The greatest blessing, stability, and power of the nation are godly homes--homes where the husband and wife love one another and together seek to raise godly children to influence the world. Satan also knows the power of the home and therefore tries to woo women away from their greatest place of influence.
However, he is not content with eliminating the mother from the home. He even comes to homes where mothers have come home to raise their children. He searches for ways to get his foot in the door, bringing in his deception and evil.
Mothers, we must be watchwomen, constantly on the alert for his crafty ways. 1 Peter 5:8, 9 says: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist steadfast in the faith.”
When you notice him putting his toe in your door, boot him out before he gets any further. Speak the name of Jesus out loud. Confess the Scriptures out loud. Don’t allow the enemy to get entrenched in your home. Raise up the stand of righteousness. Cast out all worldly practices and entertainment, and “the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life” (1 John 2:15-17). Deal strongly with negative and evil habits.
God spoke to His servant, David: “I have cut off all thine enemies OUT OF THY SIGHT” (1 Samuel 7:9). God reveals the way He wants us to also deal with Satan’s temptations. We cast them OUT OF OUR SIGHT! We don’t allow them to linger around. We don’t tolerate them. We send them kicking, OUT OF SIGHT AND OUT OF MIND.
James 4:7 says: “RESIST the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Blessings to you today from Nancy Campbell
For 100 years, Noah did the same old thing-- hammered, nailed, and kept on building his ark. He did not have time to do all the things that everyone else was doing. He just kept on slogging and being faithful, doing the same thing every day for all those years. In doing so he condemned the world.
Peter encouraged the believers in Asia: “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you.” The NLT says: “Don’t be surprised.”
Most of us have more clothes in our wardrobe than we need. Did you know that you also have an amazing spiritual wardrobe? And it’s free. It has been given to you by Jesus Christ, paid for by His death upon the cross and His precious blood which He poured out for you.
A little while ago I sent out a post about living for Christ. One mother wrote back and said that she felt condemned because she couldn’t fulfill all the Scriptures about daily living for Christ. As I continued to think about her, it dawned upon me that no wonder she felt like that. I omitted to give the very first principle about how to live for Christ. Without this principle none of the others work.
In my post below, I LOVE IT, DON’T YOU? I wrote how David loved the habitation of God’s house (Psalm 26:8). He was speaking of the tabernacle or the temple where the Shekinah glory of God resided. It was not the building David sought after; it was the presence of God. If God did not dwell there, it had nothing for him.
David confessed in Psalm 28:6 (ESV): “I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.” In the very next psalm he says he would like to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of his life (Psalm 127:3). Do you also love to go to the house of the Lord, to gather with God’s people, to worship and praise the Lord, and feed on HIs Word? This should be the natural desire of all believers.
Today, upon a bus
I want to share another thought with you from our post below, DAY BY DAY. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 talks about the afflictions each one of us face, some more than others. I have to say that, for although we all feel that we face difficult times, none of us here in this nation face the torture, beatings, killing of husbands and children, heartache, and suffering that is happening right now to Christians in many countries. Christians are being persecute
How can I do it? I have too much to do,
The other morning Colin read 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 in our daily devotion: “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed year by year.”
The blood of Jesus Christ is the central theme of the Bible. This scarlet thread begins in Genesis and ends in Revelation. The Old Testament lamb sacrifices pointed to the THE LAMB OF GOD who sacrificed His life and shed HIs blood to atone for our sins. The New Testament looks back to that greatest moment in history. Jesus was chosen before the foundation of the world for this very purpose (1 Peter 1:19, 20).
What can wash away my sin?
How much do you sing in your home? This is a real challenge to me. I love to have beautiful music playing as I work, doing Above Rubies or doing housework, but I have to admit I don't sing myself as much as I should. Sometimes I spontaneously sing for joy, but I want to do it more.
LIVING DAILY FOR HIS GLORY
Is your marriage in dire straits? Is your home filled with chaos and bedlam? Are you “put to the worse before the enemy”? God always shows us the way to get back to Him.
Do the people who come into your home feel the presence of God? Are your neighbors and those around you aware that your home belongs to God?
Concerning my post below, a mother asks, “What does this rod mean?” Moses’ rod was a shepherd’s staff. It was only a dead stick, nothing very significant, but he used it to direct the sheep in the direction they should go, to steer them from danger, and even to beat off wild animals as he protected his flock. It helped him as he climbed up and down the steep rocky paths.
God doesn’t intend us to live in a state of stress with our stomach tied up in knots. He wants us to live in rest (Isaiah 32:18; Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 11:28-30; and Hebrews 4:9). Therefore, if we want to reduce stress in our overwhelming, busy, hectic lives we need loads of oxytocin. This hormone is called the “life hormone,” the “love hormone,” the “bonding hormone,” and best of all, the “stress releasing hormone.” It reduces blood pressure, cortisol levels, and anxiety.
Dear ladies, Can you bear with me a little longer? There is another issue I would like to address from the “Dynasty” post.
