INTRODUCTION
The mother in every family is the queen of the house. The executive manager of the home. The life wire that produces the lives of the family. The feeder that sustains the life of the family.
A. WHAT QUALITIES SHOULD A MOTHER POSSESS?
1. A wise mother should love her children unselfishly, wanting what is best for the child above what is best for her.
1 Kings 3:26-27. Then the woman who really was the mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, my lord! Give her the child - please do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!” Then the king said, “Do not kill him, but give the baby to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother!”
2. A wise mother is gentle with her children.
1 Thessalonians 2:7. As apostles of Christ, we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but we were as gentle among you as a mother feeding and caring for her own children.
3. A wise mother exercises great faith for her children.
Hebrews 11:23. It was by faith that Moses’ parents hid him for three months. They saw that God had given them an unusual child, and they were not afraid of what the king might do.
4. A wise mother builds her family up rather than tearing them down with hurtful words.
B. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A MOTHER?
1). A mother should love her children.
Proverbs 4:3. I, too, was once my father’s son, tenderly loved by my mother as an only child.
2). A mother should lead her children to Jesus.
Luke 18:15. One day some parents brought their little children to Jesus so he could touch them and bless them, but the disciples told them not to bother him.
3). A mother should be a woman with faith in God, which can be a great heritage for her family.
2 Timothy 1:5. I know that you sincerely trust the Lord, for you have the faith of your mother, Eunice, and your grandmother, Lois.
4). A wise mother disciplines her children with the same loving hand the Lord shows to her.
Deuteronomy 8:5. You should realize that just as a parent disciplines a child, the LORD your God disciplines you to help you.
5). A mother teaches her children God’s ways.
Proverbs 1:8. Listen, my child, to what your father teaches you. Don’t neglect your mother’s teaching.
6). A mother comforts her children.
Isaiah 66:12-13. “Peace and prosperity will overflow Jerusalem like a river,” says the LORD. “The wealth of the nations will flow to her. Her children will be nursed at her breasts, carried in her arms, and treated with love. I will comfort you there as a child is comforted by its mother.”
7). A mother raises her children to become mature and independent young people.
Mark 10:7. This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife.
Exodus 20:12. Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God will give you.
