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The Role of Mothers to DaughtersThe relationship between a mother and her daughter is one of the most powerful bonds in ...
25/10/2025

The Role of Mothers to Daughters

The relationship between a mother and her daughter is one of the most powerful bonds in life. From birth to adulthood, a mother plays a vital role in shaping her daughter’s character, values, and confidence. She is often the first teacher, the first friend, and the first example of what it means to be a woman.

One of the key roles of a mother is guidance. Through her words and actions, she teaches her daughter how to make wise choices, how to respect herself, and how to treat others. A mother’s guidance helps her daughter develop a strong sense of identity and purpose in life.

A mother also serves as a role model. Daughters learn by watching their mothers — how they handle challenges, how they show love, and how they balance their responsibilities. When a mother demonstrates strength, kindness, and perseverance, she inspires her daughter to carry those same qualities into her own life.

Another important role is emotional support. Growing up can be confusing, and daughters often face emotional ups and downs. A mother’s listening ear, comforting words, and reassuring presence help her daughter feel loved and secure.

Lastly, mothers play a vital role in passing down traditions, morals, and values. Whether through cooking family recipes, sharing stories, or teaching about faith and culture, mothers connect their daughters to their roots and heritage.

In summary, a mother’s influence goes far beyond childhood. Her love, wisdom, and example shape the kind of woman her daughter becomes. Truly, the role of a mother in her daughter’s life is both priceless and everlasting.

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View this email in your browserKnocked Down by WordsBy Sharon Jaynes On February 23, 2023Today's TruthTherefore, as God’...
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Knocked Down by Words
By Sharon Jaynes On February 23, 2023

Today's Truth
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience” (Colossians 3:12 NIV).



Friend to Friend

Have you ever felt like someone just knocked you over with words…not caring how it made you feel? I know I have. One day my Golden Retriever showed me just how it’s done.

Shortly after we had planted a maple tree in our backyard, we went on vacation. It was the first time we had left Ginger, our Golden Retriever, home alone. A neighbor fed and watched out for her while we were away. On the second day of our trip, I called Cathy to see how Ginger was doing.

“Well, Ginger’s fine,” Cathy reported. “But you know that tree you planted last week? She dug it up!”

“She did what!” I exclaimed.

“She dug it up. The tree’s lying in the yard.”

When we got home, we walked over to the toppled tree. Ginger tucked her tail and slunk into the garage like the bad dog she was.

When we planted the tree, we left a small piece of the burlap around the root ball exposed. Ginger spied that remnant peeking out of the ground and wanted it…bad. Several times we had caught her pawing at the burlap and reprimanded her with a stern “no!”

She ducked her head, crept away and waited for a more opportune time. I imagine that the moment she saw us load suitcases in the car and pull out of the driveway, she tiptoed over to the forbidden tree and began to dig. (Can dogs tiptoe? I think they can.) She must have dug and dug for hours with all her puppy might—flinging dirt in every direction. I’ve got to get to the bottom of this, she might have thought. This must be exposed!

Finally, she accomplished her mission and the burlap was totally uncovered! Exposed! Of course, she gave no thought to the tree she toppled in the meantime. It was never about the tree.

As I stared at the poor little maple lying helplessly in the hot summer sun, I thought about many friends, and myself for that matter, who’ve been in the same state—toppled and left to wither in the heat of glaring eyes.

Perhaps someone has a little flaw that peeks through the surface of his or her character. Then someone else comes along and decides that the flaw is a nuisance and must be exposed at all cost. That someone starts digging and digging—flinging dirt in every direction with no thought as to what all the digging is doing to the person’s heart.

Before you know it, the rough burlap, the unsightly character flaw, is unearthed and exposed for all to see. And the victim of that digging lies topped in the process. Lifeless, wounded, exposed—and for what purpose? To satisfy someone’s dogged determination to uncover a rough edge.

There are times in any friendship when confrontation is necessary, but we must always make sure that the confrontation is wrapped in prayer and tied with the ribbon of love. If we take any joy whatsoever in the process, then we must stop and check our motives and attitude.

Jesus said: “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:3-5 NIV).

Here’s another truth to tether to Jesus’ words above: “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience” (Colossians 3:12 NIV). So the choice is, do we want to be a dirt slinger or a comfort bringer?

