Dearest Mothers, What If Your Children Should Gain The World But Have Not Jesus?

 What If Your Children Should Gain The World But Have Not Jesus?

The things of this world are so enticing! The thrills and entertainment are endless. How often do you find yourself entangled in a electronic game or Facebook, Twitter or the numerous other mind boggling enticements? How often do you find yourself planning in your mind the various things you will say, and/or respond to others?

Isn't it difficult to pull yourself away, and almost impossible? (At least until the guilt of having been on too long over comes the enticement.) There are numerous enticements that await to pull you into their grasp- Not just you but your children as well.

Wouldn't you agree with me that the pleasures of this world have a powerful influence on the mind and body?
The mind and body revel in these pleasures and always crave, never satisfied but seeks more and bigger and "better" pleasures. Something akin to eating a chocolate candy bar- you always feel like more.

Dear Mothers beware! These things only lead to leanness of the soul! The more you "feed your flesh" the less you are sensitive to the things of God.

Turn away from the enticements of the flesh and turn to the true and living God. HE is life indeed and satisfies the soul! Seek a deep relationship with Jesus Christ the Lord- not with the World.

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. (Hosea 6:1-3)


As you seek God you will have a greater desire to point your children to Him- and teach them that life is useless with out Jesus Christ.

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
(James 1:12-15)


Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
(Matthew 16:24-26)

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or suffer loss?(Luke 9:23-25)

And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. But there shall not a hair of your head perish. In your patience you will gain your souls.(Luke 21:17-19)

For though I am free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.(1 Corinthians 9:19)

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.(Philippians 1:21)

But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing let us be with these things content. (1 Timothy 6:6-8)


The following Hymn makes my hearts melt. Consider, dear mothers-  what if you had not Jesus?  

If I Gained The World:

If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Were my life worth living for a day?
Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort
In the things that soon must pass away?
If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Would my gain be worth the lifelong strife?
Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing
For a moment with a Christ-filled life?

Had I wealth and love in fullest measure,
And a name revered both far and near,
Yet no hope beyond, no harbor waiting,
Where my storm-tossed vessel I could steer;
If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Who endured the cross and died for me,
Could then all the world afford a refuge,
Whither, in my anguish, I might flee?

O what emptiness!—without the Savior
’Mid the sins and sorrows here below!
And eternity, how dark without Him!
Only night and tears and endless woe!
What, though I might live without the Savior,
When I come to die, how would it be?
O to face the valley’s gloom without Him!
And without Him all eternity!

O the joy of having all in Jesus!
What a balm the broken heart to heal!
Ne’er a sin so great, but He’ll forgive it,
Nor a sorrow that He does not feel!
If I have but Jesus, only Jesus,
Nothing else in all the world beside—
O then everything is mine in Jesus;
For my needs and more He will provide.

Words: Anna Ölander, 1904

To hear this song go here:
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/i/f/i/ifigainw.htm 


 

A Lesson On Trusting God.

My daughter recently posted in her blog, "Glorious Hope".
It is so encouraging that I would like to invite you to go and read it.
The link is:
http://glorious-hope.blogspot.com/

God bless you dear readers!

Pray Dear Mothers- For The Salvation Of Your Children- Pray! God Answers!

It was about 19 years ago, we lived in a house on a hill out in the northern part of Illinois in the country.
I had been saved about three years and learning about my Savior who loves and lives through His own by His Spirit. I didn't know much about the working of His Spirit, and had just learned about the spiritual armor through Ephesians 6.

As the Lord was teaching me through His Word and experiences of learning to die to self, I found a great burden in my heart for my oldest son. He had just been released from four years of army duty. After a year in South Carolina, two years in Germany, a year in Texas, he had no desire to re-enlist. But now He was living on his own with a nice job, nice place to live but with a girl friend. The years of hypocrisy he saw in me before the Lord saved me had turned him off to the things of God, he was living in sin and was just like the World.

