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THE STEWARDSHIP OF MOTHERS
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A POSITION OF CO-EQUAL
TheLORD God fashioned into awoman the rib which He had taken
from the man, and brought her to the
man. The man said, "This is now boneof my bones, And flesh of my flesh; Sheshall be called Woman, Because she
was taken out of Man." (NASB)
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WHAT ARE SOME RESPONSIBILITIES OFA MOTHER? (Proverbs 31:10-31)
VIRTUOUSTRUSTWORTHY
INDUSTRIOUSAN EARLY RISERGENEROUS
HONOURABLESTRONGTAKES CARE OF HER HOUSEHOLD
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HOW POWERFUL IS THE INFLUENCE OF AMOTHER? (II Kings 1-3)
Now it came about in the third year ofHoshea, the son of Elah king of Israel,that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of
Judah became king. He was twenty-five years old when he became king,
and he reigned twenty-nine years inJerusalem; and his mother's name wasAbi the daughter of Zechariah. "
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In those days Hezekiah became
mortally ill. And Isaiah theprophet the son of Amoz came tohim and said to him, "Thus says
the LORD, 'Set your house inorder, for you shall die and notlive. NASB (See 15:1-4)
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WORK NOW OR SUFFER LATER
From the moment our precious little ones areplaced in our arms at birth today's society seems
to want to relegate moms to the back bench.From a government education system that makesmoms feel as if only the "professionals" can teach
our own children, to the modern feministmessage that the act of "mothering'" is quitebeneath [them], [moms] are made to believe that
there's nothing really special about [their] roleafter all. [they're]often treated as just babymaking machines whose only "mothering"function is the physical act of creating a child.
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The truth is that Mom does set the tonefor the home, and we have tremendous
influence over the moods, actions andlives of everyone who enters [their] door.
And that influence is a fact [mothers]
cannot change - no matter how much thepop culture tries. In fact, in nationalsurveys of teens, when asked who has the
greatest influence on them, the majorityof teens say, "my parents". This, eventhough many kids are now consuming up
to eight hours of media a day.
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The take-away message for moms? You haveno choice about whether or not you are an
influence - the choice is what type ofinfluence you will be. Your actions and
words will either shape your children for
good or for bad. And your silence alsospeaks volumes: when you are too busy ortoo tired to take the time to talk to your
children, the message that comes throughloud and clear is that they are notimportant.