I am sensing that God is leading me into a new season. A deeper place of trust and intimacy. During this process I’ve definitely experienced some frustration. A feeling of not being quite sure where to go next, what to do next. But at the same time, I have felt…
I was inspired the other day by the words emblazoned on my iced coffee the other day…”Life is getting up an hour earlier to live an hour more.” But getting up an hour earlier to live what kind of life? If I’m waking up an hour early to live an hour…
Hold on! Pull it together! Keep on, keepin’ on! Move on! Don’t look back! The danger in these catch phrases is that we use them to hold ourselves up in difficult and trying seasons in our lives, but many times we don’t take the time to heal. So many times…
I’ve talked to several people in the last few months that are in tough situations. Problems with their finances, their children, their marriages, addictions, you name it. What has shocked me in every instance is their lack of desperation. They’re complaining, crying, and even asking for help…but they really don’t…
“Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know…
From the first day that I enrolled my oldest daughter (and two more following) in Kindergarten, I have felt blessed with good schools here in Hawaii.
We have had God-fearing principals that asked for prayer as well as teachers that share moral life principles with their students.
This year is different, however. As my daughters have shared conversations their classmates have had and I listened in shock to the subjects that were discussed, something became quite clear to me.
As the end of time draws nearer and Satan works feverishly around the clock, the children of the world are exposed to more and more ungodliness. So many of their parents are involved in drugs, prostitution, promiscuity and pornography. Therefore, their children (the classmates of my children) bring such filth and debauchery to school – not just in their minds, but it becomes a part of their conversations. Hence, my Holy Ghost filled children have been exposed to such raw sin that they would otherwise have no knowledge.
Unfortunately, private school is not an option at this time. Home schooling is not possible. What is a protective mother to do?
At this time, I have two opportunities which I feel determined to accomplish.
- Make sure that I continually present the principles of the Word of God in a manner that my children can understand and appreciate them. They must know what it takes to please the Father.
- I must make sure to provide a safe covering and hedge of protection in prayer for each of them.
- I can pray a covering over their ears when their teachers teach untruths that collide with the principles of the Word of God as well as the knowledge to know the difference.
- I can pray that their classmates find themselves uncomfortable in talking “trash” in the presence of my children.
- I can pray (and give guidance) that my children will have an answer to give when someone tries to share ungodly speech and actions with them.
The state of the world grows worse each day. Mark 13:20 says, “And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved.”
The Lord is coming soon. We are often uncomfortable with the sin that is on display today, but is it so bad that we are praying “Come Lord Jesus” yet? How bad will it get before we find ourselves so grieved, that we are ready to go to be with the Lord.
We have a God who has great saving and keeping power!
Time spent on our knees – or in a closet alone – gives us access to that power. Let us set aside time each month to ensure that our children are covered…and protected in prayer.
Submitted by Debbie Sanders (reprinted by permission from the Daughters of Zion e-Newsletter. Sign-up for the free monthly newsletter at ladiesministries.org/daughters_of_zion.asp)
While flying a plane in thick fog, the pilot cannot be sure of his direction unless he gives full attention to his instruments. In a thunderstorm, the turbulence can toss the plane about; the darkness within the clouds may cause disorientation. Sometimes the pilot will feel as though he is going up or down or turning around. But he cannot depend on his feelings. Only the gyros can be trusted, so the pilot must hang on to the controls in the turbulence, and discipline his mind to concentrate on the instruments-not on the storm.
There is a parallel spiritual truth for the believer in troubled times.
Undisciplined feelings will cause disorientation-even a crash- unless we keep ourselves stabilized by the facts of God’s Word.
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