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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.
“A person’s a person no matter how small.” Greatgrandbaby Warren already beginning his ministry to speak for life! #marchforlife #speakforlife #iamforlife #alwayschooselife #aboverubies #nancycampbell
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As I look at this beautiful pairing of a mother and baby I am thinking of a message I have just listened to of a young teenager with cancer who is fighting for his life. Jeremiah Thomas speaks a message to his generation a out abortion. He speaks tough words, but they are not wrong when he says that abortion makes mothers murderers and men wimps. You can hear his message at Penny Lea Ministries. #godisforlife #chooselife #abortionismurder #abortionismurderofanewper
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No matter how big the storm He is with you. Read Isaiah 43:2 again.
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Dear mother, you have the wonderful privilege of showing to the world what God is like.
God speaks in Hosea 11:3-4 (NASB): "It is I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them in my arms . . . and I bent down and fed them" What a beautiful picture of our God, who in His mercy, bends down to feed and comfort us.
In the same way, dear mother, you reveal the heart of God. When you take your baby in your arms, you are being like God. When you bend down to your little ones to feed them and tend to their needs, you are being like God.
You are not doing some insignificant, but powerful. Delight in it.
Love from Nancy Campbell
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Does your heart need cheering up today? There is only one who can truly cheer you in the depths of your soul. His name is Jesus.
Are you feeding sad? Speak the name of Jesus. Are you feeling unloved? Say the name of Jesus out loud. Are you feeling hurt and ungrateful? Say, “Thank you, Jesus.” Say His name over and over again throughout this day. You cannot stay dismal when you speak His name. I love the words of the hymn…
Who can cheer the heart like Jesus
By His presence all divine,
True and tender, pure and precious,
O, how blest to call Him mine.
All that thrills my soul is Jesus,
He is more than life to me,
And the fairest of ten thousand
In my blessed Lord I see.
May you be uplifted today,
Nancy Campbell
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What kind of aromas fill your home? Sweet or bad smells? The flesh gives off sour, bitter, grumpy, and horrible smells, doesn't it? They make everyone in the home feel bad and want to run!
But Christ in us is a sweet-smelling savor, and He wants us to exude His sweet aroma throughout your home. Most husbands love fragrant perfumes (well, my husband does), but more than perfumes, we should constantly wear the perfume of Christ in our lives. I am challenged by 2 Corinthians 2:14 (J. B. Phillip's translation): "We should have about us the unmistakable scent of Christ." Isn’t that wonderful?
How are you smelling today? Are your husband and children avoiding you or running to you?
We notice two things in this Scripture in 2 Corinthians 2:14, 15 (NLT): “(God) uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.” Firstly, we understand that it is a sweet perfume. If we are not giving off a sweet perfume, it is not the aroma of Christ!
And secondly, we are to spread this sweetness everywhere, in every place. This means your home! It means in the midst of what you are doing—when the children are driving you crazy, when your husband rubs your up the wrong way, and when you are doing the mundane chores like scrubbing toilets and piles of dishes.
No matter what the situation or the place, we keep being sweet! Are you up for the challenge?
Love from Nancy Campbell
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“Let there be thankfulness to God” (Ephesians 5:4 (NLT).
Is thankfulness the predominant language of your home? Are you in the habit of thanking God, not only for the good things but for the difficult situations?
Our thankfulness to the Lord should spill over to our family. Do you thank your husband for the little things he does for you? Do you thank him for choosing you to be his wife? Do you thank him for taking out the trash? Well, if he doesn’t take out the trash and you have to do it yourself, thank him for something else!
What about your children? Do you thank them when they do their chores? Do you tell them you are glad God gave them to you?
Today, why don’t you thank your husband and each one of your children for something specific, maybe something for which you have never thanked them before?
Your thankfulness to your family members will spill over to others outside your home, too. Ephesians 5:4 (TPT) says: “Guard your speech. Forsake obscenities and worthless insults; these are nonsensical words that bring disgrace and are unnecessary. Instead, let worship fill your heart and spill out in your words.”
Think of someone else you can thank and give them a call.
Be blessed,
Nancy Campbell
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“WE DO NOT LOSE HEART!” This was Paul’s confession In the midst of "afflictions, hardships, distresses, beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, sleeplessness and hunger" (2 Corinthians 6:4-10, 16-18; 11:23-29; and 12:10).
What are you going through, dear mother? Perhaps a few sleepless nights. Maybe you are upset because of negative words that have been said to you. Or everything suddenly seems so overwhelming. Your circumstances seem “like the end of the world, “but dear mother, we know little of real hardships. We are not being persecuted like millions of fellow believers across the world. We are not experiencing beatings, imprisonment, and hunger as Paul was. But he didn’t lose heart.
Be encouraged by these words: DON'T LOSE HEART! Stand strong against the pressures of life. Stand strong for your family. Stand strong for your convictions. Stand strong in the Lord. We have to toughen up a bit, don’t we?
But don’t despair. God is with you and He will never leave you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5, 6).
Blessings to you today, Nancy Campbell
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Are you a bubbling fountain of life to your husband and children?
