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God's Enduring Love and Tender Mercy For Mothers


Sandra Bontemps

 

 



 

“May the Lord give you increase
more and more,

both you and your children.

May you be blessed by the Lord,

the Maker of heaven and earth.”

Psalm 115:14-15 

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Dearest Mothers
You are so loved and blessed

By God

He created each of you unique

With infinite wisdom and care

Remember

That God believes in you

So believe in yourselves

And strive to be all

That He created you to be

God wants you to know
That the love you have so freely given to your children

He gives back to you in full measure

And just as you nurture and nourish your children

With love and understanding

God nurtures you

Just as your children thrive in the light

Of your guidance and faith

God wants you to thrive

In the light of His Love and Grace

Remember Mother
That wherever you go

Holding on to your precious child’s hand

That you are God’s Beloved Child too

God is always beside you

He is walking behind you

And He is going before you

Holding your hand

Wherever you go

He promises never to leave or forsake you

And never to let you go

He asks you to do your best

But never alone

He wants you to leave your cares in His Hands
As you teach your children

To trust the all-seeing God

In every area of their lives

Remember that His Eyes are upon you

As your eyes are upon your children

God promises to give you deep insight and wisdom

To nurture your child according to their God-given nature

To lovingly and gently guide your child

In the ways that he or she should go

And when they are old they will not depart

From Him

Because they will remember they are God’s Child

We are to raise our children so they no longer need us

But only need God

This is love

God is love

God wants you to establish your roots
Deeply in His Word

He wants you to listen to His Voice

So you may hear

His echo deep within your heart

God is your comfort and your joy

He gives you peace to weather all the storms of life

He gives you great freedom

To be all that He created you to be

He wants you to walk in newness of life

In fullness and wholeness

When you need direction

Seek God’s Face

Draw near to Him

And He will draw near to you

God knows that you find yourself
In losing yourself in the lives of your children

And others along the way

Through His power and might

He waits patiently

Knows and fulfills your every need

When things sometimes seem broken

He wants you to remember

That faith in Him

Will mend and put them back together again

God is weaving the tapestry of your life
Into beautiful colors for eternity

Your life is a quiet work of dignity and purpose

Remember that His Love for you never fails

No matter your pain, grief or heartaches

You are emerging to become
God’s person of beauty and grace

It has been said that a Mother’s love

Reflects God’s unconditional love

More closely than anyone else

Mothers teach your children
To stand steadfast with great faith to the end

Remember that what may seem to you or to them

The collapse of your world around you

That it may just be an exciting new beginning

Mothers teach your children

To color outside the lines

To not limit God

And not limit themselves

The unique, special individual He created them to be

So they will find their Divine Destiny

In Him

Teach your children
That God wants to speak to them

In dreams and visions

He places the desires within them

To follow their hearts and dreams

Encourage them to go and be
What He wants them to be

I always told my children

That God gave them to me as gifts

To live up to His expectations,

Not mine

Sing lullabies to your children
And also encourage them to listen

For the songs God puts into their hearts

Each child has their own unique song

And only they can sing it

Encourage them to sing with exaltation and great joy

And praise God

Throughout all circumstances

Because this releases

The supernatural power of God’s Holy Spirit

To work on their behalf

He promises to give strength and wisdom
To live for Him each day

Teach them to discover and open God’s great gifts for them
But tell them to receive them

They must first open their hearts to God

Teach them the importance of prayer

And to pray without ceasing

Strengthen their little roots

In the Truth and Spirit of God’s Holy Word

Encourage them to walk through God’s Open Doors
With confidence, courage and faith

Teach them to stand firm

In the knowledge of God’s love

Teach them that God is their eternal light

And that Jesus loves them with an eternal love

And gives them salvation

Also teach them at an early age

That Jesus also wants to be Lord of their lives

And that God’s Holy Spirit

Will empower, encourage and equip them

To fulfill their divine purpose

Teach them that God will give them divine direction

But the specifics and joys of their life’s journey

Depend upon them and the wise choices they make

Tell them that God wants to make
Something wonderful of their lives

Encourage them to always speak the truth in love
And to place their trust in God

Teach them that the challenges in life

Are faith builders

Teach them to let their walk

Be consistent with their talk

Teach them the real truth in God’s Word for
‘Happily ever after’

Instead of reading them fairy tales

Teach them that their

ONE TRUE HERO IS

JESUS

And that their true identity is in Christ Jesus alone

Who gives abundant everlasting life

Or in their hunger and thirst

To find themselves

They will turn to the world’s false beliefs

Satan’s deceitful lies, counterfeit heroes

and New Age and the Occult

Encourage your children’s God given talents
Help them at a young tender age to discover and develop

