New Life Church

May 2012

Posted on May 11th, 2012 under Monthly Devotional

A godly mother
will point her children to God by the force of her example as much as by the power of her words.

Happy
Mother’s
Day

From
New Life
Church

Honor Your Mother

By Lynette Davis

¹²“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

The day before Mother’s Day an elderly woman in Phoenix called her son in New York and said to him, “I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your father and I are divorcing; 45 years of misery is enough. We’re sick of each other, and so you call your sister in Chicago and tell her.”
Frantic, the son called his sister, who exploded on the phone. “Over my dead body… they’re not getting divorced,” she shouted, “I’ll take care of this.” She called Phoenix immediately, and said to her mother. “You are NOT getting divorced. Don’t do a single thing until I get there. I’m calling my brother back, and we’ll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don’t do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?”
The woman hung up the phone, turned to her husband and said, “Okay, honey. The kids are coming for Mother’s Day after all and they are even paying for their own flights.”

April 2012

Posted on April 22nd, 2012 under Monthly Devotional

Hard Times Will Come
By Lynette Davis

WHEN THE HARD TIMES OF LIFE HIT

TRUST IN GOD’S PROMISES TO BRING YOU OUT OF THEM!

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all. Psalm 34:19

It has been said that God had only one Son without sin, but he has no sons without suffering. Just as Jesus suffered, the Scripture promises that you and I will suffer affliction as part of living the Christian life.