ABOVE RUBIES NEWSLETTER #3, Nov 2017
MINI ABOVE RUBIES, No 3 for 2017
Dear Above Rubies readers,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
I am sure you are gearing up to a wonderful family Thanksgiving. We’ll be having a sit-down meal for 80 – 100 people—still waiting on numbers. So, I better get working tomorrow to set up and cook! I love Thanksgiving, don’t you? I think it is one of my favorite family celebrations. We have so many great traditions and it’s an all-day affair
Featured Articles
THE TWELVE BASKETS FULL MENTALITY
ABOVE RUBIES IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER!
PICTURE POSTS OF FAMILIES AT THE DINNER TABLE
IDEAS FOR DISTRIBUTING ABOVE RUBIES
TWELVE BASKETS FULL MENTALITY
However, Thanksgiving should not only be for one special day, but our lifestyle. It’s the lifestyle of God’s kingdom. Colossians 2:7 says: “Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, and ABOUNDING therein with thanksgiving.” Have you noticed that the Bible contains extravagant language?
Our God is an extravagant God. He writes extravagant words. Nothing in the Bible is normal. John 10:10 tells us that Jesus not only came to give us life, but ABUNDANT life. He not only gives us peace, but peace that PASSES UNDERSTANDING (Philippians 4:7). He not only gives us joy, but joy that is UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY (1 Peter 1:8). God not only pardons our sins, but ABUNDANTLY pardons (Isaiah 55:7). And so, we could keep going.
Now we read that we are not only to be thankful, but to be ABOUNDING in thanksgiving. Some translations say: “OVERFLOWING in gratitude.”
What does it mean to abound? When we check the original Greek, we find even more extravagant adjectives. The word abound is “perisseuo” meaning “to superabound, to be excessive, abundant, exceed, over and above.” The Bible uses the same word in John chapter six where Jesus fed the five thousand men, plus others.
Jesus not only fed the people, but fed them to overflowing. When they were all “filled,” Jesus asked them to gather all that was left over, and they filled up twelve baskets full that “remained OVER AND ABOVE (perisseuo)” that which they had eaten.
I believe that we need to come into the TWELVE BASKETS FULL attitude regarding a thankful attitude, don’t you? We all say, “thank you” when someone gives us something or does something for us, but I believe we need to go “over and above” this normality.
How many baskets full do you have over? Perhaps one basket full? You may get excessive sometimes. But not too much. You don’t want people to think are “over the top.” Hey, that’s what you are meant to be! You are never meant to be average, normal, or boring. Especially when it comes to being thankful.
What about two baskets full over? How many times do you thank your husband each day? Do you thank him profusely for even the little things he does for you? Or do you take him for granted? Do you thank your children when they do their chores, or just take them for granted too?
What about three baskets full over and above? Appreciation and gratitude pour from your heart. You don’t have an entitlement mentality. You and I both know that we don’t deserve anything, and therefore we are grateful for every little blessing in life.
What about four baskets full over and above? How our hearts should be filled with thankfulness to God for all His blessings, especially for His great salvation. I cannot refrain from thanking Him every day for His sacrifice upon the cross for me. Our hearts should well up with thankfulness continually through the day for all the wonderful blessings God pours upon us. Often, we don’t see them because of our attitude of ingratitude. That’s why we’ve got to push into the OVER AND ABOVE TWELVE BASKETS FULL ATTITUDE.
What about five baskets full over and above? Are you becoming excessive? Is it becoming normal for you to say, “Thank you soooooo much.”
As I write, I have just gone outside. I was overwhelmed. A slither of a new moon was silhouetted behind the bare trees. It was the most beautiful sight. Of course, I couldn’t help but be filled to overflowing with praise to our wonderful God!
The TWELVE BASKETS FULL attitude can revolutionize your marriage.
The TWELVE BASKETS FULL attitude can revolutionize your family life. Just imagine everyone in the home with this mentality. Outdoing one another with thankfulness. What bliss to live in an environment of thankfulness, blessing, appreciation, and gratitude. It changes everything.
THE OVER AND ABOVE TWELVE BASKETS FULL attitude can change the lives of everyone we meet, and ultimately society.
Amen and Amen, Nancy
ABOVE RUBIES FOR CHRISTMAS
Once ahead I am going ahead in faith to print the new Above Rubies, # 94. I know it will be a blessing to you. I don’t have all the finance in yet, but am believing for miracles and trust that it will come to your home very soon.
In fact, I am believing for it to be in your home before
or at least in time for Christmas!
Would you like to help get this message out to the nations of the world?
We ask for your help to spread truth and restore
The honor of family, ordained by God’s law.
To encourage godly parents to be heroes in the land,
Won’t you dig deeper and give a helping hand?
Publishing costs lots, without your aid we cannot print,
Shipping is excessive and adds up to quite a mint!
