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Happy Mothers Day to all our mothers..

We thankful for each of you and your dedication to your homes and families…

Start out this morning by giving a shout out to all the mothers here… We thankful for you and your dedication to your homes and families…

On mothers day what we want to give

There is always mixed feelings that comes with Mothers Day… There is thankfulness for those of us that have mothers… but there is feelings of sadness…those who have lost loved ones.... Some have lost mothers..spouses and others have lost children… so mothers day comes with mixed feeling… but we also come to both remember and celebrate motherhood... that is the amazing role they have in the home and in the family...

I know as a parent you go through all the emotions of raising a family…There are some day that you feel you’ve got this --- You can keep up...You can do it… but then there other days when our energy gets depleted.... Then it so easy to start making comparisons with other parents…

What we can do is acknowledge and celebrate the role that mothers have in the role of our families.. .

acknowledge and celebrate the role that mothers have in the role of our families..

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There are some days it feels like you really not

Summary: felt needs 1. Powerless.. Sense of failing.... 2. Sense of lost joy. 3. Sense of Disconnected.

4. Sense of unanswered prayers

One of the Extraordinary mothers in Church History was Suzanna Wesley - She was the wife of a minister named Samuel Wesley and the mother of John and Charles Wesley… Well known preacher and song writer and the founders of the Methodist Church… Sussana played a huge role in here children’s formative spiritual formation.

Susanna was the mother of 19 Children - she had 19 Children in 21 years…that was quite a feat... Suzannas’ life wasn’t easy.. Her family faced poverty and sickness… and disappointment - She lost 10 of her Children… but some how, she persevered.

the mother of John and Charles Wesley… the founders of the Methodist Church.

Susanna was the mother of 19 Children - she had 19 Children in 21 years… that is something!! Suzannas’ life wasn’t easy.. Her family faced poverty and sickness… and disappointment - She lost 10 of her Children… Some how she persevered..

People who knew Suzanna marvelled at her ability to organize her home… She taught her children until the age of 5… Every afternoon she took one child into the privacy of her room and there shared them the things of the Christian faith…

John Wesley was Child number 15…

In 1701 the parsonage caught on fire…and there was one wall on the side of the stair case that served as a barricade and enabled most of the family to escape.... all were accounted for except John (Jackie)… He was missing in the burning inferno.. Fortunately a neighbor saw John standing in the window… and he was subsequently rescued with a ladder…

This was one of many miracles.... Susanna recognized that God had his hand upon John...

She often called John a “brand plucked from the fire..

Susanna recognized that God that this was a miracle and that God had his hand upon John … Susanna often quoted and called John a “brand plucked from the fire..

and everyone of the children were accounted for except John … fortunately a neighbor saw John standing in the window… and he was subsequently rescued with a ladder… Susanna recognized that God had his hand upon John --- this was a miracle… She often quoted and called John a “brand plucked from the fire..”

fortunately a neighbor saw John standing in the window… and he was subsequently rescued with a ladder… Susanna recognized that God had his hand upon John --- this was a miracle… She often quoted and called John a “brand plucked from the fire..”

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God had his hand upon John … Susanna often quoted and called John a “brand plucked from the fire..

… and called John a “brand plucked from the fire..

Susanna’s Wesley’s life was not an easy life…but her life was a fruitful life… I think that we often get these two things mixed up… we confuse a fruitful life with an easy life… Susanna had to overcome difficulties that none of us would like to face.... but because of her faith two Continents…were changed with the fire of the Holy Spirit…

Zac 3:2

but her life was a fruitful life…Because of here nuturing revival came to two Continents...

Because of here nuturing revival came to two Continents...

John Wesley was so impacted by his mothers words that on his tomb stone it reads…

Here lieth a brand plucked from the burning; a man rescued for a purpose.

As a parent you go through all the emotions of raising a family…There are some days that you feel you’ve got this --.

but then there other days when our energy simply depleted....

How did this mother impact her Children… that brought revival to two Continents...

John Wesley was so impacted by his mothers words that the Eptha on his tomb stone read… “Here lies a brand plucked from the Fire.”

I know as a parent you go through all the emotions of raising a family…There are some days that you feel you’ve got this --- You can keep up...You can do all the housework, manage the homework..… but then there other days when our energy gets depleted....

Every afternoon she took one child into the privacy of her room and there shared with the child the finer things of the Christian faith… She was a woman of prayer… In those days woman had layers of clothing.

