Precious blood, O to grace, how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be.
Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love.
Here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.
Amen. Now's the time to raise your hand.
Ms. Jessica for the third time. What's your song?
319. We're going to be singing this one later on.
You sure you don't have a different favorite song?
Any husbands that know their wife's favorite song, now's the time to come forward and raise your hand.
Brother Blake. Verse 3. Second time.
261. Page 261. Turn your eyes upon Jesus.
Page 261. On the third.
His word shall not fail you, he promised. Believe him and all will be well.
Then go to a world that is dying.
His perfect salvation to tell.
Turn your eyes upon Jesus.
Look full in his wonderful face.
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim.
In the light of his glory and grace.
Ms. Sarah. Page 216.
Surely, goodness and mercy. Page 216.
Page 216. Sing it out on the first.
A pilgrim was I and a wandering.
In the cold night of sin I did roam.
When Jesus, the kind shepherd, found me.
And now I am on my way home.
Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me.
All the days, all the days of my life.
Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me.
All the days, all the days of my life.
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
And I shall feast at the table spread for me.
Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me.
All the days, all the days of my life.
Ms. Bobbie.
217.
Okay. Page 217. He included me.
Page 217.
Sing it out on the first.
I am so happy in Christ today that I go singing along my way.
Yes, I'm so happy to know and sing.
Jesus included me too.
Jesus included me.
Yes, he included me.
When the Lord said, whosoever, he included me.
Jesus included me.
Yes, he included me.
When the Lord said, whosoever, he included me.
Ms. Stephanie.
149.
Page 149.
Trusting Jesus. Page 149.
Sing it out on the first.
Simply trusting every day.
Trusting through a stormy way.
Even when my faith is small.
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Trusting as the moments fly.
Trusting as the days go by.
Trusting him, whatever befall.
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Last one.
Ms. Sheila.
Page 397 on the fourth.
Page 397. Sing it out on the last verse.
When the conflict here is ended and our race on earth is run.
He will say to all the faithful, welcome home my child well done.
Little is much when God is in it.
Labor not for wealth or fame.
There's a crown and you can win it.
If you'll go in Jesus name.
Welcome to Assure Foundation Baptist Church for our evening service.
If you will grab your bulletins and if you don't have one, raise your hand and the usher will bring you one.
And if you look on the cover, we've got a verse of the week.
She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Proverbs chapter 31 verse 27.
And then if you open up to the first page, you'll see our service time.
Sunday morning service was at 1030 this morning.
We are in our Sunday evening service at 3 30 p.m.
And then our Thursday evening Bible study is at 6 30 p.m.
And we're going through Corinthians.
And then you'll see our soul winning times listed below that.
And today we had soul winning at one o'clock.
Did we have any salvations today?
I see one, two.
Amen.
Two more than last week.
Praise God.
So we can we can add to our salvation or praise report for salvation for me right there.
And then on the next page, we have our kids Spanish class this Tuesday at 6 p.m.
And then obviously today is Mother's Day.
So Happy Mother's Day, mothers.
Hope you all had a wonderful day and maybe even some more special plans after service tonight.
And then May 11th, we got men's leadership class.
All right. That is up in the air at this moment for further info.
Wednesday, the 12th for men's preaching class.
And then May 16th, we got men's preaching night.
You know, I'm sure we'll have plenty of men preaching.
And then May 17th through the 22nd is our Yakima soul winning trip.
We got everything booked and ready to go for that.
So amen there.
And then May 31st to June 7th, we got the Hawaii missions trip.
So sign up and grab your airfares now.
Everybody, I hear everything's cheap.
So June 6th, we have our second men's preaching night because pastor is going to be in Hawaii.
And then July 15th through the 18th, we got the Red Hot Preaching Conference at Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento.
Looking forward to that for sure.
And then July 30th through August 1st, we got our three year anniversary and our grand reopening.
And Pastor Bruce Mejia is going to be preaching that Friday night at 7 p.m.
Then we'll have a soul winning marathon on Saturday from 1030 to 1230, lunch provided by the church.
And then 1 to 2 p.m. at the building will be the lunch.
And then 2 p.m. to 430 will be the second soul winning session.
Sunday night, we will have another men's preaching night.
And then, of course, we're a family integrated church.
Children and infants always welcome and follow coronavirus rules.
No handshakes, hugging, kissing, stuff like that.
And, you know, just if you're sick, don't come to church still.
And then on the back, we have our birthdays and anniversaries.
And we already sang Jack Happy Birthday.
So we'll sing one more song and take our offering.
Turn to page 314.
Page 314.
More love to thee.
Page 314.
Sing it out on the first verse.
More love to thee, O Christ.
More love to thee.
Hear thou the prayer I make
on bended knee.
This is my prayer.
This is my earnest plea.
More love, O Christ, to thee.
More love to thee.
Once earthly joy I craved
sought peace and rest.
Now thee alone I seek
gave what is best.
This all my prayers shall be.
More love, O Christ, to thee.
More love to thee.
Let sorrow do its work
send grief and pain.
Sweet are thy messengers
sweet they refrain
when they did sing with me.
More love, O Christ, to thee.
More love to thee.
Then shall my latest breath
whisper thy praise.
This be the parting cry
my heart shall raise.
This still its prayer shall be.
More love, O Christ, to thee.
More love to thee.
Good singing. Brother Sean, will you bless the offering?
I am honored to be here today to show you what this offering is.
You have to remind me. It's an interesting moment.
.
Turn in your Bibles, if you would, to Proverbs 29.
Book of Proverbs, chapter 29.
The Bible reads,
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father, but he that keepeth company
with harlots spendeth his substance. The king by
judgment establisheth the land, but he that receiveth gifts
overthroweth it. A man that flattereth his neighbor
spreadeth a net for his feet. In the transgression of an evil man
there is a snare, but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
The righteous considerth the cause of the poor,
but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare, but wise
men turn away wrath. If a wise man contendeth
with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no
rest. The bloodthirsty hate the upright,
but the just seek his soul. A fool uttereth
all his mind, but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards. If a ruler hearken unto lies,
all his servants are wicked. The poor and the deceitful
men meet together, the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,
his throne shall be established forever.
The rod and the reproof give wisdom, but a child left to
himself bringeth his mother to shame. When
the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth,
but the righteous shall see their fall.
He shall correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest.
Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Where there is no vision, the people perish, but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he. A servant will not be corrected
by words, for though he understand, he will not answer.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?
There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Lest up his servant from a child shall have him become his son
at the length. An angry man stirs up strife,
and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
A man's pride shall bring him low, but honor
shall uphold the humble in spirit. Whoso his partner
with a thief hateth his own soul, he heareth
cursing and beraith it not. The fear of man bringeth
a snare, but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord
shall be safe. Many seek the ruler's favor,
for every man's judgment cometh from the Lord. An unjust man
is an abomination to the just, and he that is upright
in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
Brother Blake, would you pray for us?
