The devil wants to keep everything about God in a little box. He does not want us to spread the truth and light of the gospel. He hates the truth. He hates the light, and he wants to keep people in darkness.Do you remember when Peter and John prayed for the man who was lame from his mother’s womb, and he was immediately healed? He began walking, leaping, and praising God. All the people saw it and began to praise God. In fact, about 5,000 people believed on Jesus. This was too much for the devil.
The priests and Sadducees put Peter and John in custody until the next day when they met together to make their decision. Their verdict? “’We can’t deny that they have performed a miraculous sign, and everybody in Jerusalem knows about it. But to keep them from SPREADING THEIR PROPAGANDA ANY FURTHER, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.’ So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus” (Acts 4:16-18 NLT).
Do you notice that they called the truth PROPAGANDA? A visible miracle was performed for all to see but to the enemies of Christ it was propaganda. That is what’s happening today. Anyone who stands up against the tyranny in our nation is called a conspiracist. Unless you fall in completely with the liberal agenda, your beliefs are propaganda. I mentioned yesterday about 87,000 IRS agents our liberal government want to bring in. It’s common knowledge but comments disowned it. Scroll down and you’ll see their plans in their own words, including “carrying firearms and willing to use deadly force.”
Did Peter and John become victims to their verdict? No. They answered: “Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:19, 20).
The devil wants to close our mouths. He does not want the gospel to be proclaimed. He does not want the truth to get out. He propagates lies and deception and fake news.
As mothers, we must be courageous for truth. If we are wishy-washy, stay silent, and cave into the droning fake news, what will happen to our children? We must know the truth to tell them the truth. We must be bold for the truth and teach them to stand up boldly for truth. If we allow this next generation to be deceived by the current socialist agenda, there is no hope for this nation.
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Why are the evils of worldliness, feminism, socialism, progressivism, abortion, homosexuality, and now transgenderism encroaching on our nation? I believe it is because God's people are not fighting against these powers of darkness.
Mankind has always faced distractions because distractions are mainly in our hearts and minds. However, I am sure we would admit that there has never been a time when there is so much to distract our minds and attention. This electronic age is a temptation to us and to our children. I notice young people who can hardly focus on looking you in the eye and talking to you because they are constantly looking down at their iPhone to check messages.
1 Timothy 2:15 tells us that we will be "saved in childbearing." Does this mean that we will be saved from having a painless childbirth experience? Some women experience this, but the Scripture actually means the complete embracing of motherhood-birthing and then nurturing and raising children.
Who is your marriage all about? Is it all about you? Many couples live together but are not bound together or even enjoy life together. They start off with great love, enjoyment, and enthusiasm but often their relationship grows boring and cold.
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.
God's kingdom is based on obedience, starting with the Godhead. Jesus Himself, the Son of God, was obedient, obedient to the death of the cross—and we are commanded to have this same attitude (John 14:15, 21, 23; Philippians 2:5-8; and 1 John 5:3).
We sang this old hymn at our Family Devotions yesterday morning. It was written by Priscilla Owens (1829 – 1907). Aren’t they great words?
Some years back I received this prophetic writing from a friend. I would love to share it with you today as I believe this word is needed more than ever:
We sometimes forget that God's Word is for ALL generations and that includes our 21st century. God, who created mankind, designed and planned the way for us to live. And what is His plan? Marriage and family life. Because God planned it, it is the HEALTHIEST AND HAPPIEST way to live. Sadly, we don't always see the evidence of this today, do we?
What's your disposition toward your husband? I was struck by Way's translation of Titus 2:4 which exhorts wives "to be amiable and submissive to their own husbands." To be amiable makes for a happy and loving atmosphere.
1. BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BLESS YOU (Genesis 1:27-28; 9:1, 2, 7; Psalm 128:3-4 and loads of others). There is a whole chapter on these blessing Scriptures in the book, Be Fruitful and Multiply.
The greatest temptation from the enemy of our souls is in our minds. Revelation 12:9 calls him "that old serpent." He mostly attacks us in our minds, or should I say, even torments us. He brings to our minds thoughts of doubt, deception, despondency, rejection, anger, self-pity, and even despair. And yes, worry, worry, worry! If we are not aware of his tactics and do not resist them, they become bigger he wins the victory.
It's amazing that King Hezekiah turned out a godly man. His father, Ahaz, was a very wicked king and even sacrificed his own children to Molech. He was so wicked that when he died, they did not even bury him in the sepulchers of the kings of Israel. But Hezekiah, his son "wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God" (2 Chronicles 29:1, 2 and 31:20, 21).
Alexander Maclaren writes: "Unless religion is communion, it is nothing." True Christianity is a relationship with a person, Jesus Christ. However, this same principle relates to us as families too.
I love the affirmation of the psalmist in Psalm 119:31: "I have STUCK unto thy testimonies." Do you cling to God's Word? Of course, before we can stick to it, we have to know it. We can't stick to something we don't know. In fact, I think this is why many are not glued to God's Word. It's because they are trying to cling to something they are a little hazy about. We have to get the Word into our heart and into our mouths (Isaiah 59:21).
Jeremiah 15:19 reminds us to stand strong and not be lured back to worldly ways, deception, and humanistic thinking: "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!"
Isn't it interesting that man seems to think he knows better ways of doing things than God? The teaching system of today is to segregate children into their age groups. Of course, I can understand that this makes it much easier for teachers. However, even the church has taken on the public school method and separates children from babies to teens in all their separate age levels.