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God has also given you a great work to accomplish. When He sends you a little baby, He gives this baby to you to nurse and train for Him. He doesn't give you this baby to give to someone else to look after. As your children grow, He gives you the powerful work of teaching, training, and preparing them for God's purposes on this earth. It is a mighty work. It is God's work. You couldn't be doing any greater work. It is work that goes into the eternal realm.

But it is "work." The word actually means "toil and labor." Colossians 3:23 reminds us to do our work "heartily."

As we joyfully embrace our work from God, we also teach our children that they are also on this earth to work the works of God. Jesus was only 12 years old when He said: "Did you not now that I must be about my Father's business?" (Luke 29).

God bless you today.

Nancy Campbell

Interesting article about how much mothers work in the home, although I am sure this is not your lifestyle:
http://www.nydailynews.com/…/modern-moms-housework-watching…

It was at the time of the evening sacrifice that God came to Elijah on Mount Carmel and revealed Himself as the God in Israel and "the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God: the LORD, he is the God" (1 Kings 18:36-39).

It was at the time of burning the incense when the angel came to Zacharias to tell him that God would give them a son who would prepare the way for the Savior of the world (Luke 1:8-17). It doesn't say whether it was at the time of the morning or evening incense burning, but it was one or the other. As the priest sprinkled the incense on the burning coals from the altar and the fragrant sweet aroma rose up to God, all the people prayed outside. The altar of incense speaks of prayer, praise, and intercession.

Do you want God to touch you? Do you want Him to come and touch each one of your children? How important it is then for us to gather our family each morning and evening (according to the prototype God gave us) to offer praise and intercession to Him and hear His Word. We should give God every opportunity to come to us as a family.

Don't miss these opportunities for God to come and speak to you and your children.

God bless you today.

Nancy Campbell

I also love the lines:

There's two to wash, two to dry;
There's two who argue, two who cry;
There's two to kiss, two to hug;
And best of all, there's two to love!"

Blessings from Nancy

To enjoy looking at more beautiful pictures of DOUBLE BLESSINGS, go to:
https://www.pinterest.com/abover…/i-love-twins-and-triplets/

The mother looked at her incredulously. "You are the first person who has ever said that to me," the mother replied."Everyone who sees my beautiful babies says, "Double trouble!"

How sad that our society is indoctrinated with lies about the blessing of children.

~ Nancy Campbell

When God speaks about marriage in Genesis 2:24 He says: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."

When God spoke these words there was no father and mother in existence! Before fatherhood and motherhood were ever experienced God spoke His divine and eternal plan into the earth. God wants children raised by a father and a mother. Many gay couples are seeking to adopt children, but this is opposite of God's ordained plan.

Proverbs 14:12 says: "There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." Let's stand strong for God's perfect plan.

God bless you today, Nancy Campbell

(Further Scriptures to go with this post below).

"AMONG THE GODS THERE IS NONE LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD; NEITHER ARE THERE ANY WORKS LIKE UNTO THY WORKS" (Psalm 86:8).

All God's works (all His doings and all His creation, which includes each one of us) are Perfect (Deuteronomy 32:4).

There are also:
Awesome (Psalm 66:3).
Great (Psalm 92:5; 111:2; Revelation 15:3).
Holy (Psalm 145: 17).
Honorable (Psalm 111:3)
Just (Psalm 111:7; Daniel 4:37; Revelation 15:3).
Marvelous (1 Chronicles 16:12, 24; Psalm 9:1; 105:5; 139:14; Revelation 15:3).
Powerful (Psalm 111:6).
Righteous (Daniel 9:14).
True (Psalm 33:4; 111:7; Daniel 4:37; Revelation 15:3).
Wise (Psalm 104:24).
Wonderful (Job 37:14, 16; Psalm 40:5; 71:17; 75:1; 78:4, 11, 32; 105:2; 107:8, 21, 24, 31; 111:4; 145:5).

Give thanks to Him today for His perfect plan and design for your body and for your life. Praise Him as David did: "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well" (Psalm 139:14).

Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

We do not live our lives unto ourselves. Every moment and every day we leave footprints for others to follow. This particularly applies to us as mothers. Our children learn how to walk with God and in holiness as they watch our lives. They learn far more by watching us than from what we tell them.

Revelation 14:13 tells that those who die in Christ "rest from their labors; and their works do follow them." Your mothering work never ends. Sometimes you feel so tried and worn out. But it won't be forever. Your little children grow and life becomes easier. Even when another baby comes into the family, there are now older children to help. But there also comes a day when you will rest from all your labors. And more than that, your works will follow you. They follow you into the eternal kingdom to be judged or rewarded on Judgment Day.

