Sermon Tone Analysis

5-13-2018

Mothers Day

Welcome to all the mothers, and happy mothers day

this is your special day to be celebrated

In thinking how I would approach mothers day I begin to think of my own mom, and my own wife then I thought lets not lol

seriously though for this mothers day I wanted us to do more of a self check as a mother

In thinking about self check most of us would run to the concordance of our Bibles, and look for the passages that talk about mothers, we would find little to none and how to be a mother

I know what you are thinking that this will be a short sermon and it may

So we start in the beginning

I want us to focus on vs 20

The whole purpose of God bringing the animals to Adam was to find a suitable helper for him, and God didn’t find one so He made one

God and Adam were looking for a suitable help and so God made one

on this mothers day as we look to a check up for the moms

you are made to be suitable helpers

You were not made to be the leaders of your houses, you were made to be suitable helpers for the leaders of your house

I do not believe that means maids, or doers of everything

But to be a suitable helper

to come along side and work together and help

Mom’s you were not created to raise the children, you were created to help raise the children

It took Adam and Eve to raise those children, not just Adam and not just Eve

To raise kids today it takes a Dad and a Mom, it does not work if there is only one doing everything, moms help raise your kids, stop doing it all by yourself if you are and if you are doing nothing then start helping

I know that was going to step on toes, but I think as believers we need to at times do a self check and this is part of the self check

Are you being a suitable helper to your husband in raising your kids?

vs 10 - you moms that adhere to scripture, and that are suitable helpers, and run after God are rare it says, and worth more than you will every know!

vs 12 - moms, you need to be doing good to your husbands, and not evil, when you are angry with your husbands or your children, do not repay evil for evil, but do good for them

vs 13-17 moms are you working to provide for your families, are you helping your husband provide for you families, do think strictly in the sense of bringing in the bacon, but are you helping your husband be a good steward of your families finances, are you protecting and preparing your family, are you willing to work to provide for your family

vs 21 mom not only should you provide for your family but are you caring for them, and moms we are grateful that you do take care of us

vs 26 mom maybe the most important part of these part of scripture, but are you teaching your family, I have heard one of the most important things as a parent you can do, and it's fitting for mothers day, but let your children and even your husband catch you reading your Bible, as we are doing a self check, think of when you read your Bible, are you able to be caught?

if you are not reading your Bible then i would suggest you start, because you and I know raising kids is not easy and you need a manual as you raise them, you also want to pass on to your children as their mother the need and desire for reading the scripture

Moms I want to encourage you, continue to seek the lord as you help and raise your families, I also want to encourage you in your marriage to your husbands

I do have to credit this next piece of advice from a sermon I heard a while back

In the previous verses we read all about the husbands, and what they are to do, moms this verse deals with what you are to be doing

We understand that husbands are to love your wives, but for some reason Paul does not say to the wives they are to love their husbands

Don't you find that interesting moms?

In the sermon the pastor goes on to answer this question

moms it is in your nature to love your husband, or it is easy for you to love them because that is in your nature

It does however to say that you are to respect your husbands, would it be because respect is difficult for you and lets face it that sometimes husbands are hard to respect, but moms, part of teaching our kids is loving and respecting your husbands

closing

moms, we celebrate you, we thank you for all the hard work you do, I want to challenge you as you read scripture to find things for moms

Moms we want to pray for you as your children and your husbands

I want challenge you moms to continue to run after the Lord, continue to seek the Lord in all you do

The band can come forward

the altar is open

maybe you need to join this local church and become a member

maybe you need to spend sometime in prayer

maybe you are here and you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus, I want you invite you to the front and we will have people down front to talk with you and pray with you