God doesn’t intend us to live in a frenzy, but in His rest. We’ll accomplish a lot more . #godsrest #slowdown #trustingodnotyourself #aboverubies
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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.
God’s glorious creation began with things such as dirt, then vegetation, then animals, etc. … it just kept getting better and better. God then created His great love interest … human beings. Yet man was created only second to last. Woman is the crescendo … the last and greatest of all of God’s creation! God has created nothing more beautiful, more loving, more tender-hearted, more nurturing. That is why women are perfectly positioned to be wife and mother.”
~ Fr Richard Heilman
Painting by John Fernandes
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Psalm 127:1 says: “Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.”
Are you ready to stop laboring in your own strength to build a strong homeschooling family and instead see the Lord build your house?
Then sign up for the free Homeschool Parenting Summit (October 22-27, 2018), an online event with 25+ video sessions with speakers (including Nancy Campbell) who will encourage you to turn your heart to God’s ways for your family’s joy and give you practical steps for faithful action.
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“When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women.” –
~ Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Painting by Ron DiCianni
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Yesterday I asked the question: “Why do many people hate the word patriarchy?” It’s not really that scary because it just comes from the word “pater” which is father. Whenever I have been interviewed on TV I have always been asked the question: “What do you think about patriarchy?” The liberals have a terrible view of this word. They think of ogre men who lord it over their wives. Sadly, there are men who treat their wives this way and distort God’s image of patriarchy. The true sense of the word is the revelation of God the Father to the world.
The origin of father is in the family. God even reveals family in the Trinity. We have God the Father. God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is never called a mother in God’s Word. And yet, we see the picture of mothering. The Holy Spirit is the Comforter and in the beginning of creation we read of Him “brooding” over the waters.
The Father is the head. Ephesians 4:6 says: “One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Following the image of the Three-in-One God, 1 Corinthians 11:3 states clearly: “I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.” There is perfect equality and oneness in the God-head and yet they also have different functions. God wants us to function like He does.
Many women cannot accept that man is head of the woman. They demand equality, but they don’t have to demand equality, because we are already equal with men. God plainly reveals our equality and worth with men. But we have different functions. Just because God gave us different functions does not make us inferior. In fact, when we each fulfil our specific functions, our marriage and family life functions successfully.
Sometimes we need to be reminded of God’s ultimate plan. God, who is the “only wise God” has the plan that works best. Or I should say, the only plan that really works.
God reveals the headship of man even in creation.
1. Man was created first, then the woman.
2. God represented the human race through Adam, the man, not Eve (1 Corinthians 15:22).
3. God gave Adam the responsibility to name Eve. Naming someone reveals their headship over the one named.
4. God called both Adam and Eve the name Adam (or “man” in the Hebrew), rather than Adam and Eve. Genesis 5:2 states: “Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.” Both are equal in worth, value, and importance, but God called them “man” to denote the male headship.
5. God held Adam accountable. Even though Eve was deceived and sinned first, when God came to the Garden of Eden what did He do? Genesis 3:9 says: “And the LORD God called unto ADAM,
and said unto him, Where art THOU?”
6. God created Eve to be a helper (Genesis 2:18). To be a helper is not inferior, for God is also called a Helper (the same Hebrew word “ezer”), but He didn’t call her the leader or the head.
7. Marriage is a picture of Christ and the church. The church does not lead Christ. The church submits to Christ as the wife submits to her husband. Ephesians 5:24: “Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.”
Can we not trust the ultimate wisdom of God? Why do we think we know more than God? Why do we resist His ways? It only results in destruction as we see in our society today. God’s ways are perfect.
Proverbs 21:30: “There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.”
Psalm 33:11: “The counsel of the LORD stands
forever, the thought of his heart to all generations.”
In His love,
Nancy Campbell
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His strength is sufficient for each new day! #strengthfortoday #godismysufficiency #godismyrock #godismyfortress #godismylife #aboverubies
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Fatherhood is the very essence of God and He wants His fatherhood represented in man. God reveals His plan for fathering and mothering in the very beginning of the Bible (Genesis 2:24), before anyone had ever seen a father and mother!
We go over to the New Testament and Paul prays: “I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named” (Ephesians 3:14). Every family finds its source in the fatherhood of God.
The Greek word for family in this passage is “patria” from the root word “pater” which is the word for father. Everything that is called after the Father belongs to or springs from Him. Oh, how the feminists hate this! They hate the word patriarchy which comes from “pater” (father).
This is the ridiculous deception of feminism. They hate their origin. They hate who they are because they hate God who is their source. They could not be in this world without a natural father, and of course, their Heavenly Father who is the only One who can give conception and who planned to bring them into this world.
