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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello Everyone! Praise the Lord! Happy Mother’s Day! We thank God for all Mothers and those who assisted or participated in RAISING CHILDREN. God INSTRUCTS us in His Word how to raise children, and if we are obedient by doing it God’s way, then we must trust God to fulfill His promise. He tells us in Proverbs 22:6 to “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it”. He also gives us an example in 2 Tim. 1:5 which speaks about Lois and Eunice raising and teaching Timothy the things of God. Lois was the Grandmother and Eunice was Timothy’s mother. These women passed down the Godly heritage to Paul’s prodigy who was Timothy. They were an encouragement to all women who want to raise their children to love God. 2 Tim. 1:5 states “When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>6 ¶Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>It seems as though the Apostle Paul was very much involved in Timothy’s training and wanted to make sure that the gift that Lois and Eunice taught their son did not lay dormant but be stirred up. Timothy ended up being Paul’s most trusted companion and disciple. These women were responsible for passing on their faith to the next generation. They were obedient unto God and trusted that Timothy would become a devout Christian. Since there was no mention of a father, it is believed that these two women were responsible for raising and training Timothy to love God’s Word. Thank God for these outstanding mothers and women of great faith.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>God bless,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dr. Joyce Taylor, VP, MSCC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Communities of Faith Committee Member<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>