Teachable Woman Podcast

Parenting with Faith

Reverends Michele Owes & Diana Cherry

Rev. Michele Owes: [00:00:00] Welcome. Welcome back to the Teachable Woman Podcast. We are excited to be with you again. I am Reverend Michelle Os. I am with the one and only Reverend Mrs. Deanna p Cherry. And together we are teachers of good things. Mrs. Cherry, please greet our podcast family and Friends.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: Hello, Podcast Family and friends, you have got to start praying more fervently for us. Reverend Owes and I have been working so hard to get these podcasts out to you, and we pray for you. Please pray for us, and may you be blessed as we bring you this podcast on the Eve. You don't know this, but I'm going to spill the beans on the eve of Thanksgiving we want to share a podcast with you.

Rev. Michele Owes: Amen. Amen. [00:01:00] That's just to let you know how deeply you are in our hearts, that we don't want to leave you out at any time or any moment. No holiday's too great for us to stop, pause, and make sure that we can share with you. This is Thanksgiving, and we recognize that without Christ Jesus, there's really not a lot to be thankful for, because if it were not for him, you and I would not have salvation.

Rev. Michele Owes: You and I would not have the life that he so promised us. We are currently teaching our parenting series, and the faithfulness of God. That is going to be our subject for tonight. In review, we have been teaching that the children that we gave birth to, or the children that we raised, or the children that we cared for; however, it came upon us, they are not our children.

Rev. Michele Owes: They are the heritage of the Lord. God has an [00:02:00] expectation that we will raise them in the nurture and the admonition of the Lord. He shared that with us in Deuteronomy chapter number six, that we are to teach our children about Him when we rise in the morning, when we lie down at night, when we sit at the table, and when we walk.

Rev. Michele Owes: By the way, in other words, there's no time that he is absolving us of our responsibility to ensure that our children know about him. That also means we should not leave it to the church to teach our children about God. They are certainly a help, but we still have the responsibility.

Rev. Michele Owes: The Christian School does not shoulder the full responsibility of teaching our children about God. That's still our responsibility as parents. Mrs. Cherry also shared with us in her parenting tips that children taught of the Lord have a life of peace, and we want our children to have a life of [00:03:00] peace in Christ Jesus.

Rev. Michele Owes: And so this is what we have been sharing in our parenting series, but today we're going to be talking about how faithful God is, and Mrs. Cherry's going to start it up.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: Okay. The next fruit that we were due to cover was the Fruit of Faith, and that. Faith in Galatians refers to the faithfulness of God. It has nothing to do with our personal beliefs or faith. And I just thought about the fact how appropriate, and we're getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving on tomorrow, we would be covering faithfulness tonight. Without the faithfulness of God, none of us would be alive. To see a Thanksgiving day on tomorrow is because of God's faithfulness, it's because of his faithfulness that we can activate every one of these, fruit of [00:04:00] the Spirit that we've been teaching. It's, but because these are the fruit of God's spirit and his faithfulness enables us to act like him, to be like him, to do what he would do, to say what he would say, it's because of his faithfulness. And so as we look at faithfulness. In Galatians, let's remember that we're talking about God's faithfulness because these fruit of the spirit of the fruit that flow from the spirit of God. I was just thinking about pass before we knew the Lord and some of the Thanksgiving experiences we've had. How many of you know that a lot of times the holidays can be one of the most tumultuous times a family because everybody don't think like us, don't act like us, don't do like us. So [00:05:00] tomorrow, as we gathered around the bountiful harvest, let's let us be sure to be mindful of the fact God has been faithful to us. We have an opportunity to glorify him by showing forth his faithfulness to all of our family members who might be with us, those that we might be a little bit estranged from, those who we might totally disagree. Those who definitely don't think like us, didn't dress like us, don't look like us consume things that we wouldn't do. Just remember God's faithfulness we can allow the fruit of the spirit of God to flow through us. We can allow the fruit of God's spirit of faithfulness to flow through us to all those people [00:06:00] that we're going to encounter all their family. know them, but there might be some challenges there. So purpose let us all purpose in our hearts tomorrow that we're going to be to God that we have families and we're going to be thankful to God that we can allow. All of the fruit of his spirit to flow out as we not preach to our family members, but really enjoy our family members. I pray that every one of us would just have astonishing great time tomorrow as we are with the family members who might the, the good, the bad. Ugly. Let us put on patience with our family.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: Let us be pop livers tomorrow. Put on patience with our family. us exemplify every fruit of the