Amanda.
Amanda, right, well I'm gonna finish
I'm gonna have a part two to my sermon from this morning,
Great Attributes of Mothers in the Bible, and so to recap
the first sermon, which was pretty short, the first sermon
I talked about Eve being willing to have children, how great
that is, that obviously she decided to carry on the human race
because she knew it was gonna be painful, and Eve was willing to have
more children after failing with one, and then Sarah was willing to
breastfeed, and all godly women should do that if they possibly
can, so I realize that that's not always possible, but the other
thing I talked about is how the world is against the family
and it's getting worse and worse, and I read you about that
idiot on Twitter that was basically saying that we need to get
rid of Mother's Day and just have Motherhood, or something called
Motherhood Day or something like that, and look, we have Mother's Day once a year
and I don't think there's anything wrong with celebrating good, godly mothers
so, and if you have a mother
that hopefully you gave her a call today, and if your mom's still
around, that's a good thing to do, and also
husbands, if you have a, your wife has children
here that you should definitely appreciate her for all that she does
and one thing that I should mention also is that
you know, as godly women in this, there's a lot
of godly women in this church, and there's a lot of godly men in this church, and
you know, I don't think women get enough credit sometimes, and I think that we need to make sure
that we're definitely lifting them up and praising them for the things that
they do as wives and as mothers, and it is
a lot harder to be a Christian wife than it is to be just a regular wife out in the world
so, you know, the fact that they're skirts and dresses only
hey, you know, there's not, not every woman's gonna follow you
like that, you know, so be thankful that you have a good godly wife that wants to
dress modestly, and a wife that will take her children out soul winning
with them, you know, there's churches, you know, that won't do that
where the men just go out soul winning, it's only kind of like a man thing
and it shouldn't be that way, or you have to take turns, but
all of our children in our church go soul winning, that's because, you know, we have
you know, obviously we have godly dads here, but godly mothers that are willing to take their children
out, and it's hard to, it's like, you know
wrangling cats or whatever trying to get them out the door
you know, but it teaches them to go soul winning, and that's important
because what are we trying to do, we're trying to pass things on to the next generation, as mothers
in our church, it's very important that we pass these traditions
and, you know, salvation on to our children
and so they can see what a true Christian is supposed to be like
you know, and obviously we're not all perfect, I get that, but I think that women
deserve far more praise, especially godly women
for the things that they do in this church
and as mothers, so, anyway
so let's look at Proverbs chapter 29 in our text
in verse number 15 the Bible says
the rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself
bringeth his mother to shame
so obviously this scripture is very important and it's saying, hey don't leave your children
to themselves to do whatever they want, you know, because what's going to be the end of that
that's going to bring the mother to shame, and that's something that
we don't want, alright, and so this might be the spiciest part
of the sermon where it's kind of more challenging to the ladies because
let's just be honest, it's harder for ladies to spank
and discipline than it is for men, obviously we just, the men will just
whoop them and it'll be over, but ladies have a lot harder time
with that, and it's not something that you should
just leave up to your husband, ladies, mothers need to be able to
reprove and give wisdom to their children, but also
the rod, it says the rod and reproof give wisdom
so what is the wisdom that they get from the rod? Well it
corrects them from doing something wrong, and so we need to do that
in our homes and not just when dad's home or not just when you're at church
but also at home when it's just you and your children, you know when you're giving them
chance after chance after chance after chance, you do it one more time
you do it one more time, and then it never happens
you know, if you just spank them and get over with
they cry, you give them a hug, you tell them you love them, don't do it again
they say I'm sorry mommy, and then it's all good
but like for some reason it's just hard for ladies to do that, and I just want to
encourage you to do that, and you're like, you're encouraging me to spank my child, yes I am
because it's for your own good and it's for the good of your
child, because what I was talking about earlier in the first sermon is that
you know, the danger of having too many children
is that if you don't know how to control
and train your children correctly or
you know, you start getting six, seven kids deep and it gets harder
so you have to be able to maintain control of your
children when your husband's not home, when he's at work or whatever
and that can be hard as a one mom with six or seven kids
or whatever, or ten kids or nineteen kids or whatever it is
you know, even one kid can be hard
but it's not as hard as having four, it's not as hard
but you have to be able to navigate that and do your children
listen to you? Are your children, if they
listen to the sound of your voice, do they stop?
If they're about to run out in the middle of the road and you say
stop! Do they stop?
Or do they just keep going hehehehehe and run into the street?
I mean, it's a true test. How old should you
start to correct your children? Because I know that this is a controversial topic
but I believe that the Bible says that you're supposed to chase it in B times, right?
And look, I'm not saying give a whoopin' to a three month
old baby, okay? But let's just go
because I know a lot of, I've heard this teaching
amongst even our own independent fundamental Baptist friends
of two years old is where you start correcting them. But listen to me
at two years old, they've already got the rebellion going
if you've never corrected your child until they're two years old, you've got a tough road to hoe
seriously. And think about this
Spanking is not just a discipline thing only, it's also
a safety thing. Because, and I'm not going to say
who it was, I don't want to embarrass anybody or anything like that, but a couple weeks ago
some kids went to
go out with their parents, with their mom
and one of the kids started going right toward the street
and I just said STOP! Like really loud, like
that. And he like stopped dead in his tracks.
That's good. Maybe it freaked him out, I don't know
but hey, kids can get away from you
and kids, foolishness is down in the heart of a child, but for safety
reasons, do your children stop when you tell them to stop?
Because if they don't, then maybe correction needs to
start sooner than what you've already thought. And look, I'm not going to
tell you what you have to do. What is the right age? Well, if your child
can walk, then they start to be able to run, right?
And sometimes they're faster than you think that they are.
And they can get away from you and if you already have another kid in your hand or you've got a bunch of stuff that you're carrying
they can get away from you that fast, but will they stop
when you tell them to stop? Because the Bible says the fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom, isn't it? So what is the picture
for parents when we correct our children? Aren't we supposed to be correcting them so that
they will fear us and keep our commandments too?
So if they already are afraid
to run away from you because they know what's going to happen if they do,
and obviously kids will challenge you. They'll be defiant with you.
They'll be like, you'll spank them and they'll just stand up to you sometimes.
Every kid's different. I always say that I hardly ever had
to spank Nia because she was just like an angel child, but
I did have to spank her sometimes. But like compared to Remy
I mean it was no contest. I mean Remy's gotten far more spankings than he has ever gotten.
But every kid's different.
I could just raise my voice to Nia and she would just be like
ahhh. But Remy, he was a little more defiant.
And I remember saying this like before Remy could even
I think it was before he was even born I was saying like if my kid's dumb enough
to run out on the street and get killed then that's his own fault.
The words of an unsaved idiot father.
But then when they can actually start to run then
you realize that they're going to run away from you and
if they won't listen to the sound of your voice because they're afraid
then you've got a problem on your hands. And so what is the
right age to start spanking? Well look I'm not talking about beating
them with a steel pipe or something. I'm talking about a little rod
of correction. And just a little switch can
change their attitude. Just a little spank.
