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Motherhood. “Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10. What is the Worth of a Mother ?. Salary.com. Stay at Home $122,732 Salary for a year. Work outside $76,184 more. What is the Worth of a Mother ?. Love Affection.
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Motherhood “Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.” Proverbs 31:10
What is the Worth of a Mother? Salary.com Stay at Home $122,732 Salary for a year Work outside $76,184 more
What is the Worth of a Mother? Love Affection
I. Managers of the Home Prov. 31:27-28 27. She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness. 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her:
“Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary to speak reproachfully.” 1 Tim.5:14 “homemakers” Tit.2:5
DomesticManager • Prov.31:21-28 • Has priorities in order • Family comes first • Compliments her husband
II. Models of Obedience God Comes First “Submit yourselves therefore to God.” James 4:7a
Husband Comes Second “Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands;” 1 Pet. 3:1
“And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.”Luke 1:38 She had other options
III. Teachers of Good “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.”Prov.1:8
“The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.”Prov. 31:1 She taught her son... Prov. 31:3-9 Avoid worldly living
Teaching by Example • Jochebed – Mother of Moses • Hannah – Mother of Samuel • Eunice and Lois – Mother and Grandmother of Timothy
IV.Respected & Honored “Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.”Prov. 31:28
'Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.”Lev. 19:3 Respect – worthy of great honor
“Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her who bore you rejoice.”Prov.23:25 "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise:”Eph. 6:2
“He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.”Prov.19:26 Dishonor Honor
“Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.”Prov.20:20 Obedience is the way to honor
Motherhood “Like mother, like daughter!” Ezekiel 16:44
For her worth is far above rubies.
Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evanscoc@bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Morning May 10, 2009