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THE PRECIOUSNESS OF LIFE versus cold-blooded murder. The RHA which New York governor, Cuomo, signed into law allows precious human beings to be murdered in the womb up to the time of birth. No God-fearing person can stay silent. We are told to ABHOR evil (Romans 12:11). That means to shudder with horror! Life begins at conception and is a separate human being than the mother. The baby has a different DNA than the mother! To kill a baby at any time in the womb is murder and nothing less. Let’s not be duped and deceived. #standforlife #lifebeginsatconception #abortionismurder #embracemotherhood #aboverubies #nancycampbell
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Mother, you are the watch dog of your children--body, soul, and spirit.
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Motherhood is beautiful—tender, passionate, powerful, protecting, emotional, the most challenging and heart-wrenching of all careers—but the glory of womanhood. P.S. Would you like to add some more descriptions? #mothering #ilovemotherhood #powerofmotherhood #gloryofmotherhood #godsdesign #aboverubies #nancycampbell
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Perhaps you are sitting on your rocking chair and nursing your baby as you read this post. What a powerful work you are doing. You are not only nurturing and comforting your baby, you are not only preserving your own body, but you are revealing the character of God. What could be more beautiful and powerful?
We see God’s nurturing heart in Isaiah 49:15: “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion (wombness) on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.” This powerful anointing of protection, love, and nurturing that pours from you while you nurse your baby comes from God. Only God’s anointing is even stronger. A mother may forget, but God will never.
We see the same character in Jesus when He cried over Jerusalem: “How often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!” (Matthew 23:37).
Rejoice that you have the privilege of revealing God’s character in your home and to the world
Love from Nancy Campbell
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Here’s some good questions to ask yourself about your marriage . . .
Am I Nourishing my husband with love?
Am I Nurturing him and ministering to his needs—physically, emotionally, and spiritually?
Am I being Nice to him, or just plain grouchy?
Am I Noticing him and giving him time in my busy schedule?
Am I Nesting the home to provide him a place of solace?
Am I Nobly revealing the picture of Christ and His church through my marriage?
Am I Never giving up in my commitment to my marriage?
Love from Nancy Campbell
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Do you feel lonely, out of sorts, full of fears, or down in the dumps? You don't have to stay in this state! Did you know there is a sanctuary where you can run? It is God Himself! He is your refuge and hiding place, and He waits for you to run to Him. As you run into His heart, you will find safety, comfort, help, and deliverance!
Ezekiel 11:16 says: "Although I have cast them far off among the heathen . . . yet will I be to them as a little SANCTUARY." No matter what your situation, God is always our SANCTUARY (which is the same word that is used for the tabernacle and the temple where God dwelt in all His Shekinah glory)!
Don't stay in your depressed state one minute longer! Run into God! Hurry!
Love from Nancy Campbell
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Your home is a haven providing protection,
Filled with joy and peace and lots of affection,
It’s God’s chosen place for your husband and you,
To raise godly children, righteous and true,
You’re making it a sanctuary from the evil around
So you can train children to be whole and sound,
The right time is coming when you’ll send them out,
Empowered with God’s Spirit—world, look out!
Love from Nancy Campbell
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What is God's plan for our lives? To present us unblameable and unreprovable in His sight at the coming of the Lord Jesus (I Corinthians 1:8; Colossians 1:21-23; and I Thessalonians 3:13). To conform us to the image of His Son, Jesus Christ (Romans 8:29 and 2 Corinthians 3:18).
We also should have a vision for our children. Of course, we need a biblical vision. If God’s vision is to present us blameless at His coming, I think that’s a good vision for our children, don’t you?
When raising our children, I took to my heart the following Scripture. 1 Thessalonians 5:23: “The very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
It is not enough to care for our children’s physical lives. We must guard their souls and spirits. This kind of vision takes our whole lives and earnest prayer.
I was talking with a mother last evening and she said something arrested me. “I love my children beyond their flesh.” How true that is. As mothers, we have a higher vision than making sure our children are well fed and clothed. We see beyond that. We are not content with middle of the road children. We want to see them passionate for God, instead of hankering after the things of this world.
If our children are rebellious and disobedient, we don’t think it’s funny. We deal with this sin. We cry out to God in prayer. For we are not just looking after children. We have a vision for God’s character to be formed in them. We want them to fulfil the purpose for which they were born. We do not want them contaminated by the deceptions of this world.
We constantly and vigilantly watch over their souls and their spirits.
Be blessed,
Nancy Campbell
Painting by Pierre Auguste Renoir (1897).
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As God’s representative in your home and in the world, He wants you to be tasty and flavorful salt. Never BLAND! Bland salt is good for nothing except to be thrown out. God vomits Luke-warm believers out of His mouth (Revelation 3:16). Let’s embrace the extravagant life of Christ Jesus who lives within us. Never bland. Never mediocre. Never status quo. Never ordinary. Never boring. Instead OVERFLOWING with love, joy, patience, and generosity. #abundantlife #abundantlifeinchrist #youarethesaltoftheearth #aboveselfpity #aboveanger #aboverubies#nancycampbell
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The victorious life is the crucified life. Anger, bitterness, jealousy, self-pity and other fleshly sins no longer rise up in our lives if we have nailed them to the cross. This is how you live in victory in your home. Read also Galatians 2:20; Romans 8:13; and Colossians 3:12, 13. #crucifiedtotheflesh #thecrucifiedlife #alivetojesuschrist #liveinvictory #aboverubies
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