WHAT MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

WHAT MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
“If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.”

My mother taught me LOGIC.
“Because I said so, that’s why.”

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
“If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!”

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
“Just wait until we get home.”

My mother taught me about my HERITAGE.
“Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?”

My mother taught me about GENETICS.
“You’re just like your father.”

My mother taught me about GOD.
“You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”

MOTHER’S DAY – DON’T WASTE ANOTHER MOMENT

“Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.^”

Galatians 6:7-9

“Her children respect and bless her… Many women have done wonderful things, but you’ve outclassed them all.”

Proverb 31:28-29 (MSG)

LIES THAT GREAT MOMS BELIEVE

• You can have it .
• People will give you an .
• This will be .
• It might not be .

HOW TO THRIVE IN MOM LIFE

1. Stay even when you get it wrong.

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.”

Proverbs 17:22

OUR JOB FOR DIRECTING TRAFFIC (regarding our kids)

• – THEY DO WHAT YOU TELL THEM.
• – THEY DO WHAT IS RIGHT ON THEIR OWN.
• – THEY ASK GOD WHAT HE WANTS THEM TO DO.

         2. Accept the and of motherhood.

“The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.”

Proverbs 24:16

         3. Become a .

“Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.”

Proverbs 9:9

“There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are wise.”

Proverbs 26:12

         4. Develop a towards

“Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work, they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter.”

Proverbs 6:6-8

FINAL THOUGHT

The ultimate of a mother is to reveal the to her children.

“I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth.”

3 John 1:4

“We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders.”

Psalm 78:4