The spiritual gifts God gives to them

And especially do not stifle or discourage

Their creative gifts of imagination

Encourage them to express themselves

As little children they know that God speaks to them

And they hear Him

And Mothers listen to your children
Truly listen

Listen with your heart

To their hearts

Heart to heart

Spirit to spirit

And Holy Spirit will give you

Words of wisdom, knowledge, understanding

Counsel and might

To speak to them

Remember also

That we can learn much from our children

Dear Mothers
Remember that all children

Need lots of Hugs, Kisses and Laughter

Nurture their hearts Mother

Help to shape their minds

So they will know and be assured

That they may have the mind of Christ

For it is He

Who gives us a renewed heart, mind and spirit

Impart faith by your example
Give them encouragement

Celebrate, treasure and cherish

All the wonderful moments with them

Remember that they grow up so fast

So build vivid memories with them

That will last a lifetime

Help to cultivate faith, goodness, knowledge,
Self-control, perseverance, godliness,
 Brotherly kindness
and love in your children
In doing so they will seldom stumble along life’s way

But also assure them that when they stumble

And they will

That it is okay

Encourage them to pick themselves up

And start all over again

That you and God understand

Believe in your children
Affirm their inherent value

Give them true acceptance

Assurance and hope for their future

Inspire them to try new things

Be their biggest supporter and cheerleader

Encourage them to strive for excellence

Not perfection

In all they do

Giving God

Their utmost

For His Highest

Tell them to dream their dreams

But balance them with practicality

Teach them that true success

Is a persons loyalty, virtue, integrity

and Christian character

Mothers
Hold them closely

But not too close

Lavish them with love

Use wisdom to know when it is time

To gently and lovingly

Let them go

Push them out of your nest

Let them go to be on their own

To soar in God’s love

Pray, trusting in God to keep them

Knowing they are never alone

Also Mother
Know that your labor of love

Has not gone unnoticed by God

Your children are God’s gifts to you

And they are a very fertile field

Know that if you have planted seeds

of love, joy, peace, and  grace

Your children will rise up and call you blessed

You are loved Mother
By the hearts of your children

That you have so tenderly cared for

They may not yet understand

That you are a ‘real person’

With imperfections, flaws, weaknesses

Instead of the perfect ‘mother image’

They wished unrealistically for you to be

And they also need you to understand this about them

Our children are not perfect

Nor should we expect them to be

This may be a time that they are

“Crossing over” into adulthood

Pulling away to assert themselves

And their dependence upon you

Try to understand and give them room

Trust God to teach them

It is the only way to raise

Capable, responsible, independent,
Emotionally healthy children

Showing them you trust them

And you trust God completely

To give them into His care

Know that one of your greatest strengths as a Mother

May be your willingness to admit
You cannot do not do it all yourself

To look outside yourself and find God’s answers

And encourage your children to know

That God’s spiritual help is what they so vitally need

“There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven.”

Ecclesiastes 3:1

And having done our best
Our “everything” Mothers

We can only continue to cover our children in the

Armor of God’s Love and our Prayers

Giving them a birthright of faith

Knowing we have left an indelible mark

On our children’s hearts

In teaching them that God’s principles are timeless

And provide our children with a strong foundation

Knowing their rich heritage in Jesus

A living legacy of Christ’s love

“You are a letter from Christ....
Written not with ink

but with the Spirit of the living God,

not on tablets of stone

but on tablets of human hearts.”

2 Corinthians 3:3

If your children depart from God
Or from you Mother

Know that they will return Home

To you and to God

Do not give up on them

God certainly hasn’t

Know that He is working out all things

For good

He will give freedom

From the power of broken lives and heartaches

So these circumstances no longer keep you in bondage

And keep you from joy in Him

God teaches us to trust Him

With great faith

And in the Power of Jesus’ Resurrection

and Redemption
 

“Faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we do not see.”

Hebrews 11:1

Faith is
“Calling those things that are not as though they were!”
Romans 4:17 

Faith is believing God’s Word in truth and spirit

“For I know the thoughts I have for you,
says the Lord,

thoughts of peace and not of evil,

to give you a future and a hope.

Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me,

and I will listen to you.

And you will see Me and find Me,

when you search for Me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah 29: 11-13

“What a lioness was your mother
among the lions!

She lay down among the young lions

and reared her cubs....

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard

planted by the water;

it was fruitful and full of branches

because of abundant water.”

Ezekiel 19:2, 10

“There I will give her back her vineyards,
and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope.

There she will sing as in the days of her youth.”

