IF YOU LOVE Yourself? then you may love others.
forever is love
۱۳۸۶ بهمن ۱۱, پنجشنبه
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You are Loved and Blessed!
I love you, Jesus...
世界各地的“我爱你”English(英语) - I love you Afrikaans(南非洲的荷兰语) - Ek het jou lief Albanian(阿尔巴尼亚) - Te dua Arabic(阿拉伯(对男性) - Ana behibak (to male) Arabic(阿拉伯(对女性) - Ana behibek (to female) Armenian(亚美尼亚) - Yes kez sirumen Bambara(班拉族语) - M'bi fe Bangla(孟加拉语) - Aamee tuma ke bhalo aashi Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo Bulgarian(保加利亚) - Obicham te Cambodian(柬埔寨) - Soro lahn nhee ah Cantonese Chinese(广东话) - Ngo oiy ney a Catalan(加泰罗尼亚语) - T'estimo Cheyenne(夏安语) - Ne mohotatse Chichewa(齐佩瓦语) - Ndimakukonda Corsican(科西嘉语) - Ti tengu caru (to male) Creol(克利奥尔语) - Mi aime jou Croatian(克罗地亚语) - Volim te Czech(捷克) - Miluji te Danish(丹麦) - Jeg Elsker Dig Dutch(荷兰) - Ik hou van jou Esperanto(世界语) - Mi amas vin Estonian(爱沙尼亚) - Ma armastan sind Ethiopian(埃塞俄比亚) - Afgreki' Faroese(法罗语) - Eg elski teg Farsi(波斯语) - Doset daram Filipino(菲律宾) - Mahal kita Finnish(芬兰) - Mina rakastan sinua French(法语) - Je t'aime Gaelic(盖尔语) - Ta gra agam ort Georgian(乔治亚州) - Mikvarhar German(德语) - Ich liebe dich Greek(希腊) - S'agapo Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw Hawaiian(夏威夷语) - Aloha wau ia oi Hebrew(希伯来语(对女性) - Ani ohev otah (to female) Hebrew(希伯来语(对男性) - Ani ohev et otha (to male) Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw Hindi(北印度语) - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae Hmong - Kuv hlub koj Hopi(霍皮语) - Nu' umi unangwa'ta Hungarian(匈牙利) - Szeretlek Icelandic(冰岛) - Eg elska tig Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw Indonesian(印度尼西亚) - Saya cinta padamu Inuit(纽因特语) - Negligevapse Irish(爱尔兰) - Taim i' ngra leat Italian(意大利) - Ti amo Japanese(日本) - あなたを爱している Kannada(埃那得语) - Naanu ninna preetisuttene Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka Kiswahili(斯瓦西里语) - Nakupenda Konkani - Tu magel moga cho Korean(韩语) - 당신을 사랑하고 있다 / 사랑해요! Latin(拉丁语) - Te amo Latvian(拉托维亚语) - Es tevi miilu Lebanese(黎巴嫩) - Bahibak Lithuanian(立陶宛) - Tave myliu Malay(马来语) - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu Malayalam(马拉雅拉姆语) - Njan Ninne Premikunnu Mandarin Chinese(汉语) - Wo ai ni Marathi(马拉地语) - Me tula prem karto Mohawk(莫霍克语) - Kanbhik Moroccan(摩洛哥) - Ana moajaba bik Nahuatl(纳瓦特尔语) - Ni mits neki Navaho(纳瓦霍语) - Ayor anosh'ni Norwegian(挪威) - Jeg Elsker Deg Pandacan - Syota na kita!! Pangasinan - Inaru Taka Papiamento(帕皮阿门托语) - Mi ta stimabo Persian(波斯语) - Doo-set daaram Pig Latin(大拉丁语) - Iay ovlay ouyay Polish(波兰) - Kocham Ciebie Portuguese(葡萄牙) - Eu te amo Romanian(罗马尼亚) - Te ubesk Russian俄语) - Ya tebya liubliu Scot Gaelic(苏格兰盖尔语) - Tha gra\dh agam ort Serbian(塞尔维亚语) - Volim te Setswana - Ke a go rata Sign Language(手语) - ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing'I Love You') Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan Sioux(苏族语) - Techihhila Slovak(斯洛伐克语) - Lu`bim ta Slovenian(斯洛文尼亚语) - Ljubim te Spanish(西班牙语) - Te quiero / Te amo Swahili(斯瓦西里语) - Ninapenda wewe Swedish(瑞典) - Jag alskar dig Swiss-German(瑞典德语) - Ich lieb Di Tagalog(塔加拉族语) - Mahal kita Taiwanese(中国台湾话) - Wa ga ei li Tahitian(大溪地语) - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe Tamil(泰米尔语) - Nan unnai kathalikaraen Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu Thai(泰语(对男性) - Chan rak khun (to male) Thai(泰语(对女性) - Phom rak khun (to female) Turkish(土尔其) - Seni Seviyorum Ukrainian(乌克兰) - Ya tebe kahayu Urdu(乌尔都语) - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo Vietnamese(越南(对女性) - Anh ye^u em (to female) Vietnamese(越南(对男性) - Em ye^u anh (to male) Welsh(威尔士语) - 'Rwy'n dy garu Yiddish(意第绪语) - Ikh hob dikh
