s20060512m-How to Make Your Mom Happy

How to Make Your Mom Happy

Let your … mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. (Proverbs 23:25)

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. (Proverbs 21:21)

RIGHTEOUSNESS + KINDNESS = [LOVE IN ACTION]

How To Show Love in Action To Your Mom

BE [SENSITIVE]

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. (Philippians 2:4)

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. (Romans 12:17)

BE [SUPPORTIVE]

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. (1 Timothy 5:8)

(Matt 15:4)For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.' (Matt 15:5)  But you say, 'If anyone tells his father or his mother, What support  you would have gained from me is given to God, (Matt 15:6)  he need not honor his father.' So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God. (Matthew 15:4-6)

BE [SYMPATHETIC]

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. (Romans 12:15)

Kind words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. (Proverbs 16:24)

BE [STRAIGHTFORWARD]

(Prov 27:5)Better is open rebuke than hidden love. (Prov 27:6Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.) (Proverbs 27:5-6)

Let a righteous man strike me--it is a kindness; let him rebuke me--it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it, Yet my prayer is always about their displeasure. (Psalms 141:5)

BE [SPONTANEOUS]

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:10)

(All Scriptures are from the English Standard Version)