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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.
The vision for Meat for Men — UNCOMPROMISING MANHOOD blog is to encourage husbands, fathers and single men in Biblical manhood.
“I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family. I have warned him continually that judgment is coming for his family, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn't disciplined them” (1 Samuel 3:12, 13).There is, in some households no family government, no order, no subordination, no discipline. The children are kept under no restraint but are allowed to do what they like. Their faults are intentionally unnoticed and unpunished, and their corruptions allowed to grow wild and headstrong; until, in fact, the whole family becomes utterly lawless, rebellious against parental authority—and grievous to all around them!
Overindulgence of children is awfully common, and continually making shocking ravages in human character. It is a system of great cruelty to the children, to the parents themselves, and to society. This practice proceeds from various causes; in some instances, from a perverted and intentional sentimentalism; in others, from absolute indolence, and a regard to present ease, which leads the silly mother to adopt any means of coaxing, and yielding, and bribing—to keep the "young rebels" quiet for the time!
It is not uncommon for parents to treat the first acts of infantile rebellion, rather as accidents to be smiled at, than as sins to be disciplined. "O," says the mother, "it is only play, he will know better soon. He does not mean any harm. I cannot discipline him."
Lack of parental discipline, from whatever cause it proceeds, it is in the highest degree injurious to the character of the children!”
~ Excerpt from THE DUTIES OF PARENTS by J. A. James (1838).
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We must learn how to have our children's hearts and yet train them in righteousness. Seek God for His heart for He is the one who exercises "lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness." He knows how to put them all together and He will teach us. Read Genesis 18:19 and Jeremiah 9:23, 24.
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It takes humility but it is the way of success.
This is not a time for playing around. This is a time for prayer. Personal prayer. Family prayer with your wife and children. And corporate prayer. Why not invite in a few friends into your home to pray together once a week? 2 Chronicles 7:14 is still the answer to our nation.~ Colin Campbell
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"I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread"(Psalm 37:25).
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What is the greatest thing we can do? Of course you know. It is to pray. But will you pray? Will you gather your family to pray each day for this coming election? Will you join me in obeying God’s injunction to me to pray for Trump?We must pray that God will strengthen him in the ways of righteousness and that he will not compromise on anything that is morally wrong.
We must pray that God will prepare him for his next term of presidency.
We must pray that he will love righteousness and hate all evil (Psalm 45:7; 97:10; Amos 5:15; and Romans 12:9).
We must pray that God will protect him from all those who would try to trap him in their devious plans. him in their devious plans.
We must pray that all his enemies will be brought down, and they will fall into their own traps (Psalm 31:4; 35:7, 8; 57:6; 140:9-11; and 141:10).
We must pray that God will protect him (and his wife and family) at all times. We know the opposition will stop at nothing to eradicate him. I believe it was only the power and protection of God answering the prayers of His people that saved Donald Trump on J13.
We must keep praying earnestly for God’s supernatural and divine protection upon him. Our warfare is not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers (2 Corinthians 10:4, 5 and Ephesians 6:11, 12).
We must pray that he will always give God the glory in everything and in every way (1 Corinthians 10:31 and Colossians 3:17).
We must pray that God will keep him in excellent health and that he will have overflowing strength and wisdom to perform all the tasks that lie before him each day.
As you gather your families each day at family devotions, pray together for this coming election. And don’t forget to vote. I believe God has blessed this nation with the most amazing constitution, giving “We the People” much influence in how this country is governed. When we do not vote we negate the God-inspired privilege we have inherited.
COLIN CAMPBELL
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What do we do about Donald Trump? We must pray for him, that God will speak to his heart, and he will have ears to hear what God says about life.We must not reject him but continue to vote for him. We have no alternative. The democrat stance on abortion is horrific. They want babies to be killed up to the third trimester, even just before they are born. And even after they are born! They hate innocent life.
Plus, they are destroying this country with their Marxist ideologies. And if you don’t vote, you are adding a vote for extreme socialism. It is far better to have an imperfect Trump (as we are all imperfect) rather than a fully-fledged Marxist for a president.
We will fail our country if we fail to exercise our constitutional right to vote for the one who is the most righteous and who stands by our constitution.
I’d like to share an encounter I had with God while driving my car on the day of the 2020 election. I was very burdened about the elections as it looked like Hilary Clinton was well ahead in the early polls.