As we work together to build God’s way in the nation
We’ll birth a great revival of true family restoration.
Amen!
You can donate by going to: http://tinyurl.com/DonateToAboveRubies
Thank you so much, dearest helpers in this great work.
IS YOUR ADDRESS CORRECT?
If your address needs to be changed, please email it to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We must clean up our data base each time we send out a magazine and it seems such a shame to pay for magazines that never reach their destination. Because Above Rubies is sent out as bulk mail, it is not forwarded to you if you have moved.
CAN YOU HOST AN ORPHAN FOR FOUR WEEKS?
Michelle Vernon writes: “URGENT NEED: Loving host families desperately needed for four weeks beginning in December. Will you open your home, so an orphaned child doesn't spend Christmas alone? Project One Forty-Three Orphan Host program is extending an invitation to an orphaned child to live in your home and experience your family over the summer or winter holiday. If you have room this Christmas, see the children available for hosting at www.p143.org/pre-registration/. Hosting is open nationwide.
Please make contact immediately. Thanks
Michelle * This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER!
I know social media can waste a lot of valuable time. However, it can also be a blessing if used wisely and with discipline. Nearly every day I post an encouraging word to you as a wife and mother on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! You will be encouraged, inspired, challenged, blessed, and fortified in your high calling as you read these posts. Here’s how to get on:
https://www.facebook.com/AboveRubiesUS/
https://www.instagram.com/_above_rubies_/
https://twitter.com/aboverubiesusa
FACEBOOK BLESSINGS
“I just love receiving the FB posts. They are gentle and yet powerful reminders for me as a wife and mother.”
“All your posts are so challenging and encouraging.”
“Your posts brighten my day.”
“I so appreciate your daily words to mothers. You are feeding, and we are listening.”
“Your Facebook posts are THE most encouraging words on the Internet.”
“Nancy, you just never stop the giant helpings of encouragement.”
“Thank you for your daily words of wisdom. My soul gets fed more from your FB posts than from the many churches we have visited in many parts of the country over the years.”
“Your posts are like gold.”
PICTURES OF FAMILIES AT THE FAMILY MEAL TABLE OR HAVING DEVOTIONS TOGETHER
I have mentioned this before, but I am still looking for more pictures of families at the meal table together or having devotions together. I know it’s not easy to get these photos, but would love some of you good photographers to have a try.
Please send them to me by attachment to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. at no less than 300 dpi. Thanks.
MUSLIM INVASION
There is a difference of opinion about allowing Muslim people into our nation. I believe that there should be careful screening. It is a fact that many Muslims are coming in with an agenda to take control of our nation. That does not mean we despise them. We as a family have a great burden to pray for the Muslim people in USA and in all their countries that God will move mightily upon them and bring many to salvation.
We have a very dear Muslim friend who has now come to know Jesus. In fact, he was in the mosque in Nashville, Tennessee and had a vision of Jesus on a white horse who said to him that the next day someone would come and tell him about Jesus. The next day our grandson, Zadok, arrived to purchase a car from him and told him about Jesus. He came to Jesus soon after and we now consider him part of our family and all our family celebrations.
But we cannot bury our heads in the sand about the agenda of the radical Muslim people. Did you know that by the sixth century Christianity was firmly established in Saudi Arabia? But 100 years later it was completely replaced by Islam which is now the official Saudi religion. The whole state of a nation can easily be changed
Look how the Muslim invasion is already changing the nation of England.
Mayor of London ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Birmingham ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Leeds ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Blackburn ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Sheffield ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Oxford ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Luton ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Oldham ... MUSLIM
Mayor of Rochdale ... MUSLIM
Over 3,000 Muslim Mosques
Over 130 Muslim Sharia Courts
Over 50 Muslim Sharia Councils
Muslims Only No-Go Areas Across The UK
Muslim Women ... 78% don't work and are on FREE benefits/housing
Muslim Men ... 63% don't work and are on FREE benefits/housing
Muslim Families ... 6-8 children planning to go on FREE benefits/housing and now all UK schools are ONLY serving HALAL MEAT!
They are also invading our schools with their agenda. Check out the following article.
EDUCATION OR INDOCTRINATION? Islam in Our Schools
The following is an important article to read. We need to be aware of what is happening in public schools and what children are being taught if they happen to be in the state education.
https://clarionproject.org/education-indoctrination-islam-schools/
PETITIONS TO SIGN * BE A VOICE FOR TRUTH
END ABORTION
Protect the preborn and end abortion. Demand that Congress end the unconscionable taxpayer-funding of the abortion industry. Planned Parenthood received over $500 million in forced taxpayer funding last year.
Go to: https://www.liveaction.org/petition/
LIFE AT CONCEPTION ACT
Over 4,000 babies are aborted every day in our nation. That's over 1.6 million every year! By passing a Life at Conception Act, you can end abortion in America!