Rev. Michele Owes: Yes.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: Let us not speak so much, but

Rev. Michele Owes: Hmm.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: and let us [00:07:00] love our families. We are blessed to

Rev. Michele Owes: Yes. Oh.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: No family is perfect. No family is without issues. family is without challenges and struggles, but. The people that we will be with on tomorrow, they are our family, and there's nothing like family. And those of you who heard me teaching my autobiography, one of the saddest things that I have had to face in writing that autobiography is that I have no remembrance of my life as a child and. Because of that, I'm just so keenly aware and appreciative all the people who I meet who do have histories, childhood histories, that is so precious. So on tomorrow, make a commitment to God that you're going to allow his fruit. To flow through you [00:08:00] because he is given us an example of how to do it. We're made in his image and in his likeness. And trust me, you can honestly be faithful tomorrow to whomever might come to your door and say, I'm cousin Sally, haven't seen you in a long time. Let's just reach out. Hug, and welcome cousin Sally. Godlike welcome, and we can do this because we have

Rev. Michele Owes: Yeah, it's so true when we think about how faithful God has been to us and how he has demonstrated his unconditional love toward us time and time and time again. How he has forgiven us for our sins, how he is willing to, wash us with the washing of the water. By the word, how he's willing to make us over again another, as it seems good to him.[00:09:00]

Rev. Michele Owes: When we think about all that God has done and is willing to do, to have a wonderful relationship with us, certainly we can make it through a few hours of a family gathering, and demonstrate unconditional love. I will say this. When I think about the family gatherings that I have had over the years, the most important ones for me were the moments where someone took time to encourage me were the moments where someone, demonstrated a level of kindness toward me that was unique and unusual.

Rev. Michele Owes: And the Bible tells us that we ought to encourage one another while it is yet. Today. And so if we will take time to encourage one another rather than complain or criticize, and if we're, exhausted, let's let our words be few and let our love be great, so that we don't say the wrong thing.

Rev. Michele Owes: We don't want to injure anyone on a day that we're [00:10:00] not only to be thankful for the God that created us. And. Stains us, but we have to be thankful for the people that he's added to our lives. And so this is an opportunity for the Kingdom of God to be glorified. This is an opportunity for us to grow in our Christian faith, and if we are having some difficulties in some of our relationships, just remember how faithful God has been to us in our relationship with him when we.

Rev. Michele Owes: Did not acknowledge him when we sinned, when we did not do what he asked us to do when we did our thing and not his. So God was faithful to forgive us, be faithful to forgive others, be faithful to love others, and let's show some of the same kind of faithfulness that God has shown toward us to others, and I promise you.

Rev. Michele Owes: The entire atmosphere of your [00:11:00] Thanksgiving gathering can change because you've changed in the midst.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: Amen. And remember when you start your day tomorrow, don't be in such a hurry to get up and put the Turkey in the oven before you go off to church. 'cause I know all of us will be going off to church tomorrow. don't be so anxious to get to the church service that you forget to pray your 37 second prayer. Start the day with the Lord's Prayer, in that prayer, that prayer will touch on every situation and every circumstance that you could possibly be faced with on this Thanksgiving day. pray that he will lead us not into temptation. Pray that he will deliver us from evil words, thoughts, deeds. make that prayer a really special prayer tomorrow, pray the [00:12:00] 37 second prayer. As long as you feel comfortable praying it, and when the folk come in and you feel like you're being led in a path that's not the right path. Stop. Acknowledge God, you don't have to say a word, just acknowledge God and say, father, please have your will this confused family today. And I say that in jest, but I do know that there were times in the past before we knew the Lord that. A lot of the holiday celebrations would almost end in fist fights and shootouts, So we don't want that to happen. We want you to have the fruit of the spirit manifested and who better to manifest it to and who is more difficult to manifest it to.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: Than our loving darling families. So we can do this. We can let God be glorified if we start our day with the Lord's Prayer, our [00:13:00] example of prayer, internalize it as a real important prayer for me for this day, and start our day that way tomorrow. And look, you'll have hundreds of people around the world in unity with you praying together. You cannot convince me our little core group of people have not made a difference in the atmosphere in this country.