I love you, Jesus...
世界各地的“我爱你”English(英语) - I love you Afrikaans(南非洲的荷兰语) - Ek het jou lief Albanian(阿尔巴尼亚) - Te dua Arabic(阿拉伯(对男性) - Ana behibak (to male) Arabic(阿拉伯(对女性) - Ana behibek (to female) Armenian(亚美尼亚) - Yes kez sirumen Bambara(班拉族语) - M'bi fe Bangla(孟加拉语) - Aamee tuma ke bhalo aashi Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo Bulgarian(保加利亚) - Obicham te Cambodian(柬埔寨) - Soro lahn nhee ah Cantonese Chinese(广东话) - Ngo oiy ney a Catalan(加泰罗尼亚语) - T'estimo Cheyenne(夏安语) - Ne mohotatse Chichewa(齐佩瓦语) - Ndimakukonda Corsican(科西嘉语) - Ti tengu caru (to male) Creol(克利奥尔语) - Mi aime jou Croatian(克罗地亚语) - Volim te Czech(捷克) - Miluji te Danish(丹麦) - Jeg Elsker Dig Dutch(荷兰) - Ik hou van jou Esperanto(世界语) - Mi amas vin Estonian(爱沙尼亚) - Ma armastan sind Ethiopian(埃塞俄比亚) - Afgreki' Faroese(法罗语) - Eg elski teg Farsi(波斯语) - Doset daram Filipino(菲律宾) - Mahal kita Finnish(芬兰) - Mina rakastan sinua French(法语) - Je t'aime Gaelic(盖尔语) - Ta gra agam ort Georgian(乔治亚州) - Mikvarhar German(德语) - Ich liebe dich Greek(希腊) - S'agapo Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw Hawaiian(夏威夷语) - Aloha wau ia oi Hebrew(希伯来语(对女性) - Ani ohev otah (to female) Hebrew(希伯来语(对男性) - Ani ohev et otha (to male) Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw Hindi(北印度语) - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae Hmong - Kuv hlub koj Hopi(霍皮语) - Nu' umi unangwa'ta Hungarian(匈牙利) - Szeretlek Icelandic(冰岛) - Eg elska tig Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw Indonesian(印度尼西亚) - Saya cinta padamu Inuit(纽因特语) - Negligevapse Irish(爱尔兰) - Taim i' ngra leat Italian(意大利) - Ti amo Japanese(日本) - あなたを爱している Kannada(埃那得语) - Naanu ninna preetisuttene Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka Kiswahili(斯瓦西里语) - Nakupenda Konkani - Tu magel moga cho Korean(韩语) - 당신을 사랑하고 있다 / 사랑해요! Latin(拉丁语) - Te amo Latvian(拉托维亚语) - Es tevi miilu Lebanese(黎巴嫩) - Bahibak Lithuanian(立陶宛) - Tave myliu Malay(马来语) - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu Malayalam(马拉雅拉姆语) - Njan Ninne Premikunnu Mandarin Chinese(汉语) - Wo ai ni Marathi(马拉地语) - Me tula prem karto Mohawk(莫霍克语) - Kanbhik Moroccan(摩洛哥) - Ana moajaba bik Nahuatl(纳瓦特尔语) - Ni mits neki Navaho(纳瓦霍语) - Ayor anosh'ni Norwegian(挪威) - Jeg Elsker Deg Pandacan - Syota na kita!! Pangasinan - Inaru Taka Papiamento(帕皮阿门托语) - Mi ta stimabo Persian(波斯语) - Doo-set daaram Pig Latin(大拉丁语) - Iay ovlay ouyay Polish(波兰) - Kocham Ciebie Portuguese(葡萄牙) - Eu te amo Romanian(罗马尼亚) - Te ubesk Russian俄语) - Ya tebya liubliu Scot Gaelic(苏格兰盖尔语) - Tha gra\dh agam ort Serbian(塞尔维亚语) - Volim te Setswana - Ke a go rata Sign Language(手语) - ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing'I Love You') Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan Sioux(苏族语) - Techihhila Slovak(斯洛伐克语) - Lu`bim ta Slovenian(斯洛文尼亚语) - Ljubim te Spanish(西班牙语) - Te quiero / Te amo Swahili(斯瓦西里语) - Ninapenda wewe Swedish(瑞典) - Jag alskar dig Swiss-German(瑞典德语) - Ich lieb Di Tagalog(塔加拉族语) - Mahal kita Taiwanese(中国台湾话) - Wa ga ei li Tahitian(大溪地语) - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe Tamil(泰米尔语) - Nan unnai kathalikaraen Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu Thai(泰语(对男性) - Chan rak khun (to male) Thai(泰语(对女性) - Phom rak khun (to female) Turkish(土尔其) - Seni Seviyorum Ukrainian(乌克兰) - Ya tebe kahayu Urdu(乌尔都语) - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo Vietnamese(越南(对女性) - Anh ye^u em (to female) Vietnamese(越南(对男性) - Em ye^u anh (to male) Welsh(威尔士语) - 'Rwy'n dy garu Yiddish(意第绪语) - Ikh hob dikh
