Happy Mother’s Day!
Isaiah 66:13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”
What a way to greet each day, knowing that whatever you are going through that God has got you covered.
How I LOVE My MOTHER! With out her I would not be here!!!
1. I Love her verbally
2. I Love her physically
3. I Love her patiently
4. I Love her attentively
5. I Love her gratefully
6. I Love her generously
7. I Love her honorably
Eph. 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
What does it mean to obey your parents “in the Lord”? I think “in the Lord” means as Christians. Without Christ you can’t obey your parents.
Nobody is perfect in raising their kids. Parents I know (mainly myself as a son and as a father) are not flawless.
The Bible tells us:
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23
Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.
Acts 16:31
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Ephesians 6:1
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
Even a child is known by his actions.
Proverbs 20:11
Fear the Lord your God, Serve Him only.
Deuteronomy 6:13
God is love.
1 John 4:8.
Honor you father and your mother.
Exodus 20:12
We must respect the lives of those who gave us life (mother&father) & we shall live a long life. This is how the Lord our God works.
If you love me, you will obey what I command.
John 14:15
Jesus answered, “I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ” John 14:6
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.
Psalm 34:13
Love is patient, love is kind.
1 Corinthians 13:4
There are some people who can’t even say this word-Love- all together because some where along the lines, they have been hurt, they have been severely wounded, that they have no idea what Love even means anymore. Their perception of love is skewed.
***How love is rekindled if you have backslide over the years.
1. Ask forgiveness
2. Make the choice to forgive
3. Don’t hesitate to get help
4. Give yourselves time to heal; be patient
5. Share Life stories with each other again
6. Fall in Love with Christ again
My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways.
Proverbs 23:26
“Be still and know that I am God…” (Psalm 46:10).
As we grow in relationship with our Creator, we may be amazed to find that our desperate and heartfelt need for love has already been filled…by God Himself.
“My soul thirsts for Thee, my flesh yearns for Thee, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.”Psalm 63:1
It is in the shadow of the cross that we endure our greatest temptation and
failures and then break through to resurrection!
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Rom 12:2).
Psalms 139:13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. 15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born.
This reading gets us to re-direct our focus on the eternal God and reminds us to look upwards to the omniscient Creator for the answers WE are looking for instead of looking at the created; ourselves and the world around.
God is love-love is God. To love is to portray the very essence of God’s character, to truly be CHRIST like.
To handle relationships God’s way, love is crucial, God is key. A love relationship is completely centered around God.
You are the masterpiece of God made in Christ Jesus. Eph. 2:1-10.
1. Created for the Master’s purpose
2. You have everything you need to do to do what God wants you to do.
*Stop looking at what you cannot do and look at what you can do.
3. As God’s masterpiece He uses everything in your life to bring about his purpose. Rom 8:28.
A Reminder: God doesn’t withhold His love from me despite the mistakes I’ve made and will make in the future. God’s love makes me want to honor Him with my life daily because He takes care of me like a loving father. God stays beside me through my growing pains, corrects and disciplines me because He wants my BEST, and builds me up when I make the RIGHT choices. I’m glad to be a child of the forgiving, patient, and loving God.
Lord thank you for my Mother and all she has done to teach me Your truths, and loving me unconditionally and Praying for me daily. Lord You brought me into this world for Your purposes and I thank You for my mother doing the best she could given the circumstances of life. I see your mighty hand over it all. Lord help me Stop looking at the past and what I cannot do and look at the future and what I can do through YOU for Your Glory and my joy! Dear Lord, please give me the strength and control to practice true love. Teach me patience so that I can be loving to others. Lord please replace my words with Yours today and give me the ideas, strategy and Love that will further your kingdom here on earth!
Lord, Bless all the mothers this day in a special way, in them Knowing YOU are there with them, You Love them unconditionally and want to have even a more Personal Relationship with You JESUS! Thank You Jesus for my Mother and her love and patience with me! Thank you for the example she set for me. In Jesus Name, Amen!