Comments on: Can You Afford A Christian School? http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/ Frugal, Simple, Debt-Free Living, and Generous Giving Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Craig http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-14606 Craig Mon, 09 May 2011 19:34:36 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-can-you-afford-private-school/#comment-14606 You're welcome. May God guide your decision. You’re welcome. May God guide your decision.

]]> By: Mark http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-14605 Mark Mon, 09 May 2011 14:05:58 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-can-you-afford-private-school/#comment-14605 Thank you Chris I don't know you, but you are my brother in Christ. I apreciate your words. You and I both agree that decision should not be made in haste. I feel that can cloud what the Holy Spirit is truely directing someone to do. I'm still waiting and praying. ther is still a few more days left if we want this smaller home, but if I don't feel His prompting, I'm not going to make a decision to move... God's ways can not be understood I know..just have to have faith. In Him -Mark Thank you Chris
I don’t know you, but you are my brother in Christ. I apreciate your words. You and I both agree that decision should not be made in haste. I feel that can cloud what the Holy Spirit is truely directing someone to do. I’m still waiting and praying. ther is still a few more days left if we want this smaller home, but if I don’t feel His prompting, I’m not going to make a decision to move… God’s ways can not be understood I know..just have to have faith.
In Him
-Mark

]]> By: Craig http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-14595 Craig Sat, 07 May 2011 05:30:37 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-can-you-afford-private-school/#comment-14595 Mark, It sounds like such a difficult decision. As an outside voice my only advice is to take your time. If there is any kind of deadline, let that pass as there will always be another opportunity. Huge life decisions should be made in thoughtful prayer and not in haste. I know this is easy to say and hard to do. I'll pray that God will give you the wisdom necessary. Mark,
It sounds like such a difficult decision. As an outside voice my only advice is to take your time. If there is any kind of deadline, let that pass as there will always be another opportunity.
Huge life decisions should be made in thoughtful prayer and not in haste.
I know this is easy to say and hard to do. I’ll pray that God will give you the wisdom necessary.

]]> By: Mark http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-14594 Mark Fri, 06 May 2011 19:47:51 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-can-you-afford-private-school/#comment-14594 I'm very emotionally driven and very stressed about this decision. My weakness is that I struggle with waiting on good and discerning what he is calling me to do. I'm worried that my fear of the possibility that my kids may go to a public school is not trusting God. Also, I fear that I'm not trusting got by dumping this house. I do not want to make an emotional decision when I don't know if it is the Holy Spirits leading. In fact, at the very moment I'm typing this, my wife has found a buyer for her grandparents double wide mobile home and all she has to do is call them tonight. Long story short, we manage this mobile home park. So, the home has been up for grabs and still is until 7pm tonght. NOw that is not much time to make a decision. I know you nor anyone else can answer this for me, but maybe it's that I'm looking for the silver lining within a discussion. That may be wrong of me I know. I’m very emotionally driven and very stressed about this decision. My weakness is that I struggle with waiting on good and discerning what he is calling me to do. I’m worried that my fear of the possibility that my kids may go to a public school is not trusting God. Also, I fear that I’m not trusting got by dumping this house. I do not want to make an emotional decision when I don’t know if it is the Holy Spirits leading. In fact, at the very moment I’m typing this, my wife has found a buyer for her grandparents double wide mobile home and all she has to do is call them tonight. Long story short, we manage this mobile home park. So, the home has been up for grabs and still is until 7pm tonght. NOw that is not much time to make a decision. I know you nor anyone else can answer this for me, but maybe it’s that I’m looking for the silver lining within a discussion. That may be wrong of me I know.

]]> By: Craig http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-14592 Craig Fri, 06 May 2011 19:39:56 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-can-you-afford-private-school/#comment-14592 Mark, Thanks for your comment. Financial management is always an issue of priority. How important is your house? How important is private school? How important is the debt free life? Personally I don't have a lot of attachment to stuff (like a house) so I'd probably lean in the direction of the schooling if if felt it was important (especially if I felt called). However, my wife would probably feel like the home was important. It's something we'd have a long talk about and lots of prayer regarding. I hope this helps. May God give you and your family wisdom at this time. Mark,
Thanks for your comment.
Financial management is always an issue of priority. How important is your house? How important is private school? How important is the debt free life?

Personally I don’t have a lot of attachment to stuff (like a house) so I’d probably lean in the direction of the schooling if if felt it was important (especially if I felt called). However, my wife would probably feel like the home was important. It’s something we’d have a long talk about and lots of prayer regarding.

I hope this helps.

May God give you and your family wisdom at this time.

