sf765 - HOW CAN I BE A 50_S MOM IN THE 90_S - 4 of 11 ANSWERING LIFES TOUGHEST QUESTIONS (1 Samuel 1 20)
1 Samuel 1:20
Introduction
Whatever happened to June Cleaver?
The Top Ten ways to know if you are a Mom…
10. You know you are a mom when you automatically double-knot everything you tie.
9. When you find yourself humming the Barney song as you do the dishes.
8. When you hear a baby cry in the grocery store, and you start to gently sway back and forth...back and forth - however...your children are at school!!!
7. When you can never go to the bathroom alone without someone screaming outside the door.
6. When you actually start to like the smell of strained carrots mixed with applesauce.
5. When you weep through the scene in Dumbo when his mom is taken away...not to mention what Bambi does to you.
4. When you actually start understanding the Klingon language.
3. When you get so into crafts you contemplate writing a book called: “101 Fun Crafts to do with Dryer Lint and Eggshells.”
2. When you spend a half-hour searching for your sunglasses only to have your teenager say...”Mom, why don’t you wear the ones you pushed up on your head?”
1. When you are out for a nice romantic meal with your husband, enjoying some real adult conversation, when suddenly you realize as you are talking you have reached over and carefully started to cut up his steak!
1A. Make Knowing God Your First Priority!
1B. Seek God with all your heart. (1-7)
(Jeremiah 29:13 NIV) "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
2B. Love God with all your heart, soul and mind.
(Matthew 22:37 NIV) "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
3B. Trust God with all you are and have.
(John 6:68 NIV) "Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
4B. Serve God with all your strength.
(Philippians 3:13-14 NIV) "Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, {14} I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
2A. Make Talking with God Your Daily Practice!
1B. Pray passionately. (10, 15-16)
Hannah wept. (10)
Hannah poured out her heart to God. (15)
Hannah was in great anguish and grief. (16)
2B. Pray purposefully. (11)
Hannah told God what she desired.
Hannah told God what she would do.
3B. Pray persistently (12)
4B. Pray privately (13)
(Psalms 94:11 NIV) "The LORD knows the thoughts of man…."
3A. Make Pleasing God Your Singular Purpose!
1B. We please God when we trust Him. (17-20)
(Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV) "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; {6} in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
2B. We please God when we obey Him. (24-26)
(1 Samuel 15:22 NIV) "But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams."
3B. We please God when we bring our children to Him. (27-28)
(Matthew 19:14 NIV) "Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.""
4A. Make Praising God Your Heart-Felt Passion! (2:1-10)
1B. Praise God for who He is.
He is holy, unique, and unchanging. (2)
He is the all-knowing and righteous judge. (3)
He is the creature and sustainer of this world. (8b)
2B. Praise God for what He has done.
He has conquered His enemies. (4a, 9b-10)
He has fed the hungry. (5b)
He has blessed the barren. (5c)
He has given life to the dead. (6a)
5A. Make Being a Parent a Life-Long Project!
(Proverbs 22:6 NIV) "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."
1B. We are to raise our children. (21-23)
(Ephesians 6:4 NIV) "…, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."
The world’s meanest Mom.
I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal, eggs, and toast. When others had coke and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my dinner was different from other kids’.
My mother insisted on knowing where I was at all times. She had to know who my friends were and what we were doing. She insisted that if I told her I would be gone for and hour, I would be gone for and hour or less.
I am ashamed to admit it, but she actually had the nerve to make us kids work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook. I believe she stayed awake at night, thinking up things for me to do.
By the time I became a teenager, she had grown even meaner. She embarrassed me by making me bring my dates home so that she could meet them. And while my friends were dating at the mature age of twelve and thirteen, my old-fashioned mother refused to let me date until I was sixteen.
In spite of the harsh way I was raised, I have never been arrested. And my brother and sister turned out okay, too. I guess we owe it, in great part, to our mean mother. She insisted that we grow up into God-fearing, honest, responsible adults. I am grateful to God that He gave me the meanest mother in the world!
2B. We are to release our children. (28)
(Genesis 2:24 NIV) "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."
3B. We are to remember our children. (2:19)
(1 Samuel 2:19 NIV) "Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice."
(John 19:25 NIV) "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene."
Application
What is a mother…
A mother can be almost any size or any age, but she will not admit to anything over thirty. She has soft hands and smells good. A mother likes new dresses, music, a clean house, her children’s kisses, an automatic washer, and Daddy.
A mother does not like having her children sick, muddy feet, temper tantrums, loud noise, or bad report cards. She can read a thermometer (much to the amazement of Daddy) and, like magic, can kiss a hurt away. She can also bake good cakes and pies, but she likes to see her children eat vegetables.
A mother can stuff a fat baby into a snowsuit in seconds, kiss a little fat face, and make it smile. She is underpaid, has long hours, and gets very little rest. She worries too much about her children. And no matter how old they are, she still likes to think of them as her little children.
A mother is the guardian of the family, the queen, the tender hand of love. She is the best friend anyone ever had. A mother is love.
What kind of mother are you?
No you will never be a June Cleaver.
But, you can become a Hannah!
Make Knowing God Your First Priority!
Make Talking with God Your Daily Practice!
Make Pleasing God Your Singular Purpose!
Make Praising God Your Heart-Felt Passion!
Make Being a Parent a Life-Long Project!
HOW CAN I BE A 50’S MOM IN THE 90’S
Answering Life’s Toughest Questions – Part 4 of 11
May 10, 1998 - 1 Samuel 1:20
1A. Make ______________ God Your First Priority!
1B. __________ God with all your heart. (5-7)
(Jeremiah 29:13 NIV) "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
2B. _________ God with all your heart, soul and mind..
(Matthew 22:37 NIV) "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
3B. ___________ God with all you are and have.
(John 6:68 NIV) "Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
4B. _____________ God with all your strength.
(Philippians 3:13-14 NIV) "Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, {14} I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
2A. Make _________ with God Your Daily Practice!
1B. Pray passionately. (10, 15-16)
2B. Pray __________________ (11)
3B. Pray persistently (12)
4B. Pray ______________ (13)
(Psalms 94:11 NIV) "The LORD knows the thoughts of man…."
3A. Make ___________ God Your Singular Purpose!
1B. We please God when we _________ Him. (17-20)
(Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV) "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; {6} in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
2B. We please God when we __________ Him. (24-26)
(1 Samuel 15:22 NIV) "But Samuel replied: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams."
3B. We please God when we _______ our children to Him. (27-28)
(Matthew 19:14 NIV) "Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.""
4A. Make ___________ God Your Heart-Felt Passion! (2:1-10)
1B. Praise God for __________ He is.
2B. Praise God for _________ He has done.
5A. Make Being a ___________ a Life-Long Project!
1B. We are to ____________ our children. (22-23)
(Ephesians 6:4 NIV) "…, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord."
2B. We are to _____________ our children. (28)
3B. We are to _____________ our children. (2:19)