Above Rubies Daily Encouragement Blogs

Psalm 106:24, 25 says: “Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.“ The “pleasant land” was the home God chose for His people, but they despised it and murmured and complained.

God has chosen a “pleasant land” for you too. It is your home. The first home, which was the prototype of all homes to come, was called the garden of Eden. Eden means “delight” and God wants you to make your home a delight too.

The word “pleasant” in Psalm 106:24 also means “delightful, desirable and precious.” When God spoke to Daniel in Daniel 10:11, 19 He called him “greatly beloved” which is the same Hebrew word.

Dear sweet mother, I know life is not always easy in your home as you care for your little ones and face all the challenges of each day. But can I let you in on a secret? It is delightful or burdensome according to your attitude. Nothing influential or powerful in this life is easy. It takes hard work and commitment. It’s the same with mothering in your home.

If you are in the grumbling and despising state, change your attitude today. Embrace your home. You are in the perfect will of God. Delight in it. And commit to making your home a delight--for your husband, your children, and even for yourself.

Love to you today,

Nancy Campbell

Every day we face the fight. But we don’t face it in defeat. We have the power of Christ living within us to overcome. The rewards are for the overcomers. Peter continues to tell the believers how to react to their reproaches and sufferings. His words are a little different to what we would expect.

1. REJOICE (verse 13). It is joy that comes as a result of God’s grace in our lives. We don’t rejoice because we feel like it, but because we know that God is in control. He has the bigger picture. He is working everything out for final good.

2. EXCEEDING JOY (verse 13). These words are “agalliao” in the Greek which comes from two roots words: “agan” meaning VERY MUCH; and “aliomai” meaning TO LEAP. It is the same word used in Matthew 5:11, 12: “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be EXCEEDING GLAD: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”

When going through trials and persecution we are to leap for joy. Not only a little skip. We are to leap VERY MUCH. Or in other words, “to leap and skip about with excessive or ecstatic joy and delight.” My, I sure have to change my attitude. What about you?

3. HAPPY (verse 14). This word means more than superficial happiness. It is to be fully satisfied in whatever situation I am in (favorable or not), because Christ lives in me. Because Christ indwells me-- and nothing takes Him by surprise or gets Him in a state of tension--I do not have to cave in. And God says that when we are reproached for the name of Christ His glorious spirit rests upon us.

Keep your chin up. Look up to the Lord and trust in Him. He has everything that is happening to you in His control, even when it looks impossible.

Be blessed today,

Nancy Campbell

The Bible always shows us the way:
Ecclesiastes 9:10: “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy MIGHT.”

Colossians 3:23, 24: “And whatsoever ye do, do it HEARTILY, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ.”

Colossians 3:17: “And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”

1 Corinthians 10:31: “Whatsoever ye do, do all to the GLORY OF GOD.”

Philippians 2:14: “Do all things WITHOUT MURMURING.”

Matthew 25:21, 23 and Luke 16:10: “He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much.”

Enjoy a great day in your home today as each one does everything with all their might.

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

AND WE WOULD NEVER EVER, EVER BE WITHOUT THIS PRECIOUS CHILD.

God's plans are always better than ours.

I’m sure that many of you have testimonies about this.

Love from Nancy Campbell

Dear wives and mothers, I know that many of you are so busy in your homes that you often don’t know what’s going on in the country politically You’re not even interested in politics. I don’t want Above Rubies to be political either. It is totally for encouraging wives, mothers, and homemakers in their God-given mandate.

However, I realize the seriousness of the situation in our nation currently and need to encourage you to become political for a little while—for the sake of your families. This goes beyond politics. This is about FAMILY! What we do now determines the future of our children, our grandchildren, and our great-grandchildren. Future generations. Do you think about the future of your precious children and what kind of environment they will live in?

PREPARE!
It is time to become a voice to count for righteousness. To protect our children. Therefore, we must get ready. Are you registered to vote for the coming mid-term elections on November 6? If not, get registered right away. You must register before 9 October, so there’s not much time. You can do it locally or online.

Do you have children 18 years and over? Make sure they are registered. Please don’t waste their vote. Your young people can help turn the tide. Every single vote counts. It’s a priority.

PROACTIVE!
Why am I encouraging you to vote? Because this is no longer a choice between political parties, between Democrat and Republican. There was a time when people could choose between. But now the current Democrat party has moved far beyond where they used to be. They are now the party of extreme socialism and fascism. They want communism back.

