{"id":22185,"date":"2014-10-09T00:20:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T04:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=22185"},"modified":"2014-10-08T23:27:41","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T03:27:41","slug":"learning-instruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/09\/learning-instruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning and Instruction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The instruction of the LORD is perfect, renewing one\u2019s life;
\nthe testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.
\nThe precepts of the LORD are right, making the heart glad;
\nthe command of the LORD is radiant, making the eyes light up.
\nThe fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever;
\nthe ordinances of the LORD are reliable and altogether righteous.
\nThey are more desirable than gold\u2014than an abundance of pure gold;
\nand sweeter than honey, which comes from the honeycomb.
\nPsalms 19:7-10 HCSB<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Learning<\/strong>: the activity or process of gaining knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught, or experiencing something;\u00a0the activity of someone who learns;\u00a0knowledge or skill gained from learning.<\/p>\n

Instruction<\/strong>: a statement that describes how to do something : an order or command : the action or process of teaching : the act of instructing someone.<\/p>\n

From the moment we are born we are learning<\/em>. We learn to breath, we learn how to tell others we are wet, we are hungry, we are lonely and that we are afraid. We learn to be selfish. We learn that crying brings someone to care for us. We learn that we can engage people by smiling and cooing. We learn we can ‘eat’\u00a0 our toes, our fingers, and we then we discover we can move by learning to crawl, and then walk.<\/p>\n

Then, while we are still learning, instruction<\/em> begins. We begin to observe how things are done, how things work. Things like putting a block into the correct shape. \u00a0We are instructed as to how to put on a shirt, a pair of pants, how to comb our hair, how to brush our teeth. Some\u00a0go to daycare or have playdates, and here we learn to play nice with others, not hit or bite. We learn to be kind and to have compassion. We have learned at this point whom we should fear; whether it is a little person or a grown-up, we learn who we should stay far away from.<\/p>\n

While in school we learn the ordinances (rules). We learn what we can do, what is acceptable behaviour and what is not. This is a precept.\u00a0We must become teachable and willing to learn.<\/p>\n

I obey Your precept<\/b>s and Your statutes, for all my ways are known to You.<\/em><\/div>\n
Psalm 119:168<\/div>\n

We may not learn about the Bible until later, or totally understand, but our heavenly Father gave us His precepts—His rules, His laws—on how we should live. It does not matter when we begin to learn these, as long as we begin practicing them. He wants us to enjoy the life He has planned for us. We just have to be willing to trust Him.<\/p>\n

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Father, thank You for loving us. I ask for my heart to become humble and teachable. I am not too old or too young to follow Your ways, to understand Your precepts. I want to have such a fire about me which will cause those around me to have a fire, a desire to know You. I want to learn. I want to be taught. I desire You, Father. Thank You for Your Word and for this ministry. Let us not grow weary in knowing You more intimately. In Jesus’ name I pray and ask these things, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The instruction of the LORD is perfect, renewing one\u2019s life; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise. The precepts of the LORD are right, making the heart glad; the command of the LORD is radiant, making the eyes light up. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[3367,1287,425,7506,7507,7497,3332,3327,3174,1071],"class_list":["post-22185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-daily-devotions-2","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-instruction","tag-learning","tag-precepts","tag-psalm-119168","tag-psalms-197-10","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-tina-marin","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-5LP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22185"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22210,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22185\/revisions\/22210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}