The rod of reproof to the seat of correction.
The back, that pad back there that's the
biggest muscle in your body, it stings.
And so there's nothing wrong with stinging something. If it's a safety
issue don't you think it's important to make sure that your kids aren't going to run away?
Can you stop? Are you fast enough? There's some two year olds out there that can book it.
And there's some one year olds out there that
can book it. So you know how fast they are. That's why we're always
talking about making sure the gates are closed because they go right for
stuff. So look at Proverbs
we're here in Proverbs 29 and 15. Look the rod
of reproof give wisdom. And ladies you're not
it's not just dad's job to do that. It's the mom's job
to make sure to give that rod of reproof and that wisdom
the correction and the wisdom that it brings.
Look at verse 17 it says, correct thy son and he shall give thee
rest. Yea, he shall give delight unto
thy soul. When your kids are younger
that's when you have to spank more. But when they get older
then they turn normal like Remy. Now he's a good kid.
He was a spaz for a while but
he was misunderstood.
He was just a little more rambunctious than other kids were. He was always a good kid but he just
sometimes he just had to catch one.
Anyway, but
do your kids listen to you? Because that's the key. Like if you want
all seven of your kids to follow you around and listen to what you say
and obviously again kids are foolishness is bound in the heart of a child
but you know the rod of reproof is going to drive that
rebellious spirit far from them and hey some kids you have to spank more than others
and some kids you have to spank a little harder than others. But I'm not going to tell you
what age you need to spank your kid because obviously that's your house. I'm not going to go into your house
and say hey you need to have this kind of switch. It needs to be this long.
I'm not trying to meddle here. I'm just trying to say that if you wait
until they're two you've already got a problem on your hands.
It's called a monster problem. And you don't want your kids to be
little monsters. You want them to be good godly kids that listen.
But if you never spank them then they're going to
walk all over you. They're going to train you. I talked about this last week. They'll train you.
You're not training them. When they scream they know mommy's
going to pick me up and take me out of the service.
So that's just something that you have to learn to correct them with
or they're just going to do it to you until you make them stop.
I've talked about this before too. If a kid is hitting you
obviously you don't want your children to hit you. And guys we think it's funny
when our kids headbutt us or whatever. Remi used to do that to me until they bashed me in the nose
one time and it really got me good.
Then it wasn't so much fun anymore. He was like oh it's so cute.
He was like boom and hit me right in the nose.
Eyes are watering. But we don't want our kids to hit us.
How would you stop them from doing that? Well little babies
will scratch you won't they? They get them little Freddy Krueger claws
They can cut through anything with them.
But how do you stop them? You just restrain them.
I mean is a baby stronger than you? You just grab their hands
and say no. I mean that's kind of where it begins the training.
Turn to Proverbs 23 verse 13.
So the first point is that
we talk about the Proverbs 31 woman right?
Well what about the Proverbs 29 mother? The Proverbs 29 mother
it says the rod and reproof give wisdom but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
And you want to be a Proverbs 29 mother where you're making
sure that you use the rod and reproof to give their wisdom.
Look at verse 13 in Proverbs 23 it says
withhold not correction from the child. So we're not supposed to withhold it.
We do correct them. For if thou beatest him with the rod
he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod and shall
deliver his soul from hell. And look it's both parents responsibility.
I just want to encourage you to you know because
there is a shaming with spanking too to the point where
it's really not wise to spank children out in public anymore is it?
I mean did you see about that teacher like it was some teacher spanked somebody's
kid or something at school and there's no you're not supposed to do that
in that county in Florida or whatever it's like well maybe mom should have spanked them and then
the principal wouldn't have had to. But we're
trying to deliver their soul from hell and hey if you spank them with the rod
that's going to show them hey if my parents are spanking
me and showing me that there's an accountability there's an accountability to God
also. And if we're even if we're saved as
if you're saved as a child in here then that should teach you also
that God will also spank you if you're his child.
So we want to deliver those children from hell amen.
Look at Proverbs chapter 13 verse 24.
And you're saying well Pastor Thompson I don't really agree with you I think it's my
husband's job to do that and you know and I'm going to
wait until they're like five before I give them their first spanking or whatever. Well
you know you're going to have a rough road. You're going to have a rocky life
and it's going to be miserable and your kids you know when none of your kids will obey
you unless your husband's home you're going to have a miserable time at home too.
And don't you want that time to be precious and look back on that time
and just think hey you know yeah it was rough sometimes
but you know at least my children obeyed me and you know they
learned instead of them driving you crazy all the time and just
trying to give them Benadryl for their naps every night so they'll go to sleep.
What's wrong with the kids honey? Oh nothing. I'm just
kidding. I know nobody does that but I mean I know that people do
do that but hopefully nobody in here would do that.
Amen. All right so look listen so spanking is a
safety thing as well as a discipline thing. So
it's discipline first. It's correction first but it's also for safety because
if they won't listen to the sound of your voice then you're going to
be a safety issue for you. They could run out into the street and not listen
to you and it's like well I wanted to wait until they were two years old. Well what about when they're
one then they can run right out into the street. What are you going to do then?
So anyway Proverbs 13 verse 24
says he that spareth his rod hateth his son
but he that loveth him chasteneth him
times. And again that word be times means early on.
And I'm not saying like one day old. You know the doctor I think spanks
them when they come out. They used to do that. I don't know if they do anymore.
But the Bible is saying if you don't spank your children what does it say?
He that spareth his rod hateth his son.
So if you don't love your kids well don't spank them then. And it just shows that you don't
if you won't. Because if you do love them then you'll spank them and correct them.
And it says chasteneth. Chastening isn't something
that's supposed to be a pleasurable experience. And look you know if you're going to spank them
make it count. If they're not crying if they're laughing
after you do it then you didn't do it good. You didn't do it right.
If they're going ha ha ha ha. What's the point?
I mean it did nothing. So if they're not if they don't have tears rolling down their
cheeks then you didn't do it good enough. So you need to actually make it count.
You know if they just think it's a threat every time and they're really not
you know everyone is like a measured one. Well this one
doesn't really deserve it. It's just like a
so you can show everybody else in the church that you spanked your kid but they didn't really
cry or you know get upset. So
we need to make sure it counts. So chasteneth them
B times. Don't spare the rod or it shows that you hate your kid.
Period. So let's see Proverbs
or Psalm chapter 23 verse 4. Let's look at Psalm chapter 23 verse 4.
This is a very famous
Psalm. Psalm chapter 23 verse 4. And this is David
It says Yea though I
walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no
evil for thou art with me. Thy rod
and thy staff they comfort me. Isn't that a strange thing to
say like who would think that a rod would comfort
somebody because you know the rod but obviously God is leading his sheep
along and I think that that's the picture that it's showing here. But that's what a staff does
but a rod is something that you would hit somebody with right.
