What are you speaking into your husband and children today? Words of life and encouragement? Or words of negativity, fear, doubt, complaining, and unbelief?
My, our little tongue has such power, doesn’t it? James 3:6 tells us that even though our tongue is so tiny, “it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.” This chapter reminds us that a huge ship in fierce winds can be turned about with “very small helm.” A large horse can be bridled with a little “bit.” Animals, birds, serpents, and even sea mammals can be tamed, but not the tongue (without God’s help).
The other Sunday in church my husband asked everyone to “hold their tongue.” Try it. Your tongue just doesn’t want to be held! It resists!
The only One who can help us bridle our tongue is the Holy Spirit who lives within in. How does God speak? He speaks in righteousness (Isaiah 63:3). Therefore, if we are born again by the Holy Spirit, He dwells within us and enables us by His anointing and power to also speak righteousness. Only He can help us to hold our tongue when we would rather retort back to our husband. Only He can help us speak kindly when we would rather fly off the handle. He is the One who enables to speak life and encouragement to our children.
Therefore, instead of complaining all day long, let’s be like David who said: “My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long” (Psalm 35:28).
Psalm 37:30: “The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.”
Psalm 119:172: “My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.”
Psalm 145:21: “My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD.”
Psalm 8:7: “My mouth shall speak truth.”
I know you can’t do this in your own strength. Nor can I. Let’s confess the life of Jesus and His righteousness that dwells within us. Only then can we speak righteously.
Have a positive-speaking, faith-building, praise-giving, and righteous-speaking day,
Nancy Campbell
I loved this following post I read on Facebook the other morning--written by Allison Frost Hartman. She wrote: “People ask me every day, ‘How do you do it with nine children?’ Well, this past week I experienced life with only one child. My parents graciously offered to keep all our children except the baby for VBS.
She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future.
It is important for mothers to keep a pure heart before the Lord.
Life is rarely easy. Motherhood is not easy. We continually face challenges, but I want to remind you that God is with you in all of them. Read again this wonderful promise from Isaiah 43:1, 2 (RSV): “Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through the fire you shall not burned, and the flame shall not con
Isaiah 49:15, 16: “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.”
I remember one time when our children were little, and I had so many other things pressing upon me. I felt I could not cope any longer. Have you ever felt like that? I woke in the morning to read my Bible and pray, which is the habit of my life, and poured out my inadequacies to the Lord. As I read, I was amazed! the words were exactly how I felt.
Pressed beyond measure; pressed to great length,
Yesterday we talked about the angel of the LORD coming to Joshua the high priest, in Zechariah’s time. Not only did the LORD come, but Satan came too. Now let’s continue the story.
We need to get two facts straight: Satan is our accuser (Revelation 12:10), but Jesus is our advocate (1 John 2:1).
It's time we put FIRST things first!
I love the words of the following poem, written by a dear friend of mine who is a missionary to the native Indians up in the mountains of Panama.
Think about yourself.
The very first thing God did after creating man and woman was to bless them (Genesis 1:28). You can also read Genesis 17:16 and 49:25 which are only a couple of so many Scriptures of how He wants to bless us.
The following is a little story to encourage you:
God, the Almighty Creator, lays the next generation in the laps of the mothers!
Do you have little ones all around you? Are you “with child”? During these times of your life God does not expect you to do all the things you were doing before you became pregnant and gave birth. He understands you are a mother and He gently leads you. You do not have to keep up with the front of the flock. While you are pregnant and have little toddlers, you do not have to feel guilty if you lag behind for awhile. The Good Shepherd waits for 
God promises us in Deuteronomy 33: 25: “As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” I’m sure you love this promise, but have you read it in context? It’s in the passage of the prophetic blessing upon the tribe of Asher which says: “Let Asher be blessed with children” and then it concludes with “As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” Isn’t that amazing?
I nursed a baby ‘till he slept,
They said that I was crazy to let myself get fat