{"id":1609,"date":"2026-05-06T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:24:27","slug":"it-takes-a-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?p=1609","title":{"rendered":"It Takes a Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">May 10, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dreamstime_s_28910388.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dreamstime_s_28910388.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dreamstime_s_28910388.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dreamstime_s_28910388-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dreamstime_s_28910388-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> We live in a world of demonic confusion, of unrighteous cultural conformity, and of deceptive religious corruption. Who&#8217;s going to stand against these end time foes? Who is going to make a difference in a world with so many choices? Who is going to pray when others remain silent? Who is going to stand and say something when others feel muted by intimidation? It takes a mother. Nobody loves you like a mother loves you. In the Kingdom of God, the mother is the origin of our faith that began in Jerusalem 2000 years ago. That same mother still connects us to the Saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. That same mother still fights for us against the onslaught of sin and perversion. Listen now&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2966\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1609-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3\">https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?powerpress_pinw=1609-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?feed=podcast&amp;mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 10, 2026 We live in a world of demonic confusion, of unrighteous cultural conformity, and of deceptive religious corruption. Who&rsquo;s going to stand against these end time foes? Who is going to make a difference in a world with so many choices? Who is going to pray when others remain silent? Who is going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2968\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1609-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3\">https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?powerpress_pinw=1609-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"It-Takes-a-Mother.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?feed=podcast&amp;mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[580,582,579,581,583],"class_list":["post-1609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-jesus-message-podcasts","tag-a-mothers-love","tag-a-praying-mother","tag-happy-mothers-day","tag-mothers-fighting-for-their-children","tag-mothers-who-lead"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It Takes a Mother - The Jesus Message<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thejesusmessage.org\/?p=1609\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It Takes a Mother - The Jesus Message\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"May 10, 2026 We live in a world of demonic confusion, of unrighteous cultural conformity, and of deceptive religious corruption. 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