What are you alive to? God wants us to be alive to Him. When we are alive to God, we are alive to life, for He is the life-giving God. Did you wake up this morning ready for life? Every day is a new exciting day for life.

When we are alive to God, we will also be alive to our destiny and God’s plan for us. That means if God has blessed us with children, His destiny for us is to nurture and train these children for Him. Of course, we’ll have many other projects and passions in which we love to be involved, but mothering will be our paramount passion.

Are you alive to motherhood today? Don’t let the negatives and deceptions of people around you dampen your vision for motherhood. Let God renew His passion in you.

Romans 6:1 says, “Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Love from Nancy

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I started out mothering by listening to the “good advice” from people around me. I was told I should wait four hours between feeding my baby. But he couldn’t wait four hours. I was told I should train him to sleep through the night. Oh how frustrated I was. I loved by baby, but oh this motherhood was painful!

Then I read a statement by a doctor that was my lifesaver.

“There is more in a mother’s intuition than all the books you’ll ever read.”

Praise the Lord, I didn’t have to listen to all the “old wives’ tales.” I could listen to the maternal intuition that God put within me. I was free to respond to my baby. I could nurse him when he cried! I could bring him to bed and let him sleep with me. What bliss! What freedom.

Forget all the books. Forget all the humanistic advice. Listen to God. Listen to your mothering heart. It will release you to be the greatest mother to your baby and your children.

Love from Nancy

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The Bible talks a lot about banners. Banners are a sign of victory. We should be always heralding the banners of God’s truth in our home, in the church, and in the world. If our banners are not waving, it is a sign of defeat!

Never compromise the banners of God’s truth, even in the face of opposition and persecution! Keep them flying high.

I love to write encouraging posts, but I felt grieved this morning as I read Psalm 74:3-4, “Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations: even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns (battle flags) for signs.”

The Amplified says, “They set up their own emblems for signs of victory.”

Can you believe it? The enemy had come into the heart of God’s sanctuary and established their banners! And yet we see the same thing happening today. Right under the nose of God’s people, the enemy has entered into the heart of the church and set up his banners.

In most of Christendom today, the banners are raised…

“Wait a few years until you are established before you start a family.”

“Make sure you use birth control.”

“Don’t have too many children.”

“Put your children in daycare so you can enjoy your career.”

These ideologies are now entrenched in the church. They are not God’s signs. They are not taken from the Bible. Instead, the enemy has staked his emblems in the heart of the church.

Let’s take the flag of God’s truth which is lying in the dust and lift it high.

Love from Nancy

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What are you making happen in your home today, sweet mother? Are you sowing discord? Are you sowing a bad attitude? Are you making it a negative and dissatisfied atmosphere?

Or, are you sowing joy and happiness? Are you sowing positivity and encouragement? Are you making your home full of gladness?

I love Psalm 46:4-5, “There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. God is in the midst of her: she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.” God wants to dwell in the midst of your home. He wants you to make it a glad place to live.

You can’t do this in your own strength. Often, you feel absolutely the opposite! You don’t feel glad and you don’t feel like making anyone else glad! But how does the gladness come? There is a river! The Living Bible translates it, “There is a river of joy flowing through the City of our God—the sacred home of the God above all gods.” Praise God for the river of life of the Holy Spirit who dwells within us. Let the life of Jesus Christ (the One who has more joy than all His fellows) and who lives within you, flow from your life today.

Don’t give into your fleshly feelings. The secret of my life is learning to not live by my feelings but by the life of Christ within me. Let the river flow from your heart today and into your home. Let the river of the joy of the Holy Spirit overflow your home today.

Keep smiling.

Love from Nancy

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