They also follow you after you have gone. Your life keeps influencing your children's lives even when you leave this earth. Your powerful influence as a mother affects not only your children, but your grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and generations to follow.

May we leave clear footprints for our children to follow. May we keep pressing on the upward way until the day we go to be with the Lord. How can others follow if we stop before the finishing line?

God bless you today, Nancy Campbell

Please gather your family to pray earnestly. Pray together at your Family Devotions this evening. Don't let anything stop you from praying. The prayers of God's people and the little children are powerful. You may even like to stop what you are doing at the top of each hour and gather everyone around you to pray. This is our plan for today.

~ Nancy

Do you have three children in your family? You and your husband and three children make five. You can put 100 enemies to flight! Do you have six, eight, or even ten children in your family? What a prayer meeting! What power you wield in our home every morning and evening as you pray together as a family. Don't let the enemy side-track you from the most powerful thing you can do together each day.

You can defeat the devil's plans. You can release the power of the gospel to nations that are in darkness. You can be part of bringing revival to this nation.

Don't let good things be the enemy of the greatest!

God bless you today,

Nancy Campbell

It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, and prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. It is given you in life, will be opened at the judgment, and will be remembered forever. It involves the highest responsibility, rewards the greatest labor, and condemns all who trifle with its sacred contents.

What a privilege to be VISITED by God? May we never lose the awesomeness and wonder of this divine miracle.

God bless you today, Nancy Campbell

"Did you sleep well last night?
Incorrect: "Yes."
Correct: "Yes, thank you, Mommy." (It is important to teach your children to address the person's name.)

At the table. "Would you like some more dessert?"
Incorrect: "Yes."
Correct: "Yes, thank you, Mommy." Or, "Yes, thank you, Mrs. Smith."
Correct: "No thank you, Mrs. Smith. I am well satisfied." Or: "No thank you, Mommy. But it was very delicious."

When introducing yourself to someone.
Incorrect: "Hi."
Correct: "Hello. My name is Caleb Rogers. It's very nice to meet you." And shake hands firmly.

To answer with one syllable and not address the person who is asking the question, is very rude. Nor does it show respect to the person asking the question. And yet I find that not only children, but many older young people answer this way. They have never been taught basic etiquette.

Do some practice runs with your children each day so that it becomes the habit of their lives.

Bless you today. Nancy Campbell

God called them Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Arthur W. Pink comments on God's creation of man: "Not both males or both females, but one male and one female; and to make the design of this unmistakably plain God says, "Be fruitful and multiply." For this reason marriage is called "matrimony," which signifies motherage because it results in virgins becoming mothers."

We cannot deviate from God's plan except to our detriment and destruction (Romans 1:20-32)..

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

Today is another day to sharpen and polish your "arrows." It takes purpose, precision, patience, and prayer. Don't give up.

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

It is important to get our thinking straight. We must not allow our thoughts to fall in with our fleshly feelings. We must gird up the loins of our mind. We must bring every thought into captivity to Christ. We must begin to think how God wants us to think--in line with His Word, for His Word is truth, not our feelings.

As you allow God to change your ideas and thoughts, you will change your confession, and thus your whole way of living.

Be blessed. Nancy Campbell

BE STRONG, AND DO IT!

These words were written to Solomon to encourage him as he built the house for God. You too, are building a home and family for God. You are building a strong family for this nation. You can't do it in your own strength, but God has promised to be with you. He does not give you this great task to do and then leave you on your own. He is with you to the end. He doesn't stay with you until you are half way through, but right to the finishing line! He will not fail you until you have FINISHED! Look up the Scripture and read it again!

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

The very first marriage principle that God gave is oneness. Genesis 2:24 states that the married couple are to be "one flesh." We are not separate entities. We are one. We should think oneness. We should be yielded to one another to be "one flesh" as much as possible. We should be yielded to one another in one spirit, mind, and purpose to build our marriage and family. We haven't got time to be pursuing our own life. We have been blended as one to build a family that is strong, powerful, and that will impact the world. This happens through oneness. Fragmentation comes through selfishness.

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

I think there is a lot of truth in these words. Many people read God’s Word, but it is the letter of the law to them because they read it without faith. God’s Word becomes alive when the Holy Spirit illumines it to us. In the tabernacle in the wilderness, the light from the seven-branched candlestick shone upon the bread on the Table of Shewbread, which represented God’s Word. That’s why the best translation of the Word of God is the Holy Spirit.

As you read the Word individually, and when you come together as a family at Family Devotions, come in faith. Come, believing that God is going to speak to you. Come, asking the Holy Spirit to reveal His truth to you. And what will happen? You will all grow.

Blessings from Nancy Campbell