Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs

Through the weekly and daily devotionals you can be constantly encouraged in your great role of parenting, the highest career in the nation. You can also stay updated on what's happening with the Above Rubies ministry.

Strengthening Families Across the World through the encouragement of women in their high calling from God as wives, mothers and homemakers.

ARE YOU DEFENDING YOUR NATION?

DefendNationHorace Greeley said these words, “It is impossible to mentally or socially enslave a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.” It is hard to believe that in this great land, “the land of the free,” that our freedoms are slowly eroding. Is it because we are no longer a people of the Book?

As I talk with Christian young people I find they are more familiar with the names of movies, actors, and singing stars than they are with God’s Word. In fact, many are not very familiar with God’s Word at all. Many don’t even know whether a certain Scripture comes from the Old Testament or the New!

Dear mother, we are accountable before God to fill our children with God’s Word. We must not only get it into their hearts, but into their mouths (Isaiah 59:21). How can God’s Word be their guiding light if they don’t know it? How can it become their world view if they don’t know it? How can it affect their lives to change them into the image of Christ if they don’t know it?

It won’t just happen. As mother we have the responsibility to make it happen (Proverbs 6:20-24).

John Quincy Adams (6th President of the United States) said, “So great is my veneration of the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society.”

As you impart the principles of God’s Word deep into the hearts of your children, you become a nation-impacting mother, defending the freedoms of your nation.

God bless you today,

Nancy Campbell

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THERE’S A BIG DIFFERENCE!

BigDifferenceAll mothers love their children, but not all mothers love motherhood!

This above statement is the secret for liberating us into the fulfillment of motherhood. It is only when we receive the revelation that God created us for this task and that this is our highest destiny that we experience the power and anointing of motherhood. It is only when we embrace motherhood with all our hearts that we truly enjoy it. Even though we devotedly love our children, if we do not wholeheartedly accept the role of mothering, we will never understand the true glory of motherhood.

This is why many mothers are frustrated with their mothering role. They spend years training for careers and find motherhood a threat to their career. Of course they love their children, but the actual function of motherhood is a hindrance to their plans. This causes vexation and frustration. God wants us to not only love our children, but to totally love and embrace the high calling of motherhood which He has given to us as a divine charge.

Blessings to you today from NANCY CAMPBELL

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THE LEAST WE CAN DO!

LeastCanDoDavid confessed in Psalm 26:3: “Thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes.” David did not forget God’s love to him. He continually meditated on it and acknowledged it.

May God save us from forgetting all His goodness to us. We only have to look out the window to see God’s wonderful creation. But, more than that, how can we forget His great salvation?

Oh, the love that drew salvation's plan!
Oh, the grace that brought it down to man!
Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span at Calvary!

How can we go for one day without thanking and praising Him for His sacrifice upon the cross for our sins and for the eternal redemption we have received? I think this is one reason why it is so important to have Family Devotions morning and evening with our families. At least two times in the day we can remember His lovingkindness to us and His great salvation. And isn’t this the least we can do?

David made sure that he declared out loud the lovingkindness of the Lord every morning and every evening. Psalm 92:1-2: “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: to show forth (declare, tell, proclaim) thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.”

Did you notice this is a good thing? Better than a lot of other things that compete for our time.

Be blessed today,

Nancy Campbell

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HAVE YOU GIVEN BIRTH TO A BABY RECENTLY?

GivenBirthHow wonderful to know that you have recently been blessed with a precious gift from God. There’s no greater gift you could receive. This precious gift will last forever--for eternity! How amazing. You have embarked on an eternal mission!

What a mighty task. What a mighty privilege. You are nurturing an eternal soul. You will be training and preparing a life to be used by God to accomplish His mighty tasks and who will be a threat to the enemy. No wonder Satan blinds the eyes of God’s people towards having children. He gets scared of the godly seed coming into the earth to fulfill God’s plans!

You are doing the greatest and most powerful thing you could ever do. Be encouraged today.