۱۳۸۶ دی ۲۸, جمعه
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Mother's Lies
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the orginal author is "unknown" but read and accept and learn... love them while you can!
A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE!
EIGHT LIES OF A MOTHER
This story begins when I was a child: I was born poor. Often we hadn't enough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say "Eat this rice, son! I'm not hungry." This was Mother's First Lie.
As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat the what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten, My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, "Eat this fish, son! I don't really like fish."This was Mother's Second Lie.
Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to bring home some used matchboxes which she filled with fresh matchsticks. This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, "Mother, go to sleep; it's late: you can continue working tomorrow morning." Mother smiled and said "Go to sleep, son! I'm not tired." This was Mother's Third Lie.
When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her.. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother's love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said "Drink, son! I'm not thirsty!". This was Mother's FourthLie.
After Father's death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent. She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Our family's life was more complicated. We suffered from starvation. Seeing our family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my house came to help us solve our problems big and small. Our other neighbors saw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother to marry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying "I don't need love."This was Mother's Fifth Lie.
After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my old Mother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morning just to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she was steadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, "I have enough money." That was Mother's Sixth Lie.
I continued my part-time studies for my Master's Degree. Funded by the American Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. With a big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life in America but Mother didn't want to bother her son; she said to me "I'm not used to to high living." That was Mother's Seventh Lie.
In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized. Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who was bedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heartbroken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, "Don't cry, son! I'm not in pain." That was Mother's Eighth Lie.
Telling me this, her eighth lie, she died.
YES, opo, jee jee, ya, si, oui, yea, siad, yes in any language...MOTHER WAS and IS AN ANGEL!
M - O - T - H - E - R
"M" is for the Million things she gave me,
"O" means Only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the Tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her Heart of gold,
"E" is for her Eyes with love-light shining in them,
"R" means Right,
and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER" a word that means the world to me.