We know that many harbor this hatred because of hurts they have received from their own fathers, or from men in their lives. This is all the work of the enemy. Satan hates fathering and mothering because it is how God wants to reveal Himself on this earth and he hates every plan of God. Therefore, he constantly attacks these powerful roles to distort and tread them down.
That’s why we must continually pray the promise of Malachi 4:5 that “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers.” God’s ultimate plan is that fathers reveal His beautiful Father heart to their families and the world, just as God wants His female creation to reveal His maternal heart to the families and the world.
Jesus was one with the Father. He was the Beloved Son of His Father, and the Father was His Beloved Father. And yet in His most amazing mercy He wants to share His Beloved Father with us. That’s why He left the glory of Heaven to come to this earth, shed His blood, and pour out His life for us—to save us and share His Father with us for eternity.
After Jesus had risen from the dead, He said to Mary: “I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.” Have you ever read anything so incredible? Jesus tells us that He wants His Father to be our Father. He wants to share His glorious and eternal Father with us.
Would you want to share your father? Maybe we would be too selfish to do that. And yet Jesus wants us to experience His Father. When we know Him, we understand what fatherhood is all about.
While Satan and all his cohorts are pulling down fatherhood and motherhood, let’s raise up these roles to be mighty in the nation. When we do this, we reveal God in the earth.
Be encouraged.
Nancy Campbell
Painting by Katie Berggren
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How do you feel about your home? Do you feel like a prisoner? Are you longing for the day when you can get on to something different?
Or is your delight in your home? Is it your favorite place to be? Dear mother, this is God’s plan for you.
Psalm 106:24, 25 says: “Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.“ The “pleasant land” was the home God chose for His people, but they despised it and murmured and complained.
God has chosen a “pleasant land” for you too. It is your home. The first home, which was the prototype of all homes to come, was called the garden of Eden. Eden means “delight” and God wants you to make your home a delight too.
The word “pleasant” in Psalm 106:24 also means “delightful, desirable and precious.” When God spoke to Daniel in Daniel 10:11, 19 He called him “greatly beloved” which is the same Hebrew word.
Dear sweet mother, I know life is not always easy in your home as you care for your little ones and face all the challenges of each day. But can I let you in on a secret? It is delightful or burdensome according to your attitude. Nothing influential or powerful in this life is easy. It takes hard work and commitment. It’s the same with mothering in your home.
If you are in the grumbling and despising state, change your attitude today. Embrace your home. You are in the perfect will of God. Delight in it. And commit to making your home a delight--for your husband, your children, and even for yourself.
Love to you today,
Nancy Campbell
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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.”
Do you wonder why you have to endure the trial you are experiencing? Your world is falling apart. Family relationships are estranged. You are ridiculed for your godly convictions. Dear mother, please don’t lose heart. This is not something strange. It is part of living in this fallen, hurting, and deceived world. We are in a fight against evil and it will not stop until Christ comes to bring vengeance upon His enemies and all evil into subjection to His sovereignty.
Every day we face the fight. But we don’t face it in defeat. We have the power of Christ living within us to overcome. The rewards are for the overcomers. Peter continues to tell the believers how to react to their reproaches and sufferings. His words are a little different to what we would expect.
1. REJOICE (verse 13). It is joy that comes as a result of God’s grace in our lives. We don’t rejoice because we feel like it, but because we know that God is in control. He has the bigger picture. He is working everything out for final good.
2. EXCEEDING JOY (verse 13). These words are “agalliao” in the Greek which comes from two roots words: “agan” meaning VERY MUCH; and “aliomai” meaning TO LEAP. It is the same word used in Matthew 5:11, 12: “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be EXCEEDING GLAD: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
When going through trials and persecution we are to leap for joy. Not only a little skip. We are to leap VERY MUCH. Or in other words, “to leap and skip about with excessive or ecstatic joy and delight.” My, I sure have to change my attitude. What about you?
3. HAPPY (verse 14). This word means more than superficial happiness. It is to be fully satisfied in whatever situation I am in (favorable or not), because Christ lives in me. Because Christ indwells me-- and nothing takes Him by surprise or gets Him in a state of tension--I do not have to cave in. And God says that when we are reproached for the name of Christ His glorious spirit rests upon us.
Keep your chin up. Look up to the Lord and trust in Him. He has everything that is happening to you in His control, even when it looks impossible.
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell
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What’s happening in your home today? Is everything piling on top of you--laundry, dishes, and teaching the children all waiting to be accomplished? Don’t despair, dear mother. Don’t look at everything waiting to be done. Just tackle one job at a time. Priorities first. But do each task with ALL YOUR MIGHT. Not half-heartedly, grumblingly, or lazily. And teach your children to do their chores with all their might, too. Inspire this attitude in them as they see the way you work in the home.