I lifted my burdened heart to the Lord with a sigh and said, “Lord, we can’t have Hilary Clinton for president.” Immediately, I heard a voice speaking to my spirit saying, “If I give you Donald Trump, will you pray for him?” I dismissed the voice thinking it was my own mind playing tricks with me. However, a few minutes later I heard God’s voice, stronger than ever, saying exactly the same thing, “If I give you Donald Trump, will you pray for him?”
This time I knew deep down that this was God speaking to me. I did not want to respond light-heartedly, thinking of what happened to Annanias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11). I did not want to make a promise to God I could not keep, and I responded, “Lord, by Your grace I will” and I have continued to pray for him daily.
If we lose this next election, I fear this country will slide deeply into Marxism and there may never be another fair and square constitutional election again. There is no doubt in my mind that the left is not in any way holding back on any of their extreme leftist agendas. Not at all!
The dangers of the new decimal government controlled (Central Bank Digital Currency) are serious. This is not an asset backed currency and will have strict governmental oversight on what, where, and how you spend your money. If it does not fit their approval, your money will be penalized.
Make no mistake about it, Marxism promises delusional freedom. You will not be free to own anything—your home, your children, your business, your own money, or even your religion. They want zero class distinction. Everyone will have an equal share in the wealth of the nation, but in all truth, the only people that will live as kings will be those who are the political leaders. They will keep everyone else poor and dependent on government handouts to subjugate them to their extreme communist agenda. These elitists will have all the power, not “We the People,” as our constitution grants us. This is why they want to destroy our constitution.
Take a good, strong look at all the countries that have been taken over by communism. Look at Venezuela. It was once the richest country in Latin America and is now the poorest! The people have just won their latest election by 70 percent! Instead of conceding the government sent their military into the streets to shoot their citizens. Why would anyone want to live under communism?
The only churches that remain open in these countries are government controlled. Even sermons are subject to Marxist approval. They call this freedom when in all reality it is tyranny.
We are strongly exhorted in the Scriptures to expose all evil. Ephesians 5:11 says: “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.” This word in the Greek NT means “to convict, correct, reprehend severely, admonish, rebuke.”
Our constitution is set up to enable the constituents of this nation to have a solid input into the running of this country by who they vote for. We will never have a perfect government until the coming of Jesus Christ himself. However, the alternative to Donald Trump is unthinkable Marxism. If Trump does not win, then it will be the right-wing Christians who will suffer the most.
Remember, Karl Marx, the father of communism and who wrote the Communist Manifesto (along with Friedrich Engels) said: “My object is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.”
We’ll talk about what to specifically pray next post.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
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We are fast approaching the time of our next presidential election and the stakes couldn’t be higher. The far left strongly advocates Marxism and the liberal policies of wholesale abortion, same-sex marriage, transgenderism, sex trafficking, all manner of moral perversion, and the extreme over-reach of global warming. Let alone planning the invasion of our country with foreigners and terrorists. They have already allowed 10 million illegal immigrants into our nation. And communists flying their red flags are marching the streets of our cities.Without any compunction they malign the righteous with all manner of hate speech through propaganda and the liberal media. They are quick to condemn the righteous for a so-called insurrection when their protest marches turned over police cars, burnt American flags, looted shops, smashed down windows, taking over whole sections of cities—and got away with it.
Those on the right are condemned if they dare to pray inside the capitol building or even dare to stand up and speak against the 2020 election being stolen, which it was without doubt. There is ample evidence to prove it. The liberal agenda has weaponized the FBI to crack down on anyone who dares to stand up and exercise their God-given and constitutional rights.
Sad to say, there are good people on the right who are being persuaded by some conservative talk show hosts to not vote for Donald Trump because he is not as strong as they think he should be on certain aspects of abortion. Nevertheless, we should not underestimate the national benefit of his appointing supreme court judges who were able to bring about the massive demise of Roe v. Wade. We can thank Donald Trump for that.
He stated these words on January 17, 2021: “Every human life is a gift to the world. Whether born or unborn, young or old, healthy or sick, every person is made in the holy image of God. The Almighty Creator gives unique talents, beautiful dreams, and a great purpose to every person. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, we celebrate the wonder of human existence and renew our resolve to build a culture of life where every person of every age is protected, valued, and cherished.” He shows a respect for life and needs to be reminded of these above words.
I was very disappointed to hear him say during the debate with Biden that he believed in the exceptions for abortion, namely, rape, incest, and the health of the mother. At the same time he denounced later term abortions. However, when you open the door to exceptions, it soon becomes a landslide.
There can be no exceptions when it comes to life. If it’s life and there is a heartbeat, you cannot kill the baby. It is murder. I personally know people who were conceived through incest, and they are living a beautiful life today. I personally know people who were conceived through rape and yet are living a happy life today. There are mothers who are happily married and now giving life to their own children who were conceived through rape. There is never an excuse to kill an innocent baby.