My heart was heavy for him. I remember in the evening after I put the younger kids to bed I could be found face down on the floor crying and praying for his salvation. This happened often, for the mother love I have for him is great and I couldn't bear to think of him spending an eternity in hell. One particular evening after talking to him on the phone, and after everyone had gone to bed, I made my way to the field in front of our house. The night sky was filled with the glorious array of stars, all praising the Creator who made them. Looking up I fell on my knees and cried out loudly to God, "Please save him, oh please save him.." I wept for a long time in great anguish of soul, and remained there worshiping the Savior who does all things well.

As time and years past we moved to Wisconsin but he still lived in Illinois, about 8 hours from us. He helped us with many financial situations. He was always generous toward us and God blessed him. Yet many things happened in my son's life that brought him stress and sorrows with relationships. I continued to pray for him daily, and wept many times for his salvation. He would call me every Friday, (and still does) but if I mentioned anything about the Lord he would say, "Mom don't preach to me."
But as those phone calls kept coming and after a time, he began to ask me questions about the Bible and of the things of God. I was trying hard not to "Preach" and would let him lead the conversation. One day while we were talking I just couldn't help talking about salvation and how wonderful Jesus Christ is, when my son said,"Mom, I know, you are preaching to the choir." ! Praise God! The Lord had already saved Him! He had started reading the Bible and through The Scriptures the Lord opened his eyes to the truth!

Now, he listens to the Bible as he drives his hour long ride to work everyday. When he calls we often get into good discussions about the things of God, he is growing and learning in leaps and bounds as he reads the Bible and seeks the Lord Jesus for understanding.

He has been married for over 5 years to a sweet and dear girl, they have 2 sweet little boys and I long for their salvation as well. Oh how I pray!

I have one daughter who is not yet saved, and I find myself weeping for her salvation very often, with great hope- Oh Lord you are able!


 Oh how I pray for the salvation of all my children and grandchildren.

 (Our tenth grandchild is about to be born!)- see: http://glorious-hope.blogspot.com/      

May our Savior save them, each one, and bring them into His Kingdom on that day- Oh how I weep and pray for this and how I long for it!

Mothers and Grandmothers- PRAY  for the salvation of your loved ones, do not give up nor get discouraged, our God answers prayer in ways we would never dream-  keep praying and praising Jesus Christ our Lord always!

In His love always,
Sarah

Dearest Mothers Pray For Wisdom And Keep In His Word!

 It happens everyday

When I'm angry so is my child,

When I'm sad, so is my child,

When I'm grumpy, so is my child,

When I'm selfish, so is my child,

When I'm resentful, so is my child,

When I gossip, so does my child,

When I'm greedy, so is my child,

When I'm disrespectful, so is my child,

When I'm willful, so is my child,

When I'm not thankful, so is my child.

When I ignore Jesus the Lord, so does my child.

I'm fearing God

When I'm praising the Lord Jesus, so does my child,

When I'm grateful to Him, so is my child,

When I'm Joyful in Him, so is my child,

When I'm thankful to Him, so is my child,

When I'm forgiving in Him, so is my child,

When I'm submissive to Him, so is my child,

When I'm loving in Him, so is my child

When I'm respectful to Him, so is my child,

When I'm living in Him, so does my child,

When I'm singing to Him, so does my child

When I'm talking about Him, so does my child.

Let us be careful how we live dear Mothers-

Little eyes are watching, little minds are learning,

Little feet are following, little lips are mimicking,

Little hearts are believing, little lives are growing.

Soon- only too soon they will be grown, and how will 

they have learned from us?

Pray Always for wisdom and keep in His Word!

 

Be Very Sure. Examine Your Heart.

