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Matt
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03/22/2011 08:51 |
Thank you Tom. I need it today.
We already prayed together on the DAB podcast a few days ago for Paul, the teacher from Richmond, VA, who is suffering from chronic coughing, which is impacting his work and his finances. He's been on my heart and I thought we should come together again to lift him up.
Jesus, we give Paul up to you and ask that you would equip him to do your will, you would give him relief and trust in you and that you would provide for his needs.
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Tom B
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03/23/2011 06:06 |
Matt and Paul,
May God be with you on the front line of teaching young people today. Lord, bless our teachers.
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Jenna in Austin
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03/24/2011 21:43 |
Thank you so much, Tom, for your prayers. This time of year is usually tough. But for me the toughest thing right now is the instability in teaching (at least in my state). I was told a few days ago that I am probably going to be surplussed for the next school year, which means that I am no longer needed at the school where I have taught for the past 7 years. Praise God, I still have a contract for the next school year so technically they have to find a job for me somewhere. But I am brokenhearted to have to leave my school that I love. Probably the only thing keeping me in the positive is my faith in God and in knowing that He will put me where I am needed.
Prayers for all you fellow teachers out there!
Jenna
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Tom B
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03/25/2011 09:33 |
I wrote this poem when I was co-leading a youth missiontrip last summer. We usually think about Samuel when we read the stories about him, but I was thinking about Eli one morning, and being a father/encourager of youth:
As Eli, Restore Me, a Parent
These days in the Psalms,
Not just in funeral meditation, but
Comforted, Truly restored, Daily restored in the Psalms
Of our Lord,
I seize refreshment.
I yearn for restoration, joy and glowing in the Lord.
Possessing, seeing provision, peaceful,
Pardoned, always pardoned—so near to restoration—
And Partnered, Prepared, and praised by my Father,
Pardoned and prepared—for Paradise.
Am I here as Eli,
Surrounded by new and also known
Samuels and Sammies?
Have I come here as Eli—
More a priest, and now pulled back again
As a parent?!!
Am I now restored to Give my children
in service with a thankful heart?
These Samuels again are prophets so
Often---the fresh mouth-piece of our Lord.
Was I Eli so often?
Have I missed the focus with my kin,
In my daily work clans?
My expectation too modest?
My example—what is it I live?
Do I show it?
Do I walk the path with the visible gait
of going with God? Am I too tied
up in the trappings of career and rite?
Is my job today to listen to Sammy, to help
her practice, to obey?
To help him assume the position—to be quiet
and listen to our Lord?
To help them be proximate, embraced by God!
Lord, help me to see, to guide and coach the
Next Wave of Prophets.
Restore me Lord, a Father.
--Tom Bolton June 29, 2010
I hope it might encourage someone.
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Matt
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03/25/2011 09:40 |
Jenna, I ask God that he will bring you where he wants you to be and he would bless you and use you for his good. He's in charge.
Tom, thank you for sharing the awesome poem; it puts things in perspective.
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Tom B
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03/28/2011 06:47 |
I'm praying Monday BLESSINGS for all our teacher friends today. May God feel you with joy and hope.
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Tom B
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03/28/2011 10:15 |
fill.
I don't know how/why I did that!
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Kelly Christopherson
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03/28/2011 21:58 |
Good day everyone. I am a principal in Canada. I am currently working at two schools but we hope to be moving into one school very soon. God has blessed us with a new school with all types of great advantages but I am still dealing with parents who cannot see this. Instead they are upset because we have cancelled our trips for this year as we cannot financially afford to do the trips and purchase other things we need for the new school. Because we are in a smaller community, people are expecting that we will "do as we have always done." It has been a great struggle to continue to soldier on. I am also dealing with a number of staffing issues that are creating discord and unhappiness. It has been a struggle to try to make progress in a constant climate of negativity. Added to this is we have a number of student issues that are trying as we try to work with children and parents who are negative towards our staff and toward the school. I ask for your prayers for my staff, for the parents and students and for the admin team as we seek to "do what is best for students" and keep our attention on the light ahead despite all the darkness that surrounds us. Thank you DAB family.
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Matt
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03/29/2011 12:51 |
God, I ask that you would protect Kelly and her staff, that you would help them persevere and that your glory would shine through in a difficult situation. We ask that you would lead everyone in the community and make sure the students get what is best for them. Help us trust you. This is a really difficult time of the school year. Help us trust you with the big picture and help us hold on.
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Tom B
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04/02/2011 19:46 |
Weekend blessings for our teachers.
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