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God doesn’t need much of anything to make a fabulous, amazing, incredible, humongous result, does He?
When talking of His kingdom, He tells how the small mustard seed, the smallest of all the planted seeds, becomes the largest of all the plants in the garden (Matt 4:32).
In marriage, it only takes small acts of obedience, small steps of faith, and small bits of trust for Him to bless us with huge, gigantic, overwhelming and unimaginably good results. Perhaps not overnight, but certainly over time. Watch and see!
Even if only one spouse is making the effort, He blesses! Even if the effort is minuscule, the blessing is returned ten fold! He ensures that each and every act of obedience on our part is always rewarded! No effort comes back void, ever! We only need to do our part, even if we can only handle a small teenie tiny part, the investment comes back with terrific returns. Try and see how God will work unbelievable results. Love Michelle

When Mother sees her child in pain, worn down, hurt or suffering, she is filled with compassion. Everything in her wants to comfort and restore, and return peace and joy. She longs for her children to have the most blessed life, full of health, safety, wisdom and goodness. God the Father parents us with a parental love even more powerful! He designed parenting! He is the original parent, and He longs to restore us, longs to comfort us, and to see us living in His joy and peace. His goal is not to have us worn out and run down (Ps 127:2) He wants to fill us with His peace and His rest (Matt 11:28). If you are feeling run down today, lift up your eyes to your Father, who will not fail to give you rest and restoration. Walk forward in a step of faith and watch Him provide! Love Michelle

Today we were reading Genesis 30 at our family meal table. It is the chapter about Jacob, having sons born to him from Bilhah, Zilpah, Leah and Rachel. At the end of our reading, our 11 year old daughter said, “I am glad I am not a man in those days, having to lie with all those women!”. In this day and age, a man lying with so many women would not cause even a blink of an eye to many. Praise be to God, our daughter saw that not only was that undesirable, but exhausting and unwelcome. Oh, thanks be to God! Dear Lord, please keep our children pure in this morally corrupt culture they are living in. Love Michelle

God’s kingdom is based on obedience, starting with the God-head. Even Jesus Himself, the Son of God, was obedient, obedient to the death of the cross–and we are commanded to have this very same attitude (Philippians 2:5-8).

Every blessing hinges on obedience. God told His people in Isaiah 1:19, “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.” And yet why do we resist obedience? We are so prone toward the flesh, aren’t we? We want to do it out way, and yet it never brings blessing.

We cannot run our homeland unless it is based on obedience. Titus 2:5 commands us wives to be obedient to our husband. We set the example for our children who to be obedient to us. When obedience is established in the home, the home runs smoothly.

When a wife resists her husband, there is no peace. When children are not trained to obey, there is chaos! No mother can enjoy mothering disobedient children. No wonder many mothers don’t like mothering. They have children who are out of control.

Establish obedience in your home and the blessing of God will come down.

Love from Nancy

Jeremiah 15:19 reminds us to stand strong and not be lured back to worldly ways, deception, and humanistic thinking through the words, “Let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.”

It is very clear in the New Living Translation, “You must influence them; do not let them influence you!” I am sure you constantly hear conflicting voices and reactions against what you believe. You are laughed at for embracing more children. You are scorned for homseschooling. Are you influenced by these comments? They should roll us off like water on a duck’s back. We know we are walking in truth. Why should we be affected by the ignorant and deceptive words of others?

The Message Bible is even more powerful in its translation, “Let your words change them. Don’t change your words to suit them. I’ll turn you into a steel wall, a thick steel wall, impregnable. They’ll attack you but won’t put a dent in you because I am at your side, defending and delivering.”

Stand tall, dear mother. Stand strong. Constantly influence others as you speak words of truth. Don’t be influenced by their words. Even when you are attacked with words, it won’t even put a dent in you because God is with you. Praise the Lord.

Love from Nancy

God speaks to us individually, but did you know that He also wants to speak to us as families? God is vitally interested in our individual lives, but He also sees us collectively as families. This is the way He planned for us to live, as families. Jeremiah 2:4 says, “Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the FAMILIES of the house of Israel.”

God wants not only you and your husband, but also your children to hear His words. This is why it is paramount to come together as families, evening and morning, and listen to God speak to us as a family as we read His Word.

We discuss together what He is saying to us a family. We learn together as a family. We press on in the ways of God together as a family. We pray together as a family. We do not leave our children behind.

As you hear God speaking to you as a family, you will be cemented strongly together as a family.

Love from Nancy