1. ‘MOTHERHOOD’

2. 1. Introduction

3. Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. Rom 16:13

6. 27 So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women
27 So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women Gen 1:27

7. 2. God is like a mother

8. Psalm 131:1-2  1 My heart is not proud, Lord,     my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters     or things too wonderful for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted myself,     I am like a weaned child with its mother;     like a weaned child I am content.

9. 3. God is compassionate like a mother

10. Isaiah 49:15-16  15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget,     I will not forget you! 16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;     your walls are ever before me.

11. 4. God is sacrificial like a mother

12.  A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world Jn 16:21

14. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing Luke 13:34

15. 5. God is comforting like a mother

16. As a mother comforts her child,. so will I comfort you;
    As a mother comforts her child,     so will I comfort you;      and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.” Isaiah 66:13

17. 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God
  1 Comfort, comfort my people,     says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem Isaiah 40:1-2

18.   I will ask the Father and he will give you another Comforter to be with you forever. John 14:16

19. 6. God want us to likewise comfort

20. 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God Corinthians 1:3-4

21. 7. Conclusion

22. My Son, … do not forsake your mother’s teaching for they are a garland for your head and pendants for your neck. Bind them on your hearts always, tie them around your neck.