"He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city"
(Proverbs 16:32).
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Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs
Through the weekly and daily devotionals you can be constantly encouraged in your great role of parenting, the highest career in the nation. You can also stay updated on what's happening with the Above Rubies ministry.
The following are tips from husbands with great marriages:Cherish her!
Tell her EVERY DAY that you love her.
Call her from work for no special reason, just to let her know that you are thinking of her.
Show an interest in what she is wearing. Tell her she looks beautiful.
If she has tried to please you, show your appreciation.
Say “Thank you” and show appreciation for every meal she cooks. You’ll even get better meals.
If she needs affection, give her affection. AND NOT JUST IN THE BEDROOM.
Write a love note to her and let her find it unexpectedly!
Tell her EVERY DAY that you love her.
Remember, your wife will be the expression of how you treat her. What is she like? It depends on YOU!
If she is lonely — share YOUR heart with her.
Make your wife your closest companion and confidante.
If she is weary of everyday chores, take her out to dinner.
When she needs to talk to you, give her your UNDIVIDED ATTENTION. Look into her eyes when she is speaking.
Don’t forget her birthday or your wedding anniversary!
Give, without expecting in return! You’ll be surprised at the changes.
Is this your daily lifestyle?
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...people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs 28:28 NET
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The Supremacy of man's reason or the supremacy of God's Word?
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The Bible calls believers the SALT OF THE EARTH and the LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Light scatters the darkness and lights the world.Matthew 5:13-16 (NKJV):
“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Ephesians 5:11 (NKJV):
“And have no fellowship with the fruitful works of darkness, bur rather expose them.” The KJV says: “reprove them.”
We are called to be good salt, salt that has not lost its ability (spiritually speaking) to enhance flavor. Salt enhances the influence of the believer’s life and witness. Salt overcomes corruption. It purifies and cleanses.
Our compromise of being the light and salt in this world has become a national sin, both in politics, our learning centers, and the churches of our nation. The unbelieving world do not want biblical values in our political system, not in our educational system. However, the founding fathers understood the absolute importance of these values in all aspects of our lives. The separation of church and state is the reason we are in the mess we are in now. Without uncompromising biblical values we have no moral compass.
Did you hear our President’s speech on the night of 4 March? Not only was it a powerful speech (for 90 minutes) but it was jam-packed with what he has accomplished, by the grace and the zeal of God, in the first 43 days since his inauguration. It was mind boggling, to say the least. I do not think that any president in America’s history has accomplished more in their one, or even two terms, to bring down corruption like this man has.
However, the evil swamp has compromised this nation in a huge way. Did you see the faces of the Democrat party as Trump shared the long list of where our tax dollars are being wasted all over the world on projects that have no moral justification? Some of these countries have no significance and have not even been heard of. Many of these countries are receiving millions, and even billions, of our hard-earned tax dollars.
It is particularly important that our newly appointed leaders to Trump’s cabinet carefully follow the money trail by whatever means possible in order to find out how much of this money is landing back into the pockets of many of our corrupt politicians.
It is obvious that many of these corrupt politicians, including RINOS in the Republican party dislike, and even bitterly hate Trump. They are guilty of massive bribery. All this must be brought to the light and all those involved should be convicted. If it is possible for AI technology to help expose evil doers and bring them to justice, then it should be used. I have always been cautious about AI as it can be used for great evil but those who really want to be used of God to resist evil by whatever means should pray about this matter.
The swamp must be destroyed, or the swamp will destroy us, and all the good foundations on which our country was built. Exposing evil is not enough. It must be followed with true justice and judgment otherwise we will not stop the evil at all.
With God’s help we must apprehend, convict, and put a stop to the evil people who offer and take bribes. These people have no moral compass and do not care that the great values of our country are being trampled on. They are false and fake leaders who only care about themselves.
We who agree with our president must use every spiritual weapon that God, who is the LORD OF HOSTS, so generally provides. Our No. 1 weapon is prayer. Prayer is infinitely greater than most people realize. Our president cannot succeed in draining this swamp of evil on his own. He desperately needs a spiritual army of prayer warriors to “fight, fight, fight” for him day and night.
This is where you and I come in. We make up this massive army of people who believe in the power of prayer offered in Jesus’ name. This is our great opportunity to win the battle against evil with tremendous victory. It’s a day-by-day battle until final victory is achieved. I believe that the victories which are presently being achieved are happening because this praying army is arising. What a privilege to be part of it.
God has given us the power to bind up the powers of darkness and to loosen the captives from their grip.
