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Discover the power of encouragement as a mom. Learn how to pour into others, share your experiences, and be filled with God's love. Find ways to uplift and strengthen your family.
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Mom’s Encourage Your Family May 12, 2019
Romans 12:3-13 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with yourfaith; 7if it is serving, then serve; if
Romans 12:3-13 it is teaching, then teach; 8if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead,do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Introduction • Body functions effectively when each does its part • We are each needed in the body • Everyone can encourage another • Mom, find ways to encourage your family
Mom’s Be Filled Up Regularly • Blood of Christ gives you access to His throne • Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.1 Thess 5:11 • Life can be wearying, spiritual warfare takes its toll • Our pitchers get emptied through difficult, long days • Find time alone with God Mark 6:30-32 • Why God instituted a Sabbath day • Renew our minds in word of God, prayer, reflection
Mom’s Pour Into Others • Discouragement: A feeling of despair in the face of obstacles; or a state of distraught and loss of sense of enthusiasm, drive or courage. • Devil attacks minds of people, discouraging them • Christ came to deliver us from onslaught of attacks. • How can we fill their cups with hope of the gospel? • God designed it that we shouldn’t walk alone • Who can I encourage today? • What may they be dealing with that I can say or do something that they know they are not alone?
Share What You Have Learned • What has God taken you through? 2 Cor 1:3-4 • He wants to use that to comfort and encourage others • Write down your story • God is going to use it to build someone up • Share these things with other faithful people 2 Tim 2:2
Conclusion • Be Continually Filled • Pour into Others • Share What You Have Learned