Already we live in a nation that is completely unbiblical. This party advocates homosexuality which is now is condoned by law of our land and yet it is an abomination in the eyes of God. They are desperate to keep the laws of abortion which allow babies to be murdered up to the third trimester. They do not want to protect our nation but want open borders. They want sanctuary cities, so we can harbor terrorists and criminals.

This is only the beginning. They are no longer subtly working but FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL! Screaming and yelling. They hate God and hate Christians and if they get in persecution will begin. They are supposedly intelligent people, but their thinking is ridiculous. Because they don’t want God in their lives or decisions, He gives them over to a “reprobate mind,” undiscerning and void of judgment (Romans 1:28).

Years back the rhetoric of the feminists was to say they didn’t need men. Now they have gone further. They want to castrate them. They want to eradicate their role in society. Did you hear the senator from Hawaii state publicly: “All men, SHUT UP!”

We don’t want this environment for our precious children and grandchildren, do we?

Therefore, we must be proactive and do something. The most important thing is to VOTE IN THESE MID-TERM ELECTIONS. Even if you’ve never done it before, do it this time.

PRAY!
And of course, pray. I am sure you are praying. Praying with your children morning and evening for our nation and for God to save us from this fascism coming into our nation. Pray against the liberal media that daily fills our nation with lies, deception, and propaganda.

Pray for the youth in our colleges who are being dumbed down and propagandized with all this nonsense by their liberal professors. Pray for a mighty move of God amongst our high schools and colleges. These youth are the future of our nation. What they believe determines the future of our country.

We can’t pray effectively if we don’t know who to pray for. We must pray for our president daily and those surrounding him. Do you know the name of the Secretary of State? Secretary of Defense, The Senate Leader? National Security Advisor? And so on. Do your children know who they are?

1 Timothy 2:1-4: “I exhort therefore, that FIRST OF ALL, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For KINGS, and for ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY: that we may lead a quiet and peace le life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”

We have a prayer box which we use at our prayer times in our home called OUR NATION-CHANGING PRAYER BOX. We include the names of our national leaders and the important issues to pray for in our nation. That way, we don’t forget.

We notice that when the righteous get into authority there is more opportunity for people to come to Jesus and the truth. Let ’s pray for the right environment in our nation.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION.

Love and blessings to you today,

Nancy

This golden crown was called “THE HOLY CROWN.” It speaks of keeping our minds pure and holy before the Lord. All evil comes through the mind. This is where we are first tempted. Therefore, it is most important to wear our holy crown each day. We don’t wear it physically, but by faith we put on our golden crown of HOLINESS TO THE LORD.

When evil and negative thoughts come to your mind, don’t accept them. When you wear your crown, they will hit the golden crown of holiness and bounce off. When grumbling, complaining, self-pitying, and unbelieving thoughts come to your mind, resist them in the name of Jesus. You have a protective golden crown on your forehead.

Not only did Aaron wear the crown continually, but it had to be saturated with the anointing oil, speaking of the HOLY Spirit. We cannot do this in the power of the flesh, but only by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Learn to wear your crown by faith each day. Teach your children this lesson and how to get into the habit of wearing it. Teach them to be proactive about keeping their minds pure. Teach them the truths from the following Scriptures. Encourage them to make them memory verses: Psalm 119:9 11; Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 10:4, 5; Philippians 4:8; 1 Peter 13; and James 4:7.

I read Proverbs 4:15 this morning. It reminds us what to do about an evil thought or evil path:
AVOID IT
DON’T GO ON IT
TURN AWAY FROM IT
AND PASS ON!

Be blessed today,

Nancy Campbell

P.S. Read all about the golden crown: Exodus 28:36-38; 29:6, 7; 39:30, 31; and Leviticus 8:9-11.

And have you noticed the next verse? “He is ever lending generously and his children BECOME A BLESSING.” Yes, those children you thought you could not afford will become a blessing to YOU and to the WORLD!

Who do you trust most? Your finances or God?

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

Check out: http://tinyurl.com/CanGodProvideforBaby

The extreme socialists and humanists are no longer subtly changing society They are now bold and demanding.

It’s time for God’s people to stand up for truth. To be bold. To contend for our faith and our convictions.

We cannot be silent. We can no longer tolerate what God hates.

“Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? (Psalm 94:16).

