1. “The Mother of Rufus!” Roman 16:13

2. “Mother’s Day is when mom can always count on getting a first class perfume. It’s called first class because it costs $.45 per ounce.”

3. Moms and grandmothers have had more influence upon our lives than we could ever imagine…

4. Purpose: to give honor to all mothers in the Lord

5. IMotherhood – Sacrificial Love A.Salute to Good Mothers

6. Psalm 103:13 “As a father has compassion on his children so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.”

7. Isaiah 49:14-15 “…Can a mother forget her child?”

8. IMotherhood – Sacrificial Love A.Salute to Good Mothers B.Sacrificial Mothers

9. 2 Samuel 21:8-14 records Rizpah taking a stand where her two sons bodies were hanging along with five other bodies... She was exposed to weather, vultures and other beasts…

10. IMotherhood – Sacrificial Love A.Salute to Good Mothers B.Sacrificial Mothers C.Sweetheart Mothers

11. Thomas Campbell (famed British poet) wrote a poem based on an historical event. It’s about Napoleon and a British sailor… Thomas Campbell (poet)

12. We salute Christian moms today all because of their sacrificial love!

13. IIMotherhood – Purity of Heart A.Godly Mothers are Pure

14. “You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time – but you can’t fool mom!”

15. IIMotherhood – Purity of Heart A.Godly Mothers are Pure B.Godly Mothers are Despised

16. Proverbs 15:20 “… a foolish man despises his mother.”

17. IIIMotherhood – Faith in God A.Godly Mothers Pass the Faith Along

18. Christian moms are in the business of “passing the faith along”… How many are here today… because of godly mothers &/or grandmothers…

19. IIIMotherhood – Faith in God A.Godly Mothers Pass the Faith Along B.Doubters are Strengthened

20. Hebrews 13:5 We must take God at His word. He promised that He would never leave us or forsake us!

21. Frederic Bartholdi The French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi worked for twenty years on a particular statue. The most difficult problem was selecting a model. Various heroines were suggested… Finally Bartholdi chose his mother. The rest of the story is this…

22. The Statue of Liberty was modeled after Fredric Bartholdi’s mother, because as he stated it, “She represented liberty.”

23. Conclusion/Summary: Those who recognize the appropriateness of saluting godly moms like the mother of Rufus will hardly mock the message of this hymn!