I was arrested by a Scripture I read this morning in Isaiah 26:18 (NET): “We cannot produce deliverance on the earth, people to populate the earth are not born.” The NLT says: “We have not given salvation to the earth, nor brought life into the world.”Wow, these words are very powerful, and yet true. There are many hurting and broken people in this world and all around us. They need God’s salvation, deliverance, and healing. God is waiting to show them His salvation and deliver them from all their bondages. But how does it happen? God uses His people. We are His body on the earth, and He works through us.
The sad thing is that thousands of people are missing from the earth—men and women who God wanted on this earth. But they are not here because for so many years God’s people have thrown away His plan and decided they had a better plan.
Instead of receiving the children God planned from them, they limited their families to the average two-child family in the nation today. Millions are missing.
I pray for the eyes of God’s people to be opened to God’s ultimate plan. The more children God chooses for us to bring into this world, the more impact we have for the kingdom of God. God wants His salvation and glory to fill the earth. He wants His people to be “more and mightier” than the heathen (Exodus 1:7-12).
Psalm 105:24 tells us that God “increased his people greatly: and made them stronger than their enemies.” We become weaker when we diminish. We become stronger when we multiply. These are plain facts. Plus they are Bible language.
I love the quote from Frank Boreham: "We fancy that God can only manage His world by big battalions abroad, when all the while He is doing it by beautiful babies at home. When a wrong wants righting, or a truth wants preaching, or a continent wants opening, GOD SENDS A BABY INTO THE WORLD TO DO IT. That is why long, long ago, a Babe was born in Bethlehem."
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
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Are you satisfied with your life? In other words, are you content? We are always thinking of something we need, aren’t we? But do we really need it? We can’t afford it and so we go without, and we find we live life just fine without the thing we think we need! It’s amazing what we can live without.
How does your husband think of you? Sour like lemon juice? Or sweet like honey? What about your children?
Are you feeling worthless and unappreciated as you mother in your home. It is easy to get these negative feelings, isn’t it? I can remember often feeling like a failure. But God always has a word for us.
Chatting with a couple recently, the husband said to me, “I’m concerned about our teenage daughter. When she gets up in the morning, she is very uncommunicative and miserable. The wife spoke up on her behalf and said, “Oh I think she’s just tired.”
It seems that many mothers find cooking for their families a chore. “Oh no, not another meal to cook for this hungry family.” “Here I go again, day after day, day after day, with no let up!”
In my post yesterday I wrote the phrase, TOTALLY DESTROY THE CANAANITE CULTURE! Wow, that’s a rather strong statement, isn’t it? But that was the heading of Deuteronomy chapter 7 in my Bible. And yes, that is exactly what God told them to do. They were to totally destroy it.
I was amazed again this morning as I read Deuteronomy 7:6 where God describes who He intends His people to be—and this promise continues to His blood-bought people today: “For thou art an HOLY PEOPLE unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a SPECIAL PEOPLE unto himself, ABOVE ALL PEOPLE that are upon the face of the earth.”
(a tribute to mothers everywhere)
Don’t be deceived by pursuing a lesser career than the one God has given you—the mighty career of motherhood, nurturing, teaching, and preparing the next generation into their destiny to impact this world, and ultimately eternity.
Are you still as madly in love with your husband as when you were first married? Or more? If not, it’s time to get out of the rut and do some work on your marriage. Get back to your first love. Say the things and do the things you did in the beginning that sparked your love. Turn up the element. When you turn off an element it soon gets cold. You’ve got to keep the heat turned up day and night to keep your marriage hot. Don’t even leave it on medium. Turn it up to full heat.
Of course, your husband will lead the family on Bible reading and prayer, but we as mothers prepare the way. We make the time and place and gather the family together. I have always found that the best time for our family worship is at the end of meal because the family are already gathered together. There’s nothing like food to bring the family together. We feed the body but we never leave the table until we have also nourished the soul and spirit.
Live a life of blessing and it will boomerang back to bless you. Bless you husband with words of love and positivity. Bless your children with words of kindness and encouragement. Bless everyone you meet with uplifting words. As you bless others, you will be uplifted too!
MOTHER, as you begin this year, I want to remind you who you are:
Dear mother, are you feeling weary and fatigued? You are running out of energy. Jesus understands. Did you know that even as the Son of God on earth He had times of feeling weary too?