The Supreme Court itself admitted in Roe that once Congress establishes the personhood of unborn children, they must be protected by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution which explicitly says: "nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property."
Since the Supreme Court is waiting for someone to tell them who the law counts as persons, let's not wait another minute!
Your petition will let your Senators and Congressman know that their constituents support full protection for the unborn and that they must stand for life in Washington.
Copy the following link you’re your URL:
STOP SENDING US TAX DOLLARS TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
Tell Washington to pass the Taylor Force Act and deny financial aid to the Palestinian Authority and stop the murders of innocent Israelis and Americans.
In 2016, Taylor was murdered in a knife attack while on a Vanderbilt University trip to Tel Aviv, Israel. His attacker was a Palestinian man who was paid with U.S. tax dollars by the Palestinian Authority, a known terrorist organization, to murder Taylor. The terrorist was killed by police—but his family was left with a lifelong lucrative financial reward:
• Pension for life that is triple the average salary in the West Bank
• Free tuition for life
• Free health insurance for life
• Free clothing allowance for life
• Free monthly stipend—ALL courtesy of U.S. tax dollars.
This practice of financially incentivized murder is known as #PayToSlay. We must stop it.
Each year, the U.S. government gives $300 million in U.S. taxpayer money to the Palestinian Authority for the promotion of peace in the area—but that’s not how the PA uses it:
• In 2016, the PA paid $135 million to terrorists jailed in Israel
• And $183 million to family of terrorists and to incentivize future attacks
• That adds up to more than $300 million to reward and incentivize acts of murder—in one year alone.
When you sign the petition to pass the Taylor Force Act, you:
• Lend your voice to millions of others who are uniting to tell Washington to end #PayToSlay
• Support ending U.S. taxpayer money as financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority until the PA stops payment for acts of terrorism, including financial incentives and rewards to terrorists and their families.
• Show your support for current legislation. In August of 2017, the Act was introduced to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and passed by a vote of 17 to 4. As the Act is prepared for presentation to the Senate and House of Representatives, it’s critically important to show support for The Taylor Force Act by signing the petition.
Go to: https://www.cbn.com/news/faithinaction/paytoslay.aspx
CONGRESS SHOULD PAY THE SAME AS AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR HEALTH CARE
Why should they make us pay for something they don’t have to accept, and we don’t want to have?
ABOVE RUBIES IN SINGAPORE
Here is the new email for Above Rubies in Singapore. This also includes all Asian countries: Contact Jenny Png at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
BACK COPIES OF ABOVE RUBIES
Currently I have a few copies of back copies of Above Rubies still available. Once they are gone, they are gone forever. Apart from the last issue, #93, I have copies of #85 – 92. If you are missing any of these issues, you are welcome to contact me for them. I would love you to be blessed and encouraged. Every magazine has different stories and articles that encourage and inspire you in your great calling.
Email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your full mailing address. Type BACK COPIES in the Subject Heading. If you need more than one copy of any issue, let me know. I am happy to send you whatever you can effectively use for your own blessing and to bless others. If you are ordering several magazines and would love to also give a donation, you can go to: http://tinyurl.com/DonateToAboveRubies
However, if you cannot afford it at this time, but you still need the encouragement, I will be happy to go ahead and send them to you.
IDEAS FOR DISTRIBUTION
If you would like ideas on how to distribute Above Rubies and get this message out into your community, go to the following link:
http://tinyurl.com/DistributingIdeas
INTERN EXPERIENCE
ABOVE RUBIES HELPERS
I am always looking for lovely, helpful, young girls, approximately between the ages of 17 – 25, to help in the ministry of Above Rubies. Instead of going on a mission trip to Africa or South America, you can come to Tennessee! The girls help in the office from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm each day, sending out magazines and orders and keeping up with the data base. It is not hard work, but it is consistent. I don’t always have an opening, but I love to have contacts ready for when a new opening arises. If you are interested, please email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call at Ph: 931 729 9861. Thanks.
MY FATHER’S ARROWS
My Father's Arrows is a not for profit children's home. They are also looking for young ladies between the ages of 17 – 25 to help with children in foster care. Applicants must have a servant’s heart, willing to help with many duties on the farm including, but not limited to laundry, cooking, cleaning, teaching, and supporting the house parents with daily work.
Contact Sarah Ellis
My Father's Arrows, Inc.