So when God when God corrects us it does comfort us
in a way. And it's just like when you spank your kid
you know for some reason it just restores that fellowship with them
they're sorry and like they act better. I don't know
it's just like it's just God's way of showing us that what He says is the right thing
to do. So thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
So when we got God with us you know He's going to punish
us sometimes too but that should be a comfort to us knowing that we're children
of God. And it should be a comfort to your children knowing that you love
them. They might not understand all the time you know especially when they get older
and you spank them then they start thinking on their own a little more outside the box
a little more rebellious and like you know they don't understand things that
you do but later on when they're older they will understand.
So regardless of what they say the rod bringeth
reproof. The rod is the thing that we're supposed to use for correction
and we're supposed to chase in them B times. That means early on
because when they're older you're not going to have to do it as much.
So get it out of the way early. You know I know that they have cute little innocent faces
that you're like well I just can't you know I don't believe that they would lie to me.
They'll lie. And when they lie you should spank them.
Because you know I always say that if it's one of the Ten Commandments
that you should spank them over it. But there also is
times of mercy and grace that we give our kids and that also shows the
long suffering and mercy of God. So I believe if you can train
you know there's times when you can just say OK well you know what this is a bad sin
but I'm going to you know I'm not going to beat you this time
but next time you're going to get it.
Think about John 10 27. If you want to look at it real quick you can.
But I talked about how your children need to be able to hear
your voice as you say hey stop
or don't do that. Don't touch that. You know if they're playing with matches
they're going to get burned.
But we're supposed to be leading our children along just like
God leads his children along right. It says my sheep hear
my voice and I know them and they what they follow me.
So your children should also in the same way that we follow
are supposed to follow Christ and we hear his voice we hear the voice of the
shepherd. Don't you think our children should hear our voices also.
Absolutely they should and they should follow us. So
moms I mean I know I'm belaboring this first point
but it's important because I just you know and I'm not doing it because I want
to get on to you or something. I want to help you know and so if
you're if you're struggling in this area then just find comfort in the word of
God that even if it's hard for you which it is even
hard for you do it because God said to do it.
In Proverbs 9 9 it says give instruction to a wise man and he will yet
be yet wiser teach a just man and he will increase in learning
the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the holy is
understanding for by me thy days shall be multiplied
and the years of thy life shall be increased. So just like we
would fear the Lord and that's the beginning of wisdom when our when our
children what they begin to they fear us and that's the beginning of wisdom for
them also. You see how it's it's basically kind of the same
thing it's a picture of the same thing. And so when we're newly saved when
we're babes in Christ you know it takes the milk of the word
but the first thing is that we need to learn to fear God.
And if we don't fear God then we're not going to keep his commandments and we're going to screw up
all the time we're going to get in trouble we're going to get spanked. So it's the same thing with
your kids. They should learn to fear you and you're like
you want my kids to fear me. Well when you when you walk up they shouldn't go
you know every time you know but sometimes
kids do that like if they begin spanked a lot they get some PTSD
or whatever. Hey chill.
I'm not going to hit you.
So and I'll just say this take the advice
of proven parents. Take the advice of proven parents
because my kids are all grown up and they're all still
serving the Lord and guess what I spanked them. I spanked them early
and their mom spanked them early. So it's
important for us to understand that hey if someone's a proven parent
and their kids grew up good and they're still serving the Lord then why wouldn't you take
their advice. But I'm saying this don't wait till they're two years old to start
correcting them because if you do then
you're going to have a harder time raising them. Start correcting them early
three times. All right. So anyway
and so number two tonight allow God to open
your womb. Allow God to open your womb.
Hannah allowed God to open her womb. Look at 1st Samuel chapter
1 verse 10. 1st Samuel chapter 1 verse 10
it's the story of Hannah and her son Samuel
but some people have a hard time
getting pregnant and there's for whatever reason it's just
how it is but in the Bible it's also a big theme.
A lot of godly women in the Bible had a hard time you know getting pregnant
and so but what was the thing that always seemed to work?
If you think about every time what is it? Prayer
right? Going to the Lord earnestly in prayer. Look at 1st Samuel chapter 1
verse 10 it says and she was in bitterness of her soul and prayed
this is talking about Hannah and prayed unto the Lord and wept sore.
So you know you're like well what am I going to do? How am I going to get
pregnant? Well first of all go to the Lord in prayer if you're having a
hard time getting pregnant well pray to God.
And it says she wept sore because she had somebody mocking her about it.
Isn't that funny you won't see that today because
we've got the opposite mentality. Look at verse 11 it says
and she vowed a vow and said O Lord of hosts if thou will indeed
look on the affliction of thine handmaid and remember me and not
forget thine handmaid but will give unto thine handmaid a man child
then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life
and there shall no razor come upon his head.
And so she's vowing this vow and obviously
vowing vows I mean unless you plan on keeping it you shouldn't do it right. But she planned
on keeping it and she did keep her vow. But look at verse 12
it says and it came to pass that she continued praying before the Lord
and Eli marked her mouth. So she's at the house of the Lord Eli the
pre-Caesar and he thinks that she's wasted. Look what it says in verse 13
now Hannah she spake in her heart only her lips moved but her
voice was not heard therefore Eli thought she had been drunken and Eli said
unto her how long wilt thou be drunk and put away thy wine from me
and Hannah answered and said no my Lord I am a woman
of a sorrowful spirit I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink
but have poured out my soul before the Lord. So
what are the keys here? What do you see here? How
is God going to open your womb? Well you know go to him in prayer
weep sore and you know she really was serious and she said
that she went year to year when her husband went to make his offerings
and then his other wife would mock her about it. But look at verse 16
it says count not thine handmaid for a dollar of Belial
for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto then
Eli answered and said go in peace and the God of Israel grant thee
thy petition that thou hast asked of him and she said
let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight so the woman
went her way and did eat and her countenance was
no more sad. So Eli who was the high
priest at that time you know he said hey go in peace and the God of Israel
grant thee thy petition but we have another high priest right now
don't we? And the high priest is the Lord Jesus Christ who ever
liveth to intercede for us and so he is there
to answer to take our prayers to the Father and
so we pray in Jesus name to God the Father and ask him for our petitions
and if you're having a hard time you know then
God opened up Sarah's womb after she was in her 90's so I mean
there's nothing impossible for God. So you might think it's impossible and
I'm not saying don't ever like seek medical help or something
but if they're trying to get you to do like in vitro and all this other
stuff I would say that's probably not a good route to go but
as far as like you getting pregnant I mean there's a lot of people
they have a hard time getting pregnant but it's not anything new in
the Bible it's something that you see over and over again and look what it
says in verse 19 and they rose up early in the morning early in worship before the Lord
returned and came to their house to Ramah and Elkanah
knew Hannah his wife and the Lord remembered her. See the Lord is going to remember
the prayers that you pray it's not like he's not going to hear you he is going to
hear you the Lord always hears your prayers wherefore it came to pass
when the time was come about that Hannah had conceived that she bare
his son and called his name Samuel saying because I have asked
him of the Lord. The Bible says in James you have not because you
ask not and sometimes we ask amiss
but like asking for a child that's a good thing to ask for isn't it?