For those of you who are lucky to be still blessed with your Mom's presence on Earth, this story is beautiful. For those who aren't so blessed, this is even more beautiful.
Thanks Mom, Love Marvin
the orginal author is "unknown" but read and accept and learn... love them while you can!
A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE!
EIGHT LIES OF A MOTHER
This story begins when I was a child: I was born poor. Often we hadn't enough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say "Eat this rice, son! I'm not hungry." This was Mother's First Lie.
As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat the what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten, My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, "Eat this fish, son! I don't really like fish."This was Mother's Second Lie.
Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to bring home some used matchboxes which she filled with fresh matchsticks. This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, "Mother, go to sleep; it's late: you can continue working tomorrow morning." Mother smiled and said "Go to sleep, son! I'm not tired." This was Mother's Third Lie.
When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her.. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother's love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration, I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said "Drink, son! I'm not thirsty!". This was Mother's FourthLie.
After Father's death, Mother had to play the role of a single parent. She held on to her former job; she had to fund our needs alone. Our family's life was more complicated. We suffered from starvation. Seeing our family's condition worsening, my kind Uncle who lived near my house came to help us solve our problems big and small. Our other neighbors saw that we were poverty stricken so they often advised my mother to marry again. But Mother refused to remarry saying "I don't need love."This was Mother's Fifth Lie.
After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my old Mother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morning just to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she was steadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, "I have enough money." That was Mother's Sixth Lie.
I continued my part-time studies for my Master's Degree. Funded by the American Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. With a big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life in America but Mother didn't want to bother her son; she said to me "I'm not used to to high living." That was Mother's Seventh Lie.
In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized. Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who was bedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heartbroken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, "Don't cry, son! I'm not in pain." That was Mother's Eighth Lie.
Telling me this, her eighth lie, she died.
YES, opo, jee jee, ya, si, oui, yea, siad, yes in any language...MOTHER WAS and IS AN ANGEL!
M - O - T - H - E - R
"M" is for the Million things she gave me,
"O" means Only that she's growing old,
"T" is for the Tears she shed to save me,
"H" is for her Heart of gold,
"E" is for her Eyes with love-light shining in them,
"R" means Right,
and right she'll always be,
Put them all together, they spell "MOTHER" a word that means the world to me.
For those of you who are lucky to be still blessed with your Mom's presence on Earth, this story is beautiful. For those who aren't so blessed, this is even more beautiful.
Thanks Mom, Love Marvin
۱۳۸۶ دی ۸, شنبه
Mom's Tips!
Here are some great MOM Tip ideas from Steph Taylor. She has 4 "little ones" and a good Husband too!
1st read...
The Fruit of the Home
What kind of fruit will your home bear? Will it be dried shriveled and unusable? I hope not. Will it be full of life and robust, filled with a fragrance so sweet you can't resist it? Our children are the fruit of our wombs. Someday they will be the fruit of our homes, they will be on their own to make choices and to bear and raise fruit of their own.
In his book Bringing Up Boys Dr. James Dobson writes, "It is my conviction that those who choose to bring a child into the world must give that boy or girl highest priority for a period of time. It will not always be required of moms and dads. Before they know it, that youngster will become a young man, who will pack his bags and take his first halting steps into the adult world. Then it will be their turn. By all expectations, you as a parent should have decades of health and vigor left to invest in whatever God calls you to do. But for now, there is a higher calling. I feel obligated to tell you this, whether my words are popular of not. Raising children who have been loaned to us for a brief moment outranks every other responsibility. Besides, living by that priority when kids are small will produce the greatest rewards at maturity."
Let's take a look back and reflect on the effort or lack of effort our parents put in to help us be fruitful. Maybe you're still having trouble dealing with the parents who raised you. We'll take about that more later. But take some time to think about a parent in your life who really invested in helping you have a relationship with God. What was it that they did that helped you to know God better? The Bible says that we are to train our children in the ways of the Lord. Where you trained by a parent?
Bible study may not have been a regular thing at your house. However many of the men who formed our great nation took it very seriously. Including John Adams who said, "So great is my veneration of the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectful members of society."
