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    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 9, 2002 (message contributor)

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SHOWING RESPECT FOR MOM

Adrian Rogers, Pastor of the Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, TN, tells a story about a man, his boys, and respect for their mother:

"It seems that one of the boys lipped off to his mother one day. Now I don’t know about your home, but in the Rogers home showing disrespect to Mama was not tolerated. It wasn’t tolerated in this home either, because this boy’s father said to him, 'Son, I want to tell you something. When you lipped off to your mother, you sinned against God. God says you are to honor her, and you’re going to have to answer to Him for that.'

'Not only that, but you sinned against your mother. She went down into the valley of the shadow of death to bring you life. How ungrateful you’ve been to speak to your mother that way, and you’re going to have to answer to your mother for that.'

And then this godly dad said, 'I want to tell you something...

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