Love from Nancy Campbell

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IT’S A LIFESTYLE

ALifestyleDo you have a busy day planned? Of course you do. Every moment is filled when we have precious children to care for isn’t it?

How about fitting in some prayer? Romans 12:12 tells us to be “instant in prayer.” Many other Scriptures exhort us to “continue in prayer.”

“Help,” you cry out! “My whole day is filled with cooking, caring for my baby, teaching my children, cleaning the house, and a thousand other interruptions—and you expect me to pray all day too? Impossible!”

I know. My day is filled to the max, too. So, how do we do it? How can we continue in prayer throughout the day? I believe it is having an attitude of response toward God. We turn every frustration and problem into prayer. We turn every sigh into a Hallelujah!

The children are squabbling; hold their hands and pray with them. It sure works better than screaming at them. One of the children is having a problem with his lesson; pray together about it. One of them falls over and scratches his knee; pray for him.

Perhaps a friend calls to ask prayer for a specific need or to share that a friend is in labor. Don’t say, “I’ll be praying.” Instead, pray together immediately over the phone right at the moment.

My, we as mothers can be continuing in prayer all day long as we constantly and instantly bring every matter to God. Don’t forget the “Thank You” prayers, too. Whenever something good happens, even a little thing, praise and thank the Lord.

Have a great day prayer day in your home today.

Be blessed,

Nancy Campbell

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THE ETERNAL PLAN

EternalPlanIsn’t it amazing that many people would rather stake their lives on the temporary rather than the enduring? Many believers conduct their lives on the contemporary values of our modern society.

Jeremiah 6:16: “Thus saith the Lord, Stand in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.” What are these old paths we are to seek after? Doesn’t it seem rather old fashioned to ask after “old” ways?

But what does this word really mean? The word “old” is olam in the Hebrew. It means “from time immemorial, without end.” In most places in the Bible this word is translated as “everlasting.” God’s ways for us are everlasting ways. They stand the test of time from the beginning of time to the end. They were refined in the courts of heaven before they were given to us on earth. They are divine, they are eternal, and they work!

And the are “good.” And the bring us into “soul rest”! Who doesn’t want peace and rest?

Forget the modern humanistic trend. They are going down the wrong track. Dare to stand up and be counted. Go after God’s everlasting plan, no matter what relatives or friends have to say. Embrace your divine career of mothering Become the greatest homemaker. Rejoice when God gives you another baby. You are walking in the everlasting plan. You are doing something that is eternal.

What could be more important that nurturing and caring for an eternal soul who will live forever? All other careers will be left behind.

Love from Nancy Campbell
Painting by Alessandra Vitelli

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YOU ARE AN ANGELIC MESSENGER

AngelicMessengerWhat is God’s purpose for you? Isaiah 43:21 says “This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise.” This Scripture is primarily speaking about Israel. God’s purpose for Israel was to show forth His praise in the earth. Through the Jewish people God brought forth the promised Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. Through God’s ancient people He gave us His precious Word, the Bible. And they are yet to show forth His praise in magnificent ways (Romans 11:15).

God also wants to show forth His praise through you. 1 Peter 23:9 tells us: “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar (set apart) people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”

“To show forth” is the Greek word “exaggello” and means “to publish, to celebrate.” It comes from a root word “aggelos” which means “a messenger, or especially an angel.” What does God want you to do? To be an angelic messenger! God wants to use you has His messenger to bring His Word, His truth, and His love to people every day.

This means of course that you begin in your home. Mother, you have little ones, and maybe bigger ones around you every day. You are God’s messenger to each one of them. You have the opportunity to bring God’s Word and truth to them every day--when you are lying down, walking around, or sitting at the table (Deuteronomy 6:6-9). You are to light up their lives and day by day bring them from darkness to light.

You’ll continue to be God’s messenger when you leave the home too--when you go out to get the groceries or whatever you have to do. Remember you are God’s messenger to everyone you meet.

Have a lovely day being God’s angel to everyone in your home.

