Rebecca Powell

I’m thankful for my role as wife & mother. Sharing the Gospel & all the beauty that comes with it. Pastors wife & Mama to 2 boys + baby boy. Soli Deo Gloria

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[Rebecca Powell @RebeccaSPowell]

How can we feel anything but joy when we look to our Savior and the wonderful gift of salvation found only in Him?

[Rebecca Powell @RebeccaSPowell]

Joy in trials
Have you ever heard that? My husband reminds me all the time to be joyful even when I’m in a lot of pain or when I’ve had a rough day. Why would I find joy in that?

[Rebecca Powell @RebeccaSPowell]

When we feel miserable, unhappy, hopeless, we need to look to the cross & not to what is making us miserable. Because those things will only make us miserable.

[Rebecca Powell @RebeccaSPowell]

•I’m miserably sick: I find joy in what Jesus done for me
•I’ve had a hard parenting day: I find joy in my salvation
•Things have not gone how I wanted them to: I find joy in that my God is gracious

[Rebecca Powell @RebeccaSPowell]

I won’t find joy in being miserable. The only way I will find joy is by looking to what Christ has done for me on the cross.

[Rebecca Powell @RebeccaSPowell]

They can have a better grasp of the Gospel and a better understanding of our gracious God.

[Rebecca Powell @RebeccaSPowell]

I have had this conversation with a few friends recently..
I discipline my child
I don’t punish them

[Rebecca Powell @RebeccaSPowell]

My hope is that as my children grow older and are learning more about God through our daily Bible time, catechisms, family worship, church. They will have a better understand of the Gospel. It will already have been displayed to them.

[Rebecca Powell @RebeccaSPowell]

Think of it how God handles our sins.
Our sin was paid for in a second on the cross by Christ’s blood.
God doesn’t continue to wave it in our faces that we’ve sinned and fallen short.

Discipline, not punishment.

[Rebecca Powell @RebeccaSPowell]

What’s the difference?
Discipline is short and paid for in a second. Punishment is long lasting.

•Spanking vs timeout
•Spanking/talking through it vs taking a toy away
•Taking the time to explain vs the threat of them not getting what they want if they don’t obey