Dearest Young Women and Mothers,

I am fast approaching a land mark in my age, I will be 60 years old this year! I'm very excited about the things of God in life and it seems the older I get the more exciting life becomes! Being active in pro-life work and evangelism does have something to do with it, but that's not all, It's knowing God. I have met God  through the Lord Jesus Christ. He saved me 22 years ago when I simply asked Him this question, "What does it mean that Jesus bore the iniquity of us all?" Do you know the answer? God spoke to my heart that Sunday morning as I was driving to Church, in answer to my question He revealed His Son, Jesus Christ, the Savior. He is the One who bore our sin on the cross and placed on Himself all of our sins and suffered the fierce wrath of the Father against us because of our sin. I deserved the wrath of God upon me because of my sin, but Jesus took it for me, and suffered the punishment I deserved. In one moment of time I understood and believed on Him in my heart and my life has never been the same since.I was born again, born of the Spirit of God, He came to me, I met Him and He lives in me now! Hallelujah! It was a moment of time, a precious moment when I realized my sinfulness and His incredible love, it caused me to grieve over my sins and repent.


Since God saved me I have been growing closer to Him through learning about Him through His Word and communing with Him through prayer. Growing ever closer to Him in trials and afflictions, learning to lean on His everlasting arms. He has taught me some wonderful lessons of His love and faithfulness. God is true, He is perfect, He is all love and perfection I am not any of those,I still need to repent of sins and die daily to self, but He has covered me with the shed blood of Jesus Christ and placed His righteousness on me as a covering- God now sees His Son in me, and as He works in my life to transform me into His image my life becomes more and more joyful, peaceful, and exciting. I have such great peace with God, His presence is ever with me, our fellowship is sweet.

Fellowship with God through my Savior Jesus Christ, is sweet. If I keep my eyes on Him when the storms of life come, (and come they do and will) Then He speaks peace to my heart, "Peace be still" He says- then my heart can be calm in the storm.

I love knowing God, He is so precious! I love the riches of God, they are vast and deep, we can never exhaust the storehouse full. But it is God I love, He is my all in all- He satisfies my soul, and because that is true I am very content- I look forward to heaven because Jesus is there.

It is God who saves. Before I was saved my life was very religious, I had all the right words and outward show. I had prayed a prayer for salvation, yet my heart was just as wicked as it was before I prayed. I was very sorry for my sins but I had no power to stop them. The faith I had in Jesus before God saved me was only human faith, faith I mustard up, faith I willed to have. No human faith no mater how hard a person might work at it can save a person. God is the one who gives saving faith. God gives the faith of Jesus Christ to a person as they seek Him in truth. God knows our hearts and knows if we are true in our desire to know Him.
 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:23-24)

I pray each of you dear ones reading this will be sure of your salvation. As Paul says, "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? "(2 Corinthians 13:5)


May our Lord Jesus speak to your hearts today.
In His love,
Sarah


Here are some Scriptures that might be helpful to you:




For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:8-10)
 
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in
the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:11-13)
 

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8-10)

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. (1 John 2:3-5)

He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. (1 John 2:9-11)

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. (1 John 2:15-17)

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:11-14)

 
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. (Hebrews 12:5-8)

Dearest Mothers, Who Are You Training Your Children For?

Dearest Mothers,

Today I went with Mark 6:12 Ministries https://www.youtube.com/user/mark612ministries?feature=results_main  to give the gospel at the annual  running competition in Duluth called, The Grandma's Marathon. Thousands of people from all over the World attend this event to participate or observe. Steve and John preached the gospel while the rest of us gave out tracts and held signs and banners.
It was an exciting day indeed as we had many wonderful opportunities to talk to people, one-on-one about the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.
  
We are familiar with the usual scoffers and mockers, but each year it is worse then the year before. Many people hate the message of the cross, and as the days become more evil the numbers of people increase who exhibit pure hatred of the gospel message.

This blog is for encouraging young mothers to train their children for Jesus Christ, so even though giving the gospel and sharing with people is very exciting, I want to shift to the purpose of this post-

My greatest grief and heart ache is when I see more and more of the children and young people becoming despisers of truth. I'm sorry to say it is much worse now- more then ever before in past years. I wish you could have seen the hardness in their very young faces as we offered tracts or as they read our signs, so you could better understand the seriousness of what I am saying. How can children be so hard and exhibit such hatred and scorn for the gospel?

