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Our Priorities as Mothers

by Marci Ferrell
Loving Our Children Motherhood Spiritual Discipleship Time Management

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 The job of being a mother can seem overwhelming at times.  We have been given by God the gift of these beautiful children to train, nurture and participate along with Him in raising for His purposes. @mferrell
The job of being a mother can seem overwhelming at times.  We have been given by God the gift of these beautiful children to train, nurture and participate along with Him in raising for His purposes.
 
Where do we begin in setting up priorities for our parenting? God’s Word has to be our starting point.

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.(Deuteronomy 6:4-9 ESV)


This passage in Deuteronomy helps to guide us in how to prioritize our days with our children.

My priority as a parent is to love the Lord with my whole heart.  My children must see this patterned in my own life. Is God’s Word a priority in my life?  Do I spend time in the Word? Is obedience to God’s Word evident in my life?  If you asked my children who or what is most important in their mother’s life – would they say The Lord?  I cannot teach what I do possess.  Our children are observing our reactions and responses.

The next part of the verse reminds me my parenting has to be intentional.  Every day there are many teachable moments to share about the Lord with my children.  How do my children see me respond in difficult moments?  When the day didn’t go as planned?  Do I have a thankful heart to the Lord for all things?  Am I quick to seek forgiveness when I have sinned against them?

We only have our children at home with us for such a short time.  As my youngest is now 22 years old –  I can assure you, time goes by quickly.

Today is the start of a new day, and God’s mercies are new every day (Lamentations 3:22-23).  If you have not been intentional in your parenting begin today.  May I remind you daily to stand in God’s  grace.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.(Romans 5:1-2 ESV)


God’s continuing presence enables me to continue with confidence in my job as a mom.  He promises to give me all that I need to complete the task of raising these children up in  His ways.  I am not alone and not without guidance.  We have access to God’s  wisdom.


May you embrace the gift of your children to love them and raise them for Christ.

 

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Related posts:

  1. Spiritual Priorities for the New Year: 2014
  2. Our Hearts as Mothers – {and a free eBook on Motherhood: Delighting in our Children}
  3. EP 10: Setting Spiritual Priorities for the New Year
  4. The Influence of Godly Mothers & Grandmothers


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"The spiritual disciplines are ways by which we ca "The spiritual disciplines are ways by which we can spiritually place ourselves in the path of God’s grace and seek Him." ⁣
~ Donald Whitney⁣
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Link to listen to all the episodes in the Spiritual Disciplines Series at the link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image).
The means of grace or spiritual disciplines are wa The means of grace or spiritual disciplines are ways the Holy Spirit conforms us more and more into the image of Christ.⁣
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This is the secret of being content: to learn and This is the secret of being content: to learn and accept that we live daily by God’s unmerited favor given through Christ, and that we can respond to any and every situation by His divine enablement through the Holy Spirit.⁣
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“So what does contentment mean? It is an inner s “So what does contentment mean? It is an inner sense of rest or peace that comes from being right with God and knowing that He is in control of all that happens to us.”⁣
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The quote is taken from EP 46: Our Need for Contentment - link in my profile @thankfulhomemaker to listen to the episode (click on the link under the blue arrows and then this image)⁣
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Contentment in our walk as believers is learned, j Contentment in our walk as believers is learned, just as Paul learned it, so do we as we walk this walk with the Lord. It does not come naturally to us. We know deep down the secret to contentment is to keep our eyes on the Lord in every situation. ⁣
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"Rather than mourning over sin, the world redefine "Rather than mourning over sin, the world redefines it, or worse, celebrates it."⁣
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There is no heart God cannot conquer.⁣ There is There is no heart God cannot conquer.⁣
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