The Bible always shows us the way:
Ecclesiastes 9:10: “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy MIGHT.”
Colossians 3:23, 24: “And whatsoever ye do, do it HEARTILY, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
Colossians 3:17: “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”
1 Corinthians 10:31: “Whatsoever ye do, do all to the GLORY OF GOD.”
Philippians 2:14: “Do all things WITHOUT MURMURING.”
Matthew 25:21, 23 and Luke 16:10: “He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much.”
Enjoy a great day in your home today as each one does everything with all their might.
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
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You’ll never be bored or depressed again when you get the right attitude. Your career becomes so exciting and fulfilling when you not only love your children, but you LOVE MOTHERHOOD! #ilovemotherhood #ilovebabies #ilovefamilylife #ilovehome #godplannedmothering #joyfulmothering #aboverubies
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The Bible is true when it says that children are a blessing! #childrenareablessing #godloveschildren #ilovechildren #ilovemotherhood #mothering #aboverubies
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I remember someone saying to me when I was raising our children, "There is never a convenient time to have a baby!" How true. If we wait for the perfect time, it will never come. There’s always some trauma happening in our lives. There’s always some financial challenge. There’s always some excuse which we think is legitimate at the time!
But when this blessing (even unexpected) of conception and a baby comes, the BABY ALWAYS FITS INTO THE FAMILY!
AND WE WOULD NEVER EVER, EVER BE WITHOUT THIS PRECIOUS CHILD.
God's plans are always better than ours.
I’m sure that many of you have testimonies about this.
Love from Nancy Campbell
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We build our marriages and our families with our words. Every time we open our mouths, we either build up or pull down. Be a builder. Be a life-giver. #powerofthetongue #buildyourmarriage #buildyourfamily #speaklife #speaklifegivingwords #aboverubies
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We raise our children to understand that life doesn’t revolve around them. They are here in this world to glorify God and to serve others. This will enable them to live a fulfilled and happy life. So we we to need to start training them now. To give into their every whim raises selfish individuals. It will one day affect their marriage and family life. #glorifygod #trainingchildren #obedientchildren #godlychildren #aboverubies
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PLEASE!Dear wives and mothers, I know that many of you are so busy in your homes that you often don’t know what’s going on in the country politically You’re not even interested in politics. I don’t want Above Rubies to be political either. It is totally for encouraging wives, mothers, and homemakers in their God-given mandate.
However, I realize the seriousness of the situation in our nation currently and need to encourage you to become political for a little while—for the sake of your families. This goes beyond politics. This is about FAMILY! What we do now determines the future of our children, our grandchildren, and our great-grandchildren. Future generations. Do you think about the future of your precious children and what kind of environment they will live in?
PREPARE!
It is time to become a voice to count for righteousness. To protect our children. Therefore, we must get ready. Are you registered to vote for the coming mid-term elections on November 6? If not, get registered right away. You must register before 9 October, so there’s not much time. You can do it locally or online.
Do you have children 18 years and over? Make sure they are registered. Please don’t waste their vote. Your young people can help turn the tide. Every single vote counts. It’s a priority.
PROACTIVE!
Why am I encouraging you to vote? Because this is no longer a choice between political parties, between Democrat and Republican. There was a time when people could choose between. But now the current Democrat party has moved far beyond where they used to be. They are now the party of extreme socialism and fascism. They want communism back.
Already we live in a nation that is completely unbiblical. This party advocates homosexuality which is now is condoned by law of our land and yet it is an abomination in the eyes of God. They are desperate to keep the laws of abortion which allow babies to be murdered up to the third trimester. They do not want to protect our nation but want open borders. They want sanctuary cities, so we can harbor terrorists and criminals.
This is only the beginning. They are no longer subtly working but FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL! Screaming and yelling. They hate God and hate Christians and if they get in persecution will begin. They are supposedly intelligent people, but their thinking is ridiculous. Because they don’t want God in their lives or decisions, He gives them over to a “reprobate mind,” undiscerning and void of judgment (Romans 1:28).
Years back the rhetoric of the feminists was to say they didn’t need men. Now they have gone further. They want to castrate them. They want to eradicate their role in society. Did you hear the senator from Hawaii state publicly: “All men, SHUT UP!”
We don’t want this environment for our precious children and grandchildren, do we?
Therefore, we must be proactive and do something. The most important thing is to VOTE IN THESE MID-TERM ELECTIONS. Even if you’ve never done it before, do it this time.
PRAY!
And of course, pray. I am sure you are praying. Praying with your children morning and evening for our nation and for God to save us from this fascism coming into our nation. Pray against the liberal media that daily fills our nation with lies, deception, and propaganda.
