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In this episode, Ann Dunagan introduces the first, but lesser-known godly woman referred to in Proverbs 31: it's the MOTHER, who is giving strong council to her son, as he prepares to become a king.
As we begin this new 6-week series on Proverbs 31, we discuss the importance of teaching biblical and personal convictions to our children and teenagers and having a high standard of love and example as Mission-Minded Families.
As we study Proverbs 31:1-5, we consider the strong testimony of Missionary Hero and Olympic Gold Medalist, Eric Liddell (and his personal conviction about not running on Sunday), along with a personal conviction regarding drinking alcohol - including five good reasons for Mission-Minded Families to abstain.
Question from a mom in Oregon:
"A big question for me is, how do you have a focus on missions when you are in the trenches with a lot of littles?"
Ann Dunagan answers this question by encouraging moms in the value of their role, and how they can be a part of the big-epic mission, even with little ones.
How can we pray more effectively as busy moms? Ann Dunagan looks at strategic keys for busy moms from the Lord's PRAYER -- from Matthew 6:9-13. How did Jesus teach us to pray? How can we pray more effectively? How can we be more honest before God in prayer? Join Ann for this week's episode of Mission-Minded Families.
Note: Bible memory pictures (teaching pages and flash cards) are available for these verses of The Lord's Prayer -- at http://daringdaughters.org/bible-pictures and also on iTunes.
Our focus for this new year is the word, "EPIC."
In this quick Q & A, Ann Dunagan shares what this #oneword is all about for Mission-Minded Families, including an acronym for "E.P.I.C."
Here's our New Year's Life-Planning Guide <<<
One-year Bible Reading Chart <<<
How would you like your everyday life to be a part of God's EPIC and eternal story?
Come join us at Mission-Minded Families as we're getting ready for an "EPIC" new year --
Empowered everyday by God's Holy Spirit,
Preparing for God's Purposes,
Impacting others, all over the world, for the Glory of God, and
Connecting with those CRAZY God-dreams He's hidden in your heart (and connecting with a Christian community -- to help see your dreams coming true!)
Find us online at Mission-Minded Families -- http://missionmindedfamilies.org
Request to join our Private Facebook Group for Mission-Minded Women -- at http://missionmindedwomen.org
Join our New Year series -- with Life-Planning Guide and more... http://missionmindedfamilies.org/2021
Today's lesson continues our series about how to have an "EPIC" New Year. "E" stands for being EMPOWERED everyday by God's Holy Spirit, and that begins by totally surrendering our lives to Jesus Christ.
Much of today's lesson comes from one of our ROCK SOLID Discipleship Course lessons, all about "How do I LIVE for God? And how do I share my faith?" We're talking about the importance of living with total SURRENDER to Jesus, making Him the LORD of every area, and the importance of our personal testimony.
As you're planning for a new year, here are a few reflection and projection questions . . . for looking back and looking forward.
Here's our 2021 New Year's Life-Planning Guide <<<
One-year Bible Reading Chart <<<
This episode focuses on seeking God for His GOALS and PLANS for the new year, from a mission-minded perspective.
Are you ready for a New Year? Come join Ann Dunagan for a Life-Planning series for 2021 -- with videos, worksheets, assessments, and a community of Mission-Minded Women to encourage you. You can download the 20-page guide, to help you step-by-step -- and the online training is FREE!!!
Focus your life for God's Purposes!
At Mission-Minded Families, we want to help you to live everyday, 24/7, for eternity and God’s glory. This Prayer Guide will help you to review this past year as you look forward to the next year, prayerfully considering your personal, family, ministry and mission priorities.
In this final chapter of The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny, author Ann Dunagan shares practical encouragement and ideas for traveling and going overseas for missions and ministry. Included are Questions and Answers, Practical travel tips for families with children, stories and testimonies, plus ideas for both short-term and long-term missionary service for families.
Chapter 9: You Can Go.
75 minutes.
Listen as author Ann Dunagan reads from her book, The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny.
Chapter 8 - Mission-Minded Ministry Ideas
In this chapter, you'll be inspired with many different ministry ideas that you and your children can do together, from puppet skits, drama, object lessons, testimonies, and using your skills and interests.
48 minutes
Listen as author Ann Dunagan reads from her book, The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny.