And so maybe sometimes we need to go to God before we go to
medical science first. Go to God with your prayers
and you know you have not because you ask not but
there's no shame in having too many children there's no shame
so you should want to have multiple children because that's what God
wants for you but hey if you're having trouble go to the Lord in prayer
that's what Hannah did and so number three also is that
Hannah gave her children to the Lord once she had Samuel
which was granted to her because of her petition and because she prayed
for him we should raise our children for the Lord
and as a mother you know that's a
Christian that's obviously what God wants from you.
Look at verse 21 in first Samuel it says and the man Elkanah and all his house
went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice and his vow
but Hannah went not up for she said unto her husband I will not go up until the child
be weaned and then I will bring him and he may appear before the Lord
and there abide forever. And Elkanah
her husband said unto her do what seemeth thee good
tarry until thou have weaned him only the Lord
established his word so the woman abode and gave her son suck
until she weaned him. So that goes back to our previous sermon but
so she was a breast feeder also but anyway it says and when she had weaned
him she took him up with her with three bullocks and one
ephah of flour and a bottle of wine and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh
and the child was young and they slew a bullock
and brought the child to Eli and she said oh my Lord as thou
thy soul liveth my Lord I am the woman that stood by thee here
praying unto the Lord for this child I prayed and the Lord hath given
me my petition which I asked of him therefore
also have I lent him to the Lord as long as he liveth
he shall be lent to the Lord and he worshiped the Lord there.
So she prayed for
Samuel she prayed for this man child and then God gave her the
petition you know but a lot of times people
they want kids but they don't want to give them holy to the Lord.
And they are just afraid to give their children completely over to God
but look you don't want your children to become an idol in your heart
and so don't be afraid to raise them
in the ways of the Lord because look if you say you know what
I am just afraid that they are going to get hurt in this world or they are going to
get persecuted later on that is not your choice to make
that is something that is up to God it is up to you
to leave them with the Lord and here is the thing God has actually lent them
to you. God has actually lent your children to you
and she says she lent them to the Lord but honestly God
is the one that gives us children. Children are a gift of
God aren't they? Look at Malachi
chapter 2 verse 15 what is the purpose
of children why God even wants us to have children?
Obviously he wants us to enjoy them but ultimately he has
a goal in mind because if you think about things
in the long term with God what is the most important thing is that your children
would be saved right? Look at Malachi chapter 2 verse 15 it says
And did not he make one? Yet he had
the residue of the Spirit, and wherefore one,
that he might seek a godly seed. What is the purpose of people getting married?
So they can have children and they can be fruitful
and multiply and that they might seek a godly seed just like
Eve this morning remember she got Seth who replaced
Abel as the godly seed in their family.
And so it is important for us to understand that hey we are not supposed to deal
treacherously with each other as husband and wife and a man should not just
walk off and leave his wife and a wife should not
walk off and leave her husband. And while you can have children have
children. It says
Therefore take heed to your spirit and let none deal treacherously against the wife
of his youth. Look we should not be also trying to do some kind
of family planning with birth control
and things like that. Obviously God has a
way to where you can space out your children and I am sure you have heard
sermons about that before. But
look he wants a godly seed and so if you are a Christian
and everybody in here is a Christian right?
Then what is God seeking? That you raise that child as a godly seed so
they get saved and serve the Lord. So you know
Hannah says I lent him to the Lord which obviously God
honored that but in reality he lent him to her.
So she could raise a godly
seed right? So turn to Psalm 127 verse 3.
Psalm 127 verse 3.
See the Bible teaches
that children are the heritage of the Lord. Look at verse
number 3. Lo children are an heritage of the Lord
and the fruit of the womb is what? His reward.
So who are we lending? We are lending our
children to God but he actually lent them to us first because
the fruit of the womb is his reward. And what is he seeking?
A heritage. He wants them to be the heritage of the Lord
not some unsaved devil, not some unsaved person
not somebody that you never take to church or never raise in the
ways of the Lord. But look your children are going to grow up and they are going to be
your friends later. Hopefully.
I don't believe this but they are my friends first
and then my children second. No they are your children first and they are supposed to
listen to you and obey you but also they can be your
friends. And obviously I love my children and they are my friends.
But the Bible says in verse 4 as arrows are in the hand
of a mighty man so are children of the youth.
Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them. They shall not be
ashamed but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
And basically your children are like your little tribe
and they are supposed to have their parents backs.
Your children should have your back. But you have to train them that way.
You have to train them to care about the things of God. If you go home and
leave this building and you don't care about how your kids turn out then shame on you.
Because we are supposed to raise them to be
in heritage for the Lord and His reward. His reward for
giving you children is that you would bring back this godly seed to Him.
And then your children would be saved.
And so just know that the danger of walking away and quitting.
I just want to go back to my old life and all this other stuff. Which people do.
Which Christians do all the time. You know what? It ruins their kids life.
If you ruin your kids life then go ahead and just quit church. Quit going to church.
Quit raising them right.
You should be raising them to be God's heritage.
That's what He lent them to you for.
So God expects that godly seed and that's the job of a Christian
is to train the next generation.
And so Hannah gave her children to the Lord but in reality God gave her the child that she
had vowed that vow for.
And you're building an army of arrows and friends
that when the going gets tough do your kids have your back?
Or are they just going to go off and have their friends backs or
other people's backs? Because if you don't teach them
to be loyal and responsible then they won't.
But don't you want to look back on your life and say you know what my kids still serve the Lord.
Maybe they're not perfect. Maybe I wasn't perfect in everything I did.
But don't you want to look back and just say hey my kids are serving the Lord.
That's the ultimate reward for
God is that your kids are going to serve the Lord for the rest of their life.
And so they're going to be the next generation of believers.
Justin came back earlier
I think it was in the first service but
he was like I need you to take one of the little, I was to Miss Stephanie
we got our kids are like going back and forth on the piano.
That's a blessing.
It's a blessing to have your children coming back and forth on the piano or your kids
leading songs or your kids preaching or whatever they do
serving the Lord, going soul winning. That's what you want your kids out doing
with you. You don't want them to just be like I can't wait until I get out of this church.
I can't wait until I turn 18 so I leave. That's what all the other churches is happening in those places.
So why not raise up
this generation. Look I don't want this generation to go to waste
the generation of this church right here because I've watched a lot
of these kids grow up in here and I've seen them turn into soul winners
I've seen them turn, you know nobody can play the piano when we first started this church.
We had a one handed piano player that played
really soft and then she moved away.