Steve and I gently removed what was left of the burlap sack around the root system, carefully sat the maple back up into her prepared soil, and lovingly patted the dirt back around her parched roots. Then, because of her weakened state, we braced her up with ropes tied to three stakes in the ground. I watered the weary maple daily, not knowing if she would recover from the trauma. In the end, the tree not only survived, she thrived.

Oh, that we would do the same for our toppled friends. When we see a friend who has been wounded by words, we can slowly stand her back up, lovingly reestablish her roots in the good soil of God’s Word, gently brace her up with kindness, and water her daily with prayer. Who knows? You may even help her not only survive, but also thrive.

Thankfully, Ginger left the tree alone after that episode. After all—she never cared about the tree in the first place.



Let’s Pray

Lord, I want to be a comfort bringer not a dirt slinger. Show me a friend who has been knocked down by life and give me the right words to brace them back up.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.



Now It’s Your Turn

Who is someone you know who was knocked down by words? Today consider writing that person a note or sending an email of encouragement.



More from the Girlfriends

Sharon’s best-selling book and Bible study guide, The Power of a Woman’s Words: How the Words You Speak Shape the Lives of Others has been a favorite for women’s Bible studies around the world. Get your copy today and begin to use your words to speak life to those around you! Tame that tongue! I know you can☺









Looking for a life-changing Bible study? Click here to learn about my on-line Bible study on When You Don’t Like Your Story: What if Your Worst Chapters Could Become Your Greatest Victories starting February 21.

©2023 by Sharon Jaynes. All rights reserved.

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========Aborted; yet Secured=======


Mr. and Mrs. Bridget happily got married hoping to have five children of their own as a couple. After 4 years of marriage, nothing happened, they were worried and thought they were believers. They kept praying and trusting God for their child. On the fifth year of their marriage, God blessed them with twin boys.

What a happy and joyful moment for Mr.and Mrs. Bridget. After 11 months of the first set of twins, Mrs. Bridget became pregnant and gave birth to another set of twins, this time girls. What a mighty God He is A master planner.

Mr. and Mrs. Bridget became the testimony of the whole town, church, who will believe that those that were mocked and laughed at can be proudly called the mother and father. Jesus did.

After two years of the second set of twins, God gave them another boy. Hmmmmm! 5 years of barrenness has turned into 5 years of a bountiful harvest.

The couple decided to go for family planning because they agreed that it's 5 they needed, and God has given them according to their heart's desire.

The family planning went well, everything was going well, they were busy training their beautiful and handsome kids God has given them.

Everything was going well not until Mrs. Bridget started having pains in her tummy after 7 years of her last baby boy. she started taking drugs thinking it was an ulcer because she was having ulcers before then.

As the pain continued severely, they decided to go for an ultrasounds scan.

Haaaaa! What happened?

Doctor: Madam, you are a month gone!

Mrs. Bridget, what are you talking about?

Doctor: you are pregnant!

Mrs. Bridget, what? How? When? Doctor, please check well; I can't be pregnant again, please. I did family planning naaaa, as it stands now things are not moving well for us. We are struggling to feed the 5 we have already, how come this. Well, let me get home first.

Mrs. Bridget was confused, angry, and more depressed with the news of the pregnancy. She waited for her husband to come home so she can tell him. Immediately her husband comes home, she rushed and brought out the result, handed it over to him.

Mr. Bridget: "What? You are pregnant? No, no, no, we can't keep this baby sweetheart. You know how we are suffering to feed now, we still have a lot to put in place, you haven't gotten any reasonable job doing. So, how do you think we can cope with the 6th baby? No! We have to get rid of that baby, please.

Mrs. Bridget: oh! God! What kind of thing is this? What will people say? How will they see me, is not that we have enough money, we even have to beg to survive? I even did the so-called family planning, so, why this? How can I carry this shame? How can I face the word? How?😭😭😭😭

Mr. Bridget: sweetheart, please, stop crying, we are going to remove it, then, we can go back and ask God for forgiveness.

Mrs. Bridget: Ahhhh! Honey, how do you think God will see us? What we do condemn, we now do. Oooohhhhh! God, this is too much for me. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Mr. Bridget Sweetheart, we have to, I am not ready for this child. God will understand, I believe, He will.

Mr.and Mrs. Bridget had an agreement and decided to abort the baby since they don't want the pregnancy. They met a pharmacist that gave them a drug, directed her on how to take it.

