Malachi4:5,6 says that in the last days the hearts of the fathers will turn to the children and the children to the fathers. I always believed that was for families that needed some type of reconciliation. I never really thought that it might apply to me and my children. Our homeschool experience was difficult last year because of the addition of a new baby to our home. We were constantly battling to get work done and see to the needs of the home and take care of a tiny baby. A friend reminded me that the most important part of my day was getting my children into the presence of God. Our homeschool philosophy became exactly that, to make God the priority and let Him add everything else. That is when we began our D6 experience. Then this summer we took a 4 week driving vacation that took our D6 experience to a much deeper level. We were never out of each other's sight except during shower time. And as we traveled the children were really drawn into our prayers, Bible study, and spiritual conversations. And God did an amazing thing. I began to see great growth in my children's faith and a deeper commitment to sharing God's love with others. And when I got home I was awed and humbled by the fact that God had truly turned my heart back to my children when I didn't even realize I had focused it somewhere else. I'm deeply grateful to God for the great gift He offers us through D6. He has given me my children once again.

My name is Jeanna and I am the mama of 3 beautiful kids. Nick, 6, Anniston, 4, and Awilda, 1. My husband, Kent, and I try to teach our kids the stories in the Bible. It truly is amazing how much they do retain. One day as we were cleaning my son’s bedroom, I asked if they wanted to play a new game. They had to pick out an object in the room and think of a Bible story that had to do with that object. Some objects, like a fan, had some stretching to find a story, but they came up with one. The fan blows like wind and the wind was blowing when Jesus was on the boat and He told the winds and seas to obey. Then they would find money and tell about the money in the fish’s mouth. It was a great exercise in learning what they knew and I as well. Not only are they learning the stories in the Bible, but we are also attempting to teach them application as well. Kent does a great job at this. He often will make up a story about a proverb that teaches about how to live life. Our kids love it and they are learning how to live life the way God wants us to live. I love having them excited about learning what the Bible says.

BY GOD’S GRACE By: Charmé Fletcher My father died before I was born, and my mother died when I was seven. At this time, my paternal grandfather became my legal guardian, and he and my step-grandmother raised me. Many nights I cried myself to sleep, missing my mother’s loving arms, but God drew near to me, bringing comfort during those lonely bedtime hours. I sensed His Spirit saying to me “Don’t be afraid; I love you, and I will take care of you.” My grandparents regularly took me to church and taught me to pray at mealtimes and bedtime. One of my fondest memories is reciting the Lord’s Prayer every night as my grandparents tucked me into bed. I am thankful for the many seeds of faith planted in my early childhood. Sadly, however, I was not raised in a home where salvation through Christ was taught or where the Bible was read. Consequently, I chose to live outside of God’s will until my husband and I accepted Jesus in our early marriage. Having three young children at the time, we sensed God’s leading to raise our children in church. Not having the biblical foundation--and growing as young Christians ourselves, we often missed opportunities to nurture our children’s faith. Many years have passed and we are now the grandparents of two precious grandchildren. Realizing the significance of intentionally passing down our faith in Christ to our children, grandchildren, and future generations, I have responded to God’s call. God has given me many opportunities to teach our five-year-old granddaughter, Ella Grace, about God and His love. Early, I began whispering the Name of Jesus is her little ears, and we cherish our times together reading the Bible. A favorite time, is when we spot the sun’s reflections and we discuss how God may be speaking to us. But by far, my biggest blessing came, as I led my little granddaughter to the Lord. On January 30, 2008, during naptime, Ella asked me to read the children’s book, The Thief Who Was Sorry. While reading it, she asked me why one thief got to go to heaven with Jesus and why the other one didn’t. I was able to share the gift of salvation with her. Now up until this point, she always said that she had Jesus in her heart--but not this time! So, I asked her if she would like Jesus to forgive her of her sins and to invite Him into her heart. She said yes, and we prayed the most precious prayer together. I praise God for allowing me to lead my little granddaughter to Jesus. Becoming more intentional in passing down our faith, we began what we call our Family Legacy Day this past March. This day is set aside specifically for retelling the personal testimonies of God’s love and faithfulness in the lives of our family. Each family member has an opportunity to share their personal testimony, of how they came to know Jesus, and any other God-markers they have experienced throughout the year. It was such a blessing! Our granddaughter especially enjoyed hearing her grandfather’s testimony for the first time, of how he surrendered his whole life to Jesus and was instantaneously delivered from alcoholism. He is now a pastor and Ella says she want to preach just like Pappy when she grows up, and be a good golfer, too!

