Focus On The Female Series

INTRODUCTION

 Today is the day that we take time to celebrate the one of the most hallowed of holidays, Mother’s Day!

 As you searched the planet for a gift for your mother or your wife, what were you thinking about? Were you looking for a gift that would really surprise her? Were you looking for something practical, like a shovel? Were you looking for something romantic? Are you one of those lucky husbands whose wife is not shy about telling what they want, or are you one of those lucky husbands whose wife will really like whatever you get them, like a new computer or a big screen television? My father-in-law thinks a deer rifle is a nice Mother’s Day gift.

One man writes concerning gifts for the wife. Although the only person a man usually shops for is his wife, the whole experience is a stressful one. Many a man has felt extreme frigid temperatures for a long period based on a poor present decision. As a veteran of these wars, I’m still not sure what to buy my wife, but I’ll pass on what not to buy her:

1. Don’t buy anything that plugs in. Anything that requires electricity is seen as utilitarian.

2. Don’t buy clothing that involves sizes. The chances are one in seven thousand that you will get her size right, and your wife will be offended the other 6999 times. "Do I look like a size 16?" she’ll say. Too small a size doesn’t cut it either: "I haven’t worn a size 8 in 20 years!"

3. Avoid all things useful. The new silver polish advertised to save hundreds of hours is not going to win you any brownie points.

4. Don’t buy anything that involves weight loss or self-improvement. She’ll perceive a six-month membership to a diet center as a suggestion that’s she’s overweight.

5. Don’t buy jewelry. The jewelry your wife wants, you can’t afford. And the jewelry you can afford, she doesn’t want.

6. And, guys, do not fall into the traditional trap of buying her frilly undergarments. Your idea of the kind your wife should wear and what she actually wears are light years apart.

7. Finally, don’t spend too much. "How do you think we’re going to afford that?" she’ll ask. But don’t spend too little. She won’t say anything, but she’ll think, "Is that all I’m worth?"

 My quest for a Mother’s day gift for my wife is easy. “What do you want Robyn?” We will go to Auburn Supply to buy her plants for the yard.

 Have you ever noticed with women, that sometimes it does not matter what gift you get her, but it is how you give it to her? When I get gifts, I do not put much thought into what kind of paper it was wrapped in. When buying gifts I do not worry too much about the paper either. I figure if I am putting out the cash for the gift that is good enough. For the woman, many times the gift-wrap and the card are more important than the gift itself.

 Have you ever noticed different men and women are?

 Our society does what it can to blur the lines between men and women, but the fact is we are different. Men and women are wired different, we have different things that motivate us and we usually look at life and relationships in a different light.

 Men and women have different needs; today I want us to look a woman’s greatest need.

 I hope today’s message will help the men today, we are sometimes a little slow to catch on

 I have a scripture that we help us in this pursuit. Ephesians 5:32 says, “This mystery is great:”

 Sigmund Freud, after thirty years of research into the feminine soul, said, “I have not yet been able to answer the great question, ‘What does a woman want?’”

 Today we are going to focus on the female and answer the question, “What do women want?” What is a woman’s greatest need?

SERMON

I. HER GREATEST NEED

A. When God created us, He created male and female.

• God did not create us as mirrors of each other; God created us to complement one another.

• In the beginning, everything was perfect, until sin entered the picture.

• Once sin entered the picture, things were corrupted, even the relationship between men and women. Let’s look at Genesis 3:16.

B. READ GENESIS 3:16

• This verse is part of the section that deals with the punishment for Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God.

• Notice that the woman’s curse is a twofold one. She will have much pain in childbirth and there is a consequence concerning her relationship with her husband.