God tells Parents to train up children in the way that they should go, Proverbs 22:6  He tells us foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, Proverbs 22:15  But He gives instructions in the training of children, see Deuteronomy 6:4. There are so many other verses which speak of training children for God, you can find them in this blog, but better yet go straight to the Bible. The children and young people who are so hateful and opposed the the gospel are being trained but for evil and for satan.

There is a training of children for God, and there is a training of children for satan.

 Do nothing to teach children truth, neglect them and just give them over to the World and satan will take over to train them. They will be trained in violence, immorality, disrespect for authority, in hatred and every evil thing imaginable. They will hate God and His people. It is happening today, I quake for the future of America and for the World.

Judgement is here. America deserves judgement as she has made it legal to shed innocent blood through abortion, close to 60 million babies slaughtered since 1973. She been given over to violence, and corruption. Her people are despisers of God and His Son Jesus Christ the Lord, the Creator of all.This Scripture describes it well:

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (2 Timothy 3:1-5)


- Please wake up Mothers- don't leave your children to be trained by vile and corrupt haters of God. You teach them Truth- Jesus said, "I am the Way the Truth and the Life, no man can come unto the Father but by Me."
Read the Bible to them, teach the Word of God, expose the lies of the devil to them (who wants them to hate God and end up in hell.) Give them truth- fight for their souls! Deny yourselves and take up the cross and follow Jesus- it's hard work but with strength from God you can do it. Invest your time in training your children for the Lord Jesus.

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
(Proverbs 22:8)
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. (Proverbs 10:27-32)

Dearest Mothers, "The Words Of The Lord Are Pure Words."

Dearest Mothers,
It is Mothers Day tomorrow. Good and sweet this day can be to so many mothers as they are honored by their children and husbands.
Sad and heart breaking it can be to those who have great loss and know not Jesus Christ our Lord.
As you enjoy the honor of motherhood from your dear family, please remember to pray for those who for mothers day is a painful reminder of great loss or suffering.

There is so much suffering everywhere! There is so much evil everywhere! We live day by day hearing and seeing the suffering of mankind. Daily we are exposed to perverse things. Sorrow may fill our hearts as we think of our children being brought into a World so wicked and wonder how we ourselves can protect them. But our God does have each one of us here in this life, this day, this hour, for a Divine purpose. Our precious children are loved by God more than we can even begin to love them! We must trust Him to take care of them. But we must also be very careful not to be careless with them by allowing them to be exposed to wickedness in our homes. It takes prayer Mothers, ask God for wisdom and creative ways to keep your children from being exposed to evil and perverse things in and outside of the home!

Don't believe the lie that says children should be exposed to evil so they will know evil when they see it. That is a lie from the pit of hell! No! Children should NOT be exposed to evil but instead should be given truth-truth-truth and the pure Word of God all of their growing-up years so they will be able to identify lies and evil when they come.
Here's an example how it works- A newly hired bank teller is trained to identify false money bills through the means of giving her true money bills for weeks- finally they slip a fake one in and immediately she identifies it as fake because she became so familiar with the true ones.
Teach your children the Pure Word of God daily and do not add a mix of things that God hates! 
Think about this please- are you allowing them to see-do-play-read-hear-anything that God hates?

I cannot stress this enough- teach your children the Word of God. Bring purity into their minds- pure words that can be trusted. Invest into their lives the greatest asset they will have in life, make this a priority!
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. (Psalms 12:6)
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. (Proverbs 30:5)

Be aware- what children learn in their young learning years, they will carry all of their lives. Fill their minds daily with the pure Word of God. We can teach our children the pure, clean Word of God and let Him use it to bring glory to His name throughout their life time.

One thing you can be sure of- IT IS RIGHT TO TEACH THEM GOD'S WORD.


God bless you dear godly mothers!
With love,
Sarah


The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. (Psalms 19:7-11)

 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end."  (Jeremiah 29:11)