The Power of a Mom!

MOM’S ARE AMAZING....

WHEN WERE LITTLE AND WE GET HURT OR SCRATCH OUR KNEE.....MOMMY!

WHEN YOU WERE A KID AND YOU GET STUNG BY A BEE, YOU CRIED OUT .......MOM!

WHEN YOU FALL OFF YOUR BIKE AND SCRAPE YOUR KNEE.....

THEY SAY.....GO GET MOM

FAST FORWARD 15-35 Years.....

IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND YOU NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE

IT’S NOT DAD

IT’S USUALLY MOM

LETS SAY YOUR IN YOUR EARLY 20’S AND YOU MEET THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE...

YOU WANT TO RUN IT BY SOMEONE AND NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE,

IT’S MOM.

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE POWER OF A MOTHER

YOU GET A TATTOO ON YOUR BODY.....YOU DONT PUT DAD, LOL

YOU PUT MOM

MOM’S ARE AWESOME

I LOVE DADS...

DADS ARE AWESOME AND VITAL AND IMPORTANT BUT......

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF A MOTHER

DADS TEND TO STRUGGLE TO SACRIFICE FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN THE SAME CAPACITY THAT MOMS DO.

THE SACRIFICE OF A MOTHER IS INCREDIBLE...

(TALK ABOUT MARIA AND HER SELF-SACRIFICE FOR HER CHILDREN)

SHE WILL CHOOSE HER KIDS OVER ANYTHING ELSE

MOST MOMS WOULD

MY MOM

I AM BLESSED TO STILL HAVE MY MOM ON THIS EARTH...

I KNOW MANY OF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY

BUT A LOT OF YOU HAVE BEEN LEFT A LEGACY TO CONTINUE BY YOUR MOTHER

SHE’S INFLUENCED YOU IN MANY WAYS

I COULD PASS THE MIC AROUND....

AND I’M SURE MOST OF YOU WOULD HAVE GREAT STORIES ABOUT YOUR MOTHER

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A MOM THIS MORNING THAT DOES’NT REALLY GET TALKED ABOUT TO OFTEN......

JOCHEBED.

Exodus 2:1–10 NLT

1 About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married. 2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months. 3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River. 4 The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him. 5 Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her. 6 When the princess opened it, she saw the baby. The little boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew children,” she said. 7 Then the baby’s sister approached the princess. “Should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” she asked. 8 “Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby’s mother. 9 “Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby’s mother. “I will pay you for your help.” So the woman took her baby home and nursed him. 10 Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses, for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.”

WOW........MOMS ARE AWESOME

GOD USED HER COURAGE...

HE TOOK AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION AND TURNED IT AROUND

NOT ONLY DOES GOD REUNITE THE FAMILY BUT...

NOW MOSES’S MOM IS GETTING PAID TO BE HIS MOM.....WHAT????

THAT’S CRAZY

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS OF MOTHERS TODAY IS.....

THEY DEAL WITH SCENARIO SICKNESS

BUT WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS

WHAT IF THAT HAPPENS

WHAT IF, WHAT IF, WHAT IF

CAN YOU IMAGINE???

WHAT IF...

JOCHEBED NEVER PUT MOSES IN A BASKET AND PUSHED HIM DOWN THE NILE

WHAT IF......PHAROAH’S DAUGHTER TURNED HER HEAD AND MOSES FLOATED ON BY

WHAT IF.....MIRIAM, MOSES’S SISTER NEVER HAD THE COUARAGE TO GO TO PHAROAH’S DAUGHTER

AND SUGGEST A HEBREW WOMAN TAKE CARE OF AND FEED MOSES

WHAT IF?????

THINK ABOUT JOCHEBED'S WHAT IF'S.....

I MEAN SHE PUT HER BABY IN THE RIVER AND RELEASED HIM INTO THE UNKNOWN....

HER BABY

MOMS.....

I KNOW IT’S SCARY ....

TO THINK THAT YOU MAY NEVER GET TO SEE YOUR CHILD SAVED

OH COME ON MOMS....

I KNOW IT’S SCARY TO RELEASE YOUR CHILD INTO THE UNKNOWN SOMETIMES

JOCHEBED DIDNT KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO HER BABY

WHAT A STEP OF FAITH SHE MADE THAT DAY

I CAN’T IMAGINE HOW HARD THAT MUST HAVE BEEN

SHE KNEW IT WAS HIS BEST CHANCE

AS MOMS...