Blessings to you,

Nancy Campbell

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I AM OFFENDED

ImOffendedI don’t want to be offended by people’s hurtful remarks, rejection, or even hostility towards me. I have learned over the years, and am continuing to learn, to react to these slights with blessing and love.

However, I believe there are areas in life where I can legitimately be offended.

I am offended at the shallowness and weakness of the church of God today.
I am offended at the lukewarmness, the half-heartedness, the middle-of-the-roadness, and the indifference of many who say they are believers.
I am offended at how many are deceived and who cannot discern between the holy and the profane, the clean and the unclean.
I am offended that so few want to pray, or even make prayer and Bible reading a priority in their lives and their homes.
I am offended that many have gullibly imbibed the new religion of “tolerance.”

I am not offended at these precious people themselves, but at their mind-set, for I know it is the ploy of the devil to keep them from being light in the darkness and a bright flame for God in this world. I know it is the work of the enemy to deceive and weaken the church of God.

And yes, I am offended at what happened last weekend, where the so-called “evangelical” state of South Carolina gave their majority of votes to Trump, an immoral man who boasts of sleeping with the top women of the world. A man who does not believe that he needs to ask God for forgiveness of his sins. A man who has made his millions building casinos, which include strip clubs! A man whom a leading gay-activist organization calls “one of the best, if not the best, pro-gay Republican candidates to ever run for the presidency.”

The evangelicals comprised 72 percent of the voters in South Carolina! Does the word “evangelical” no longer have anything to do with the cross of Jesus Christ that deals a blow to all our sin and immorality? I am grieved, like Paul, who wept as he wrote: “For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you EVEN WEEPING, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ . . . who mind earthly things” (Philippians 3:18,19). 1 Corinthians 1:23, 24 and Galatians 5:11 talk about the “offence of the cross.”

Trump calls himself a “common sense conservative.” He says many good things and promises “To make America great again.” However, we must look beyond what he says. He does not have a track record of being a righteous or godly man who walks in the fear of God. He calls himself a “nice man,” and a “good Christian” although not believing he needs to ask forgiveness from God. He says he is “pro-life” but out the other side of this mouth says that Planned Parenthood “does wonderful things for women.” Did you hear him say that, as I did, in debate No. 9?

I weep in my heart for our nation because I know we cannot trifle with God. We cannot expect His blessing upon us unless we vote for righteousness. And if God’s people cannot be counted on to vote for the most righteous man (for we will never find a perfect man), what hope do we have? We are blessed to have one, or even two righteous men that we could vote for.

Proverbs 29:2 says: “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” God wants His people to be a “holy nation” (1 Peter 2:9). All the promises in the world to make America great again will not happen unless we come back to God’s holy standard and stand on the side of righteousness.

~ Nancy Campbell

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ARE YOU A PRAYING MOTHER?

EarthquakesThere is nothing more powerful that you can do as a mother. Are you facing difficulties and challenges in your family life or in your children. You have your answer: PRAY!

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ARE YOU BUILDING OR DESTROYING?

BuildingDestroyingProverbs 15:4 says: “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.” “Wholesome” means medicine or a cure. Every time we open our mouth and speak kind, loving, sweet, healing, and encouraging words we hammer another nail into building up our marriage and family.

Every time we speak nasty, reactive, discouraging, hasty, or negative words we hammer another nail into the coffin of our marriage.

We build with our words or destroy with our words. No wonder this chapter of Proverbs begins with “A soft answer turns away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger” (Proverbs 15:1).

Implore God to touch your lips today with coals of fire from His holy altar (Isaiah 6;1-7).

Be encouraged today,

Nancy Campbell

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THE JESUS WAY TO LIVE

JesusWayDavid said in Psalm 4:6: “There are many who say, “Who will show us any good?” Or, where can I find true happiness? Some look for happiness in material things, pleasures, entertainment, prestige, or the favor of people around them.

In the same Scripture David confessed that he found his happiness in the favor and friendship of God. It is only God who can truly satisfy the longing and deepest desires of our heart. You cannot find it in “things.” You cannot even find it in your closest friend, your husband. Only in God.