They went home and did exactly what they were told to do, but waited for the blood to flush out as she was told but nothing happened.

Mrs. Bridget called her sister that was a nurse and told her what was going on, her sister supported her to abort the baby. She told her drugs to get and how to use them, she went and bought the drugs and did as she was told.

After few minutes, she took the drugs, blood rushed out of her body as if she was getting it from the blood bank.

Immediately, Mrs. Bridget started weeping😭😭😭. God please, forgive me! I have committed an abomination, I have murdered my child, I have taken a life. God! Can I ever have peace again?

As she was crying, blood was still gushing out of her body, her husband was holding her, telling her to calm down that God will understand.

After the flowing out of blood, her sister asked her to mix some concoction and take it so that it will flush the remaining blood clusters in her body. She did. She also went for another scan and was told there was nothing in her womb. They stopped meeting together as husband and wife for that period.

Life continued, they started covering the secret sin they committed; praying for forgiveness as they thought. After all, God is a merciful God. Yes! He is, go ask David he will explain more, We are coming to that anyways.

Mrs. Bridget was never the same after that incident, she was always afraid, she can't sleep well, she can't concentrate to do anything, she started being aggressive. She sees herself always crying in her dream.

After another one month of the abortion, she started having another kind of pain, she became more afraid of her life. Her sister told her not to worry, that it's the effect of the abortion that will stop.

The pain continued until she couldn't bear it anymore, she rushed for another scan, she was told she was two to three months pregnant.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Mrs. Bridget fainted on hearing the news of pregnancy. They just have to take her with cold water. "Madam, you can't faint here please. You are just pregnant nothing, why fainting?" The man that conducted the scan told her.

Mrs. Bridget: oga, you won't understand, God has decided to punish my life.

The man was surprised, he told her to just go and sort herself out.

She went home crying throughout; God what have I done to you? You better kill me oooo, she cried.

When her husband hears it, the devil locked her heart the more; he told his wife, sweetheart, we can't keep that thing. That is incomplete abortion, we have to do something fast here, unless you will give birth to only the hand and head of the baby.

She called her sister and her sister screamed and told her to go straight to the hospital so that they can evacuate that thing. That she was not carrying any baby but, baby parts as far as she was concerned.

Mrs. Bridget: Ahhhhhhh! I am dead already, what have I put myself into? God, please come to my rescue,pleaseeeeee! I am dying😭😭😭

As she was still crying her husband has contacted a doctor already, asked her to get ready they are going to the hospital for the evacuation of that thing in her womb. She dressed up followed her husband to the place.

Immediately they got to the place, her husband was in front she was following him.
She heard a loud voice that called her name;

The voice; "where are you going? After all my warnings! you are taking me for granted, right? if you step into that place, you will come out dead."

Mrs. Bridget stopped immediately, called her husband back;

Mrs. Bridget: Honey, I can't do this, please. I just heard a voice now that told me that if I try stepped into that place I will die.

Mr. Bridget: God forbid! Let's go back please, I can't lose you. Never! They went home.

Mrs. Bridget couldn't best the pains, depression. She started crying and asked God to forgive her for even taking the first step of that abortion. she stopped going out, locked herself for two months asking God to please forgive her. "God Even if you decide I deliver this baby half, I deserve it: please spare my life. Let your divine decision be upon my life". She prayed.

She cried morning, afternoon, and night. Asking God to help her. Let her be alive to give birth to that baby, whatever she sees, she will take. Let it be a remembrance of the sin she committed secretly.

Meanwhile, after that, she decided to tell some of those she called her co-believers, those that they do pray and fast in church together, those that do encourage her for evangelism and Bible study, so they can encourage her and pray with her.

Unfortunately to her, the scripture was revealed to her; after all our toiling and speaking in tongue and quoting of scriptures and all manner of evangelism here_ some of us will be asked to depart from Him; He doesn't know us... What a day! Judgment is real. God have mercy on us.

Mrs. Bridget met with sis Jane and sis Mercy both married also with children and told them what she was passing through; expecting them to comfort and pray along with her.

They were like, nawaah! for you oooo, you would have told us when you wanted to do it so that we will tell you how to do it.

Sister Jane: well, I have done it two times and nothing happened, nobody knows about it. It was very simple naaaa. Na only me and God go sort it out at my secret place. at least I asked Him for forgiveness. What else? He has forgiven me.