So what do we do? I will tell you in the next post.
Colin Campbell
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Many Christians who saw, or even just heard about what happened at the Olympics in Paris with the drag queens enacting the Lord’s final supper with His disciples, were disgusted and offended at such blasphemy against the holiness of our holy God. There are some that thought Christians should not say derogatory comments about these transgenderites to offend them and that Jesus would have welcomed them to His table.Sorry, that is not the truth. The only people who were at the Last Supper Table were twelve the disciples of Jesus. They were disciples, not drag queens. Of course, Jesus would welcome them to His table if they had repented of their lifestyle and become His disciples. What was the first word Jesus spoke when He began to preach? “Repent!”
I am sorry that I did not hear that all spectators and all competitors walked out when watching such mockery. There was even more lewdness than the pictures we saw on Instagram and Facebook. They would not even show them for fear of more horror and push back from people with a conscience.
At least everyone who is God-fearing should boycott watching these Olympics. To go ahead and watch them after their opening night is to side with the devil and with evil. We must decide if we are on God’s side or the devil’s side
I care about the gay community enough to stand outside the Gay Parade festival gates each year with signs in my hands trying to tell them that Jesus loves them, died to save them, and is willing to deliver them if they will repent of their sins.
Of course, all sin is sinful. However, homosexuality is an abomination to the holiness of our holy God, who, despite being willing to forgive the primary evil of Sodom and Gomorrah, promised Abraham that if there were only 10 righteous people living in that city, he would have saved it. Sadly there were not even 10, and God destroyed those cities with fire and brimstone from Heaven.
Seeing the lust for these angelic visitors, Lot offered them his virtuous daughters rather than let them do the unthinkable to his heavenly visitors who were both males.
In the city of Nashville, Tennessee we were shocked at the promotion of lewd sexual dress, drawing attention to their sexual lust. This was done in the public thoroughfare of Broadway Nashville, the buckle of the Bible Belt! These people know no shame.
I believe Christians have a God-given right to be insulted at the blasphemy portrayed by the drag queens. If we Christians do not feel alarmed at what the LGBT people are trying to ram down our throats in the public arena, perhaps we should check out our own sensibility towards the holiness of our God.
We should ask ourselves, is not this bringing judgment upon our country? It did upon Sodom and Gomorrah. None of us want judgment to fall on our beloved country. Therefore, we should stop trying to make God-fearing Christians feel guilty for expressing alarm at such unclean and unnatural behavior.
I have no problem in loving and forgiving all sinners, but don’t force me to be entertained by this type of behavior. I do not want to be regaled by this and I am blessed to hear that many others were horrified to accept this as normal. No, it is not normal to the multitude of God-fearing Christians. Righteous indignation is not wrong when it comes to blasphemy towards Jesus and especially His last supper on earth just before he went to the agony of the cross to die for our sins, including homosexuality.
I take this opportunity to applaud all those Christians who spoke out against this mockery. God bless the “salt and light” people who fear the Lord and his holiness.
Colin Campbell
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“Children bring benedictions from heaven when they come, and while they stay they are perpetual benedictions.”~ J. R. Miller (1840 – 1912).
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“ . . but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”~ Samuel Adams
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"A family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven."
~ A. W. Pink
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THINK OF SOMETHING SPECIAL YOU CAN DO TO TODAY, EVEN IT IS JUST A LITTLE THING. EACH LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT ADDS UP.
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“Where is the business that is so important as to justify a man’s evasion of the sacred duties which he owes to his own family? There cannot be any other work in this world which a man can do that will excuse him at God’s bar for having neglected the care of his own home and the training of his own children. No success in any department of the world’s work can possibly atone for failure here. No piling up of this world’s treasures can compensate a man for the loss of those incomparable jewels of his own children.”
~ J. R. Miller (1840 – 1912).
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“Parents are the builders of the home. From them it receives its character, whether good or evil. It will be just what they make it. If it be happy, they must be the authors of the happiness; if it be unhappy, the blame must rest with them. Its tone, its atmosphere, its spirit, its influence, it will take from them. They have the making of the home in their own hands, and God holds them responsible for it.”
~ J. R. Miller (1840 – 1912).
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Do you make time to talk to your wife and let her talk to you?
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“The more we love God the more indignant shall we grow with those who refuse Him their affection. The loyal subject must not be friendly to the traitor.”~ Charles Spurgeon
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