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M3om Series
Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Part 5 of RAISING IN ARIZONA - Parenting in the Son! Be a M3om - a Mom who Matures in her faith, Models her faith and Marks her children with her faith. A faithful Mom leaves an eternal legacy!
Moses is talking here about a lifestyle! A lifestyle of faith! A lifestyle of passing on your faith from generation to generation! The commands weren’t just for them at the time, but for our children and our children’s children, and our children’s children’s children. Moses GOT THIS at a very young age under his Mom’s influence! She MATURED in her faith!
I grew up in a lifestyle of faith, in a Christian home …shared before but…
Saved @ 7 at Child Evangelism Good News Club in park by my Cub Scout Den Mother - Brothers got saved next days - Went to church with Cobbs - Bugged mom & dad to take us - Prayed my dad would get Sundays off - Jim closed Better Buy on Sundays - Mom & dad took us - They went forward and got saved - All 5 baptized together - Church and our church family became our life - Dad was a Deacon and helped LEAD the church and taught adult Sunday School (still does to this day) - Mom began teaching us in Junior Church on Sundays and Whirlybirds and Jet Cadets on Wednesday nights and Vacation Bible School in the Summers, etc. - At 12, I began teaching children - As teenager, became a Junior Deacon - Never forced me to read the Bible! - Never forced me to pray! - Always brought me to church! - MY MOM IS A GREAT WOMAN OF GOD CUZ SHE MATURES IN HER FAITH! MY DAD IS A GREAT MAN OF GOD CUZ HE MATURES IN HIS FAITH!
MOMS…MATURE IN YOUR FAITH…like Jochebed did!
How do you do that? It’s SIMPLE! It’s summed up in 3 words around here at Rock Point….KNOW, GROW & GO! Connect with God and with each other!
Do you KNOW God personally!
Having a Quiet Time?
Reading & Studying Your Bible?
Spending time Meditating on God’s Word?
Spending time in Prayer?
Worshipping God, both personally and corporately?
Are you GROWing in Biblical Community!
You in a Home Group?
Connecting with other women in your group?
Are you Going and living generously!
Serving with your time?
Leading with your talent?
Giving of your treasure?
Sharing your testimony?
Are YOU KNOWing, GROWing and Going?
That’s how YOU, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, MATURE IN YOUR FAITH!
I’m sure Jochebed, as she was rearing Moses, and I’m reading between the lines a little bit, was a woman, a mom, who was KNOWING, GROWING and GOING! Even there in Egypt, as a slave, in the most deplorable of conditions, you can be sure she was spending time with God and living life together with God’s people and she was most definitely GENEROUS in taking care of all the moms and children!
Ladies…Moms…you give out so much, especially to your children, but you’ve got to have time where you take in as well!
Are you maturing in your faith? Are you passing on to your children a growing, maturing, developing FAITH IN GOD? Do you even have a faith TO give?
A faithful mom leaves an eternal legacy by maturing in her faith!
2. Model your faith!
Jochebed…first years of Moses’ life…MODELED her faith!
How many in here have ever been to a fashion show before? Who watches the TV SHOWS: America’s Next Top Model (Dena loves it!), Project Runway, Make Me A Super Model?
