Everybody fails, but only the failures quit trying. Regardless of how you have failed, get up, brush yourself off, learn from your failure and try again. Don’t be discouraged by your failures, they are the stuff that that success is made of. As Winston Churchill said,”Never give up!”

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits– Psalms 103:2

How easily, in the muck and clamor and distractions of life, we seem to forget the Lord’s many blessings to us. If we pray at all then our prayers are largely taken up with requests for family and friends and health and blessing. But how often do we pause to bless the Lord, to praise Him for the many benefits He has given to us already?

Thousands of people struggle daily with discouragement and frustration, or at least with discontentment, even though they are surrounded by prosperity and property. Why is this? Why does there seem to be so little contentment in the midst of such enormous wealth? Perhaps it is because we have neglected to develop grateful hearts.

But we are here encouraged to develop the habit of gratefulness — forget not all his benefits. Not a single blessing of God should be taken for granted. Not a single benefit should come to us without our carefully marking it as yet another unmerited favor from our heavenly Father.

It is also interesting that this admonition is an entirely inward one. The psalmist is actually speaking to himself, addressing his own soul. He is keeping a close check on his spirit and correcting trends that he sees there toward ingratitude, complaining, or dissatisfaction.

We ought, also, to stir ourselves up to habitual, genuine, God-centered gratitude; which will then lead us to habitual, genuine, God-centered praise.– Baptist Bible Hour

“A good boy generally makes a good man”. So said the mother of George Washington. And few if any would doubt the greatness of her son George. The problem is that “good boys”, or girls, don’t just happen–they must be made that way. You don’t have to teach a child to do evil, it is in their nature. What the child needs is a transforming power in his life, and none do it better than mothers. George Washington was a good boy who became a great man because he had a godly mother. Our nation should be forever thankful for her.

Washington’s mother taught him the value of virtue, the principles of proper conduct, and the importance of moral courage. Think about it like this—basically, he became what she was. And, generally speaking, for good or bad, that’s the way it is with all of us. If you expect your child to go the way he should go make sure you go that way yourself.

Later in life, with a long list of accomplishments to his account, Washington said, “The greatest teacher I ever had was my mother”. I suspect he was right. And he did well to give her that recognition. Those of us who have been so blessed ought to do the same. Tell her you love her and prove it by your deeds, while you still have her with you. You will be sorry if you don’t. She will be thrilled if you do.

Godly mothers are a national treasure. There is no way to describe how much they are worth! Theodore Roosevelt said, “The mother is the one supreme asset of the national life. She is more important by far, than the successful statesman, or businessman, or artist, or scientist”. To that I can only say Amen! If your mother is still alive I hope you will make this Mother’s Day memorable for her. Let her know how special she is.

“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ” – (Exodus 20:12)

It has been said that a family can survive without a nation, but a nation cannot survive without the family. God established the family by bringing a man and a woman together in marriage. Then came children and grandchildren. That is His order.

The Bible tells us, however, that in the last days there will be an attack on the family. One of the signs of the end times will be a lack of respect for one’s parents. We read in 2 Timothy 3:1-2, “ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come .  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

We have certainly lost sight of God’s commandment to “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ” (Exodus 20:12). Notice the commandment is to honor your father and mother—not honor your father and father, or your mother and mother, or your mother and her live-in lover or partner. We tamper with God’s order at our own peril.

Know this: Satan always hates what God loves. God loves the family. He established the marriage of a man and woman as a physical representation of His love for the church and the church’s love for Him.—-Therefore it should come as no surprise that the devil would try to undermine the family.–Greg Laurie