But there is another thought in this Scripture, “Who will show us good?” Who in this world will show us the true way to soul rest and joy? God reveals Himself through His people. Will we be one who will show good and do good to those around us?

Acts 10:38 tells us “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about DOING GOOD, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for GOD WAS WITH HIM.” Many of us just “go about,” but if Jesus Christ lives in us, we will go about our daily life “doing good.”

What a privilege we have as mothers. When we wake up each morning we have a whole day ahead to “do good” and “say good things” to our children. We are the face of Jesus to our little ones. We can show them “good” all throughout the day.

And what about our husband? Proverbs 31:12 says the virtuous woman “will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.” Not just one day, but EVERY DAY of her life.

Dear wife and mother, may you have the most wonderful day today, going about doing and speak good to your husband and children and everyone else you come in contact with.

What a great way to live, the way of Emmanuel, God with us.

~ Nancy Campbell

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GOD IS OUR HOPE

GodOurHope“Thou art my hope in the day of evil”
(Jeremiah 17:17)

Thank you, Lord, that You are our hope. You are our hope, even when evil is all around us.”

We do not put our hope in man, but only in God. Don’t dwell on the difficult circumstances you face today. Look up and put your hope in God. Tell your soul to hope in God. That’s what David did.

“Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? HOPE IN GOD: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God” (Psalm 43:5).

The word “health” is “yshuwah” and also means “salvation, deliverance, victory. You may see no hope in your circumstances. You may feel no hope in your soul, but God is your hope, your salvation, your deliverance, and your victory. Praise Him.

Love from Nancy Campbell

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THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON IN YOUR HOME

PowerfulWeaponDo we really believe in the power of God’s Word? I’m sure that if we truly understood its power to work in our lives that we would read it a lot more. We would read it to our families far more. We would make it a priority to fill our children’s minds, hearts, and mouths with God’s powerful words.

I am constantly amazed at how little young people from Christian homes know of God’s Word. They are very unfamiliar with it. They cannot even repeat well-known Scriptures. What’s the story? Haven’t their parents understood the most powerful tool they have at their fingertips to train their children and prepare them for life? And yes, we have it at our fingertips. I think of thousands of believers who are being persecuted because they value God’s Word so much, and yet we cast it aside.

Let’s read again Hebrews 4:12 in the Amplified Version. It really tells us like it is: “For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power - making it active, operative, energizing and effective; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and (the immortal) spirit, and of joints and marrow (that is, of the deepest parts of our nature) exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.”

If we, are our children, are not filled with God’s Words which sift, analyze, and judge every thought and purpose of our hearts, we can easily be deceived. It is only God’s Word that enables us to see through deception. And it breaks my heart to see so many Christians (or who say they are Christians) deceived. We see it even with the coming elections. We see evangelicals deceived by hype and “good things” candidates say, and yet not checking out their testimony and seeing through to their hearts and who they really are.

God’s Word divides between the soul and the spirit. This Scripture also uses the illustration of joints and marrow. Have you ever sucked marrow out of the bone? It’s one of my favorite parts of the meat. One writer explains it: “It’s like dividing joints and marrow. Joints are the thick, hard outer part of the bone. Marrow is the soft, tender, living inner part of the bone. That is an analogy of “soul and spirit.” The Word of God is like a sword that is sharp enough to cut right through the outer, hard, tough part of a bone to the inner, soft living part of the bone. Some swords, less sharp, may strike a bone and glance off and not penetrate. Some swords may penetrate partway through the tough, thick joint of a bone. But a very sharp, powerful double-edged sword (sharp on each side of the point) will penetrate the joint all the way to the marrow.” From souliswell.blogspot.com/.

This is the power of the living and effective Word of God. It’s the only thing that can expose deception! Because deception is so subtle we often don’t know we are deceived!