Abraham Lincoln said that "The Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man . . . But for it we could not know right from wrong." Does your family make an effort to read the Bible together? Do you teach your child the Words of God? As parents we do have a high calling to train our children in the ways of the Lord. Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 7 says, "You shall teach them diligently to your children (speaking of the Commandments) and shall talk of them when you sit in your house when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up." Do you spend time alone with God daily as Jesus did? In Mark chapter one Jesus rose early in the morning before everyone else to do just this.
There are other ways of producing good fruit in our children as well. We've all heard of the term "lifestyle evangelism" used in ministry. What about using lifestyle evangelism in the home to minister to our children, who as James Dobson has said are only on loan to us? What type of life are we modeling to our children? If you're like me this may be an area of struggle for you.
Sometimes I am excellent at showing love to my most horrific enemy but my children are given mere scraps of my attention. The Bible says in Ephesians 6:4, "…do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord." By our lifestyle we are known. One famous mother Susanna Wesley gave birth to 16 children in her life. Some of the children died before or soon after birth. Even though she had a life filled with pains and few joys she still took time to train her children in the Bible. In fact she did such a fine job with her children that her son John became the founder of the United Methodist Church which ministers to millions of people around the world. Your mothering ministry is of infinite value and it is important to God. Do it with passion.
What will your life at home teach your children? Do you have a visible confidence of who God has said you are? God said," I have carried you since you were born; I have taken care of you from your birth. Even when you are old, I will be the same. Even when your hair has turned grey, I will take care of you. I made you and will take care of you."
Take a look into your own life. Are you on a growth filled journey with God or have you let your roots go down into the rocky dry soil that gives no nourishment? Do you love God even though you have never seen Him? Do you trust Him? Are you now happy with the inexpressible joy that comes from Heaven itself? Will your reward for trusting Him be the salvation of your soul? In John chapter 15 we read the story of the vine and the branches. (Read together.) Jesus said in v.4, "Take care to live in me, and let me live in you." Are we taking time to be alone with Him? Do our children see us do this? Have we taught them to do the same?
There is great power in the words we use with our children. Proverbs 18:21 says that, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit." If this is an area where you are souring memorize, pray and speak this scripture until you have victory: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, o Lord, my strength and my Redeemer." (Psalm 19:14)
Let your children see you use the gifts God gave you. In Romans chapter 12 gifts are wonderfully explained. As a child my mother would often take me with her to deliver meals for the local food pantry Feed My People. It seemed like we barely had enough food ourselves but my mother thought to help others and modeled that behavior to me. She is who taught me how to be a gracious servant to others.
Prayer must also take precedence in growing a home life of fruitfulness. We must pray for our children and bless them persistently. God does and will hear our prayers. Our children also enjoy being prayed for. It shows them our love for them. Also, it can serve as a model to them for talking to God. In Mark 11:22 you can read that Jesus said, "Whatever you ask for in prayer and believe you will receive."
Earlier we talked about hurtful parents. This is where as parents we most certainly need to understand forgiveness. After all, someday we may be hoping our children will forgive us. This is important to catch. Jesus had a lot to say about forgiveness. In Mark chapter 11 verses 24 to 25 we read that when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive you your sins too. It is pretty clear that God can't hear our prayer without our heart being made right with Him first. Colossians 3:12-13 says, "Chosen by God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. In Matt. 18:21-22 we read that Jesus said to forgive more than seventy times seven times! That is a lot of forgiving! I don't know about you but I struggle greatly with this.
Our attitude is so high on the list I should've named it first. Is your attitude towards your life, relationships, and faith a good one? One of the greatest preachers of our time, Norman Vincent Peale, said, "Any human being can be anything he wants to be through the power Jesus Christ brings into his life." Our positive attitude can make the difference between success and failure in relationships, life decisions and our walk with God. If you need some help with this recite Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things though Christ who strengthens me." Decide today to seek the Holy Spirit's help in being a positive person.