YOU JUST WANT TO PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN

AS MOMS....

YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON’T GO WITHOUT

AM I RIGHT????

BUT HERE’S A.....

THOUGHT PROVOKING QUESTION....

WHAT IF YOU DON’T RELEASE YOUR CHILDREN????

WHAT IF YOU LET THE “WHAT IF’S”

KEEP YOU FROM FOLLOWING THE LORDS DIRECTION

IF YOUR NOT CAREFUL....

THE “WHAT IF’S” (YOUR FEARS)

COULD DO MORE HARM TO YOUR CHILDREN THEN GOOD

SHE KNEW THAT HER BABY’S BEST CHANCE TO LIVE WAS TO LET HIM GO.

TO TRUST GOD WITH HIM

WRITE THIS DOWN.......

THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF A MOTHER IS LIKE NO OTHER....

AMEN?

3 THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT MOMS

1. MOMS ARE SUPERMODELS

OH COME ON.....DADS

THINK ABOUT IT.....

MODELS DO WHAT?

MODEL ALL SORTS OF THINGS

MOMS.....YOUR A SUPER MODEL......

THINK ABOUT IT

YOUR ON THE RUNWAY....

NOT LONDON

PARIS

OR NEW YORK BUT.....

A MORE IMPORTANT RUNWAY...CALLED LIFE

OH COME ON MOMS.....

YOUR KIDS ARE WATCHING WHAT YOU WEAR

THEY’RE GONNA WEAR WHAT YOU WEAR...MOMS

OH COME ON.....

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR CLOTHES....

I'M TALKING ABOUT.....

YOUR ATTITUDE

YOUR VALUES

YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS

THERE IS NOTHING.... LIKE THE POWER OF A MOM

YOUR CHILDREN ARE WATCHING YOU AND LEARNING FROM YOU......

WATCH THIS....

MOSES WROTE ABOUT HIS MOM IN EXODUS

AND THEN LATER ON IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS

Hebrews 11:23–27 NLT

23 It was by faith that Moses’ parents hid him for three months when he was born. They saw that God had given them an unusual child, and they were not afraid to disobey the king’s command. 24 It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to share the oppression of God’s people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of Christ than to own the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his great reward. 27 It was by faith that Moses left the land of Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger. He kept right on going because he kept his eyes on the one who is invisible.

JOCHEBED LEFT AN IMPRINT ON THE LIFE OF MOSES....

SHE INSTILLED VALUES IN HIM

SHE TAUGHT HIM WHAT IT MEANT TO HAVE FAITH

......MOMS ARE SUPERMODELS.....

WHAT AND WHO ARE YOU WEARING????

WHEN WE BECOME BELIEVERS ..

THE BIBLE SAYS

WE ARE CLOTHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS

ARE YOU ADVERTISING THAT?

2. MOMS ARE AMAZING ARTISTS

I WAS THINKING ABOUT FACE PAINTING.....

KIDS LOVE GETTING THEIR FACE PAINTED

MOMS YOU HAVE THE ABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO .....

LEAVE LASTING MARKS

OR IMPRINTS ON YOUR KIDS

WHAT ARE YOU PAINTING ON YOUR CHILDREN???????

LOOK AT MOSES...

5 YEARS IS ALL THAT JOCHEBED HAD WITH MOSES...

LOOK AT THE IMPACT ON HIS LIFE BECAUSE OF THAT....

LOOK AT HIS COURAGE AS A MAN,

AS A LEADER

AND AS AN INFLUENCER

WHERE DID HE GET THAT FROM?

OBVIOUSLY FROM GOD BUT,

IT WAS MODELED BY HIS MOM

WHERE DID HE GET HIS ABILITY TO OVERCOME FEAR?

OBVIOUSLY FROM GOD BUT,

IT WAS MIRRORED FROM HIS MOM

MOMS.....YOU ARE ARTISTS...

THE QUESTION IS THIS.......

WHAT KIND OF THINGS ARE YOU PAINTING ON YOUR KIDS LIVES?

THEIR WATCHING AND LEARNING FROM YOU

3. MOMS ARE GREAT TRAVEL AGENTS

MOMS HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUSH THEIR KIDS INTO NEW NORMAL

TO PUSH THEM DOWN STREAM

TO RELEASE THEM AT THE RIGHT TIME

BUT STILL WATCH OVER THEM

I WANT YOU TO SEE JOCHEBED AS SHE PUSHES HER SON INTO THE NILE.....

EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A RISK IN PLAY.

THEN WHEN HE WAS 5 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT....

JOCHEBED WALKS UP TO THE PALACE

AND RELEASES LITTLE MOSES OVER TO PHAROAHS DAUGHTER

OH MY LORD.....

BECAUSE OF HER LEAP OF FAITH....

SHE SET INTO MOTION

A TRIP THAT WOULD

LITERALLY CHANGE THE WORLD

WHY???

BECAUSE MOSES LEFT NORMAL

HE LIVED A LIFE IN THE ABNORMAL

AT THE RIGHT TIME GOD USED MOSES

TO LEAD 2 MILLION HEBREWS

RIGHT TO THE BRINK OF THE PROMISED LAND

WHICH WAS THE NEW NORMAL

OH COME ON SOMEBODY....

MOM’S YOUR FAITH AND OBEDIENCE

CAN CHANGE THE ENTIRE COURSE OF YOUR CHILD’S LIFE

MOMS ARE POWERFUL......

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO INFLUENCE AND LEAD YOUR CHILDREN

INTO THE RIGHT DIRECTION

BY THE WAY YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE.

YOUR KIDS ARE WATCHING YOU....

AND FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD

MOMS YOU ARE SO AWESOME,

YOUR AMAZING,

YOUR BEAUTIFUL

AND YOU ARE POWERFUL.

COME ON DAD’S…WOULD YOU SAY AMEN???

....WORSHIP TEAM JOIN ME......

MAMA DON’T EVER GIVE UP,

I KNOW THAT ITS HARD SOMETIMES

I KNOW YOU MIGHT FEEL UNAPPRECIATED

I KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT FEEL UNQUALIFIED

I KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT FEEL POWERLESS AND HELPLESS

BUT......I'M TELLING YOU.....

WHAT YOUR DOING MATTERS,

WHAT YOUR DOING IS GREATLY IMPACTING OUR WORLD

WHAT YOUR DOING IS A BLESSING.

Proverbs 31:25–31 NLT

25 She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. 26 When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. 27 She carefully watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness. 28 Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: 29 “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!” 30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised. 31 Reward her for all she has done. Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.

‭‭WOW......LET THAT BE YOUR GOAL

TO BE A PROVERBS 31 WOMAN

TRUST GOD IN EVERYTHING YOU DO

LEAN ON HIM

CAST YOUR CARES ON HIM

HE WILL GIVE YOU STRENGTH....AMEN

......STAND TO YOUR FEET.......

I WANT TO DO SOMETHING THIS MORNING

I WANT ALL THE MOMS TO COME THIS MORNING ONE MORE TIME.

ALL MOMS

IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN HEAVEN

IF YOUR A WOMAN WHO IS UNABLE TO BEAR YOUR OWN.....BUT WANT CHILDREN AND ARE PRAYING FOR THEM.

I WANT YOU TO COME

(have mothers face the congregation and have everyone else come and lay hands on them)

PRAYER FOR MOTHERS.....

Dear Father, we approach your throne on behalf of the mothers who you have entrusted with the care of your most precious little ones. We thank you for creating each mom with a unique combination of gifts and talents. We thank you for the self sacrifice each mom gives for her children. For the late nights spent rocking a colicky infant. For the hands calloused from washing, wiping, scrubbing, mixing, backing, stirring, hugging, patting, disciplining, holding, writing, erasing, painting, and pouring.

We thank you for the gift of time moms give for their kids, whether it’s stay-at-home moms, working moms, and moms who have some combination of the two. We thank you for the flexibility of moms, for their tirelessness, their perseverance, and their devotion.

I pray you give each mom a special strength. Help her to see in every mundane task the eternal significance that you place on motherhood. Help her to understand that the most radical, world-changing events may be happening anonymously in her home. Help her to remember that she is so important and loved by you, FATHER

Lord we pray for those woman here today who may have children that gone to be with you prematurely. Would you give them a special strength to deal with today. Lord those who want children but for whatever reason cannot have children of their own, would you bless them on this day.

Sometimes things happen that we don't understand and Father I pray that you would be with those mothers today and comfort them in this season

we ask this in Jesus name....AMEN.

CAN WE GIVE A HAND CLAP IN HONOR TO OUR MOMS THIS MORNING?