OUR SAVIOR HAD AN EARTHLY MOTHER TOO!
BY: DR. TIM TODD
“I honor my precious mom, Barbara Todd, this Mother’s Day and every day! I love you mom! Happy Mother’s Day!” Your son, Tim.
As we are in the season of celebrating Mother’s Day I’m reminded of the song: “Mary Did You Know”, written about a MOM holding her baby son in her arms and dreaming about the future, soaking in that brief moment in time, realizing how incredibly awesome her role of being a good MOM is going to be in the life of her child.
Now true, this particular family situation with Jesus’ mother Mary, was a little unique, being a virgin and giving birth to a child always makes you more than a little unusual. However, doesn’t this tell us something of how important God sees the family? The fact that God the Father chose for His eternal Son to be born into an earthly family with a mother and a father instead of being born into some monastery somewhere in the mountains.
No, the fact that Jesus had a MOTHER too, tells us how important the role of MOTHER is in the development and life of every child.
And when it comes to the celebration of Mother’s Day, if you think about it, it really involves 2 parties…. It involves:
1) MOMS— A day for you and your role to be honored and celebrated, because being a MOM is no light thing! It’s a major thing to be a MOM and moms everywhere need to be affirmed in this important role. They need to recognize the awesome responsibility of rising up to the challenge of being a MOM.
But—the celebration of Mother’s Day—also involves another party:
2) ALL CHILDREN— A day for us to honor and celebrate not only our moms, but also this honored role of motherhood, I want to address each of these groups.
All children: God teaches us in one of the 10 commandments that we are to, “honor our father and mother…” But what does it mean “to honor…”, (literally) “to honor” means to show respect or esteem. Now, as a child myself, I discovered that the application of this changes as we grow older.
Let me expound on that….
There is a difference in how we are to honor our moms when we are young, and when we are older. The young: (young children…growing up living in the home).
The Bible teaches that one of the best ways to honor your mom (at this age) is to embrace the attitude of obedience.
God says in Ephesians 6:1, ”Children obey your parents…” (notice the wording here is not optional), it’s the right thing to do!
I’m reminded of 2 boys on their way to school and talking about their families. One boy said, “I’ve figured out a system for getting along with my MOM. It’s very simple. She tells me what to do….AND I DO IT!!!”
What a concept!!!
Now here’s the important thing to understand about this…There comes a time in a child’s life when they grow into adulthood and are no longer commanded by God to obey their parents.
The command still holds that we are to honor our parents, but remember “to honor” means to “show respect and esteem”, it doesn’t mean to obey. And wise moms (and dads) will make sure their children are released with their blessing into adulthood.
My brothers, sisters, and I, have been privileged to bless our wonderful mom, Barbara Todd, with our love for her in every possible way.
And so, for the older children…. (adult age), one of the best ways to honor your mom is to honor God with your life in your actions toward her.
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CUBA CRUSADE AND BIBLE DISTRIBUTION DELAYED
Our April 17-25 Cuba Crusade and Bible distribution has been delayed to July. The Cuban government delayed the issuing of our Religious Visas and we had no choice but to delay the trip. On the surface this was very disappointing, however, we recognize that God is sovereign! He is in control! We know that God’s timing is always the best timing. What the devil has meant for bad we know that God will use for good. As we prepare for going to Cuba in July we plan to give away MORE Bibles and win MORE Cuban people to Jesus! Please be praying with us as we accommodate changing the dates.
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REVIVAL FIRES ARE BURNING ACROSS AMERICA
AND AROUND THE WORLD
Jesus instructed, “Go…and make disciples of all nations” (Matt 28:19). There is no alternate plan in case the Gospel fails because IT WON’T! More people are being saved, healed and baptized into the Holy Spirit today than ever before in man’s history. The tempo is increasing, leading to but one conclusion: JESUS IS COMING VERY SOON!!!
We are not called to go into a battle with the outcome yet to be decided. The battle was won at Calvary. Jesus commanded the disciples: “Pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers” (Matt 9:38), and added, “Go!” He still says it. It is a transferred mandate.
Holy Ghost Revival Fire comes from God, yes, but when? When we repent of our plain disobedience and return to the basic task…WINNING THE LOST!!! Every single church activity should relate to turning the world back to God. Why are we waiting? RESCUE THE PERISHING…or we will need rescuing ourselves!