To read more go to this link: https://www.lifesitenews.com/…/alberta-official-demands-ind…

~ Nancy Campbell

Mothers, we must be watchwomen, constantly on the alert for his crafty ways. 1 Peter 5:8, 9 says: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist steadfast in the faith.”

When you notice the devil putting his toe in your door, boot him out before he gets any further. Speak the name of Jesus out loud. Confess the Scriptures out loud. Don’t allow the enemy to become entrenched in your home. Raise up the stand of righteousness. Cast out all worldly practices and entertainment, and “the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life” (1 John 2:15-17). Deal strongly with negative and evil habits.

God spoke to His servant, David: “I have cut off all thine enemies OUT OF THY SIGHT” (1 Samuel 7:9). God reveals the way He wants us to also deal with Satan’s temptations. We cast them OUT OF OUR SIGHT! We don’t allow them to linger around. We don’t tolerate them. We send them kicking, OUT OF SIGHT AND OUT OF MIND.

James 4:7: “RESIST the devil, and he will flee from you.”

Blessings to you today from Nancy Campbell

(A good article written by my granddaughter, Meadow Hall).

Here is my opinion regarding the Kavenaugh/Ford case:

I believe men who rape and sexually assault women are a huge threat to society. I know women who have been victims of rape and sexual abuse and what they have had to endure is truly sickening. Rape is a serious and evil crime. However, the "Believe Women" mantra that is being used to support accusations against men is not at all the way we should be handling these situations . . . This movement is dangerous.

To "Believe Women" is the notion that women (an entire gender) don't lie. But someone has to be lying, so this would also have to imply that men "do" lie. Not only is this idea extremely sexist, and a huge insult to men, it is entirely false. Women have been lying for thousands of years. This is nothing new.

Genesis tells the story of Joseph who was a slave in Egypt for Potiphar. Potiphar's wife took notice of Joseph and tried to seduce him to sleep with her. But Joseph, being an honorable man, refused her. Potiphar's wife persisted another day and "caught him by his cloak and said, 'Come to bed with me!' But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house." When she saw that he had left his cloak with her, she schemed to make up a false accusation against him. " She called her household servants. 'Look,' she said to them, ' this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed. When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

After she lied to her husband about Joseph, Potiphar was so angered, that he sent Joseph into prison for a crime he didn't do.

Like Joseph, there have been many innocent men who have become victims of a woman such a Potiphar's wife.

Just like rape has devastating affects on the life of the victim, so does being falsely accused of rape. The man could lose his reputation, his career, his marriage . . . and spend the rest of his life in prison. So just like a rapist is a threat to society, a woman who falsely accuses men of rape is a threat to society. Just like there should be severe consequences for a rapist, there should be severe consequences for someone who falsely accuses someone of rape.

It is very disheartening to see so many movements and causes such as "power to women,” "rights for women,” and "believe women." Society needs to stop caring only about women and start caring about "people.”

Women are not always the victims. Sometimes men are too. This isn't just about fighting for a culture that is a safe place for our daughters to grow up, it's also about making it a safe place for our SONS. Mothers should be just as concerned that there are evil women out there who could try to ruin her son's life out of the blue, without any evidence.

If we truly care about equality and the rights of "all" people, we should all be just as angered by a man who is falsely accused of rape as we would when a woman is raped.

Don't just "Believe Women". Believe truth. And believe evidence.

MEADOW HALL
Facebook: Meadow Hall
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He also cried out: “It is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves” (Matthew 21:13).

Your home is also God’s house if you have dedicated it to the Lord, which I am sure you have. Therefore, we should have the same zeal Jesus had to protect our homes and families. We are faithful watchwomen who drive evil out of our home. Even if we upset everyone! I’m sure we won’t be tipping over tables and throwing money everywhere, but we’ll be strong enough to take a stand against any evil that seeks to bring darkness into our homes.

We passionately keep our homes holy.

We have the zeal of the Lord about making our home a House of Prayer! In fact, if our homes are not homes of prayer, can we call them God’s homes? We plan our schedules around our daily prayer times with our family. We don’t hope it fits in. We make it fit in to our schedule. Or better still, we make our schedule fit around our highest priority, our daily family times of prayer and Bible reading.

Jesus Christ redeemed us to be “zealous of good works” (Titus 2:14). Building your home and family for God is a good work. Do it with zeal. Don’t do it half-heartedly, allowing other things to consume your mind and time. Embrace the great commission God has given to you and pour your heart into it.

