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2. Being a Mom Selected Scriptures
Who is my mother?
Mother / Mom is a word for the woman that sacrificed herself over and over again for you
Mother / Mom brings mixed emotions for some because that person abused them in some way
Mothering is a difficult job

3. Being a Mom Selected Scriptures
Many parents regret having children
An admission to their poor job in parenting & to their own selfishness
Many do not have any sense of God’s hand in them becoming parents
Many parents view their children as problems instead of blessings

4. Being a Mom Selected Scriptures
Factors encouraging selfishness:
Lack of value a mom’s role.
Over emphasis on career and / or self-fulfillment
Society’s philosophy & methods of child-rearing are contrary to the Scriptures

5. Being a Mom Selected Scriptures
Proverbs 13:24
School systems contradict Biblical ethics with situation ethics & secular morals
Children are a blessing, not a curse - Psalm 127:3-5; Psalm 128:3-4

6. Marvelous Blessing
A love that develops for the child even while that life is growing in your womb
The joy of a child being born into the world - John 16:21
The love that you give as your children grow and mature - 1 Thessalonians 2:8

7. Marvelous Blessing
Being used by the Lord in a special way in the life of that child
God uses your children to make you more mature & draw closer to the Lord – Romans 5:2-8, James 1:2-4

8. Overwhelming Responsibilities
Ephesians 6:4
Nurture = Training, instruction, chastening, discipline - to live by the principles & precepts of the Lord
Admonition = Exhortation, warning – to prevent disobedience to the Lord

9. Overwhelming Responsibilities
To love the Lord & teach your children about Him in all situations.
Proverbs 1:8; 6:20
A wise child brings gladness, but a foolish child brings grief and shame on the mother (Proverbs 10:1, 29:15)
Parents are responsible before God in how they raise their children

10. Overwhelming Responsibilities
God wants us to look to Him in raising our children & be dependent upon Him
Seek God’s forgiveness for failure.
This gives a proper model of walking with Him
Children (of any age) can never use their parent’s failures as an excuse for their own sin (2 Peter 1:3; 1 Cor. 10:13)

11. Maternal Principles Proverbs 31:10-31
She is a Good Wife - Proverbs 31:10-12
You will never be a better mother than you are a wife
She is industrious - Proverbs 31: 10-19
She increases the gain of the family - Proverbs 31: 16, 23, 24

12. Maternal Principles Proverbs 31:10-31
She watches over her household -
She is busy, not slothful - Proverbs 31:27
Her family is well cared for - Proverbs 31:14-15
Her work clothes her family - Proverbs 31:21-22

13. Maternal Principles Proverbs 31:10-31
She is wise in teaching
She teaches by what she says - Proverbs 31:26
She teaches by her example - Proverbs 31:25
She is compassionate Proverbs 31:20

14. Maternal Principles Proverbs 31:10-31
She fears the Lord - Proverbs 31:30
Her children praise her & call her blessed - Proverbs 31:28
Her husband says she excels them all - Proverbs 31:29
The Proverbs 31 woman is the supreme practical example of a godly mother

15. Conclusions
Be the best mom you can be by:
Put the LORD first & develop your relationship with Him.
Be a good wife.
Watch over your household.
Be a wise teacher & a godly example to your children.

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