1. Mother’s Day
2006

2. How’s your relationship with your Mum?
Is it “Aaaaw!”

3. Is it “Oh oh!”?

4. Has your mum passed away?

5. Does she drive a nana car?

6. Have the wheels fallen off your relationship?

7. We know there are certain things that our mum did for us
Brought us into the world
Fed us
Nurtured us
Consoled us
Cleaned up our mess
Washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning

8. But have you thought of some of the things mums go through?
The pain of seeing you make bad decisions e.g. Samson’s mum, Moses’ mum
The mixed feelings of seeing you leave home e.g. Samuel’s mum, Jesus’ mum

9. At times they also feel a great deal of pride
When you succeed
When you make good decisions
When you show some appreciation
When you smile

10. Mum’s can be special because
They pray for us
They hurt when we fight with our siblings
They quietly go around behind us and fix things for us
They sacrifice things for our happiness

11. And they can have a special role in our spiritual formation
Timothy’s mum (Eunice)
Was a believer
His father was a Greek
Acts 16:1-5
His grandmother (Lois) was a believer too
II Timothy 1:5
They gave him
An example of how to live the faith
A grounding in the scriptures
II Timothy 3:14-15

12. Women can have a significant influence on the next generation
Women can have a significant influence on the next generation Titus 2:3,4,5
Teach the older women
to be reverent in the way they live,
not to be slanderers
or addicted to much wine,
but to teach what is good.
Then they can train the younger women
to love their husbands and children
to be self-controlled and pure
to be busy at home
to be kind
and to be subject to their husbands,
so that no one will malign the word of God