Hosea 2:15 

“We continually remember before our God and Father
your work produced by faith,

your labor prompted by love,

and your endurance inspired by hope

in our Lord Jesus Christ.”

I Thessalonians 1:3

Precious Mothers
Trust God

Trust Him

Trust His righteousness to shine in

And through

All the difficult storms and circumstances of life

And through these very things

That Satan meant for harm

God will

Build faith, hope and trust

IN HIM
 

"Blessed are those whose strength is in the Lord,
who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
"
Psalm 84:5

In your journey into the heart of God
Continue praying with great faith Mother
Your children will remember your faithful love and devotion

But most importantly

They will remember God’s love

And your love for His Word

Pray without ceasing
And pass on the eternal flame of God’s Love

Pass it on

This is your greatest legacy

You fanned the flames of God’s gifts

Within your children

And this faith will be passed on
To your children’s children

A living legacy

From generation to generation

Keep passing on your heritage of faith

Stand on God’s Promises

Well done good and faithful servant

Beautiful, anointed, powerful women
Love Warriors of God

Mothers, Grandmothers,

And Spiritual Mother Mentors everywhere
All over the world

You are the embodiment of love, faith and courage

God’s “vessels of love and mercy

with skin on”

You are God’s beautiful workmanship

Created in Christ Jesus

To do the good and gracious works

Which God prepared you

In advance to do

Loving, caring deeply,
Passionately and affectionately

For your sons and daughters

You have been generous
With your love, strength, devotion and time

With a faithful heart open to God

Making room for His Holy Spirit

Which has welcomed the Presence of Christ

In your home

A sanctuary and haven for all seasons

Where God’s protective angels abide and dwell

Always with an open door for children, family and friends

Offering acceptance, safety, security,
Warmth, laughter and comfort

And divine and loyal service
With great joy and a cheerful heart

A constant reminder of God’s love and grace

Your children and all who have entered there

Are greatly blessed

Remember that God is the restorer and rebuilder
Of broken homes, lives, hopes and dreams

He alone holds the keys to happiness

He created you to be a beautiful expression of Him

He wants to shine His light through you

And into every facet of your being

Expressing His fragrance, colors, love and beauty

In ways no one else can do

God wants you to celebrate,

Appreciate and love yourself

In all your uniqueness

If you believe you have failed to be
The Mother and woman He created you to be

He is waiting for you

Come to Him

And ask His forgiveness

His arms are open wide for you

Our lives as Mothers are spent

In so much watching and waiting and building

Many of you have had waiting periods
That are very difficult

When you feel
You no longer have anything left to give

Remember that the source of your strength is Jesus

The supplier of all your needs

So lift your eyes up to Jesus

Wrap yourselves in the sunshine of God’s love

Praise Him no matter what you may be going through

And He will do all the rest

It is not always possible to be happy but

“The joy of the Lord is your strength”
Nehemiah 8:10

God wants to remind you of your roots in Him
To enrich your present life

And give purpose and hope to your future
 

“The Lord delights in those
who put their hope in His unfailing love.”

Psalm 147:11

God wants to wrap His arms around you
Your children

Your grandchildren

Because He loves you

With a perfect everlasting love

And He will never let you go

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A MOTHER’S PRAYER

Dear Father God
Thank You

For the treasured gifts of my children and grandchildren

As you have lovingly and patiently run beside me

Tenderly lifting me up when I would stumble and fall

I pray that You will run beside my children and grandchildren

All the days of their lives

Hide them in the safety of Your almighty wings

Give Your angels charge over them

Protect them and keep them in all their ways

Bless them abundantly Lord

Clothe them with strength and dignity

Give them wisdom, courage and confidence

To be all that You created them to be

So they will be righteous godly men and women

Filled with faith, endurance, gentleness, grace and love

I praise You Father

For Your love and grace

That gives us Victory

In Jesus

“In Him we live and move and have our being.”
Acts 17:28

“Remember the days of old
Consider the years of many generations.”

Deuteronomy 32:7

“I remember the days of old
I meditate on all Your works

I muse on the work of my hands

I spread out my hands to You

My soul longs for You like a thirsty land.
"
Psalm 143:5

"There is no greater truth than to hear
that my children are walking in the truth."

3 John  4

ASPIRE MINISTRIES
Celebrates You

Godly Christian Mothers Everywhere

All Over The World

Who Receive This Message!
Mothers and Grandmothers~

You may do many wonderful things in your lives
That will be treasured, admired, remembered and deeply meaningful

But none will be as greatly to be admired

As the beautiful Mothers God made you to be.

We celebrate you.

We love you.

And God loves you

 

 

BLESSINGS AND GRACE,
ASPIRE MINISTRIES
Ephesians 3:16-21




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