What counsel do you put into your children’s lives? I want to put God’s counsel, don’t you? Proverbs 19:20, 21 says: “Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. There are many devices in a man’ heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.”
We have plenty of man’s counsel all around us. We are bombarded with media propaganda and liberal education for our children. Our public schools no longer teach from a biblical foundation, but from a humanistic philosophy. Is this really what we want for our children? Is this what God intends for our children?
Rather, God holds us responsible for what goes into our children’s minds and hearts. Do they receive a godly education each day? The teaching that enables them to be wise in their latter end? The instruction that prepares them to continue walking in the ways of God as they leave our homes?
God’s counsel stands; humanistic wisdom fades.
God needed 40 years to get Moses’ Egyptian education out of his system before He could use Him to lead His people out of slavery. And he still faced opposition when he stood in Pharaoh’s court. Moses told Pharaoh he was taking the people out of Egypt, a three day journey, to sacrifice to the Lord. Pharaoh tried to get him to leave the children behind, but Moses would not compromise. He would not go to serve the Lord without all the children with them (Exodus 10:8-11).
God’s instruction is “the way of life” (Proverbs 6:23 and Matthew 7:13, 14). Man’s ways lead to deception and destruction (Proverbs 14:12; 16:25; and Deuteronomy 30:19).
Are you choosing life for your children?
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell
Are you carrying a burden today? Sometimes you feel totally bowed down by burdens. Did you know that God does not want you to carry these burdens. He asks you to give them to Him (Psalm 55:22.
Further to my post this morning about living in rest, here is a poem for you: 
All you have to do is come to the foot of the cross,
Isn’t it so wonderful that our God is the One who MAKES A WAY! Yes, in every situation. The Bible tells us He makes way through:
What do you do in your home each day? Oh my, I know you do so much, and you have so much more to do than you can fit in a day. But how do you “go about”? Let’s read about Jesus in Acts 10:38: “ 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.”
Of course you do. When you become a mother you can hardly grasp how you can love someone so much.
I have just added two new prayer boxes for our Family Devotions. We now have six different prayer boxes from which to use each day when we have our Family Devotions together.
Today as I rocked my four-month old little girl to sleep I thought of how I'm not able to make our rental a home for my family and how nice it will be to finally have our house built so I could make a home. I then realized that making a home has nothing to do with the size or worth of the home--renting or owning.
There was a time when females were equated with softness, and men with toughness. I believe that females should be strong. We need to be strong physically. Childbearing and caring for a family is not for wimps. We need to also be strong emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We must be strong to stand against the devil and all evil that would come against our home and family.
Godly mothers are the greatest need of the nation!
Many families shave a hankering to get out into the country where they can raise their children away from the temptations of the city and live a more natural lifestyle. But often they cannot fulfill their dreams. The husband’s work is in the city and that’s where they have to be!
Mothers of children, can you not see
“’The great events of this world,’” says someone, “are not battles and earthquakes and hurricanes. The great events of this world are babies. They are earthquakes and hurricanes.’” . . . Oh, the secrets that lie all about us hidden from our eyes! We glance at a tiny child, and we do not see, we do not know, what a thunderbolt of the Almighty is wrapped up in that little child.”
The education of our children is a big part of our mothering. It is a responsibility that God has given to us as mothers. It’s not something we can hand over to someone else, unless we know that person is teaching our children a biblical worldview and the understanding of God’s ways for mankind from the Bible. We are responsible to oversee the education of our children from God’s point of view because we are nurturing and educating them on His behalf.
What a blessing to partake of the promises of God. Isaiah 51: 8 says: “My righteousness shall be forever: and my salvation from generation to generation.” We notice here again the twins of righteousness and salvation.
We mostly receive one baby at a time, but sometimes two! I was blessed to have twins many years ago and I used to say: “There’s only one thing better than having a baby and that’s having two babies!” We also read about twins in the Bible; not only physical twins, but character twins. It’s fun to look out for them. You will have already noticed “faith and love,” “grace and truth,” and “prayer and thanksgiving.”
We all know the Titus 2:3-5 passage in the Bible where the older women are instructed to be “teachers of good things.” The Mirror paraphrase of the Bible says that it is “irresistibly beautiful teaching.” The phrase in the Greek is “kalodidaskalos” from two words:
Arm your children with the truth of God's Word. Not haphazardly, but every day!
Hospitality is the lifestyle of the kingdom of God. It should not be a haphazard occurrence,but the habit of our lives (Acts 2:46, 47).
Isn’t it amazing how you miss things in God’s Word? It is so rich and full and every day you see something new. It was already there but you hadn’t noticed it before. Reading James 5:7 I noticed the words, “Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth.”