Atthew 18: 18-20 9 (NKJV):
“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
Again I say unto you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
We must reprove, resist, and pray. And we will be rewarded!
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
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...God's Word in our minds the less we have of the Devil's lies.
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What kind of children are you raising for this nation?
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Let's pray earnestly for justice to be renewed in our land. And to be executed on all evil.
“When justice is done good citizens are glad and crooks are terrified” (Proverbs 21:15 CEV).
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"Right is Right though all condemn, and wrong is wrong though all approve."
~ Charles Spurgeon
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Abhor that which is Evil; Cleave to that which is Good."
Romans 12:9
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Who has a troop of romping youthAbout his parlor floor?
Who nightly hears a round of cheers
When he is at the door?
Who is attacked on every side
By eager little hands
That reach to tug his grizzled mug?
The wealth of earth commands.
Who knows the joys of girls and boys,
His lads and lasses too,
Who’s bounced upon and pounced upon
When his day’s work is through?
Whose trousers know the gentle tug
Of some glad little tot,
The baby of his crew of love
Is wealthier than a lot.
Oh be he poor and sore distressed
And weary with the fight,
If with a whoop his healthy troop
Run welcoming at night,
And kisses greet him at the end
Of all his toiling grim,
With what is best in life he’s blessed
And rich men envy him!
~ Unknown
Painting: Pascal Campion
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As the leader and protector of your family, how much time do you spend in prayer, Dad?
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Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
Prov. 16:32 ESV
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We cannot underestimate the great work President Trump and Elon Musk are doing to investigate and cleanse the government departments in this nation. But the question is: what is the church doing to cleanse its own house?Psalm 42:3: “My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?”
Psalm 42:10: “As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?”
Psalm 79:10: “Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? Let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.”
Judges 6:12, 13: “And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him (Gideon), and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, Why then is all this befallen us? And where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”
It is indeed a shameful thing when there appears to be little evidence of the miraculous in many of the current gatherings of God’s people. It is even worse when most people are quite content to have it this way.
Luxurious cathedrals of amazing design are no real substitutes to the manifested glory of God’s presence, coupled with signs, wonders, and miracles. Even our modern-day magnificent buildings with all their modern amenities and comfortable seats, black walls and ceilings, and the greatest sound and music and near perfect natural ambiance are no match for the powerful heartbeat of God’s holy presence.
Slick, skillful orators and clever communicators are no match for the humble carpenter’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ who raised the dead, opened the deaf ears, gave sight to the blind, and healed all manner of diseases. His teaching changed people’s lives, setting them free from all demonic possession.
Impeccable organization that equals the best business technology cannot equal or match the humble tent where God shows forth His glory. While the church is busy trying to gather the multitudes by providing the best entertainment possible, the hospitals are crammed full of sick and diseased people needing to be healed and set free.
And so we ask ourselves: Where is our God? Where is the evidence of Hs presence?
The truth is that Heaven is still at hand. It is not far away at all.
The answer to seeing the miracles of Heaven is repentance from any form of sin. John the Baptist’s teaching was “Repent ye: for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand” (Matthew 3:2). Likewise the first thing Jesus preached was “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17).
We must humble ourselves from doing anything that is contrary to the direct will of God. We must ask ourselves the question: is the kingdom of God still full of miracles or has that period ended? Will God give us repentance so that we can take hold of all the blessings of His kingdom? For repentance itself is a gift of His kingdom. Jesus said that no man can come to God except The Holy Spirit draws him.
Repentance is primarily turning around from doing things our own way. We must confess our sins of self-will, self-reasoning, self-pride, self-love, and anything that allows self to take the place of God’s throne in our lives. We must abdicate our right to reign over all aspects of our lives and let God have supreme control over all that we think and do. This is the only real gateway to the kingdom of God.
I firmly believe that the kingdom is still packed full of miracles. And I do believe that God still wants to make known to the church that He has not changed. He longs to show forth His glory.
Along with repentance, there must be strong action to pray. The fact that so many churches do not have a strong emphasis on prayer is indicative of our impotence in revealing to the world the awesome, powerful, presence of God, accompanied with signs, wonders, and miracles.
A positive note. In answer to our earnest prayers we are daily seeing many miracles happening on our political front, exposing the vast corruption of tax payer’s money that has been used by fraudulent behavior in high places. We pray that this will lead to a great national repentance and that there will come a great revival of righteousness very soon. We pray that this itself will release a great wave of miracles. I will never give up believing God for all this to happen.
Be encouraged,
Colin Campbell
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