Loved With A Motherly Love And Affection!

King James Version (Luke 1:31)

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

King James Version (Luke 2:5)

Mary (was) great with child.

English Standard Version (1 Thessalonians 2:7-8)

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

1. A mother carry’s her child!

King James Version (Luke 1:31)

And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

King James Version (Luke 2:5)

Mary (was) great with child.

King James Version (Luke 2:1-5)

2 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Beth-lehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

Womans bodies are literally pushed to the limit while carrying a child.

Mary had to carry Jesus the distance!

It was not just the distance of traveling to Bethlehem but even after He was born!

As He grew up!

Into and out of Egypt!

I you are a mother you have had to carry your child.

2. A mother has concerns for her child!

Can you imagine the concerns Mary had while going the distance with her child.

The trip to Nazareth.

In and out of Egypt.

King James Version (Matthew 2:13)

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

The temple situation.

3. A mother counsel’s her child!

For sure she would have talked to Jesus about the scriptures.

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,

And chains about thy neck.

She would have told Him about the events that took place with her people.

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Egypt.

She probably would have sung to him even.

4. A mother cares for her child!

This sums it up.

She realized that the One she was carrying was a special gift from God!

Baby dedication

Foods in the body

5. A spiritual mother carry’s her children!

English Standard Version (1 Thessalonians 2:7-8)

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

Carry them because they need to be carried. Through all the hurts hiccups, etc.

Not easy.

6. A spiritual mother has concerns for her children!

Their will being. Are they doing alright.

Just like Herod wanted to destroy Jesus the enemy wants to deastroy all the children of God. He aims his attention at the new ones and the babes in Christ!

Where are they?

7. A spiritual mother counsel’s her children!

English Standard Version (1 Thessalonians 2:7-8)

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

King James Version Chapter 1

7  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge:

But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

8  My son, hear the instruction of thy father,

And forsake not the law of thy mother:

9  For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head,

And chains about thy neck.

10  My son, if sinners entice thee,

Consent thou not.

11  If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,

Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

12  Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;

And whole, as those that go down into the pit:

13  We shall find all precious substance,

We shall fill our houses with spoil:

14  Cast in thy lot among us;

Let us all have one purse:

15  My son, xwalk not thou in the way with them;

Refrain thy foot from their path:

16  For their feet run to evil,

And make haste to shed blood.

17  Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18  And they lay wait for their own blood;

They lurk privily for their own lives.

19  So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;

Which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

8. A spiritual mother cares for her children!

English Standard Version (1 Thessalonians 2:7-8)

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.

Foods in the body