So we need God's pruning in all these areas to turn us into the vessel He can use. We don't want our children to be sour grapes and we certainly don't want to be sour either! In all these things we will need to use the tools God has given us: the guidance and comfort of Holy Spirit, ferverent prayer, faith, and scripture. We also need the help of some Godly women. In Titus chapter 2 the older women of the church are charged with helping and training the younger women of the church. So to you mentor moms and grandmothers: help us to live quietly and love our husbands and children. Help us and pray for us to be sensible and clean minded, while we spend our time in our homes. This way as we shine our light for the world people will have nothing to say against our Father. Thank you for helping us to become women of God and mentoring us in our mothering. What you are doing is priceless and is a ministry that is vital to our spirits.
Finally, take away with you the fruits of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22, "But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." Seek God and ask for these things so that your fruit will be full of the Life and light God desires it to be. The way to grow the fruit is to know Christ, love Him, remember Him, and imitate Him. And remember to "not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't get discouraged and give up." (Galatians 6:9) We will be blessed by the fruit of our homes if we are guided by the fruit of the Spirit.-This Message to Moms was written by Stephanie Taylor of Zanesville, Ohio. Stephanie and her husband David are raising 4 beautiful children with and by the grace of God, in huge doses. This message may be reprinted for personal use only. Mrs. Stephanie Taylor is the Daughter of NBCC's Co-Founder Marvin Sault,DD. Copyright 2007-
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The Fruit of the Home
What kind of fruit will your home bear? Will it be dried shriveled and unusable? I hope not. Will it be full of life and robust, filled with a fragrance so sweet you can't resist it? Our children are the fruit of our wombs. Someday they will be the fruit of our homes, they will be on their own to make choices and to bear and raise fruit of their own.
In his book Bringing Up Boys Dr. James Dobson writes, "It is my conviction that those who choose to bring a child into the world must give that boy or girl highest priority for a period of time. It will not always be required of moms and dads. Before they know it, that youngster will become a young man, who will pack his bags and take his first halting steps into the adult world. Then it will be their turn. By all expectations, you as a parent should have decades of health and vigor left to invest in whatever God calls you to do. But for now, there is a higher calling. I feel obligated to tell you this, whether my words are popular of not. Raising children who have been loaned to us for a brief moment outranks every other responsibility. Besides, living by that priority when kids are small will produce the greatest rewards at maturity."
Let's take a look back and reflect on the effort or lack of effort our parents put in to help us be fruitful. Maybe you're still having trouble dealing with the parents who raised you. We'll take about that more later. But take some time to think about a parent in your life who really invested in helping you have a relationship with God. What was it that they did that helped you to know God better? The Bible says that we are to train our children in the ways of the Lord. Where you trained by a parent?
Bible study may not have been a regular thing at your house. However many of the men who formed our great nation took it very seriously. Including John Adams who said, "So great is my veneration of the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectful members of society."
Abraham Lincoln said that "The Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man . . . But for it we could not know right from wrong." Does your family make an effort to read the Bible together? Do you teach your child the Words of God? As parents we do have a high calling to train our children in the ways of the Lord. Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 7 says, "You shall teach them diligently to your children (speaking of the Commandments) and shall talk of them when you sit in your house when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up." Do you spend time alone with God daily as Jesus did? In Mark chapter one Jesus rose early in the morning before everyone else to do just this.
There are other ways of producing good fruit in our children as well. We've all heard of the term "lifestyle evangelism" used in ministry. What about using lifestyle evangelism in the home to minister to our children, who as James Dobson has said are only on loan to us? What type of life are we modeling to our children? If you're like me this may be an area of struggle for you.
Sometimes I am excellent at showing love to my most horrific enemy but my children are given mere scraps of my attention. The Bible says in Ephesians 6:4, "…do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord." By our lifestyle we are known. One famous mother Susanna Wesley gave birth to 16 children in her life. Some of the children died before or soon after birth. Even though she had a life filled with pains and few joys she still took time to train her children in the Bible. In fact she did such a fine job with her children that her son John became the founder of the United Methodist Church which ministers to millions of people around the world. Your mothering ministry is of infinite value and it is important to God. Do it with passion.