4025 Hwy 178, Jay, FL 32565
(850) 490-1691
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
www.myfathersarrows.org
BE INSPIRED
Whenever you need some encouragement, inspiration, or refreshing in your life, go to:
http://aboverubies.org/Articles-Stories
You will find articles and testimonies on every subject on family life. Here are a few to peruse over Thanksgiving:
http://tinyurl.com/QuietTimeLittleChildren
http://tinyurl.com/DailyWashing
http://tinyurl.com/SarahsDaughters
http://tinyurl.com/QuintessentiallyFeminine
http://aboverubies.org/SevenSecretsForWives
http://aboverubies.org/selfindulgent
Check out the website for hundreds more.
A CANDLE IN THE WINDOW HOSPITALITY NETWORK
Theresa Bowen writes: Do you view your home and family table as a nexus for work, education, worship, community, evangelism, and training in servant leadership? It can be! You don’t have to be Martha Stewart or have a large home to practice true, biblical hospitality. Biblical Hospitality is a unique, divine assignment that pleases God, blesses the home, provides for community, and creates learning and serving opportunities that can last a lifetime . . . a foretaste of heaven.
With household budgets becoming more and more strained, travel can be a challenge! A Candle in the Window Hospitality Network provides a creative, economical alternative. A Candle in the Window is a growing, worldwide network of Christian households delighting in hospitality. Our hope is to multiply the blessings we have experienced in our own home through hospitality as our members travel, share a meal and open up their homes to one another.
Our mission is to provide an ever-expanding online directory to our members, and a secure in house communication network in which to contact potential hosts to set up a conversational dinner and/or overnight stay when traveling through their location.
And while saving money is extremely appealing, we believe the greater blessing will be through hearing of God’s faithfulness recounted around countless dinner tables.
To read amazing stories and testimonies of the power of hospitality go to:
https://www.facebook.com/A-Candle-in-the-Window-Hospitality-Network-104127636348544/
We now have over 2000 locations in 110 countries
We’d love you to join. To join, go to: https://acandle.wildapricot.org/
The Bowen Family * acandleinthewindow.com * 904.589.0287
BLESSED BY ABOVE RUBIES
Women all over the world continue to be blessed and encouraged by the ministry of Above Rubies. The following are a few snippets:
“I gave Ari t to a young married friend. Two days later she called to tell me she had decided to quit college and work so she could stay at home full time to be a help meet to her husband. She had the full support and blessing of her husband and she is now happier than I have ever seen her. The stress is gone and now she and her husband have decided to start having children. Before, they were going to wait until she finished college which was going to take several years as she was having to work quite a lot just to pay for it. You have touched many women in your ministry, and this is another blessed one you can add to your list.”
“AR is wonderful. It is so refreshing and encouraging to read your articles lifting families and mothers. I love how you encourage women to fulfil their God-given roles. The world has such a different view, encouraging women to have careers and leave their children. Nearly all the women in my area work outside the home. I know only one other stay-at-home mother. Can’t anyone see that this is the one reason our country is falling apart? No one is raising their own children anymore!”
“AR has been such a blessing in my life. I read and reread them. I have seen God change my heart so much. I love being a mother and no longer desire to be anything else.”
“So many times, you’ve brought living water to my thirsty soul. Please continue the ministry of encouragement.”
“A dear friend gave me some extra copies and I have learned so much! I have laughed, cried, prayed, and praised the Lord while reading them!”
"My ideas on mothering have totally changed for the better.”
“I am a new mother and I can't express my gratitude enough. This is my ONE AND ONLY favorite magazine, but it’s more than just a magazine, it’s more than I can express in words.”
“I just received my AR magazines today. Oh, what a joy! it is like the Ark of God in the house of Obed-Edom (2 Samuel 6:11, 12).”
“Thank you for your heavenly advice.”
“I am always so excited to get a new copy. I treasure them, save them, and read them over and over.”
“Thank you so much! I get so excited when the magazine comes. It’s like gold to me. I so appreciate your vision! Thank you for all you have invested in my life by all the countless hours you have spent editing and whatever else. The articles are life to me. No other magazine has impacted me more than Above Rubies.”
“AR is filling a great void in the world and in the church.”
“AR has literally been life giving to our family.”
“I don't have any social media accounts and so I cannot "like,” “pin,” or "tweet" when I want to shout "AMEN!" after reading your posts. But I want to let you know that your devotionals are such a blessing and encouragement to my heart and soul. Thank you so, so much for writing and ministering to mothers. God bless you, sweet mother to many, including me.”
“Your encouragement is indescribable, dear sister Nancy.”
“Thank you again for bringing out our Heavenly Father’s Word that we trust and hang onto daily!”
“Your Spirit-inspired devotionals encourage me and help me endure the everyday trials that life brings along. Thanks for your truthfulness and love for the family.”
"About 12 years ago when I had only four children I went to an AR retreat in Wisconsin and Nancy's talks changed my direction in enjoying motherhood. We now have 10 children and are enjoying our life."
HAPPY THANKSGIVING AGAIN!
Have a wonderful weekend,
In His love,
Nancy Campbell