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“A Mother’s Reward!”

“A Mother’s Reward!”. Exodus 2:1-10. Anna lost her mother. It was the 2 nd Sunday of May, 1905. In the months that followed, Anna became obsessed with but one desire: to see her mother and motherhood honored annually throughout the world….

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“A Mother’s Reward!”

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  1. “A Mother’s Reward!” Exodus 2:1-10

  2. Anna lost her mother. It was the 2nd Sunday of May, 1905. In the months that followed, Anna became obsessed with but one desire: to see her mother and motherhood honored annually throughout the world… Anna May Jarvis (a.k.a. “Mother of Mother’s Day”)

  3. Use this to introduce the appropriateness behind honoring our mothers today. We, like Anna May Jarvis, resent the commercialization of Mother’s Day…

  4. Purpose: to see a mother’s reward is Godly children

  5. I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER

  6. The Egyptian princess hands over a precious bundle of immortality to the arms of a Jewish slave. That slave is hugging her own child with a hungry heart…

  7. I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER A. She Was God’s Employee

  8. Jochebed believed God to be her real employer – she believed herself to be a vessel through whom God could accomplish His will. She was God’s employee!

  9. I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER A. She Was God’s Employee B. She Was a Willing Employee

  10. In one of her more famous columns she asked the following: “If you had to do it all over again would you have kids?” Ann Landers

  11. I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER A. She Was God’s Employee B. She Was a Willing Employee C. She Was a Faithful Employee

  12. December 1963, South Bend, IN Studebaker closed its doors due in part to faithless employees…

  13. II Jochebed Had a TASK A. Her Task Was Specific B. Her Task Was Significant

  14. Moms, never apologize for being “just a housewife” – your task goes unmatched in significance!

  15. III Jochebed Had SOME WAGES A. She Was Given the Privilege of Loving

  16. 1 Corinthians 13:13 “…but the greatest of these is love.”

  17. III Jochebed Had SOME WAGES A. She Was Given the Privilege of Loving B. She Was Given the Privilege of Giving

  18. Acts 20:35 “…it is more blessed to give than to receive.”

  19. The most Godlike giver this fallen world knows is the faithful mother…

  20. III Jochebed Had SOME WAGES A. She Was Given the Privilege of Loving B. She Was Given the Privilege of Giving C. She Was Given the Privilege to Make

  21. There is no reward like that of the successful enterprise of motherhood…

  22. Conclusion and Summary: Finally, to all mothers. Give yourselves the joy this old-time mother had. While your children are about you, hear the very voice of God saying to you…

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