Happy Mothers Day

1. God protects the Priestly family. The baby was a Levite – The tribe of the priests.

2. Moses mother followed the law of Pharaoh and she puts her son in the river not knowing what would happen. He was placed in papyrus wish was the ancient paper. This is a symbol of the Word of God. Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible.

3. Not only Moses mother got her son alive but she was paid to nurse him with the money of the family who wanted to kill him first.

4. His mother and his sister Miriam who was a gifted poet and musician raised Moses.

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On this day that we honor mothers, its good for us to think about how much you really do. Being a mother is not a walk in the park…

By the time a child reaches 18, a mother has had to handle some extra 18,000 hours of child-generated work. In fact, women who never have children enjoy the equivalent of an extra three months a year in leisure time!

Moses mother was the strongest human influence in the life of Moses. He was able to fulfill his call because he had a mother that didn’t gave up on him.

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A young father was trying to explain the concept of marriage to his 4-year-old daughter. He got out their wedding album, thinking visual images would help, and explained the entire wedding service to her. When he was finished, he asked if she had any questions. She pointed to a picture of the wedding party and asked, “Daddy, is that when mommy came to work for us?

2. A GOOD MOTHER: IS A WOMAN THAT HAS PERSEVERANCE OF SPIRIT

1 Samuel 1

In verse 5 we are told that Elkanah gave a special portion of the sacrifice to Hannah because he loved her very much (even though she was barren).

In verse 9 we see that Hannah was a woman of personal devotion to God. After the meal, she went to the tabernacle to pray to the Lord. The Bible says that she was in “deep anguish, crying bitterly” as she prayed. Listen, when we pray like this God takes notice! When we get down to business with God in prayer, He will take notice!

In the intensity of her prayer she made this vow: “Lord, if You look down on my sorrow, answer my prayer and give me a son, then, I will give him back to You. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign of his dedication to the Lord his hair will never be cut.”

Verse 19 reports that as soon as they got home Hannah became pregnant and 9 months later gave birth to a boy and named him Samuel. Hallelujah our God is a God who answers prayer!

In fact, the name Samuel literally means “heard by God.”

Within the character of a godly mom you’ll find perseverance of spirit.

When external circumstances looked impossible, Hannah sought God, got hold of God, was answered by God, was touched by God – she persevered and turned the impossible into the possible and she conceived – Hallelujah!

The bond between a mother and her infant child is powerful. And so Hannah chose to stay home and nurse Samuel until he was weaned. Then she would fulfill her vow and give him to the service of the Lord for the rest of his life.

Within the character of a godly mom you’ll find a great capacity for physical and spiritual nurture. If a godly mom raised you, you are indeed blessed. You have no idea how much she nurtured you. You have no idea how much she sacrificed for you. You have no idea how much time she spent on her knees before God for you.