WOL DEVOTIONAL POEM
Quakers tend to bob and quake
These parakeets sing and shake
As abnormal they may act
That they’re good pets is a fact
They are social to mankind
Ways to talk they quickly find
Human Quakers did exist
For honesty they persist
Quaker, a religious group
Their ministry for the truth
Used to shake before they spoke
The Spirit, gave them a poke?
Teenagers twist and shout
Sing the tune and shake about
So all beings made their point
With no view to disappoint
David danced and the Lord praised
With most people quite amazed
Michal seemed to show a grudge
In anger we must not judge
Parakeets can quote His Word
Exactly as it is heard
But we have a Paraclete
Wise, and helps on what we read
The worldly remain discerned
God’s wisdom have not yet earned
If His will they care to see
Then Christ minded they may be
It is time to apprehend
That true faith we understand
So his Spirit will reveal
And avoid future ordeal
"A mother's love for her
child is like nothing else
in the world. It knows no
law, no pity. It dares all
things and crushes down
remorselessly all that
stands in its path."-
Agatha Christie
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THIS SUNDAY, we are tempted to ask our children if
they would like to pray during the church service. Of
course, it is Mother's Day, and we would want our
children to make it a habit to pray for their mummies.
Also, we want them to practice more thankfulness to
them and to Jesus. It is good for the kids to learn to thank God for the patience
mothers exercise, their nursing and loving care, for reading bedtime stories to
them, and cleaning their mess; to start with. So let us pray for mummies and for
little children to be more caring towards one another as we teach them by example.
The Thessalonian church had several commendations by the
Apostle Paul. The first praise he gives them was for their work of
faith, and their and their steadfastness in their hope in the Lord Jesus
Christ (1Thess 1:3). The evidence of these godly qualities impressed Paul
enough to enable him to thank God for them. The Greek reads that the Apostle felt
responsible (ought to) “contentiously, always thank God” and keep on praying for them.
It is the joy of every pastoral leader to see his/her flock "continually growing in faith,
love and hope," as expressed by the verb pleonazō. This verb indicates an ever-
increasing act of working out these qualities. Paraphrasing this context, we come up with
this expressive “catchy” wording: “work produced by faith … labor prompted by
love … endurance inspired by hope.”
Is this not what Christ wants from each one of us? Paul’s pastoral heart declared that he
and his team boasted about them with other churches (1:4). This would, of course,
encourage them to walk in the Thessalonian's footsteps in the same way they were
imitating Paul's team (2Thess 3:7). What about you? Do you walk in the footsteps of the
godly examples of your leaders and others?
We give thanks to
God always for all
of you, constantly
mentioning you
in our prayers,
1 Thess
1:2
HISTORY
It is believed the modern Mother’s Day celebration first began
in the US, when a woman by the name of Anna Jarvis wanted
the day to be commemorated because her own mother had
expressed such a desire.
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The well-known theologian Karl Barth was asked by a
reporter, “Sir, you have written huge volumes about God.
Tell me, how do you know it is all true?” According to the
story, he answered, “My mother told me.”
That’s a rather simple answer to a profound question. But
this answer says a lot about the influence mothers have on
the home and on their children. While both parents have an important role in early childhood
nurture, it is usually the mother who makes the home and shapes the minds of little children.
The mother is often the first one to tell her children about the Lord.
As a child, the first person I looked for when coming home from school was my mother. After
she passed away, our home life changed radically. My father did what he could to keep our
home special, but it was never the same without our mother.
If your mother is still living, tell her how much you love her and respect her. In the nine years
I knew my mother, I never once told her that. Thank her for who she is, and for how she has
shaped your life. And if she is gone, thank God for who she was in your life.
If perhaps your mother is or was not the mother you wished you had, ask God to help you
forgive her even now, and to give you the grace to love and accept her as she is or was.
Prayer
Lord God, we thank you for our mothers. Help us to love and respect them. Help us to be
loving children as well as loving parents and spouses, for your sake. Amen.
HONOR
YOUR
MOTHER
2 TIM 1:1-7
