Mother’s Day 2025
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Powerful, Godly Mothers
Powerful, Godly Mothers
Psalm 37:1-11 is our text today
(READ)
Trusting, Delighted, Committed, Rest
Men and children here pray for the mothers here
And let’s remember those who may be mourning mothers who have passed, or mothers who have suffered loss…
Biblical, Selfless, Godly Mothers
The most giving of ALL people
? Ladies, if you WANT to grow into the mother God desires - The Bible lays out what it looks like
? Ladies, if you do NOT want this, please at least pray for those here who do
Today is not about me telling you how to do anything
Just opening God’s Word and letting Him speak to you, to us, today, reming you of the power contained in you
So much of this is also directed at fathers, just so you don’t get bored and check out :)
(This is not hard to preach, it’s God’s Word, not mine)
THE POWER OF GODLY, SELFLESS MOTHERS
Power of their love, shown by…
1) Being Present
1) Being Present
Available and Involved
Deut. 6:6-7
“You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
Morning, noon, night
Biblical, Godly moms are “always on”
2) Teaching & Training
2) Teaching & Training
Hear, my son, your father’s instruction And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;
(READ verses 7-9) Proverbs 1:7–8 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Hear, my son, your father’s instruction And do not forsake your mother’s teaching;”
Mothers are teachers - teachers to kids who can be foolish…
Teaching WHAT?
Teaching is easy… if you teach kids to just go along with the world…
TEACHING WHAT?
Scripture
The Biblical worldview
Teach daughters how to be a godly believer, wife and then mother (in that order)
Teach sons what to look for in a godly woman as deciding to marry
Teach children what culture is, what culture does, and why culture needs godly wives and mothers
TRAINING THEM
For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.
Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly…
Mothers (and grandmothers) help children discover and use their gifts and strengths, for the glory of the LORD
If we had high-level Spiritual camps that train up champions, would you help them go? (I can point you to one)
We’ll get kids to baseball, football, dance, cheer, music, etc. camps, competitions, etc.
But they need your spiritual encouragement to desire to live for the LORD
3) Disciplining While Nurturing
3) Disciplining While Nurturing
Discipline your son while there is hope, And do not desire his death.
DISCIPLINING
Kids don’t just “turn out OK”
If you are not disciplining them, then they will learn what the world wants them to learn
So… YOUR kids are the ones who obey first time, who will pray with you in public, they look weird to the world - OK!
NURTURING
An environment of continual support (verbal, physical, emotional)
Freedom to fail
Acceptance, Affection, even with correction
Nurturing directly affects the brain development, especially at early ages - Titus 2:4 again
so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
“Love” here - “liking,” enjoying being around, the days spent with meaningful activity that is enjoyable
4) Modeling Integrity
4) Modeling Integrity
Integrity = living what you say - uprightness, honor
Modeling the behavior you desire to see in your sons and daughters
(You must decide what that behavior is)
He who walks in integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out.
God knows your heart
Your children KNOW, too - they DO
5) Maintaining Beauty
5) Maintaining Beauty
Internally!
Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
Struggle to “stay beautiful”
Yes, God says to care for the temple of the Lord, your body, but…
but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands;
Husbands, godly husbands, want their wife to be attractive
But what is truly attractive?
The INNER beauty of a woman who loves the LORD
A mother who loves the LORD - MORE than she loves her husband and children
That is an amazingly attractive woman
Ladies, you might chase physical beauty…let me encourage you
Focus on the spiritual!
This beauty NEVER fades - NEVER
FINALLY - FOR MOTHERS, and ALL OF US
6) Pray
6) Pray
The power of prayer!
Strengthens relationship with Yahweh
Makes you more like Christ
Puts you in a surrendered state - preparing you to love husband and nurture kids
All making you the woman God desires you to be
Mothers - pray for and over your children
Pray for and over your husband
Other moms and women may not understand your prayerful spirit
(They will just expect their kids to turn out OK, and then wonder why they struggle)
You will get plentiful opportunities to pray
Jesus - The example
Jesus - The example
Remember, as you strive to do these, you have a wonderful example
Jesus demonstrated every one of these
Available, Involved, teaching, training, disciplining, nurturing, integrity, praying
Aren’t you glad He did?
Especially being prayerful?
He prayed, when life was not easy
Mothers who are working hard at this - please, prayerfully keep going
Keep striving to grow, spiritually, closer to the LORD
And yes, your children know if this is you
AND…for mothers who truly desire to raise Godly children, the NUMBER ONE aspect of your life, that children (all ages) see EVERY day…
Love Your Husband
Love Your Husband
…the father of your children
Probably the most selfless act you can do - rare in the world
First, passionately pursue Christ
Second, love your husband through Biblical submission
BIBLICAL submission (don’t know what that is?)
Build him up - the world already tears Him down
ASIDE for divorced - don’t speak evil of your ex, especially around kids
And all of this - All of this, is very hard work
And when you try hard, you’ll have days - feel like you can’t do enough, can’t be enough, that you are not enough, and the LORD says, He is always near…
The Nearness of God
The Nearness of God
My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
(READ - 26-28)
There are days:
You’ll fail - but you are not a failure
You’ll feel weak - but you are not weak
You’ll feel alone, far from God
Remember His nearness, closeness, is for your good
The world is wicked - fret not, Psalm 37 passage
And you are right in the middle of it all
Trying to love your husband and raise up Godly children
Yahweh is the strength you need
It’s good to work hard at this “mother” thing
Just work God’s way, and He’ll make that work much more bearable
And He’ll make it eternally fulfilling - He promises!
