A Special Welcome to Mothers

1. A Special Welcome to Mothers

2. Molder of Men • Maker of Mothers • Merchant of Modesty • Manager of Matrimony • Model of Mercy M.O.M.

3. Molder of Men M.O.M.

4. Hannah & Samuel Title “Then she made a vow and said, ‘O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.” 1 Samuel 1:11

5. Hannah & Samuel Title “‘For this child I prayed, and the LORD has granted me my petition which I asked of Him. Therefore I also have lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the LORD.’ So they worshiped the LORD there.” 1 Samuel 1:27-28

6. Moses & Jochebed Title “‘And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, ‘Go.’ So the maiden went and called the child's mother. Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, ‘Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.’ So the woman took the child and nursed him. And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, ‘Because I drew him out of the water’.” Exodus 2:8-10 • Text

7. Moses & Jochebed Title “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's command. By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.” Hebrews 11:23-26 • Text

8. Maker of Mothers M.O.M.

9. Title “The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things --- that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” Titus 2:3-5 • Text

10. “And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.” Ruth 1:16-17

11. Merchant of Modesty M.O.M.

12. “She is not afraid of snow for her household, For all her household is clothed with scarlet. She makes tapestry for herself; Her clothing is fine linen and purple…She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness. She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many daughters have done well, But you excel them all.’” Prov. 31:21-22, 26-29

13. Title “Ahaziahwas forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri. He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly. Therefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD.”.” 2 Chron. 22:2-4 • Text

14. Manager of Matrimony M.O.M.

15. Title “For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.” Ephesians 5:23-24 • Text

16. Title “Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.” Proverbs 31:10-12 • Text

17. Title “That they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.” Titus 2:4-5 • Text

18. Model of Mercy M.O.M.

19. Title “She extends her hand to the poor, Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy….. She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness.” Proverbs 31:20, 26 • Text

20. “And the king said, ‘Divide the living child in two, and give half to one, and half to the other.’ Then the woman whose son was living spoke to the king, for she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, ‘O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!’ But the other said, ‘Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.’ So the king answered and said, ‘Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother’.” 1 Kings 3:25-27

21. M.O.M. “Portrait of a Mother”

22. What Must I Do to become a Christian? • How To Become A Child of God? • Hear the gospel (Rom. 10:10) • Believe Jesus is the Christ (John 8:24) • Repent of sins (Luke 13:3) • Confess Christ (Matt. 10:32-33) • Be baptized for remission of sins (Acts 2:38) • Live a committed life (Rev. 2:10) • How To Be Restored Back To God? • Confess sin (James 5:16) • Repent and pray (Acts 8:22) • Renew your commitment (Rev. 2:4-5)