]]> By: Mark http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-14591 Mark Fri, 06 May 2011 17:56:36 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-can-you-afford-private-school/#comment-14591 Craig, My wife and I are praying hard and having a difficult time discerning God’s direction whether to sell our house and moved our family of 5 back into a double wide mobile home in order to make Christian school possible. Not only would we not have a mortgage, we would be debt free with a couple years of moving in to one. We have a beautiful home but it’s tough because my wife and I both love our home, but we both could walk away from it if we felt His calling. I know you can’t answer my question for me by telling us what we should do. But, I guess I would like to know the “gut” feeling someone else such as yourself would have about selling their home, moving into a trailer in order to send their kids to a private Christian school? -Mark Craig,
My wife and I are praying hard and having a difficult time discerning God’s direction whether to sell our house and moved our family of 5 back into a double wide mobile home in order to make Christian school possible. Not only would we not have a mortgage, we would be debt free with a couple years of moving in to one. We have a beautiful home but it’s tough because my wife and I both love our home, but we both could walk away from it if we felt His calling. I know you can’t answer my question for me by telling us what we should do. But, I guess I would like to know the “gut” feeling someone else such as yourself would have about selling their home, moving into a trailer in order to send their kids to a private Christian school?
-Mark

]]> By: Renee http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-14133 Renee Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:20:56 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-can-you-afford-private-school/#comment-14133 Thanks for the response! I guess I'll keep praying! :) Thanks for the response! I guess I’ll keep praying! :)

]]> By: Craig http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-14121 Craig Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:10:58 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-can-you-afford-private-school/#comment-14121 Renee, I wish there was a simple answer here, but I don't think there is. Obviously, you will need to decide what is most important to your family. It doesn't look like you can do both (stay home and send them to private school). Pray for wisdom and then do what you think will be best for their development, spiritual life, and education. Sorry I couldn't offer a simple solution. Renee,
I wish there was a simple answer here, but I don’t think there is. Obviously, you will need to decide what is most important to your family. It doesn’t look like you can do both (stay home and send them to private school). Pray for wisdom and then do what you think will be best for their development, spiritual life, and education.
Sorry I couldn’t offer a simple solution.

]]> By: Renee http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-14116 Renee Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:42:33 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-can-you-afford-private-school/#comment-14116 Craig - my question is this... If I continue to work, we can keep our two daughters in our awesome Christian school. They are currently in 1st greade and pre-Kindergarten and they love it and are doing so well. Our public school is not the greatest. And I am sure I couldn't homeschool, nor do I have the desire. We also have a baby boy, 1 year old. I did work part-time, but my husband has been out of work for over a year so I am going back fulltime. My heart is at home, and I dread the day my husband goes back to work and we have to put my baby in daycare because my mom is getting too old to help with the kids. Then summer is coming, and I feel my kids will need me. I am really struggling with - do I keep working full time and keep them in the great school - or do I quit and send them to a not-so-great public school? Also - I am a new Christian, so I don't feel well-equipped to teach them the bible... my daughter knows how to pray better than I and is teaching me things! Praying is not helping me find an answer! Thanks for any comments! Craig – my question is this… If I continue to work, we can keep our two daughters in our awesome Christian school. They are currently in 1st greade and pre-Kindergarten and they love it and are doing so well. Our public school is not the greatest. And I am sure I couldn’t homeschool, nor do I have the desire.

We also have a baby boy, 1 year old.

I did work part-time, but my husband has been out of work for over a year so I am going back fulltime. My heart is at home, and I dread the day my husband goes back to work and we have to put my baby in daycare because my mom is getting too old to help with the kids. Then summer is coming, and I feel my kids will need me.

I am really struggling with – do I keep working full time and keep them in the great school – or do I quit and send them to a not-so-great public school?

Also – I am a new Christian, so I don’t feel well-equipped to teach them the bible… my daughter knows how to pray better than I and is teaching me things!

Praying is not helping me find an answer! Thanks for any comments!

]]> By: Christian Homeschool High School ED Anywhere http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-afford/comment-page-1/#comment-13798 Christian Homeschool High School ED Anywhere Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:06:43 +0000 http://www.moneyhelpforchristians.com/christian-private-school-can-you-afford-private-school/#comment-13798 What does God say about education? The most Biblical form of education is Homeschooling. God does not address government employees to be educators of our children. He clearly places this responsability on parents as the educators of their own children: "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up." - Deuteronomy 6:6-7 "All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children." - Isaiah 54:13 "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." - Proverbs 22:6 Jesus said: "Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher." - Luke 6:39, 40 "Learn not the way of the heathen." - Jeremiah 10:2 "He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm." - Proverbs 13:20 What does God say about education?
The most Biblical form of education is Homeschooling. God does not address government employees to be educators of our children. He clearly places this responsability on parents as the educators of their own children:

“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.”
- Deuteronomy 6:6-7

“All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.”
- Isaiah 54:13

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
- Proverbs 22:6

Jesus said: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.”
- Luke 6:39, 40

“Learn not the way of the heathen.”
- Jeremiah 10:2

“He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.”
- Proverbs 13:20

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