Thank you so much for praying for our revival services as we continue to witness a tremendous amount of people giving their hearts to Christ!
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INTRODUCING THE BRAND NEW
SPANISH TRUTH FOR YOUTH BIBLE!
The Truth for Youth consists of the entire New Testament along with powerful comic stories that deal with the truth about issues that young people are faced with on a daily basis.
The Truth for Youth mission is to bring the message of the Gospel to young people so they might receive Christ and become His disciples. You can order your own Truth for Youth Bibles, (Spanish or English), to giveaway to young people.
But in dramatic contrast to the surrounding activity, at 1 a.m. 25 young Cuban Christians form a circle to pray. Holding hands, they shout forceful prayers toward Heaven for the salvation of the Cuban people. Across the intersection, a uniformed police squad watches with interest, but does nothing to stop their outreach.
Too many churches live their faith inside their walls, when the church needs to be in the street. While we are in Havana in April we will be conducting evangelistic crusades, stealing souls from the devil!
The Christian youth in Cuba show no fear of arrest. The truth is, Havana police will tell you that they need help in confronting the recent wave of street drug abuse. As a former drug addict myself, I know that if these on fire for God young people in Cuba were not afraid when they were doing drugs in Parque G, why would they be afraid now that they have the truth?
In Cuba the church is alive, growing, faithful, and active, persevering through difficulty. We are working inside Cuba now to bring in the harvest and provide Bibles for those that have never had a Bible!
Since the 1959 Revolution, Castro’s Communist government has placed numerous restrictions on religious expression in Cuba—a reality illustrated by most sources’ requests for anonymity. Yet the Cuban church is thriving despite its limitations, and its leaders ask that their church not be used as a geopolitical pawn. “We are part of the body of Christ in the world, yet people see us only with political eyes,” said one leading Cuban evangelical. “To those people we say: ‘Come and see.’ ”
Angie and I traveled throughout the Cuban island June 16-22, 2016. The pilgrimage revealed a surprisingly healthy church with a new generation of young pastors boldly pushing old boundaries. Their current evangelistic zeal is best summed up in the recent modification of a common evangelical rallying cry: from “Cuba para Cristo” to “Cuba para Cristo—ahora.” Cuba for Christ—now.
The time for Harvest in Cuba is now!!! The time for Bible distribution in Cuba is now!!! While Angie and I are in Cuba for our crusade, April 17-25, we will be giving away 10,000 full Bibles to people who have never had a Bible and preaching the Gospel to people who have never heard the Gospel.
The next morning I was eating breakfast at the hotel getting ready to leave for first revival service at TAG Church in Little Rock, where Dwayne Maynard is pastor. I was privileged again with the opportunity to share Jesus with a lady and her 2 young daughters that were in town for a dance recital competition the night before. As I left I invited them to the service and the Holy Spirit compelled them to come to the service instead of swimming like they had planned. They came forward and gave their hearts to the Lord in the first service of the revival!!!
We are so honored to be preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ somewhere every week, all over the country. We are keeping the revival fires burning and praying God will continue to move across the country and save more souls through the ministry that He has called us to before he comes back. It is amazing to see what God is doing. It’s overwhelming.
In so many of our churches we’ve tried everything — programs, religious traditions, tried doing everything in our power to change ourselves and be better people, and nothing has worked, and people realize the only person that can change their life is Jesus Christ and putting their faith in him.
I am honored to be part of such an outpouring. It’s very humbling and very overwhelming. It’s a great responsibility. You don’t want to say or do anything that would grieve the Holy Ghost or do anything that would jeopardize God’s hand being on your life. You have to walk very humbly and very sensitively. You have to be very careful to give God all the glory. Any bit of pride can shut down what God is doing. It’s all been God and it will all be God.
If the Lord lays on your heart to give $1000 or more to help us provide 200 Bibles or more, I want to send you this beautiful, genuine leather, KJV Spirit of Israel Bible. This beautiful full Bible has 120 pages that will tell you everything you need to know about Israel and their strong connection to America. To give, 
Dr. Tim & Angie Todd
