Mother’s Day Weekend
May 7, 2022

Mother’s Day

First Mother’s Day Credited To Anna Jarvis In 1908
On May 9, 1914 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day” as a public expression of love and reverence for the mothers of our country.

There’s Nothing Like A Mother’s Love
“He Has A Face Only A Mother Could Love”
A Mother’s Love Sets A Great Standard

Stages of Motherhood Wisdom
At 4 – Mom Can Do Anything
At 12 – Mom Doesn’t Know Everything
At 14- Mom Does Not Know Anything
At 18 – Mom Is Out of Step with The Times
At 25 – Mom Knows A Few Things
At 35 – “Before We Decide Let’s Get Mom’s Opinion”
At 45 – “I Wonder What My Mom Would Say About This?”
At 65 – “I Wish I Could Talk To Mom About This”

Psalms 127:3-5
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.
5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;
They shall not be ashamed,
But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.

Characteristics of a Great Mom

1 Samuel 1:1-6
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 This man went up from his city yearly to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. 4 And whenever the time came for Elkanah to make an offering, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. 5 But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, although the Lord had closed her womb. 6 And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb.

1. Great Moms Have Great Problems
Childlessness Was Considered A Curse
Rabbis Had Sayings:
7 People The Lord Rejects
A Jew Who Has No Wife
A Jew Who Has A Wife, But Has No Children
A Woman Had 10 Years To Have A Child

Women That Shared Hannah’s Problem
Sarah – Abrahams Wife
Rebekah – Isaacs wife
Racheal – Jacobs Other wife
Ruth – The Wife of Boaz
Elizabeth – John the Baptist Mother
Childless Women Are often The Matriarchs of Great Faith

Today: Infertility
1 out of 8 Couples
12% of The Population
About 7.3 million Couples

God Is Preparing You For Parenthood
God Is Preparing You For Fostering or Adopting
God Desires You To Be Available For The Work God Has For You

Hebrews 11:11
By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

Every Great Mom In The Bible Had Problems
Problems Are Opportunities for God’s Promises
The Absence of Problems Is Not The Mark Of A Great Mom

2. Great Moms Have The Great Priorities
6 And her (Hannah) rival (Peninnah) also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb. 7 So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat. 8 Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?” 12 And it happened, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli watched her mouth.

Year By Year: She Kept Her Priority Right
Her God – Focused On God
Her Husband – Loved Her Husband
Her Child – Believed For Her Child

13 Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk. 14 So Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you!” 15 But Hannah answered and said, “No, my lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. 16 Do not consider your maidservant a wicked woman, for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief I have spoken until now.” 17 Then Eli answered and said, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him.” 18 And she said, “Let your maidservant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

3. Great Moms Have Great Plans
24 Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh. And the child was young. 25 Then they slaughtered a bull, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, “O my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the Lord. 27 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him. 28 Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord.” So they worshiped the Lord there.

The Greatest Plan A Mother Can Have Is To Prepare Her Child For The Lord’s Use

4. Great Mothers Leave Godly Legacies
1 Sam 25:1
Then Samuel died; and the Israelites gathered together and lamented for him, and buried him at his home in Ramah.

Hebrews 11:32
32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:

“No Man Is Poor Who Has A Godly Mother”

“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” – Abraham Lincoln

Characteristics of a Great Mom
Overcome Great Problems
Establish Great Priorities
Have Great Plans
Leave Godly Legacies