And then it was like hey all the kids started just like
going off on the Steven Anderson's. I think that's how everybody learned
how to play it. Who learned how to play the piano that way?
Multiple people. Nia's not here but she's wicked. No I'm just kidding.
But look we train our
kids and they care to learn how to play the piano.
And now we've got multiple kids in here that can play the piano. Multiple kids
that can do multiple different things and they can win souls. That's what we want.
We want our kids to be that next generation so that when we
get older and we can't go soul winning like we could back in the day
they're the ones that are taking up the mantle and going forward.
So we need our kids to be the next
generation of believers. And look men can't have children.
So it's important.
Mothers are kind of important aren't they?
So it's a blessing to have children.
Don't dread it. Don't think I can't believe I'm pregnant again.
That's what God wants. It's a blessing. Some women
can't even have children. And then people complain
that I can't believe I'm pregnant again.
Think about the fact that it's a blessing. Because it is
a blessing to have children. The Bible teaches so clear it's a blessing.
Look at Genesis chapter 20 verse 17.
Genesis chapter 20 verse 17.
Now this is when, and we're going to learn about this when I get back to Genesis next
time, next weekend. Look at verse 17
Genesis 20. It says, So Abraham prayed unto God, and God
healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants,
and they bare children. So what happened before? Well
Abimelech was cursed by God and he was like you're a dead man if you don't give Abraham
his wife back. Remember? And so what happened?
Well look at verse 18. For the Lord had fast closed up all
the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of
Sarah, Abraham's wife. So what happened? Abraham prayed
and healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants and
they bare children. So what happened? God removed the curse
that was on Abimelech and part of that curse was that they couldn't have children.
It's a curse to not be able to have children. It's something that's not
good. It's not a blessing. You know what a blessing is? To have children.
You know what's really sad is when women can just have children
it's just like the husband looks at them wrong and they're pregnant
and then there's people that really want to have kids and they can't
have them. It's a blessing to have children so
count it as a blessing.
So let's see James chapter 1 verse 17 says
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above
and cometh down from the Father of lights with whom is no variableness
neither shadow of turning. The Bible says that every
good gift and every perfect gift is from above. The gift of
children is from God. And they're a good
gift. Children are a good gift. Amen?
They're a blessing. And without children the next generation will never
come to pass. So it's important now in this generation
and more than ever. Look we teach to have big families.
And sometimes it seems like a good idea
for some people at the time and then they kind of forget
that it was a blessing. But hey
you make your blessings what you make them.
Don't allow your blessings to become a curse because you're just not handling your children right?
I mean it's important
obviously there's steps to doing everything. There's ways of navigating everything
and hey if you're having a hard time
then change something in your routine. Change something in your life.
If you feel trapped at home all the time find out ways to not
feel trapped and not be trapped. If your children will listen to you then you
could probably take them places. But if your children won't listen to you
if they're the ones that run out on the road then you're going to have to change something
in the way you're parenting. So number four
well I want to talk about Jacob and that's Moses' mother.
And Moses taught her son what she could
while she could. Moses taught her son
what she could while she could. And here's the thing
we're never promised tomorrow are we? So
your last day with your children you don't know when that's going to be
do you? So what would you want your
last day with your children to be like?
It says Jacob she didn't get a lot of time with Moses but
the time that she did have she made the most of it didn't she?
And was Moses a great man of God? Yes he was.
Look at Exodus chapter number two.
Jacob taught her son Moses what she could.
It says in Exodus chapter two one it says
He sent a man of the house of Levi and he took a wife a daughter of
Levi and the woman conceived and bare his son and when she saw him
that he was a goodly child
she hid him three months. So for the first three months of Moses'
life he was hid but she saw that he was a goodly child.
She saw something in her child and you know what? Most people
you should look at your kids every kid you have and say this is a goodly child.
I mean it's kind of weird to not think that but you know obviously
if they're colicky or whatever it's kind of hard to
feel that blessing sometimes because they're keeping you up all night and things like that but Moses
was a goodly child. But we should look at all of our kids
like that. And you know she had faith.
She had faith that the things that she did with Moses were going to have
some sort of effect on him. Look at verse three it says
she could no longer hide him. She took
for him an ark of bull rushes and dobbed it with slime
and with pitch and put the child therein and she laid it in the flags
by the river's bank and his sister stood afar off
to wit what would be done with him. So she wanted to see what was going to
so Mary and his sister kind of followed. You know she put her son by faith
in this little ark. She couldn't hold off any longer.
And so instead of just allowing him to die she just was like here you go God.
I'm going to make sure that I'm going to put him in your hands
and by faith I'm going to reach out
by faith and do something extraordinary. And that's what
she did. It says and the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash
herself at the river and her maidens walked along the river's edge and when she
saw the ark among the flags she sent her maid to fetch it.
And when she had opened it she saw the child and behold the babe wept
and she had compassion on him and said this is one
of the Hebrew's children. Because remember the Hebrew's children were supposed to be killed
when they were born. The men children were supposed to be killed.
But it says then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter shall I go and call
to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women as she may nurse the child
for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her go and the maid
went and called the child's mother. So by faith she
put Moses into the water and God
took care of him. And he found someone that
would take care of him even though it was illegal for her to actually have her own son.
And so in hard times like this and persecution
you've got to make the most that you can with your children.
You've got to do what you can because we don't know what tomorrow is
going to be like. Look at the last two years. How much things have changed?
And do you think it's going to get
better or is it going to get worse? It's going to get worse.
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her take this child away and nurse
it for me and I will give thee thy wages. So not only did
she get Moses back but she got to nurse him
like the Bible commands right? Like the Bible
says what God wants us to do. And I will give thee thy wages.
So not only did she get to breastfeed him and take care of him but she also
got paid for doing it. So see how God blessed
the faithfulness of Jacob? It says and the woman took the child and
nursed it and the child grew. And it doesn't say
how long she had Moses after that but it says
and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son.
And she called his name Moses and she said because I drew him out of the water.
So just that short time, just the time
that Moses was breastfed as a child and once he was weaned
he was given back to Pharaoh's daughter which became
his mother. Not his real mother but his
mother anyway. But in that time
just think about what a great man Moses became. One of the greatest men in the whole
Bible. And what did she do? Breastfed him and who knows
probably talked, sang songs to him, probably
preached things to him or just you know talked about things
of faith. But we think like in a family integrated church that the
kids aren't going to get something out of it but they do get stuff out of it.
Whether they are sitting there fidgeting around or whatever they are still getting something out of the service.
Are they going to soak in a whole hour long sermon?
Maybe not but the fact that you are bringing your kids to church
you know that's good. It's good to bring the children into the church
and it was good for Moses to be able to be raised by his real
mother and breastfed and whatever else she did with him but you know
whatever else she did it was a thing of faith. Because by faith she put Moses
into the water. And God spared Moses
and then made him and rose him up to be a great man of God. Look at Hebrews chapter 11
verse 23.
