A Mother's Influence

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The Lords Day

• We do not come together as Christians to
  commemorate Mothers Day, but today is a good day
  to honor Gods gift of MOMS and talk about what
  God wants MOMs to be.

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M. O. M.

• God wants a M.O.M. to be a
• Molder Of Men
• Mentor Of Mothers
• Model Of Modesty

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A Molder Of Men
My son, hear the instruction of your father, And
do not forsake the law of your mother (Proverbs
18 NKJV)
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Samuel and Hannah

• 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." (1 Samuel 111 NKJV)

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Samuel and Hannah

• "For this child I prayed, and the LORD has
  granted me my petition which I asked of Him.
  Therefore I also have lent him to the LORD as
  long as he lives he shall be lent to the LORD."
  So they worshiped the LORD there.
  (1 Samuel 127-28
  NKJV)

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Moses and Jochebed

• And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the
  maiden went and called the child's mother. Then
  Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child
  away and nurse him for me, and I will give you
  your wages." So the woman took the child and
  nursed him. 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."
  (Exodus
  28-10 NKJV)

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Moses and Jochebed

• By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden
  three months by his parents, because they saw he
  was a beautiful child and they were not afraid
  of the king's command. By faith Moses, when he
  became of age, refused to be called the son of
  Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer
  affliction with the people of God than to enjoy
  the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the
  reproach of Christ greater riches than the
  treasures in Egypt for he looked to the reward.
  (Hebrews 1123-26 NKJV)

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A Molder Of Men
when I call to remem-brance 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 15 NKJV)
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A Molder Of Men

• She instilled a respect for the Scriptures - 2
  Tim. 314-17
• She instilled an authentic faith - 2 Tim. 15
• She instilled a desire to serve - Acts 163

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• Mentor
• Of
• Mothers

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• 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 to love their husbands,
  to love their children, to be discreet, chaste,
  home-makers, good, obedient to their own
  husbands, that the word of God may not be
  blasphemed.
• (Titus 24-5 NKJV)

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Ruth and Naomi

• But Ruth said "Entreat me not to leave you, Or
  to turn back from following after you For
  wherever you go, I will go And wherever you
  lodge, I will lodge Your people shall be my
  people, And your God, my God. Where you die, I
  will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do
  so to me, and more also, If anything but death
  parts you and me." (Ruth 116-17 NKJV)

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• Model
• Of
• Modesty

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Proverbs 3126-29

• She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her
  tongue is the law of kindness. She watches over
  the ways of her household, And does not eat the
  bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call
  her blessed Her husband also, and he praises
  her "Many daughters have done well, But you
  excel them all."

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Titus 24-5

• that they admonish the young women to love their
  husbands, to love their children, to be discreet,
  chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own
  husbands, that the word of God may not be
  blasphemed.

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The Meanest Mother in the World

• We had the meanest mother in the whole world!
  While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had
  to have cereal, eggs and toast. When others had
  a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch, we had to eat
  sandwiches. And you can guess our mother fixed
  us a dinner that was different from other kids,
  too.

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The Meanest Mother in the World

• Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all
  times. Youd think we were convicts in a prison.
  She had to know who our friends were, and what
  we were doing with them. She insisted that if we
  said we would be gone an hour, we would be gone
  for an hour, or less.

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The Meanest Mother in the World

• We were ashamed to admit it, but she had the
  nerve to break the Child Labor Laws by making
  us work. We had to wash the dishes, make the
  beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do
  laundry, and all sorts of cruel jobs. I think
  she would lay awake at night thinking of more
  things for us to do.

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The Meanest Mother in the World

• She always insisted on us telling the truth,
  the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. By
  the time we were teenagers, she could read our
  minds, and life was really tough.
• She wouldnt let our friends just honk the
  horn when they drove up. They had to come up to
  the door so she could meet them.

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The Meanest Mother in the World

• Because of our mother we missed out on lots
  of things other kids experienced. None of us
  have ever been caught shoplifting, vandalizing
  others property, or ever arrested for any crime.
  It was all her fault. We never got drunk, took
  up smoking, stayed out all night, or a million
  other things other kids did.

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The Meanest Mother in the World

• Sundays were reserved for church, and we
  never missed once. We knew better than to ask to
  spend the night with a friend on Saturdays.
• Now that we have left home, we are all
  God-fearing, educated, honest adults. We are
  doing our best to be mean parents just like our
  mom was. The world just doesnt have enough mean
  moms anymore.

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M. O. M.

• God wants a M.O.M. to be a
• Molder Of Men
• Mentor Of Mothers
• Model Of Modesty

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M. O. M.

• In honoring Moms in this way today, we really
  seek to honor Him who gave us all our Moms, that
  is God.

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M. O. M.

• The 1 goal of every Christian Mom should be to
  see her children obey the gospel.

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Do we teach the gospel TO our Children?
(Matthew 1914) But Jesus said, "Let the little
children come to Me, and do not forbid them for
of such is the kingdom of heaven." (NKJV)
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Do our Children see how WE value a Soul?

• Do my actions show that I value my own soul?
• Am I willing to compromise my soul for worldly
  gain?
• In what ways do I inconvenience myself because of
  my love for anothers soul?
• How do my actions show that I value the souls
  that are lost around me?

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Will You Obey the Gospel?

• Hear Romans 1017
• Believe Mark 1616
• Repent Acts 1730
• Confess Romans 109-10
• Be Baptized Acts 238
• Live Faithfully Rev. 210

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