Recently I have watched mothers, who have been wonderful mothers, become zealously involved in a specific interest outside their home. It consumes them. Now, instead of continuing to build their marriage and children’s lives, they pour their life into this vain emptiness that is temporary and has no eternal value. Their home lies destitute. They are building empty castles in the air instead of building their family.

May the blessings of God fall upon you, dear anointed, zealous, passionate mother.

~ Nancy Campbell

You also have lovely dresses of love, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). You have delightful garments of tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, forbearance, and forgiveness (Colossians 3:12-17).

Don’t leave them hanging in your wardrobe. God gives them to you to wear! Read Ephesians 4: 22-24 and Colossians 3:10. The strange thing is that although we have this expensive wardrobe, we don’t always bother to wear the clothes. We are so used to our old shabby clothes of the flesh. We feel more comfortable in them. They feel familiar, so we stick with them instead of wearing our new clothes. But they belong to you! They are yours!

The J. B. Phillip’s translation says: “Fling off the dirty clothes of the old way of living … And put on the clean fresh clothes of the new life.

You can even change garments as you need them throughout the day. Are the children driving you crazy? Your anger is rising. Quick! Change into your garment of long-suffering or patience. Put it on by faith. Thank the Lord for His patience which is in you because He lives in you.

Are you starting to shout and yell because everything is getting on top of you? Put on the garment of gentleness. Thank the Lord for His gentle Spirit which lives in you.

Wear your beautiful clothes.

Blessings to you,

Nancy Campbell

I am challenged by Proverbs 9:10: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is Understanding.”

One of the greatest responsibilities we have as parents is to make sure these twins are intimate friends of our children (Proverbs 7:4). We want them to grow up with godly wisdom and understanding. But how do the get it? By getting to know another set of twins—the Fear of the Lord and the Knowledge of the Holy.

We should have two huge priorities in our lives:

1. To walk in the ear of the Lord and to teach our children to walk in the fear of the Lord. We want them to keep from the evil of this world. The Bible tells us that the fear of the Lord will keep them from evil (Proverbs 3:7, 14:16; 16:5; and Jeremiah 32:40). We must pray this prayer over them daily. We must seek the anointing of the Holy Spirit to keep them walking in the fear of the Lord.

2. To seek to know more and more of our Holy God and to teach our children of Him. The knowledge of the Holy is the greatest knowledge our children can receive. Have we got things in balance in our family life? Do our children receive more time in the day receiving the knowledge of God than they do secular stuff? Even Christian families can become very imbalanced.

One of the greatest ways we can ensure that our children receive fresh knowledge of the Lord each day is at our family Bible times where we gather our children every morning and evening to read the Word and pray together.

Don’t let go your highest priorities. “Hold the fast which thou hast, that no man takes thy crown” (Revelation 3:11).

Be blessed today,

Nancy Campbell

Two answers for you: Firstly, the word “habitation” is a Hebrew word that is used for God’s house and for houses of people. So, that means your house too.

Secondly. God no longer lives in a temple in Jerusalem. He now dwells in all who receive Him into their lives and who are born again by the Spirit of God. Our bodies are now the “Holy of Holies” of God (1 Corinthians 6;19). This is where He delights to dwell. And He loves to dwell in our homes. Therefore, your home is a habitation of God.

If God is the habitation of your home, don’t you love to be there? To be with God? We must get our thinking straight. We must think and speak the right words. Start your day acknowledging the truth. “Thank You, God, that You dwell in my home. I am living in Your habitation. I am Your habitation.”

Or confess: “I delight to be in my home today because God is here. Every mundane task is sacred because God is with me. No challenge is too big because God is with me. I LOVE being in my home with my children.”

David also confessed that he was “SATISFIED with the GOODNESS of God’s house” (Psalm 65:4). It’s good to be in God’s House. But that means, dear mother, it’s good to be in your home because your home is God’s home! Learn to be satisfied with the goodness of your home because God dwells in your home.

But there’s more. I love the way the Bible is filled with adjectives. The Bible not only talks about God’s goodness, but His GREAT GOODNESS (Nehemiah 9:25, 35; Psalm 145:7; Isaiah 63:7 and Zechariah 9:17). Goodness cannot fully describe the goodness of God. It needs more words. The adjective “great” means “abundant, exceedingly, mighty, plenteous, abounding, multitude.”

This is the kind of goodness God wants you to enjoy in your home, in your kitchen, with your children.

Be blessed in your home today.

Love from Nancy Campbell