So what is my point here is that we should take
and spend our days with our children and we need to
realize that it could be your last day with them.
So how are you going to spend those days with your children? You don't know how long you
have with them. And I'm not trying to scare you or anything I'm just saying
that don't you want to put everything you can
into your children while they're yours. While they're
with you and then on the day that they leave your home
that you gave everything that you could to them.
Look at Hebrews chapter 11 verse 23 it says
by faith Moses when he was born was hid three months of his
parents because they saw that he was a proper child and they were not
afraid of the King's commandment by faith. But where did that faith
come from? Where did that faith come from? Because
who's the one that hid him for three months? Who's the one that put him in the water?
Who's the one that saw he was a proper child and were not afraid
of the King's commandment? Because this king was a tyrant
and a sadist and probably a psychopath reprobate
but it says by faith Moses when he was come to years refused
to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. Wasn't he the Pharaoh's daughter?
I mean the Pharaoh's daughter's son? Yes.
But when he came to years, when it came time for him to make his decisions
he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter
choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures
of sin for a season. Esteeming the reproach of
Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt for he had
respect unto the recompense of the reward. By faith
he forsook Egypt not fearing the wrath of the king.
Where did he get that from? His parents.
His parents gave him that faith. His parents instilled that faith into him.
Because they weren't afraid of the King's commandment either and you know what? Moses wasn't either.
Even though he wasn't even raised by her
somehow she got enough into him that when he came to years
he's like you know what? I don't want this world. I don't care about being the prince of Egypt.
I don't care about all the things that I've learned and all the riches I have. You know what? I'm gonna go and I'm gonna
follow Christ. And through faith he kept the Passover
and the sprinkling of blood lest he that destroyed the
firstborn should touch them. By faith they passed through the Red Sea
as by dry land which the Egyptians are saying
to do were drowned. Where did Moses get this faith though?
It was instilled in him by his parents and you know what? His parents didn't have very long with them.
But what about you? You have your life with your
children. Are you instilling everything that you can into your children?
Are you teaching them the faith that you believe?
If today was your last day with them would you be satisfied with that?
Would you be satisfied with the way that you raise your children?
Would they grow up and say you know what? I don't want to be part of this world.
I want to be with the people of God.
Moses got his faith because his parents instilled that into him.
And it was an impact even though it was a short time it was an impact
on his life enough to where he had the faith that they had
also. Deuteronomy chapter 6
verse 4. Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 4.
See if you have a short time
They had a short time with them but think about
I think about this that I feel like my time was short with my kids.
Because your life is like a vapor.
I just remember like it was yesterday when my kids were little.
You don't have that long with them.
So do everything you can. Because you don't want to look back and think back on it and think
I wish I would have done more. Deuteronomy 6 verse 4 says
The Lord our God is one Lord and thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart with all thy soul with all thy might
and these words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart
and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children
and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house
when thou walkest by the way when thou liest down
when thou risest up. Sounds like all the time doesn't it?
When you're sitting down, when you're walking, when you're lying down
when you're rising up. It says teach them diligently unto thy children.
Why did he want that? Why did God command that for us to
teach our children? We're supposed to teach them to love God with all their heart
with all their soul, with all their might.
He wants us to teach these things to our children, all the commandments of the Lord.
Why? So that we
would raise a godly seed. So that they would have the faith
that we have. And so
what are you going to do with that little dash that you have with your kids because they grow up faster
than you think? I always say that
I always put kids at the same age as when they first started the church.
And it's kind of true. I do think that way. But I know they're older.
But still I just can't help but think of them that age. But before you know it
they're all sprouted up. Look at Zechiah. A little pee wee when he first came here.
And now he's like taller than Justin I think almost.
Are you taller than your dad? Yeah, see. You still can't take him though so don't try.
But I just think about the kids that I've seen
grow up in this church already and we haven't even been here that long. But they grow
old fast. And so enjoy the time, mothers, with your children
that you can. And enjoy the fact that you can stay home with them.
If you can stay home with your children, you've got a blessing.
And hey, dads, make sure you facilitate your wife being able to be a godly
mother to your children. So the last point I have
is I want to talk about Lois and Eunice. Let's go to 2 Timothy chapter 1
verse 5. Lois and Eunice
taught Timothy to be saved.
So obviously we want to teach everything. We want to teach the Bible
to our kids. We want to teach the commandments. But you can teach people everything
but if you never teach them how to get saved,
they need to get saved. And so hey, moms, you have a great opportunity. I mean think about
Pastor Anderson always talks about his testimony is that he was
saved when he was six years old by his mom. And look at the impact that he's had
in this world. I mean people are getting saved
by videos that he put out when he's not even preaching.
I mean the impact of one person's life
that you get saved can mean everything. And obviously
it's not up to me to get your kids saved. It's not up to anybody else in this church
to get your kids saved. The number one person that should be trying to get kids
saved is their own parents. And moms, you have a very
big advantage over everybody else to be able to get your kids saved.
Look at 2 Timothy chapter 1 verse 5.
It says, When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith
that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois,
and in thy mother Eunice, and I am persuaded that it is
in thee also. Wherefore I put thee into remembrance that thou
stir up the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on
of my hands. See, salvation is faith to faith, the Bible
says. Every person has someone that gets them saved. Everyone
has a minister by whom they believe. And so moms, I would just say
this to you. You have a big influence with your children, so use that influence
to get your kids saved. Now I'm not saying it's only up to you.
I'm just saying it's Mother's Day. I'm trying to help the moms here.
But what good is it to gain the whole
world and lose your own children's souls? What good is it
to gain the world and lose your own soul, but what good is it to gain the whole world and lose
your children's souls? You know, you can tear down your
the Bible talks about how a woman can tear down her house with her own hands.
So you don't want to be a woman that tears down
your house with your own hands. You want to be a woman that builds your house.
You want to be a woman that
builds the faith of your children. And the most important thing you can do is
get your children saved. Look at Titus chapter 2 verse 3.
See Timothy had a grandmother who was saved.
Her name was Lois. Timothy had a mother named Eunice
that was saved.
So they had an effect upon Timothy and the Apostle Paul
is talking about it here for everybody to see.
You know grandmas? I'm going to talk to grandmas for a minute because I have Grandma Sherry
back there. Grandma Sheila. Is there any other grandmas in here?
Anybody that's just listening. Grandmas can have a
profound effect on their grandchildren.
And so it's important that, hey, don't be like one of these boomer types when you
get older and it's like, ah, I raised my kids.
And then all you do is just spoil the other kids and you never spend time with them.
We need to spend time with our grandkids. But grandmas, you can have a
profound effect on your children and on your grandchildren.
And apparently Lois had an effect
of faith and then her daughter
was saved, Eunice. And then Timothy gets saved. The Bible says
again it's faith to faith. Now look at Titus 2 verse 3. It says
the aged women likewise that they be in behavior has become with holiness.
Not false accusers. Not given to much wine.