Come on, mothers. Let’s take hold of the most powerful tool we have in our homes--God’s living Word. Let’s feed on it. When I wake in the morning I am desperate for God’s Word. I’ve got to get it to feed my spirit. Give good meals of God’s Word to your children each day, at least every morning and evening at your family devotions. Don’t starve their spirits. Raise them to be discerners of good and evil through the power of the Word.

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

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BIG LOVING HEARTS

AdoptionFundsMany of you know my daughter, Serene. Along with her sister, Pearl they wrote the book, TRIM HEALTHY MAMA, which has gone viral across the world. Serene and her husband, Sam, are blessed with 13 children, eight biological and five adopted. Serene’s oldest adopted daughter, beautiful Selah, is now married with two children (Sammy and Eureka) and expecting a new baby in July.

Selah and her husband, Samuel, are also wanting to adopt three more children from Liberia, where they both come from. These three children are their relatives whose parents have died, one through the recent Ebola epidemic in Liberia. Selah is the most beautiful and devoted mother and Samuel is a wonderful father. We are so proud of them. We know they will be wonderful parents to these children who are actually part of their flesh and blood.

Here’s some more information if you would like to help them:
https://www.gofundme.com/5wks7rvm

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Going . . . Going . . . GONE!

GoingGoingIs the light in your soul dim? Or perhaps nearly out? What about your home? Does the light of Jesus burn brightly in your home, or is it fading?

Do you remember the story Jesus told of the five wise and the five foolish virgins? Because the bridegroom delayed his coming, they all grew drowsy and went to sleep. At midnight the cry came, “Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye out to meet him.”

Awaking, they began to top up the oil in their lamps to go out to meet the bridegroom. However, the five foolish exclaimed: “Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.” Did you notice, they didn’t say, “Our lamps have gone out”? No, they still had some light, but it was fading. They had got used to their dim light, but that dim light was not enough to meet the bridegroom. Because they were not diligent, they missed out on the wedding feast. Read the whole story in Matthew 25.

It’s so easy for our light to go out if we don’t keep refueling. We have to constantly and daily replenish the light in our soul with the oil of the Holy Spirit. We have to abide in Christ. We have to feed on the Word daily. Unless we feed and refuel, our light fades.

Dear mothers, we have the responsibility to not only keep the light of God burning in our hearts, but also burning in our homes. That’s why the Jewish mother lights the candles on the eve of Shabbat because it is her responsibility to keep the light of God burning in the home. To do this, we have to keep our own light constantly topped up with the infilling of the Holy Spirit. We have to fill our own and our children’s hearts with God’s Word which is a lamp to our feet and a light to our paths (Psalm 119:105).

Don’t let the light of Jesus grow dim in your home.

Be blessed,

Nancy Campbell

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MY DREAM

SpotlessBrideEver since my childhood
I’ve dreamed of my wedding day.
I would find my one true love
And he’d steal my heart away.

I’d look like a fairy princess,
Like the one in my storybook.
And I’d be happy, oh so happy,
Beaming each step I took.

Down the aisle, toward my Love,
All I’d see was his face.
He would take my hand in his,
And then my heart would race.

I’d promise him my whole heart,
My love, my strength, my life,
Because I’d wish for nothing more
Than just to be his wife.

These are the dreams of childhood,
Written on every girl’s heart.
We want to be beautiful, loved, and cherished,
We want to play our part.

But as I grew, I began to lose
The hope of the dream come true.
No longer did I feel beautiful,
And the pain inside me grew.

I believed the lies they told me:
“Beauty is soft, shiny hair,
And tall, slim bodies, flawless skin,
And in the clothes you wear.”

The lies―they kept on coming,
Harder and stronger each year.
“You’ll never be fulfilled,” they said
"If you don’t have a career."

But then one day I heard a Voice
Call my name, soft and clear.
It was the voice of my loving God
Whispering in my ear.

He said, “My beloved, lovely daughter,
You are beautiful to Me.
My love for you does not depend
On anything man can see.”