Rev. Michele Owes: Amen.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: I believe it. You can't convince me otherwise, so our podcast family. we might not be mighty in number. But we are mighty in

Rev. Michele Owes: Amen.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: so continue to pray, continue to believe, continue to agree with us, do let the fruit of spirit and especially faithfulness reign in your hearts tomorrow and in your entire atmosphere with your families on tomorrow.

Rev. Michele Owes: Well, we're going to release this tonight, so if you hear it [00:14:00] tonight, you could pray tonight ahead of tomorrow. And ask God to minister to the hearts and the minds of the people who are going to come and make sure that he can, have you be with one accord, with one another. First. Having the likeness of loving the Lord and all things possible from that point, he's able to do exceeding and abundantly above all that we've hoped, thought asked, prayed, or even imagined according to the power that works on the inside of us.

Rev. Michele Owes: So God can do some fantastic things. Let's not, not include him for the day. Let's invite him in. Invite the power of his Holy Spirit in to minister to our hearts and minds. Who enter May they enter in peace and in love.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: Amen. what an example for our children. children know more than we think they

Rev. Michele Owes: Yes.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: What an example when Henry or Uncle Joe, who's usually, tyrant,

Rev. Michele Owes: don't use Joe.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: [00:15:00] and we.

Rev. Michele Owes: Joe, you need another.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: Oh, that's right. That's right. When we come in, when, when? When they come in tomorrow, whoever, whatever their names might be. And we show love and never get involved with any of the foolishness that they will spew out of their mouths. That is, we're speaking about parenting. That is one of the

Rev. Michele Owes: Yes,

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: that we can do in front of our children to show them how to deal with the unlovely, how to love the unlovely, how to be kind

Rev. Michele Owes: yes.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: who are not being kind to us, how, how to be patient. I mean, what a magnificent example. For Thanksgiving Day to have come and for Reverend Os and I to have an opportunity to prepare your hearts to face the day.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: And if you happen not to hear this until after Thanksgiving day has passed, it's still applicable because there are going to be other, Josh, no, that's a name too. There're going to be other,[00:16:00]

Rev. Michele Owes: You all in my family.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: undesirable, family members and another opportunity to use what we're teaching tonight. So God bless you all and have a wonderful day in the Lord.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: May you just have an unbelievable day, and if it's after Thanksgiving that you hear this, the next big event that's coming up, apply it. God's word is infinite, and it's always applicable, and it can always be pulled into our lives and into our experiences.

Rev. Michele Owes: This is an opportunity as well for us to teach our families and share with our families what it really means to be thankful, what it means to appreciate the deposit that God has made in our lives, what it means to appreciate the God that created us, the God that sustains us, the God that provides for us, the God [00:17:00] that loves us, and as we appreciate what He's done for us.

Rev. Michele Owes: We share that same kind of love with others, and so we want to make sure that we have an opportunity to thank God at the table with all of our guests, and make sure that he's a part of what it is we are doing. So that is our podcast on the faithfulness of God. Remember, he allows the sun to shine on the sinner and the saint.

Rev. Michele Owes: And the same way that God cleaned us up and turned us around, he can do it for others because he is faithful. Thank you for joining us on this podcast.

Rev. Diana P. Cherry: God bless you.

Rev. Michele Owes: Goodnight.