Chapter 7 -- Missions and Family Finances
In this chapter, you'll learn more about how missionaries trust God and raise support for the work of the ministry they're called to do, and also how every family can step out in faith to give to the Lord's work.
34 minutes
Listen as author Ann Dunagan reads from her book, The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny.
Chapter 5 - Becoming Prayer Champions
This chapter focused on intercessory prayer as a mission-minded family: how to pray effectively for others and how to train your children in a powerful life of prayer.
50 minutes.
Listen as author, Ann Dunagan, reads through her book, The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny.
In this chapter, many international holidays are introduced, month by month, as helpful learning ideas for your family to pray for relevant global mission needs all throughout the year.
34 minutes.
Listen as author Ann Dunagan reads from her book The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny.
This extensive chapter focuses on an overview of famous Missionary Heroes, with specific focus on how these global-impacting ministers cared for their own families, including both positive and negative examples. What can we learn from the various ways these missionary heroes handled the difficult missions-family balance? Included are "Family Friendly Resources" to share these heroes with your own kids, along with excerpts, quotes, "Mission-Minded Monologue Skits" and vital personal lessons to apply to our parenting today.
75 minutes.
Listen as author Ann Dunagan reads from her book, The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny.
Chapter 3 - Divine Tension for Our Family Bow
19.5 minutes
Listen as author Ann Dunagan reads through her book, The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny
Chapter 2: 3 Powerful Dynamics of a Mission-Minded Family:
- Dynamic #1 - A Mission-Minded Family is Focused on Eternity
- Dynamic #2 - A Mission-Minded Family Lives in SUB-mission
- Dynamic #3 - A Mission-Minded Family is Strategically Aimed
37 minutes
Listen as author Ann Dunagan reads from her book, The Mission-Minded Family:
Chapter 1 - Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny
10 minutes
Listen, as author Ann Dunagan reads from her book, The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny:
Introduction: What is a Mission-Minded Family?
15.16 minutes
Listen to author Ann Dunagan as she reads from her book, The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny.
Preliminary material: Back cover, Forward, and How to Use this book
7.5 minutes
Listen to a sample of The Mission-Minded Family: Releasing Your Family to God's Destiny, by Author, Ann Dunagan.
4.41 minutes.
This week, our Quick Question focus is introducing your family to some simple Gospel-sharing tools (along with some wonderful global-impacting ministries). Today, our focus is introducing you to Operation Christmas Child, with Samaritan's Purse. You and our kids can fill up a shoe-box and help share the Gospel with children in another country across the globe.
Question from a mom in South Carolina:
"How can I come against feelings of failure as a mom?
Ann Dunagan responds to this question by sharing about the difference between conviction from the Lord and condemnation of the enemy, with encouragement to come against guilt with assurance in God's grace.
Note: In preparation for an upcoming women's book club and Bible study in my home, I recorded my own personal favorite quotes and selections from the first half of OWN YOUR LIFE, a Christian book by Sally Clarkson, which I highly recommend.
This audio recording was created for my own personal book study (in preparation for teaching a group of women who are going through this book). I decided to upload this recording to help other leaders to also prepare themselves to lead a study through this book. The audio is almost completely (perhaps 98%) exact word-for-word quotes, all in order, read from the first half of the book (from the INTRO through the end of CHAPTER 6) with an exception of a couple brief moments where I summarized a theme of a particular chapter to help understand a given selection.
These selections are simply quotes, highlighted sections and Bible verses, all from OWN YOUR LIFE, that personally stood out to me. (by Ann Dunagan).
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible. The chapter is divided into 22 sections, one for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, with 8 verses in each section, and every verse is about God's Word. This is a wonderful section of the Bible to listen to. Each section is less than one minute and the whole chapter takes 19 minutes. (Bible verses are from the NKJV, read by Ann Dunagan).
In today's episode, we're looking at the celebration and holiday of Easter, or Resurrection Sunday. Is it okay to decorate Easter Eggs or to take kids to an Easter Egg hunt? How can we teach our children about the true meaning of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ? And at this time of the year, how can we redeem culture to share the Gospel with people who need God's salvation? What are fun ideas to impact your community for Jesus during this Easter season.
Follow our Good Friday / Easter Series: http://harvestministry.org/tag/good-friday
Recommended movie about the Ressurection: Risen