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Motherhood

Life changing

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Intimacyof Heart

Intimacy of Heart

with God

with my child

Motherhood is dependent on the …

• Sovereignty

• Providence

• Timing … of GOD

Exodus 2:2

“... (Jochebed) became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.”

Praying …

• Strengthened her faith

• Calmed her heart• God gave her wisdom

and ingenuity!

Intensity of Heart

Proverbs 22:6

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not turn away from it.

Intensity of Heart

To instill a love for God and a fear of God

Intensity of Heart

To instill a love for God and a fear of God

To impress on his/her heart the ways of God

Deuteronomy 6:5, 6

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

Deuteronomy 6:7

7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Incessantly Giving Heart

Incessantly Giving

Watching

Luke 2:19, 51

… Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

… (Mary) treasured all these things in her heart.

Incessantly Giving

Watching

Waiting

Incessantly Giving

Watching

Waiting

Not Withholding

John 19:26

When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,”

Luke 2:35

And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”

Mother devoted to homemaking …

• Creating a “fragrance” in the home

• Godly standards and values

Proverbs 31:15, 18

15 She gets up while it is still night; she provides food for her family

18 … and her lamp does not go out at night.

Proverbs 31:27

27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Ephesians 6:2,3

2 “Honor your father and mother” – which is the first commandment

with a promise – 3 “so that it may go well with you

…….”

A Mother’s Reward

A Life which

glorifies God

Mothering deepens …

my daily spiritual walk

my desire to live a godly life

my dependence on God

1 Timothy 2:15

Nevertheless she will be saved (from false teachings) in childbearing if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.

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Happy Mother’s

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