Becoming A Woman Of Influence Series

Eunice was a woman of Sincere Faith.

Eunice certainly then was a woman of prayer.

If you want your kids to be left a Godly legacy by you, you need to be praying.

You need to pray for them.

You need to pray for yourself, for the wisdom and strength and guidance to live your life in a way that exhibits godliness.

You need to be praying for your husband.

The Scriptures are filled with exhortations to pray.

Ephesians 6:18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.

Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray continually

Why should we be praying? So that we and our kids can live a life worthy of the Lord and experience the blessings that come with that.

Colossians 1:9-10 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way:

And as we live our lives in the strength of the Lord in obedience and pray, our prayers are effective.

James 5:16 The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

A woman of Influence in the Home Submits and Prays and finally

A Woman of Influence Loves!

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Love is required if you are going to leave any positive legacy to anyone.

Love is the basis of all that we do.

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Eunice loved her son Timothy enough to pass on a legacy of faith. To pass on your faith, there must be love.

Titus 2:4 train the younger women to love their husbands and children,

Wives need to love their husbands and children. Without love ladies, it will impossible for you to leave a godly legacy because God is Love (1 Timothy 4:8, 16)

Nobody will knowingly follow a person that did not love them!

Think about that, If you are hated by someone or abused, you are not saying to yourself, I want to be just like them.

Love means sacrifice.

Throughout the Scripture there are some telling portraits of motherhood in scripture. There is the picture of Moses’ mother who cared so much for Moses that she broke the law to keep him safe and teach him the faith of his people. There is the picture of the mother who appeared before King Solomon who loved her child so much that she was willing to give him up forever rather than see any harm come to him

Love means we sacrifice

God loved us so He sacrificed

We show our love and leave a legacy by sacrificing

Ladies, this is how you are going to leave a legacy.

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Submit, willingly put your husband above yourself

Pray, spend time asking for strength for yourself and wisdom for your husband and children

Love, Be willing to do anything within the will of God for your family

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When you do these things, you will leave a legacy that will last not just during your lifetime, but into your children’s lifetime just like it did with Eunice’s son Timothy, and even beyond.