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The Challenge Of Motherhood
In An Ungodly World
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Motherhood Is Beautiful • Proverbs 4:3
When I was my father's son, tender and the only one in the sight of my mother.
• Proverbs 31:27 She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:7 But we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
The World Is Sinful & Evil
• Always Has Been Eccl. 9:3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
• Always Will Be
Rom. 3:10 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not
one… 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
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Mothers Need Hope & A Plan
• Bible Examples Give You Hope Rom. 15:4
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
• Bible Teachings Give You A Plan 2 Pet. 1:3 Tit. 2:3-5
The World Of Mrs. Noah • Gen. 6:5-12
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
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The World Of Mrs. Noah • Success! Gen. 7
1 Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. 5 And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him…. 7 So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.
The World Of Mrs. Noah • Success! Gen. 9
1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: 9 "And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you…”
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The World Of Jochebed • Exodus 1
13 So the Egyptians made the children of Israel serve with rigor. 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage-in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor. 15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, … 16 and he said, "When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him, but if a daughter, let them live” 22 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you shall cast into the river…”
The World Of Jochebed • Exodus 2 Faith of Moses’ mother
So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child (i.e. Heb. 11:23), she hid him three months. But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, "Because I drew him out of the water."
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The World Of Jochebed • Success! Exo. 2:11
“Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens.
• Deut. 34 10 But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, 11 in all the signs and wonders which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt, before Pharaoh, before all his servants, and in all his land, 12 and by all that mighty power and all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.
The World Of Hannah
• Judges 17:6; 21:25 “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”
• 1 Samuel 2:12-26 “Now the sons of Eli were corrupt; they did not know the LORD. Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.”
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The World Of Hannah • I Samuel 1
10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD and wept in anguish. 11 Then she made a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head."
The World Of Hannah Success! I Samuel 2
“But Samuel ministered before the LORD, even as a child, wearing a linen ephod. Moreover his mother used to make him a little robe, and bring it to him year by year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the LORD. And the child Samuel grew in stature, and in favor both with the LORD and men.
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The World Of Hannah Success! Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My mind would not be favorable toward this people. Cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth.
Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:
The World Of Mary John 1:46
"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Matt 23:13-38 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you …
Luke 2:34-35 Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against” (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
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The World Of Mary • Success
“Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.” (Lk 2:51-52)
The World Of Mary • Success
John 19:25-27 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, "Woman, behold your son!“ Then He said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!"
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The World Of Mary • Hebrews 5:7-9
“who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him”
The World Of Lois & Eunice • Rom. 1:18-32
“God also gave them up to uncleanness…”
“God gave them up to vile passions…”
“God gave them over to a debased mind…”
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The World Of Lois & Eunice • Acts 14:19 “Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having
persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
The World Of Lois & Eunice • Success!
2 Timothy 1:5 when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.
• 2 Timothy 3:14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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The World Of Lois & Eunice • Success!
Philippians 2:19-22 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state. For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus. But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father he served with me in the gospel.
Mothers Need Hope & A Plan
• Bible Examples Give You Hope (Rom. 15:4)
• Bible Teachings Give You A Plan (2 Pet 1:3)
“given to you all things that pertain to life and godliness”
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Mothers Need A Plan
• God’s Plan Titus 2:3-5
“the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior,
not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things-- that they admonish the young women
• Mentors (older women) Wanted
• Mothers (younger women) Needed
Mothers Need A Plan • God’s Plan (2 Pet 1:3)
1. to love their husbands
Grk. PHILANDROS (Phileo: warm affection + Andros: man)
Greatest gift to child is security of the marriage! Let children see the TLC to husband, brings peace to family
7. (to be) obedient to their own husbands that the word of God may not be blasphemed” Grk. HUPOTASSO (to voluntarily place oneself underneath an equal)
Eph. 5:21 “submit to one another” so can be a calm order to the church Family functions best when everyone submits to their God-given role
Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. 12 She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.
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Mothers Need A Plan • God’s Plan (2 Pet 1:3)
1. to love their husbands 7. (to be) obedient to their own husbands
2. to love their children Grk. PHILOTEKNOUS (Phileo: warm affection + Teknos: child(ren)
Mother’s role centers around the HOME (not the business world) Proverbs 31:
25 Strength and honor are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness. 27 She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her
Mothers Need A Plan • God’s Plan (2 Pet 1:3)
1. to love their husbands 7. (to be) obedient to their own husbands
2. to love their children
3. to be discreet (self-controlled) Grk. SOPHRONAS “Careful and circumspect in one’s speech or actions, as in ‘you can rely on her to be discreet’”
4. (to be) chaste (pure) Grk. AGATHAS “sexual purity; virgins before marriage; fidelity after marriage”
1 Peter 3:1 (NASB) – “In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior.” Children learn true purity in the lap of their mother!
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Mothers Need A Plan • God’s Plan (2 Pet 1:3)
1. to love their husbands 7. (to be) obedient to their own husbands
2. to love their children 3. to be discreet 4. (to be) chaste
5. (to be) homemakers Possible Translation: “good workers at home” or “fulfill home duties well” God’s Business: Build A Home! Not Latch-key kids, but more Kool-Aid and Rice Krispie Treats!
6. (to be) good (kind, gentle)
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World
William Ross Wallace
Blessings on the hand of women! Angels guard its strength and grace,
In the palace, cottage, hovel, Oh, no matter where the place;
Would that never storms assailed it,
Rainbows ever gently curled; For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.
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Infancy's the tender fountain, Power may with beauty flow,
Mother's first to guide the streamlets, From them souls unresting grow–
Grow on for the good or evil,
Sunshine streamed or evil hurled; For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.
Woman, how divine your mission
Here upon our natal sod! Keep, oh, keep the young heart open
Always to the breath of God!
All true trophies of the ages Are from mother-love impearled; For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.
Blessings on the hand of women! Fathers, sons, and daughters cry, And the sacred song is mingled
With the worship in the sky–
Mingles where no tempest darkens, Rainbows evermore are hurled;
For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.
