The older I get, the more I realize how little I knew when I knew it all.

Even in my pride, my mother’s example and wisdom continually guided me to make better choices and brought me closer to God. Kids will be blessed by their parents’ wise choices – and bent toward their parents’ bad choices.

Some facets of God’s design for women can apply for us all. Even the apostle Paul said, “I was like a nursing mother, taking care of her own children,” as he focused on the needs of the churches in a very personal way.

Take time this Mother’s Day weekend to open your Bible and your heart to God’s Word for you in 1 Thessalonians 4.

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While the world abandons morality, questions truth, and redefines goodness, God has an unchanging path of truth and righteousness for us to follow.

God’s will is not a secret blueprint for minute decisions He is hiding, but rather a revealed blueprint for wise decisions – and it’s called the Bible.

God calls us to walk a path of righteousness, to reject our lustful desires, and to avoid the dark alleys of this world. If you are increasingly the person God wants you to be, right choices will follow.

Spend some time in worship before the Lord and get ready to jump into 1 Thessalonians for this clear teaching…

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In relational uncertainty, love protects hope by focusing on what matters most.

But Satan’s strategy is to strangle hope as he seeks to disguise, divide and destroy.

Where hope is kept alive, know this: someone is always sacrificing. And most often, it’s Jesus Christ through one of His followers.

Remember, hope is the confident expectation of better days ahead.

Open your Bibles and hearts as Pastor James preaches part two of How Love Keeps Hope Alive.

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