CRCF\u201d\u201d5\/10\/09
\nMother\u201d\u2122s Day<\/p>\n
\u201cHow to be a Happy Mother\u201d
\nProverbs 31<\/p>\n
Introduction–[Mother\u201d\u2122s Hands\/Baby\u201d\u2122s Feet Image]<\/p>\n
Isn\u201d\u2122t that an awesome image?
\nBut most of the time, Mothers, I think you probably feel like the lady in this video!<\/p>\n
Video\u201d\u201d\u201cMom\u201d\u2122s Song\u201d<\/p>\n
A mother has the world\u201d\u2122s toughest job, without a doubt! <\/p>\n
\nAnd there\u201d\u2122s not a thing we\u201d\u2122ll talk about this morning that will make motherhood easy and clean and peaceful.
\nBut when done God\u201d\u2122s way and in His strength, a mother can be truly happy in the middle of it all!<\/p>\n
READ Proverbs 31:10-31<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0A Happy Mother Finds Fulfillment
\nin Serving Her Family.\u00a0 (13-25, 27)<\/p>\n
\u201d\u00a2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Works Hard for the Home
\nWhat a busy lady!\u00a0 Not an idle moment!
\nThis lady was a merchant, a real estate investor\/broker, a vineyard owner, and a seamstress!\u00a0 But all of her work outside the home served the home.\u00a0 With great entrepreneurial skill, she works hard to make her home a better place.<\/p>\n
\u201d\u00a2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Finds Fulfillment at Home<\/p>\n
\u201d\u00a2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Teaches Her Children (Prov. 31:1-9 and the rest)
\nThis is the heart of motherhood!
\nTimothy\u201d\u2122s Momma\/Grandma
\n(2 Tim. 1:3-5, 3:14-17)<\/p>\n
–Knows God\u201d\u2122s Word Personally
\nLeave your children a worn-out Bible and your life will have shown them what it is to live in a love relationship with God!\u00a0 And remember\u201d\u201dan example of obedience speaks louder than your words!<\/p>\n
–Studies God\u201d\u2122s Word Completely
\nMy Momma is one of the world\u201d\u2122s best theologians!\u00a0 Momma didn\u201d\u2122t just read the pleasant, easy-to-understand parts of the Bible.\u00a0 No, Momma really studied it all and knew God as He has revealed Himself in the Bible, not as she wanted Him to be.<\/p>\n
–Teaches God\u201d\u2122s Word Constantly
\nStart teaching early\u201d\u201dsooner than you think they can understand!\u00a0 And then keep teaching practically!
\nDeuteronomy 6:6-7\u201d\u201d\u201cAnd these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.\u00a0 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, children\/teenagers\/young adults\u201d\u201dlisten up!
\nProverbs 6:20-23\u201d\u201d \u201cMy son, obey your father\u201d\u2122s commands, and don\u201d\u2122t neglect your mother\u201d\u2122s teaching.\u00a0 Keep their words always in your heart.\u00a0 Tie them around your neck.\u00a0 Wherever you walk, their counsel can lead you.\u00a0 When you sleep, they will protect you.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When you wake up in the morning, they will advise you.\u00a0 For these commands and this teaching are a lamp to light the way ahead of you.\u00a0 The correction of discipline is the way to life.\u201d
\nIf your mother teaches\/trains you in God\u201d\u2122s ways, pay special attention and learn and obey.\u00a0 God promises to bless your young life if you do!<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Happy Mother Finds Fulfillment in Building
\nUp Her Husband\u00a0 (10-12, 23)<\/p>\n
\u201d\u00a2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Genesis 2:18\u201d\u201d \u201cAnd the Lord God said, \u201d\u02dcIt is not good for the man to be alone.\u00a0 I will make a companion who will help him.\u201d\u2122\u201d
\nMarried men, do you readily admit your deficiencies and your need for your wife\u201d\u2122s strengths?\u00a0 Do you thank her regularly for the way she is your \u201ccompleter\u201d?
\nIngratitude will kill a wife\u201d\u2122s motivation to her life to compliment yours quicker than anything!
\nMen, if you\u201d\u2122ll love her sacrificially and honor her, if you\u201d\u2122ll be grateful and encourage her regularly, your wife will find great fulfillment in building you up\u201d\u201dthat\u201d\u2122s the way God designed marriage to work!<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Happy Mother Finds Fulfillment
\nin Her Inner Beauty\u00a0 (26, 30)<\/p>\n
\u201d\u00a2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fear of the Lord is the only way to be fulfilled\u201d\u201dthe only way to serve your family and build up your husband!<\/p>\n
Psalm 25:14\u201d\u201d \u201cThe secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Psalm 31:19\u201d\u201d \u201cOh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have prepared for those who trust in You in the presence of the sons of men.\u201d<\/p>\n
1 Peter 3:3-4– \u201cDon\u201d\u2122t be concerned about the outward beauty that depends on fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes.\u00a0 You should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.\u201d<\/p>\n
This doesn\u201d\u2122t mean that you can\u201d\u2122t \u201cdoll up\u201d, ladies!\u00a0 Every man want his wife to care how she looks.\u00a0 But what\u201d\u2122s the focus?\u00a0 What\u201d\u2122s the priority?\u00a0 What gets the time\/energy?
\nLadies, are you working on your heart as much as your hair?\u00a0 And men, do you encourage your wife to focus on this inner beauty?<\/p>\n
Conclusion\u201d\u201dI\u201d\u2122ve got a great Momma!\u00a0 She did a lot for me growing up:\u00a0 late night talks, a playroom with too many toys, nursed dying ducklings with an eyedropper, regular interrogations after my dates in high school, apple cakes on my birthday, French toast, lots of kisses.\u00a0 But the most important thing Momma did for me, I didn\u201d\u2122t appreciate at the time.\u00a0 She wore out a green, Living Bible\u201d\u201dand then obeyed it and taught it to me and my sister.\u00a0 THAT is what has shaped my thinking about life and how to live it.\u00a0 THAT is what gives me strength to live my life even now, even in the current circumstances.<\/p>\n
There was a prostitute in a big town.\u00a0 Yes, this lady made her living selling her body to any man who\u201d\u2122d pay for it.\u00a0 But God changed her heart and she came to love\/fear Him.\u00a0 In fact, she became a national heroine for the nation of Israel.\u00a0 And more importantly, a godly mother of a man named Boaz.\u00a0 Boaz is the kinsman redeemer in the book of Ruth\u201d\u201dthe man who did what he didn\u201d\u2122t have to do, but did the noble thing anyway and took Ruth as his wife.\u00a0 On top of that, Matthew lists Rahab, the former prostitute, in the geneaology of Jesus Christ!\u00a0 God can take a bad girl from prostitution, make a great mother of her and even use her as the great X \u201cN\u201d Grandma of the Savior of the world!<\/p>\n
And so, God can make YOU, ma\u201d\u2122am, into the kind of mother we\u201d\u2122ve been discussing today!<\/p>\n
\u201cOne Godly mother is worth more than 100 pastors.\u201d
\n–Anonymous<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one is poor who had a Godly mother.\u201d
\n–Abraham Lincoln<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CRCF\u201d\u201d5\/10\/09 Mother\u201d\u2122s Day \u201cHow to be a Happy Mother\u201d Proverbs 31 Introduction–[Mother\u201d\u2122s Hands\/Baby\u201d\u2122s Feet Image] Isn\u201d\u2122t that an awesome image? But most of the time, Mothers, I think you probably feel like the lady in this video! Video\u201d\u201d\u201cMom\u201d\u2122s Song\u201d A … Continue reading