MOTHER I NEED YOU! WE NEED YOU! Because the House needs to be a HOME Because our Mother needs to be OUR MOTHER Today, we are being pressured to disregard the erosion of historic marriage and family principles and practice. ENCOURAGEMENT to be a normal, healthy family is noted by its absence in the media, government, etc. which presents even that which is contrary. Determination to try to rightly steer straight faces many and varied opponents. These opponents are determined to eliminate mother, father, husband, wife anything and everything that opposes the pursuit of their agenda no matter the consequences. Even today's social violence and unrest has at its root the absence of a father and mother. We are finding the wrong road signs and the wrong roads, calling wrong right and right wrong, calling evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). We face the ABSENCE of MORAL and MENTAL STANDARDS, to be caught up along with the crowd, trying to belong, to become, to find oneself, to find peace, to find love, to find worth, to find values which inspire and overcome a society that has abandoned such. There is little to no recovery of the normal and natural God-created family setting. The FAMILY needs the MOTHER; the NATION needs the FAMILY. God's Pattern is Set: "HONOR thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee" (Deut. 5:16; Éph. 6:2). "Whoever CURSES his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure [utter] darkness" (Prov. 20:20). "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and FORSAKE NOT the law of thy mother" (Prov. 1:8). "A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man DESPISETH his mother" (Prov. 15:20). God's Provision is Needed: "This know also, that in the last days perilous [difficult] times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves..DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, unthankful, unholy" (2 Tim. 3:1-2). "There is a generation that CURSETH their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure IN THEIR OWN EYES" (Prov. 30:11-12). This is promoted by the age old "every man did that which was RIGHT IN HIS ÓWN EYES" (Judges 21:25). And "let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die" (Isaiah 22:13). Take heart and know. God's Person is Found: "I will LIFT UP MINE EYES unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. MY HELP COMETH FROM THE LORD,who made heaven and earth"(Psalm 121:1- 2). "And YE SHALL SEEK ME, AND FIND ME, when ye shall search for Me with ALL YOUR HEART, and I WILL BE FOUND BY you, saith the LORD" (Jeremiah 29:13-14). "COME UNTO ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light" (Matthew 11:28-30). The Nation, the Family and YOU need God and His sure and certain Word, the BIBLE. The Lord Jesus Christ is waiting to provide for you the right and real relationship that God's RIGHTEOUSNESS requires and in which God's LIFE is found. This makes for life that is worth the living. You can find God's HELP and HOPE and ENCOURAGEMENT today. Why not begin RIGHT NOW and receive Him as your personal Saviour and Lord (John 1:10-13)! "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved" (Act 16:31). Middletown Bible Church 860-346-0907 349 East Street, Middletown, CT 06457 Route 217 (East Street, Westfield) midway between Routes 66 and 372 SUNDAY: 9:30 am Sunday School - all ages 10:45 am Moming Worship 7:00 pm Evening Worship WEDNESDAY: 7:30 pm Prayer Meeting and Bible Study www.middletownbiblechurch.org Independent Bible Centered Christ Exalting Contact us if you are interested in a free Bible correspondence course. BIBLE LINE: Call 860-346-0021 for a timely message 24 hours a day. BIBLE LINE for CHILDREN: Call 1-800-368-1115 MOTHER I NEED YOU! WE NEED YOU! Because the House needs to be a HOME Because our Mother needs to be OUR MOTHER Today, we are being pressured to disregard the erosion of historic marriage and family principles and practice. ENCOURAGEMENT to be a normal, healthy family is noted by its absence in the media, government, etc. which presents even that which is contrary. Determination to try to rightly steer straight faces many and varied opponents. These opponents are determined to eliminate mother, father, husband, wife anything and everything that opposes the pursuit of their agenda no matter the consequences. Even today's social violence and unrest has at its root the absence of a father and mother. We are finding the wrong road signs and the wrong roads, calling wrong right and right wrong, calling evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). We face the ABSENCE of MORAL and MENTAL STANDARDS, to be caught up along with the crowd, trying to belong, to become, to find oneself, to find peace, to find love, to find worth, to find values which inspire and overcome a society that has abandoned such. There is little to no recovery of the normal and natural God-created family setting. The FAMILY needs the MOTHER; the NATION needs the FAMILY. God's Pattern is Set: "HONOR thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee" (Deut. 5:16; Éph. 6:2). "Whoever CURSES his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure [utter] darkness" (Prov. 20:20). "My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and FORSAKE NOT the law of thy mother" (Prov. 1:8). "A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man DESPISETH his mother" (Prov. 15:20). God's Provision is Needed: "This know also, that in the last days perilous [difficult] times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves..DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, unthankful, unholy" (2 Tim. 3:1-2). "There is a generation that CURSETH their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure IN THEIR OWN EYES" (Prov. 30:11-12). This is promoted by the age old "every man did that which was RIGHT IN HIS ÓWN EYES" (Judges 21:25). And "let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die" (Isaiah 22:13). Take heart and know. God's Person is Found: "I will LIFT UP MINE EYES unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. MY HELP COMETH FROM THE LORD,who made heaven and earth"(Psalm 121:1- 2). "And YE SHALL SEEK ME, AND FIND ME, when ye shall search for Me with ALL YOUR HEART, and I WILL BE FOUND BY you, saith the LORD" (Jeremiah 29:13-14). "COME UNTO ME, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light" (Matthew 11:28-30). The Nation, the Family and YOU need God and His sure and certain Word, the BIBLE. The Lord Jesus Christ is waiting to provide for you the right and real relationship that God's RIGHTEOUSNESS requires and in which God's LIFE is found. This makes for life that is worth the living. You can find God's HELP and HOPE and ENCOURAGEMENT today. Why not begin RIGHT NOW and receive Him as your personal Saviour and Lord (John 1:10-13)! "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved" (Act 16:31). Middletown Bible Church 860-346-0907 349 East Street, Middletown, CT 06457 Route 217 (East Street, Westfield) midway between Routes 66 and 372 SUNDAY: 9:30 am Sunday School - all ages 10:45 am Moming Worship 7:00 pm Evening Worship WEDNESDAY: 7:30 pm Prayer Meeting and Bible Study www.middletownbiblechurch.org Independent Bible Centered Christ Exalting Contact us if you are interested in a free Bible correspondence course. BIBLE LINE: Call 860-346-0021 for a timely message 24 hours a day. BIBLE LINE for CHILDREN: Call 1-800-368-1115