What will your life at home teach your children? Do you have a visible confidence of who God has said you are? God said," I have carried you since you were born; I have taken care of you from your birth. Even when you are old, I will be the same. Even when your hair has turned grey, I will take care of you. I made you and will take care of you."
Take a look into your own life. Are you on a growth filled journey with God or have you let your roots go down into the rocky dry soil that gives no nourishment? Do you love God even though you have never seen Him? Do you trust Him? Are you now happy with the inexpressible joy that comes from Heaven itself? Will your reward for trusting Him be the salvation of your soul? In John chapter 15 we read the story of the vine and the branches. (Read together.) Jesus said in v.4, "Take care to live in me, and let me live in you." Are we taking time to be alone with Him? Do our children see us do this? Have we taught them to do the same?
There is great power in the words we use with our children. Proverbs 18:21 says that, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit." If this is an area where you are souring memorize, pray and speak this scripture until you have victory: Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, o Lord, my strength and my Redeemer." (Psalm 19:14)
Let your children see you use the gifts God gave you. In Romans chapter 12 gifts are wonderfully explained. As a child my mother would often take me with her to deliver meals for the local food pantry Feed My People. It seemed like we barely had enough food ourselves but my mother thought to help others and modeled that behavior to me. She is who taught me how to be a gracious servant to others.
Prayer must also take precedence in growing a home life of fruitfulness. We must pray for our children and bless them persistently. God does and will hear our prayers. Our children also enjoy being prayed for. It shows them our love for them. Also, it can serve as a model to them for talking to God. In Mark 11:22 you can read that Jesus said, "Whatever you ask for in prayer and believe you will receive."
Earlier we talked about hurtful parents. This is where as parents we most certainly need to understand forgiveness. After all, someday we may be hoping our children will forgive us. This is important to catch. Jesus had a lot to say about forgiveness. In Mark chapter 11 verses 24 to 25 we read that when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive you your sins too. It is pretty clear that God can't hear our prayer without our heart being made right with Him first. Colossians 3:12-13 says, "Chosen by God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. In Matt. 18:21-22 we read that Jesus said to forgive more than seventy times seven times! That is a lot of forgiving! I don't know about you but I struggle greatly with this.
Our attitude is so high on the list I should've named it first. Is your attitude towards your life, relationships, and faith a good one? One of the greatest preachers of our time, Norman Vincent Peale, said, "Any human being can be anything he wants to be through the power Jesus Christ brings into his life." Our positive attitude can make the difference between success and failure in relationships, life decisions and our walk with God. If you need some help with this recite Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things though Christ who strengthens me." Decide today to seek the Holy Spirit's help in being a positive person.
So we need God's pruning in all these areas to turn us into the vessel He can use. We don't want our children to be sour grapes and we certainly don't want to be sour either! In all these things we will need to use the tools God has given us: the guidance and comfort of Holy Spirit, ferverent prayer, faith, and scripture. We also need the help of some Godly women. In Titus chapter 2 the older women of the church are charged with helping and training the younger women of the church. So to you mentor moms and grandmothers: help us to live quietly and love our husbands and children. Help us and pray for us to be sensible and clean minded, while we spend our time in our homes. This way as we shine our light for the world people will have nothing to say against our Father. Thank you for helping us to become women of God and mentoring us in our mothering. What you are doing is priceless and is a ministry that is vital to our spirits.
Finally, take away with you the fruits of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22, "But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." Seek God and ask for these things so that your fruit will be full of the Life and light God desires it to be. The way to grow the fruit is to know Christ, love Him, remember Him, and imitate Him. And remember to "not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't get discouraged and give up." (Galatians 6:9) We will be blessed by the fruit of our homes if we are guided by the fruit of the Spirit.-This Message to Moms was written by Stephanie Taylor of Zanesville, Ohio. Stephanie and her husband David are raising 4 beautiful children with and by the grace of God, in huge doses. This message may be reprinted for personal use only. Mrs. Stephanie Taylor is the Daughter of NBCC's Co-Founder Marvin Sault,DD. Copyright 2007-
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