Three Moms Worth Imitating
by pastor Bill Young
Three moms worth imitating…
I. MOSES’ MOM: A WOMAN OF
A. A Godly Mother brings a
Exodus 1:15-17, 22; 2:1-8
B. God honors and
C. There is a
II. HANNAH: A WOMAN OF
A. A praying mom is a
1 Samuel 1
III. LOIS & EUNICE: WOMEN OF
A. Moms have an
2 Timothy 2:5
B. Children will get
C. Moms, don’t underestimate the
Proverbs 14:1 “A wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.”
Mother’s Day Quotes
Mark Twain: “When children turn two years old you should put them in a pickle barrel and feed them through the hole. When they turn 13 you should plug the hole.” -
Erma Bombeck: “No one ever told me that the empty nest is having the phone ring and it’s for you. It’s having leftovers in the refrigerator that you can count on. It’s having hot water in the shower, ice cubes in the freezer and gas in your car. It’s like being reborn!”
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Men are what their mothers made them.”
Napoleon Bonaparte: “The future destiny of the child is always the work of
the mother.”
John Q Adams: “All that I am, my mother made me.”
Abraham Lincoln: “All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother.”
George Washington: “I am what I am because of my mother!”
Glen Wheeler (Minister, North Park Church Of Christ, Columbus, IN) “Many a man has kept straight because his mother bent her knees.”
Abraham Lincoln “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”
D. L. Moody: “The impression that a praying mother leaves upon her children is life-long. Perhaps when you are dead and gone your prayer will be answered.”
James Baldwin (Playwright/Author) “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
Unknown: “Mothers write on the hearts of their children what the rough hand of the world cannot erase.”
John Wesley: “I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England.”
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