Pray for the youth in our colleges who are being dumbed down and propagandized with all this nonsense by their liberal professors. Pray for a mighty move of God amongst our high schools and colleges. These youth are the future of our nation. What they believe determines the future of our country.
We can’t pray effectively if we don’t know who to pray for. We must pray for our president daily and those surrounding him. Do you know the name of the Secretary of State? Secretary of Defense, The Senate Leader? National Security Advisor? And so on. Do your children know who they are?
1 Timothy 2:1-4: “I exhort therefore, that FIRST OF ALL, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For KINGS, and for ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY: that we may lead a quiet and peace le life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”
We have a prayer box which we use at our prayer times in our home called OUR NATION-CHANGING PRAYER BOX. We include the names of our national leaders and the important issues to pray for in our nation. That way, we don’t forget.
We notice that when the righteous get into authority there is more opportunity for people to come to Jesus and the truth. Let ’s pray for the right environment in our nation.
PLEASE TAKE ACTION.
Love and blessings to you today,
Nancy
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Did you know that God wants you to wear a golden crown on your head each day? In fact, we can’t live without it. We learn this from the clothing God designed for the high priest. Everything that was written in the Old Testament was written for our learning (Romans 15:4 and 1 Corinthians 10:11). And of course, we are called “kings and priests unto God” (Revelation 1:6; and 5:10).
We read that Aaron had to wear a miter (turban) on his head. God also commanded Moses to make a plate of pure gold into a crown and engrave it with the words, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. Aaron wore the golden crown, which was placed on blue lace and attached to the turban, on his forehead. And he had to wear it CONTINUALLY).
This golden crown was called “THE HOLY CROWN.” It speaks of keeping our minds pure and holy before the Lord. All evil comes through the mind. This is where we are first tempted. Therefore, it is most important to wear our holy crown each day. We don’t wear it physically, but by faith we put on our golden crown of HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
When evil and negative thoughts come to your mind, don’t accept them. When you wear your crown, they will hit the golden crown of holiness and bounce off. When grumbling, complaining, self-pitying, and unbelieving thoughts come to your mind, resist them in the name of Jesus. You have a protective golden crown on your forehead.
Not only did Aaron wear the crown continually, but it had to be saturated with the anointing oil, speaking of the HOLY Spirit. We cannot do this in the power of the flesh, but only by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Learn to wear your crown by faith each day. Teach your children this lesson and how to get into the habit of wearing it. Teach them to be proactive about keeping their minds pure. Teach them the truths from the following Scriptures. Encourage them to make them memory verses: Psalm 119:9 11; Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 10:4, 5; Philippians 4:8; 1 Peter 13; and James 4:7.
I read Proverbs 4:15 this morning. It reminds us what to do about an evil thought or evil path:
AVOID IT
DON’T GO ON IT
TURN AWAY FROM IT
AND PASS ON!
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell
P.S. Read all about the golden crown: Exodus 28:36-38; 29:6, 7; 39:30, 31; and Leviticus 8:9-11.
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Every child is a blessing. Even when you think you cannot afford to have another child. God stands behind His Word. He promises to provide for every child He gives.
David confesses in Psalm 37:25 (ESV): “I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.”
And have you noticed the next verse? “He is ever lending generously and his children BECOME A BLESSING.” Yes, those children you thought you could not afford will become a blessing to YOU and to the WORLD!
Who do you trust most? Your finances or God?
Blessings from Nancy Campbell
Check out: http://tinyurl.com/CanGodProvideforBaby
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The Alberta Education Department in Canada are threatening the funding of schools who objectional language in their school policies.
What is this objectional language? Some of it includes:
“men and women were created in the image of God, after His likeness, and therefore have transcendent, intrinsic worth”
“developing godly attitudes toward marriage and the family”
“the unchangeable and infallible truth of the Word of God”
“affirmation that men and women are “equal in dignity and worth” but have “distinct and complementary roles”
“Obedience to God’s law supersedes subjection to human authority”
The extreme socialists and humanists are no longer subtly changing society They are now bold and demanding.
It’s time for God’s people to stand up for truth. To be bold. To contend for our faith and our convictions.
We cannot be silent. We can no longer tolerate what God hates.
“Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? (Psalm 94:16).
To read more go to this link: https://www.lifesitenews.com/…/alberta-official-demands-ind…
~ Nancy Campbell
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The greatest blessing, stability, and power of the nation are godly homes--homes where the husband and wife love one another and together raise godly children to influence the world. Satan also knows the power of the home and tries to woo women away from their greatest place of influence.
However, he is not content with eliminating the mother from the home. He 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 the devil 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 become 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: “RESIST the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Blessings to you today from Nancy Campbell
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