My daughter's father and I divorced before she was two years old. I was raised in the church - my ex husband was not - and as our daughter began to grow older, I realized that it was going to be my responsibility to teach my daughter the Christian principles that she would need to ever have a foundation of faith in her life. I had been out of church myself for nearly a decade and just as I started going back and getting my heart and life right with God, I was bombarded with a custody battle with my ex husband. The thought of praying for him was hard at first, but the more I tried to talk to my ex, the worse things seemed to get. One night, after another big arguement over the custody situation I just cried out to God and told Him that I didn't know what to do. I was led to 2 Chronicles 32:8 where it says, "With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles....." Every day after that, sometimes many times during the day, I would remind God that I was letting HIM fight this battle for me. I was leaving it in His hands. Months and months went by but slowly, it seemed as though we were finding a way to get along and make some plans for our daughter's future in a postive way for everyone involved. Then, out of nowhere this year, another crisis. My ex husband's new wife had filed for divorce and my heart was broken for the impact that this would have on our daughter and her dad. As he would occasionally share his heart with me, I began to use those as opportunities to minister to him about the things God had taught me since our divorce and now, he has returned to Christ. He has found a church and, as I type this, is taking our daughter to Vacation Bible School at that church and helping with a class! God has truly fought this battle for me, and brought about a victory more wonderful than I could have ever hoped for. My name is Allison and this is my D6 story.

our class just started on the 2nd issue of d6 & this magazine is absolutely awesome. it is easy to read & follow along every day of the week. I would recomend to anyone. I have learned & applied the studies in many different ways & will continue to share with others. God bless & keep up the great work. I am sure God is proud! Julie, VA

Dianna and I have 3 children, ages 7, 9, and 12 years old. We drive about 45 minutes to our Church and we use that time in the car to communicate Biblical truths to our children. We also have certain landmarks around town, that we use as "prayer points." There is one landmark on our way to Church, that we use as a reminder to pray for the service that we are about to attend. There is a graveyard just before we get to our Church, and my children know that when they can see the Crosses in the graveyard, that it is time to pray. It gives me great joy to hear my children exclaim "THERE IS THE GRAVEYARD DADDY, ITS TIME TO PRAY." They have become very competative about being the first one to be able to remind us to pray. And now they want to pray, just about any time that we see a cross, no matter where we are. Since the inception of our plan to pray, I do not remember passing the graveyard without saying a prayer for our Church. I want to make sure that my children know about the power and the importance of prayer.

Over Christmas my wife allowed me to open one of my presents early. She was really excited for me to open it. She handed me a small box to open. I sat on the end of our bed and pulled the light blue wrapping paper from the box. Inside the box was a home pregnancy stick reading positive. Sydnie and I have been married for two years and this will be our first child. We were going to keep it quiet until after our first doctor's appointment, but the week after Christmas our worship pastor asked what the best Christmas present we got was and I blurted out, "A baby!" My wife was at home with morning sickness that day so I, realizing my blunder, immediately swore the entire congregation to keep it a secret that I had told. Everyone had a big laugh and after the service I went home and told her what I had done. We had our first doctor's appointment this week and everything looks great. We are anticipating a new addition to the Davidson household on August 18th of 2009. I still do not think that the reality of a new baby has hit us. We are haggling over names, starting to collect maternity clothes, and designing the baby room. We want to be great parents and believe instilling our faith in God to our children will be one of our greatest gifts. We don't know what lies ahead of us, but we could use all of the prayer, support, training, and help we can get.

im a single parent,and in typical fashion we have been really scaping to make ends meet,one day i was chatting with my daughter and trying to encourage her about our situation and after i had said it all,all she said was "mom why do you worry cant you see God loves us,we dont have money we are being kicked out but,he seems to provide the essentials we need.Boy!!that hit me and i stopped worring and let God handle it.

I married my high school sweetheart and she always went to church with or without me. Three years later we had our first daughter they went to church together. I stayed home, two years later we were blessed with another daughter, guess what they went to church. Five years later I suffered an arotic aneurysm and should have died. I was told I would never walk again, but I did have faith in this God that I never knew would take care of me. I began to pray when I awoke from a 2 month long medically induced coma. I told God then that He let me live and now I would live for Him and be the husband to my wife , the daddy to my children and a testimony to His unmatched Grace. Almost 11 years later I have surrendered my whole life to Him and walking and teaching others especially my own daughters the importance of loving the Lord thy God with all my heart soul and might. There is alot of this story I have yet to share but that is the just of it in a nutshell.

While traveling along our roadways in America, there are numerous opportunities to share what God has done regarding Noah's flood. The "cut-aways" where road goes thru a hill or moutain, displays the stratification / layers left from the flood. Sometimes the layers are sloped, and this is where it really gets exciting. The Psalmist states (Psalms 104:8) that the moutains were pushed upward as the ocean basins were pushed deeper to contain the flood waters. So, right before our eyes, the slanted stratification / layers of sediment are no longer level as there were when they were laid down, but tilted to show us that God did exactly what he said. He pushed the ocean basins down, which resulted in mountains being pushed higher hence the angles of the layers. Takes just a few minutes to have a discovery moment about the Bible and it's acuracury. If we don't speak about God, the rocks will cry out, and they do, we just have to listen. Luke 19:40