And then I knew that it was true.
I am lovely in His eyes.
His beloved, spotless bride,
His most precious, valued prize.

Oh the joy of being loved,
Not for what you do,
Or how you look, or what you say,
But just for being you.
~ Eliza Haley

Eliza was one of my incredible Above Rubies helpers. Although she is now back home, she continues to create beautiful Above Rubies picture posts which I send out to you. She wrote this beautiful poem to go with this picture. I know you'll want to share it with your daughters.
~ Nancy

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THE DIFFERENCE . . . ONE NEEDS GOD

OneNeedsGodI recently read two opposite views of two of our presidential candidates. Charlotte Underwood writes: When Dr. James Dobson interviewed Ted Cruz he told him he had worked with three presidents over the years, but he had never seen the nation in “a situation as dire as it is. I believe you are strong enough to stand up and take on Washington. Are you ready for that job?”

Cruz paused ever so slightly before replying. “I hope and believe I am. But you’re right – it is an incredibly difficult job. The challenges facing this country, the challenges facing the world – it’s a job that is definitely too much for any one person – and if you don’t begin every day on your knees asking God for his wisdom and support, I don’t believe you’re fit to do this job.”

ONE DOESN’T NEED GOD

Last year Moderator Frank Lutz asked Donald Trump, “Have you ever asked God for forgiveness?”

“No” he answered. He also stated, “I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness.”

In a recent interview with CNN Donald Trump says that after months reflection he still doesn't regret his decision not to ask God for forgiveness for his sins . . . partially because he says he doesn't have much to apologize for.

I think I would feel safer in a country with a president who relies on God than one who doesn’t need God, don’t you?

~ Nancy Campbell

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IS CHRIST AT HOME IN YOUR HOME?

ChristAtHome~ J. R. Miller.

Parents are the custodians of their children's lives. If they would meet their responsibility and be able to look God and their children in the face at the judgment, they must make their homes as nearly “gardens of Eden” as possible.

The way to save your children from the temptations of the streets is to make your home so bright, so sweet, so beautiful, so happy, so full of love, joy and prayer that the streets will have no attractiveness for them, no power to win them away. "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21).

The place of the home-life among the influences which mold and shape character is supreme in its importance. Our children are given to us in tender infancy to teach them and train them for holy, worthy, beautiful living.

It is not enough to have an opulent house to live in! It is not enough to have fine foods, and luxurious furniture, and expensive entertainments! Most of the world's worthiest men and women, those who have blessed the world the most, were brought up in plain homes, without any luxury!

It is the tone of the home-life, that is important. We should make it pure, elevating, refining, inspiring. The books we bring in, the papers, and magazines, the guests we have at our tables and admit to our firesides, the home conversation, the pictures we hang on our walls—all these are educational. As in everything, LOVE is the great master-secret of home happiness.

The religious influences are also vitally important. In that first “garden home,” the Lord came and went as a familiar friend. Christ must be our guest if our home is to be a fit place either for our children or for ourselves. If there is no sincere prayer in it, it is not a true home at all—it is only a heathen lodging-place!

How can we make “new Edens” of our homes? What are some of the secrets of home happiness? I might gather them all into one word and say—CHRIST! If we have Christ as our guest our home will be happy! He must be welcomed into all our life. He must be in each heart. He must sit at our tables and mingle with us in all our family interaction. Christ can bless our home, only through the lives of those who make the home circle.

Make your home so sweet, so heavenly, with love and prayer and song and holy living, that all through it, there shall be the fragrance of the heart of Christ!

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SHARP SENSES

SharpSensesMost animals have sharp senses in order to detect danger. Have you watched a dog prick up his ears? He hears or senses someone coming before we ever hear them.

Hebrews 5:14 talks about those “who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” It is important to keep our spiritual senses heightened and on alert. Many allow them to become dull and insensitive.

How do we keep them sharp? The margin of my Bible explains “reason of use” to be a habit. Another translation says it is by “constant use.” We constantly use our senses to discern what is good and what is evil. We are not conditioned by a humanistic society, but daily sharpen our minds in God’s Word. That’s the only place to receive discernment. If we don’t know what God says about a subject, we won’t know God’s discernment about it.

