NEW and IMPROVED: Happy Mother’s Day
May 11 & 12, 2024 // Pastor Mike Berry
1. GOD WANTS TO DO A
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Isaiah 43:19, ESV
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Hebrews 11:6, NIV
2. THERE IS EITHER
TO MAKE GOD THE FOUNDATION OF A FAMILY, THERE ARE THREE THINGS YOU MUST DO:
A. IN ORDER TO MAKE GOD THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR FAMILY YOU HAVE TO
B. YOU HAVE TO GET
C. YOU HAVE TO STAY
“As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you” Matthew 9:27–29, NIV
“However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—”
1 Corinthians 2:9, NIV
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Matthew 7:7–8, NIV
3. THERE IS A GOD WHO WANTS TO MAKE YOUR
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11, NIV
4. THERE IS A GOD WHO WANTS TO MAKE YOUR
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
Matthew 7:24–27, NIV
“Train up a child in the way he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6, KJV
5. THERE IS A GOD WHO WANTS TO MAKE YOUR
“‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.”
Mark 10:7–8, NIV
6. THERE IS A GOD WHO WANTS TO MAKE YOUR
“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.”
Ephesians 4:1, NIV
Action Steps: What new thing would you like to see God do in your life and in your family? What do you need to do to make God the foundation of your family? What do you think God would say are your most important responsibilities? How can God make a difference in how you influence your family and the next generation? How can you do a better job of tapping into God’s peace power and purpose?