There are those days where you start looking around at other parents and making comparisons… There are some parents that seem to do everything just right… If we are going to make comparisons we should look at a role model like Susanna Wesley.

None of us would want to go through what Susanna went through…

Her life was not an easy life…None of us would want to go through what she went through…the loss of 10 children… poverty... difficulties.... Yet Susanna was a woman full of Grace… and her life bore fruit…

Hers was not an easy life but her life was a fruitful life…

ut her life was a fruitful life… I think that we often get these two things mixed up… we confuse a fruitful life with an easy life… Susanna had to overcome difficulties that none of us would like to face.... but because of her faith two Continents…were changed with the fire of the Holy Spirit

I think that we often get these two things mixed up… we confuse a fruitfulness with Success…everything just going well… There were days that nothing went right in Susannas house...

.... but because of her faith two Continents…were changed with the fire of the Holy Spirit

It was a challenge… it took faith and prayer… and because Susanna persevered.. two Continents…were changed with the fire of the Holy Spirit

So, what was the Secret of Susanna’s Wesley fruitfulness?

In those days woman wore layers of clothing.

Susanna would often take the outer layer of her top— She would put it over her head and when did that the kids would learn you don’t bother Mama when she’s got her skirt over…

Susanna would often take the outer layer of her top— She would put it over her head and the kids would learn you don’t bother Mama when she’s got her skirt over…

John Wesley was saved from the burning fire… Suzanna saw that there was a plan and a future for John…

Susanna learned the Secret of Abiding..

Purpose.

Jesus final words to his disciples was that He would not leave them as Orphans but he would give them the Holy Spirit… He would teach them and bring back to remembrance the words he has spoken....

The Holy Spirit would be active in the believers life empower the disciples to be about His mission..

In the last few chapters of the book of John have the upper room discourse they have been called the farewell statements of Jesus… Jesus laid it out as simply as straight forward as possible…

Much of the Bible is communicating spiritual truth and spiritual truth can difficult to understand with just words.

So often taught with Metaphors to clarify the truth in the minds of his disciples…In Jesus uses the metaphor of the vineyard… to describe life in the Holy Spirit...

There are themes that come up in his writings… and there are 3 words that come up with frequency..

The statements Jesus makes are central to the Gospel.…

The author of the Gospel of John is John the beloved disciple of Jesus and he is also the author of four other books of the Bible… 123 John and Revelations..

If you look a the theme of his writing some words come up with frequency… for example the word..

John was the beloved disciple of Jesus and he is also the author of five books of the Bible…John, 123 John and Revelations..

There are themes that come up in his writings… and there are 3 words that come up with frequency..

Knowing 171 times

Father comes up 126 times

Love comes us 126 times

And this word Abiding comes up 40 times

The word Abide comes up 40 times and in our text in it comes up 11 times.

John knew the importance of spending time with the Savior… In he uses the word Abiding 11 times...

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Knowing 171 times

Love comes us 126 times

Father comes up 126 times

Love comes us 126 times

You could say that knowing the Fathes love was top of his priority..

And this word Abiding

The word Abide comes up 40 times and in our text in it comes up 11 times.

Abide or abiding comes up 40 times

God has a plan and that is that you have been chosen for purpose....

And this plan is made plain to us through the Holy Spirit.

God has a plan and that is that you have been chosen for purpose....

And this plan is made plain to us through the Holy Spirit.

This is the Divine Perspective…that when we are in Christ… it is no longer a Master servant relationship but it is an inclusive relationship…

in where Jesus tells his disciples that they are no longer servants but friends..

With friendship comes

the Greek word means “a friend at court.”

It describes that “inner circle” around a king or emperor.

(In John 3:29, it refers to the “best man”, at a wedding.)

The “friends of the king” would be close to him and know his secrets

John

servants/slaves are not expected to understand God’s will,

Jesus says those who are walking with God … are considered His friends… There is no higher honor than being called a friend of God.,

J.C. Ryle said,

“There is nobody so rich, so strong, so independent, so well off, so thoroughly provided for, as the person of whom Christ says, “This is my friend.”

Friends is a being word, not a doing word.

It speaks of relationship.

Friendship is a being word, not a doing word.

It speaks of relationship.... Saint Francis of Assisi part of the monastic contemplative tradition often prayed “my God and My all.”

He would anchor himself in the presence of God with that simple prayer… “My God and my all.