Sister Marcy: Hmmmm! Why you dey behave like you no dey reason again? I did it last year when I noticed I was pregnant when my baby was 6months. I wasn't ready biko, I have to flush it out. I later asked God to forgive me naaa. He is our loving father, He does understand.

Mrs. Bridget: Jesus! What! You did abortion two times and to you it's nothing? Ahhhhhhh! God oooooooo, do you know what I passed through and what I am still passing through?

Sis. Jane and Sis. Mercy told her to come let the even help her to flush out that thing she was carrying because it's not a complete baby. They told her to mix all manner of nonsense and add a hot drink to it so that everything will go.

Mrs. Bridget weeps for her friends; she was disappointed and surprised that the so-called sisters, firebrand, holy ghost filled, an evangelical alert can Bragg about sin this way and be comfortable. She regretted coming to tell them, though she was happy too, to know exactly who they are.

She told her friends that abortion is a sin;

What?
Who is talking?

They laughed at her, mocked her called her names. Why then did you do it?

Her friends: you better go and find a way to remove that baby head before you gave birth to only head, then the world will know what you did in secret. Ndi saints( saints) mocked her.

Mrs.Bridget: God! So, this is it? I will choose to should die in your hand than the hands of my enemies. I will deliver this baby. Whatever you give me I will take.

After nine months!

After nine months!

Yes! You heard me, and After nine months, God showed that He was God.

Mrs. Bridget gave birth to a bouncing baby boy!

Hallelujah!

Head, hands, and legs complete!

There was a noise of victory!

A cry of victory!

A laugh of victory!

Mrs. Bridget cried throughout the day, calling God, crying calling God, crying calling God.

They called that baby "SECURED" it sounds strange but it means a lot to his family.

After the birth of "SECURED," everything changed. Doors opened, God gave them light inform of a son.

Among all the children of Mr. and Mrs. Bridget, SECURED stands out. He was placed on scholarships through his secondary and tertiary institutions.

He is the salt of his family today, others are survived and sustained by his taste.

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No sin is small or big as far as God is concerned. When David Killed the wife of his servant in secret, he was not aware it was not a secret after all.

Hear me now as I write to you; that sin you committed thinking that it was a secret is not. You know why? The day you committed it, you were there, Trinity was there, your room and everything around saw what you did and how you did it. It was written down with the date and day. No wonder, the Bible says that, on the last day, when you will expecting not to see it when you have forgotten; BOOKS WILL BE OPEN.

Dear believer, God is a merciful God, no issues, you committed a sin you were aware of. You know it and the consequences but you chose to do it. After all, you will ask Him for forgiveness, and he will forgive you.

Let me remind you, that David almost killed herself when God pointed his sin; He pleaded, he cried, put on sacked cloth and ash.

Did God forgive him? Yes!

God forgave him, but He did not take away the punishment. He pronounced the punishment and carried it out.

Don't be a foolish Christian.

Whatever you sow, you shall reap. You can even mock God.

Dear single:
If you have gone that far as becoming pregnant; carry it and give birth to that life. There is a lot you don't know about this life; the pleasure of today can cause you tears tomorrow.

A lot of people are dead today because of abortion, a lot has lost their womb because of abortion. And we are in a world where everything goes. That is not true. God still rules in the affairs of men.

Would you prefer the " what people will say notion? or to face everlasting condemnation? It is better to face the shame now later.

A lot are regretting the life they taught that was a pleasure to them then, even after giving their life to Christ. Yes! God might have forgiven, but there is a punishment. Be careful!

SAY NO TO ABORTION❌❌❌❌❌❌❌
Do you know how it pains God to take His time to make a soul, then for you to destroy it, thinking it's your body? You decided who lives and who died.

If you were aborted; will you be here today? Answers!

Married ladies, if God put six children in your win at once, will you kill three and keep three; just because you think you don't need the remaining three. If after all you have done and you still carry that baby_ carry it. It's painful, but then, don't put yourself in secret condemnation.

God has a purpose for every life that He allows to live as a child in any womb. Why take a life you can't create.

I am not a pastor or anything related to any of it, but this write-up is for someone that might be true of it now!

Story line: fiction & non- fiction!

I write as I was given.

God bless you as you read and share!
Amen!

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