LIGHT IS THE DARKNESS

Recently, I was in a conversation with a young mother, who has been dealing with many fears and anxieties. 

As we were talking, I felt the Lord gave me this encouraging word.  

"Josie, (the name is changed) I see that your heart is very heavy today."

"I am Dottie.  Motherhood is a little overwhelming some days and today is one of them." 

"How can I pray for you?" I asked 

" It's fear and anxiety again.  I don't think I am a very good mother.  I am afraid I will fail ."

"Oh Josie, there is plenty of that to go around. Motherhood, is full of it.  I remember when I was a young mom, an older woman said to me, "You may feel you are not a perfect mother, but you are the perfect mother for your daughter."  I held on to that for years.

I believe the Lord wants to encourage you today by reminding you that fear and anxiety are familiar feelings left over when you lived in the Kingdom of Darkness. They don't exist in the Kingdom of Light. It is so easy to forget who we belong to. It takes time.

 It is like when you first come into a dark room and turn on a light. At first, you can see only a little. But as you turn on more lights (revelations), you will begin to see more and more how beautiful the room has been arranged just for you. God loves you, Josie, and understands fear and anxiety all too well.  He nailed it to His cross. You don't have to live with it any more. The more you let Him embrace you with His love and believe you are totally forgiven for all your sins, Jesus will replace that fear and anxiety with more of Himself...Faith , Hope and Love.  "Perfect Love does cast out all fear." 1 John 4.

It's true, Josie.  He will continue to perfect us in His love and as He does, 'The things in this world will grow strangely dim."

 We hugged and were strengthen in our Lord for the day.

MOTHERS BEHIND THE MEN

There is a saying, " The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."  This is you MOM!

Many of our nation's presidents recognized the impact of godly mothers--as evidenced in these quotes. "All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my successes in life to the education I received from her, " George Washington.  "I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me," Abraham Lincoln.  "From my mother I learned the value of prayer, how to have dreams and believe I could make them come true."  Ronald Reagan.  These leaders guided the country through difficult circumstances and attributed their success in part to their mother's teachings.

You may feel this culture has no place for you.  You bring a child into the world and it no longer belongs to you.  It may seem like the state wants to take over and tell you how to raise your child.  But that is not true.  If God has graced you with a child,  he/she is a gift from Him. You have the privilege to raise him/her in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.  God has a special plan to bless that child with His glory.  He is with you and will show you the way.

Saint Paul  also recognizes the importance of godly mothers and grandmothers.  His letters to Timothy mention Lois and Eunice who taught Timothy scripture from childhood and modeled sincere faith despite a less than ideal environment (Timothy's father wasn't a Christian.).  Their influence led Timothy to become Paul's traveling companion in spreading the gospel and ultimately a leader in the early church. 2Timothy 1:5

Mom, don't lose heart.  God is on your side. You are raising the next generation of godly leaders.  It is time for the the righteous to rule and let the people rejoice.  Your sons and daughters will make an impact for good or for evil.  Remember who is  rocking the cradle!

THE MIRACLE FOR OUR NATION IS IN THE HOUSE OF GOD!

I believe we have overlooked and underestimated the awesome power that is hidden in the family of God.  There is something about the family's atmosphere that generates the power focus to subdue the earth and bring His Kingdom into the affairs of this world.  I believe satan feared the seed of the woman--for it would have the power to destroy him.  He well knew that even our children would contend with him in the gate (see Psalm 127:5)  I believe this is why the Lord's desire has always been to "set the solitary ( widows, orphans, and the fatherless) in families as a picture of His own desire for a family."  (Psalm 68:6)
Now,  through the blood and sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ, His burial and resurrection , by faith we have been placed in a new family...THE FAMILY OF GOD.

Could it be, ever since the garden of Eden, that the enemy well knows that the family of God holds the hidden power to destroy his kingdom and deliver whole nations?  Is it any wonder why he unleashes hell upon the body of Christ?  He wants us divided not united. Divided he conquerors, unity God wins. Satan may have power to deceive, but we have the truth and the authority in the name of Jesus to put satan under His feet. Ephesians 1:22

Jesus commissioned the church to go forth and disciple all nations.  It is my prayer that we do just that. If we can't disciple America, how an we reach the world? 

It is my prayer that the Name of Jesus be lifted up in America and that all men be drawn unto Him.  This nations fought many wars with the blood of men. Now it it time TO WIN THIS NATION WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. God loves America.  Do we?

I Will Go by River w/lyrics

I thought this would encourage you today.

If you have repented , believed on the Lord Jesus Christ and received God's forgiveness, past, present and future, Jesus is alive in you and ready to use you for His glory.  Romans 8:9

Enjoy HIs presence in you and with today.  He loves you and desires for you to know Him more.  His love has been shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Spirit. Romans 5:5

You are a new creation. your heart of sin has been nailed to the cross.  In His resurrection, Jesus made all things new, even your heart.  Jesus took out your stoney heart of sin and created a new heart with new and right desires. Ezekiel  36:26 it is your new heart that Jesus has come to live in.

Enjoy His fellowship today.