Weekly News and Prayer Updates...

Sunday was a great day in the Lord. We had over 80 in attendance with at least twenty five mothers present. John and Penny Sutton also had a large group of family members with them. Each mother present received a special gift. We were blessed to have all the young children in our service.

Indoor camp and Spring revival got off to a great start with an inspiring message by Chandler Camp President Rev. Dennis King from Newburgh Church of the Nazarene.

Remember services begin at 7:00PM nightly and at 6:00Pm on Saturday and Sunday, then at 10:30PM on Sunday morning. Rev. Russel Coffee of Tennessee will be with us beginning Wednesday night. Special activities are being planned for Youth Night Friday after the service.

Please continue to keep Jim (Teresa) Walker, Jr. in your prayers. Jim is improving rapidly...we praise God for all the miracles of healing in our church these days!

Happy Mother's Day

Ten Prayerful Thoughts About Moms on Mother’s Day Pastor Bill Shuler Capital Life Church, Arlington, Virginia At the conclusion of the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe, author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” became convinced that there was one unique group who had the power to end all wars…Mothers! Her logic was that only mothers knew what it meant to bring forth life and thus had the moral authority to unite and exert their influence to call an end to death. As America honors its mothers, the following are ten thoughts about Moms: 1. “All I am I owe to my Mother.” — George Washington 2. “I remember my Mother’s prayers and they have always followed me.” — Abraham Lincoln 3. “Do not forsake your Mother’s teaching.”– Proverbs 1:8 4. Mom’s heartbeat was our very first affirmation that we were not alone. 5. Although we made our debut wrinkled, squished and screaming, Mom thought we were the most beautiful sight she had ever seen. 6. A mom’s love can be found in the beauty of adoption and the wisdom of counsel. 7. The cord was cut at birth but the heartstrings are attached forever. 8. When God thought to describe his love for us he said, “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you.” 9. There was a time when Mom mended scrapes and tended to bruises –- now just the thought of her brings healing. 10. She made you feel like your first play was Shakespeare, your first game – the World Series, your first painting – Michelangelo. Amidst dying on the cross, Jesus made certain to instruct those present as to the care of his mother. Whether she birthed you, rescued you by adoption or filled a role that was vacant in your life, now is the time to honor her in word and deed.

Suzanna Wesley's Rules for Raising Children

Rules for Raising Children

Suzanna Wesley was the mother of nineteen children, among them were John and Charles Wesley. It has been said that the Methodist faith was born on the lap of a mother, Suzanne Wesley.
She spent one hour each day in prayer. That's seven hours each week! She spent one hour per week with each child individually imparting spiritual life and wisdom. That's nineteen hours!
Suzanna Wesley over two hundred years ago formulated sixteen rules for raising children. They are still pretty good rules!

1. Eating between meals is not allowed.
2. As children, they are to be in bed by 8 pm.
3. They are required to take medicine without complaining.
4. They are to subdue their self-will so that they might be open to God's salvation.
5. Teach a child to pray as soon as he can speak.
6. Require all to be still during Family Worship.
7. Give them nothing they cry for, and only that which they ask for politely.
8. To prevent lying, punish no fault which is first confessed and repented.
9. Never allow a sinful act to go unpunished.
10. Never punish a child twice for a single offense.
11. Commend and reward good behavior.
12. Any attempt to please, even if poorly performed should be commended.
13. Preserve property rights, even in smallest matters.
14. Strictly observe all promises.
15. Require no daughter to work before she can read well.
16. Teach children to reverence God.

One of Suzanna Wesley's prayers gives a glimpse of her faith:
"Help me, Lord, to remember that religion is not to be confined to the church, or closet, nor exercised only in prayer and meditation, but that everywhere I am in Your presence... May all things instruct me and afford me an opportunity of exercising some goodness and daily learning and growing toward Your likeness."
Although she lived two hundred years ago, Suzanna's faith lives on today. The important things in life have not changed. It still matters that parents stay in the Lord and spend their lives leading children to do the same.