Teachers of good things. So ladies when you get older
it's a responsibility of the older
women to teach the other women
to be these types of people. This type of Christian. It says that they may
teach the young women to be sober. To love their husbands.
To love their children. And so it's important
for any lady in the church that's older can have that effect but
younger women need help sometimes.
Sometimes it is hard navigating all these children and all this responsibility
and it can be overwhelming. But a good
older lady or an aged woman that's already raised children, you can
be a good influence on other mothers in this church or other young ladies
in this church. And what do we want them to
teach them to love their husbands? Why would you have to teach someone to love their husbands?
Why would you have to teach someone to love their children? Because
sometimes it's hard. Some people just don't have that natural affection.
It's a little harder for them. But to me it just would be weird
to say well nobody has to teach me to love my kids. But some
people have to have that. Hey and how do you teach them to love them? Well
keep them in church. Keep teaching
them and helping them learn the Bible. It says to be discreet
chaste keepers at home. Not keepers
anywhere else keepers at home. Good
obedient to their own husbands that the word of God be not blasphemed.
You know what elder ladies you can help the younger ladies in this church by teaching
them these things. To love their children, to love their husbands, to be discreet
chaste keepers at home. Good obedient to their own husbands.
Hey keepers at home there's nothing wrong with that. That shouldn't be like a stigma
or like you're always talking about being a keeper at home.
Yeah because that's what God wants you to do. That's what God's
called you to do. That's the ultimate thing that you
could do. Not the Bible but have you ever heard that saying
that the hand that rocks the creator rules the world? It's kind of true.
It's kind of true because women have a big
influence. Mothers have a big influence on what their kids turn out
to be like. Obviously you need the man and the wife
the husband and the wife in the home but wives have a
special responsibility because first of all men can't have children
by themselves anyway but
the wives bear the children. Look at 1 Timothy chapter 5 verse 14.
1 Timothy chapter 5 verse 14. We only got a few more minutes
left here just hang on. I feel like Alex turned the heat on
him or something. Just kidding.
I got him training. You see how you train? No just kidding.
Anyway 1 Timothy chapter 5 verse 14 says
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear
children, guide the house, give none occasion to the
adversary to speak reproachfully.
For some are already turned aside after Satan.
I put that in there because the will of God
is that younger women marry, bear children,
guide the house, be keepers at home, right? Give none occasion to speak
to the adversary to speak reproachfully. For some are already turned
aside after Satan. So how would you turn aside after Satan? Well don't do
those things. Just say you know what I don't care about my kids. I don't love my husband.
I'm done. I just can't get along with them.
You better learn to get along with them because you know what? Your children's eternity is
on the line. Because like I said you can tear
down your house with your own hands and that's not something that you want to have
on you right? I'm not even going to go to Proverbs 31
but I believe Job is the man that we should look at
to like be what a man should be like.
Like he's the example that we should look to.
Obviously Christ is the biggest example but Job as
a regular human being was probably the best man besides John the Baptist that ever
walked the face of the planet and he's a good example for us but
for wives or women or mothers would be
Proverbs 31. But do you want to be a
Proverbs 31 wife or a Facebook Instagram woman?
Don't spend so much time on social media that you're not
even spending time with your own children. Look I'm not saying
don't ever go on social media. Everybody does that it seems like to a certain
extent but don't spend so much time on social media that you forget about
your kids. And what's the ultimate goal
here? Is that in the end when it's time for everything to be
reckoned and Jesus is given rewards
you know moms are going to get a lot of rewards. Moms are going to get
a lot of rewards when they're doing what's right and true and
good wives and the things that God has called them to do.
Great soul winners. Training children. I mean
there's a lot of great rewards that you're going to be able to enjoy. At the end of your
life don't you want the Lord to be happy and pleased with the way
you raised your children and the way you ran your home and the way you were with your husband?
I think so. Let's look at one last verse here.
Matthew chapter 25 verse 20.
In the end of our lives see God gives us a certain amount of talents.
This is like the parable of the talents.
And so don't you think your children would be like a talent?
Something you should invest in. Something you should invest in the Lord with.
Look at verse 20 it says, and so he that hath received
five talents came and brought other five talents saying Lord thou deliverest
unto me five talents behold I have gained beside them five talents
more. His Lord said unto him well done
thou good and faithful servant. Thou hast been faithful over a few things
and I will make thee ruler over many things.
Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Obviously this is a parable
but I think it's a true parable for us to think
about is that God's going to give us lots of things
that we can invest in
and our children are one of those things. And they're talents that he gives us
and he lets us borrow those children and he wants us to train them
and raise them for him. And at the end of our lives don't you want to be able
to say about your children you don't want the Lord to say about you
well done thou good and faithful servant. Well done.
And God's going to give you rewards. You know if your children all turn out
to be saved or your children you know whatever it is they do
that's an investment that God allowed you. It's talents that he gave into your hands
and he's lending those things to you. And you know what he
expects his results back
from that. Not for you to bury them into the ground. He wants you
to make investments. Make investments in your children.
And God will reward you and bless you for those
things. And at the end of your life you know what you're not going to say
man I wish I would have stayed working at Pizza Hut
man I wish I would have just stayed being a nurse
I would have been way more rewarding.
I wish I would have just stopped going to church and lived my life however I wanted to.
That's not what you're going to say. You're going to say you know what I'm so glad that I raised my kids for the Lord
I'm so glad that I invested in them
and I'm glad all my kids are saved and I'm glad that they're serving the Lord
and that their children are serving the Lord. That's what you're going to want to say
at the end of your life. So hopefully this was
a help to you. So just to recap. Mothers should also be disciplined
disciplining too. You know allow God to open your womb
by prayer. Give your children to the Lord. They're his anyway.
And it's a mother's responsibility to teach her children
and it's also a responsibility to get your kids
saved. Let's pray. Lord thank you so much for all the great mothers in this room
Lord I just pray that you bless them and Lord help them
to raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord
and Lord I pray that you just help us as husbands and dads to be a great
support to them and Lord to praise them for the great things that they do in their
life and with their children and I pray that you just help us
as families. Lord I pray that you just help the families in this church Lord because
there's so many attacks against the family. I just pray that you would bless
this church and all the families in it. In Jesus name. Amen.
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Just a closer walk with thee
Granted
Jesus is my plea
Daily walking close
to thee let it be
dear Lord let it be
Move through this world
of toil and snares
If I falter Lord who cares
Who with me
my burden shares
None but thee dear Lord none but
thee
Just a closer walk with thee
Granted Jesus is my
plea
Daily walking close to thee
Let it be dear Lord
Let it be
When my feeble life is o'er
Time for me
Will be no more
Guide me gently safely
O'er
To thy kingdom shore
To thy shore
Just a closer walk with thee
Granted Jesus is my plea
Daily walking
close to thee
Let it be dear Lord let it be
Good singing brother Robert will you dismiss us?
Thank you.