We have a responsibility to train our children to have sharp spiritual senses in this deceived world. That means we must put God’s Word into them daily so that it is the habit of their lives to constantly discern what is righteous and what is evil. Many times evil can have a “nice look” and it takes godly discernment to know the truth (Leviticus 10:10; Jeremiah 15:19; Ezekiel 22:26; 44:23-24).

Many so-called Christian young people today are conditioned by their education to accept same-sex marriage, excuses for abortion, and the whole liberal agenda. Their spiritual senses have been totally dumbed down because, instead of being filled with God’s Word, they are programmed with feminism and socialism.

What about all the Christians who are enamored with Donald Trump? He has many good things to say, but do we have discernment? There is more to fixing our nation than the economy. How can godly people vote for a man who does not walk with God and who has built an empire building casinos and all the evil that goes with them? That includes the first American casino to have a strip club and all-male revue club for women. And who boasts of sleeping with many women. The Bible says that “Godliness makes a nation great, but sin is a disgrace to any people” (Proverbs 14:34 NLT).

It’s time for God’s people to have their “senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

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DOUBLE TALK

DoubleTalkMy husband and I listened to the GOP debate on Saturday evening. Two of the candidates were asked their stance on abortion. Both governors boasted of their pro-life work in their states and that they were against Planned Parenthood selling body parts. That’s great. However, they both said they believed in exceptions for rape or incest.

That sounds very caring, but it is double talk. They, and you and I, are either pro-life or not! If we are pro-life, we believe in protecting the baby in the womb (because it is a newly conceived human life) no matter what the situation.

I have read many testimonies of babies who have been conceived through rape and grown to be happy and well-rounded people, enjoying useful life. They certainly did not want to be murdered. I am printing a testimony in this coming issue of Above Rubies of a woman whose mother chose life even though she was raped. She gave her baby up for adoption and this child was raised in a loving Christian home, enjoyed a happy childhood, and is now happily married today.

I personally know a friend of mine who was raped and chose to keep the baby she conceived. Her daughter was the delight of her life and grew up to be a beautiful Christian woman. It certainly was not the end of that mother’s life. Of course it was a difficult time for her, but she came through victoriously and with the blessing of a beautiful daughter. And she will never have to go through life carrying the burden of knowing she killed her own child.

We have to follow through our thought patterns. We can’t be distorted in our thinking. How can we think it is lawful to kill a baby in the womb because it was conceived through rape? It is still a living human being. If someone was to murder that person at twenty or thirty years of age, would that be okay? No, the murderer would be guilty and charged with life imprisonment.

We have in our very own family an adopted granddaughter who was conceived through incest. Should she have been murdered in the womb? No, she is a delightful, sweet child and a joy to us all. Let’s get our thinking straight.

We cannot be clouded by humanistic thinking, but need to understand the true meaning of life. We also must know how our presidential candidates think, because they affect the nation and also the future of our progeny. After listening Saturday night, I decided I better check out all the candidates. I’ll share what I found with you.

The current GOP candidates who are continuing the race all say they are pro-life. However, some are not totally pro-life, but compromise according to situational ethics.

Ted Cruz: Opposes exceptions for rape and incest.
Marco Rubio: Opposes exceptions for rape and incest.
Ben Carson: Opposes exceptions for rape and incest.

Donald Trump: Supports exceptions for rape and incest. Trump would rather this issue was a “personal issue” and "should be left to the women and their doctors." I think that is cop out. It is very much a political issue when our nation stands guilty before God for the killing of over 58 million babies since Roe v. Wade in 1973.
Jeb Bush: Supports exceptions for rape and incest.
Chris Christie: Supports exceptions for rape and incest.
John Kasich: Supports exceptions for rape and incest.
Carly Fiorina: Supports exceptions for rape and incest.

~ Nancy Campbell

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