Christian. We know it’s ours, but how do we walk in it. Start today!

 

 

 

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Show Notes

Why we need power for homeschooling

Jesus’ Resurrection

Appearing to Thomas, Peter, Road to Emmaus

Paul wants to know the power of His Resurrection

“Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body” (Philippians 3:20-21)

It is a quest!

Paul says, “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death” (Philippians 3:10)

Wait. Why is Paul mentioning resurrection power and suffering in the same passage?

Wisdom to Know Him Better

Ephesians 1:17-23

God Raised Jesus from the Dead

We died with Christ and are raised with Him?

What does that look like?

Homeschooling Dead to Me; Alive to Christ

Ephesians 1:17-23

Surrender

Receiving

Practical Examples

Remember who you are in Christ!

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Resources

These resources help your teen grow in virtue and life skills/soft skills

Unlocking the Mystery of Homeschooling High School by Meredith Curtis and Laura Nolette Lovely to Behold Jesus Fill My Heart and Home by Meredith Curtis A Wise Woman Builds by Meredith Curtis

 

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The Cross Has the Final Word

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March 16, 2018 by 1 Comment

Finish Well Radio, Podcast #061, The Cross Has the Final WordIn “The Cross has the Final Word” Episode #061, Meredith Curtis gives a solution for guilt, shame, addiction, and self-loathing. She explains what happened on the cross that affects your life today. She also answers the question: “What on earth does it mean that I have been crucified with Christ and He lives in me and that the life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me”? This podcast will have you jumping for joy! And you will understand and enjoy Good Friday and Easter so much more!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Easter gift to you:

Celebrate Easter Devotions

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Show Notes:

Whether you are a teen or a parent or a homeschool grad, this show is for you!

Do you struggle with guilt and condemnation?

Do you compare yourself to others and feel like you don’t measure up?

Do you sing songs about Jesus, yet not feel any kind of emotion?

Do you think it’s hard to live the Christian life?

One of my new favorite songs is by Cody Carnes, who is married to Kari Jobe by the way.

The cross has the final word
The cross has the final word
Sorrow may come in the darkest night
But the cross has the final word

There’s nothing stronger, nothing higher
There’s nothing greater than the name of Jesus
All the honor, all the power
All the glory to the name of Jesus

The cross has the final word
The cross has the final word
Evil may put up its strongest fight
But the cross has the final word

There’s nothing stronger, nothing higher
Nothing greater than the name of Jesus
All the honor, all the power
All the glory to the name of Jesus

The cross has the final word
The cross has the final word
The Savior has come with the morning light
The cross has the final word

What is that final word?

Well, let’s talk about the cross and how it impacts your life today.

The Sin Problem

Holiness of God

Nature of God vs. Nature of Sin

Addiction to Sin

Consequences of Sin

The Soul that Sins will Die

The Heart of God

God’s Love & Compassion

Choosing to Satisfy His Own Wrath with His Own Son

Loving His Enemies

The Decision of Christ

Do the Will of the Father

Give Up His Life

Take On the Sins of the Whole World

Experience the Wrath of God.

“It is Finished”

The Triumph & Victory of Christ

Death Defeated

Wages of Sin Paid

Power of Sin Broken

Resurrection Power

The Power of the Cross

We died with Christ

Our sinful nature is dead!

It is against our nature to sin.

When we sin, we can confess our sin and receive forgiveness.

The Christian life is about surrender; not effort.

Grace saved us & Grace enables us to live for Him.

The Cross’s Final Word

You are Forgiven!

Your Debt is Paid!

You are Free from Sin!

You have an Advocate with the Father!

You are Lavished with Love!

No Greater Love than This that a Man would Lay Down His Life for His Friends!

“Just one more, Lord, please, just one more” Hacksaw Ridge.

He has begun a good work in you and will carry it on to completion

You have been entrusted with His glorious message!

Don’t forget your FREE Easter Devotions:

Celebrate Easter Devotions

http://www.joyfulandsuccessfulhomeschooling.com/books/free-e-book-gifts/

More Easter Podcasts:

Finish Well Radio, Podcast #031, Resurrection PowerFinish Well Radio, Podcast #032, Real or Not Real

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Easter Message: What Do You Deserve?

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April 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment

This Easter Sunday, KT and MB chat a bit about the philosophy of getting what you deserve.  The philosophy in our culture teaches us that the harder we work, the more we deserve. Whether it’s a daily latte, a luxury car, that big house on the hill, or the annual fancy vacation, we believe that we are deserving of these fine things.

But, God’s Kingdom is a topsy turvy world in that we all fall short. We are all sinners and yet, we are saved by grace. While our sins earn us separation from the Lord, our Father created a way for each of us to have eternal life. Through faith, we are saved. This is not what we deserve.

This reward system is a contradiction to the everyday American idea that you work hard so you can play hard. Our culture is built on the idea that if you work hard enough, you will be rewarded with the things you so deserve. God doesn’t teach this idea. As a matter of fact, God doesn’t issue a ticket to heaven based on your work ethic. Everlasting life in His kingdom is based on one simple action. Believe.

You can’t work your way into heaven. At the end of the day, the end of your life, God does not tally up the hours you toll. He doesn’t measure your worth by anything you do at all! Instead, he gives us the opportunity to have everlasting life by believing in Him. No work involved. No merit pay. No time card needed. Your eternal vacation has already been booked! God sent his only son to pay the debt. We earn it by a following this one single command. “For whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

In this special Easter message, Kimberly and Mary Beth encourage you to do these two things:

  • Practice grace daily
  • Show love one to one another

For this is how you will receive exactly what you do not deserve. Click play now for an inspiring Easter message from your Roadschool Moms.

Roadschool Moms is a live, one-hour weekly broadcast dedicated to the needs and challenges facing today’s roadschool moms. Kimberly Travaglino, co-founder of Fulltime Families, and Mary Beth Goff, the creator of Road Trip Teacher, team up every week to offer listeners a fresh take on homeschooling while traveling full time across America’s backyard. Scroll through the RSM library on iTunes to find more than 100 podcast replays that contain episodes for encouragement from wherever in the world they are.

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How and Why to Celebrate – MBFLP 166

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April 11, 2017 by Leave a Comment

How and Why to Celebrate

Although some Christians are suspicious of holidays and celebrations, there are many examples and principles in Scripture that throw some light on the question.  What makes a Biblical celebration unique? Should we feel guilty for going off our diet for the holidays? Why are there different “right answers” to some of these questions? Join us as we’re planning a wedding and looking forward to Easter, as we try to find Biblical principles to guide our celebrations!

How and why to celebrate

 

 

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FW Radio – Real or Not Real?

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April 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment

fw_032_realornotreal_smJesus rose from the dead almost 2,000 years ago! Real or not real? Jesus’ Resurrection Power can change your life today! Real or not real? Listen to Pastor Mike Curtis as he shares about the reality of Jesus’ life, death on the cross, and power to change your life today!

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FW Radio – Resurrection Power

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April 2, 2016 by Leave a Comment

fw_031_resurrectionpower_smJesus rose from the dead almost 2,000 years ago! What will this explosive power, the same power that raised Christ from the dead do for us after we die? And what about right now? Can Resurrection Power make a difference in your life today? Yes, it can! How does it work? Why is it dangerous? How can you tap into this power source?

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