Mother's Day Proverbs 6:20-23 05/09/10

Mother's Day Proverbs 6:20-23 05/09/10

20My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.
22When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, the will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. 23For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of disciple are the way to life.

The teaching of a parent
What do they teach us?

My mother joined my father to teach us how to work
It is a vital like skill -
Not unemployed, but the sense of entitlement that so many have
Learning to work is a very important life skill

Story of work in the back yard in San Jose when I went off with my sweetheart,

Akin to this is to - Take responsibility
Man up
Put on your big boy clothes

2 Thessalonians 3 10For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

11We hear some among you are idle. they are not busy; they are busybodies. 12Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat. 13And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.

My mother joined my father in teaching me needed social skills.
Do not talk with your mouth full.
Do not throw your clothes of the floor.
Put your dishes in the dishwasher
Open the door for a lady.

One of the greatest skills is to love others
How to treat others

Your family is your family
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your relatives
Many siblings hurt each other for silly reasons
this person will always be your brother/sister
Never leave your wing man

Love one another
If we love those who live in out own house, do we have a witness for Christ outside of our house?

By nature we are selfish
Open your heart to a paradigm of love

John 3 34"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this all men will know that your are my disciples, if you love one another."

My mother joined my father in teaching me to attend church
I was baptized at 8 days
Church and Sunday school
Attendance pins/praying hands

Story of 3rd grade Jeff who wanted to skip church
I think regular church attendance plants the seeds of many things needed later in life.
I can promise you that when your kids are 22, 25 and 30 what they learn in church will be much more important to them than what they learn doing all of the other things that they learn other places.
When they face relationship breakup, financial stress and trouble at work, that foundation of faith is very important for them to be able to fall back on.

Hebrew10 24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another p and all the more as you see the Day approach.

Remember who you are
Do the right thing - the right thing to do is the right thing to do even if you are the only one doing it.

Galatians 6
7Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8the one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Everything is ok, don't worry
Relax, take it easy.
Some people are all balled up with worry and stress
Short term vs long term memory
Learn to see the good - Learn to celebrate life
Isn't it a shame that some people see this as a novel thought
Matthew 6 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

At the end of the day, learn to celebrate like.
It is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 3 12I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 13That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil - this is the gift of God.

On Mothers Day, let me say a few words about adoption...
Katie our cousin
Video

You are loved unconditionally
Note this week from someone who thought they had committed the unpardonable sin.

The women who sent her adopted son back to Russia.

King David...all that, yet a man after God's heart
Peter and the three denials. Yet he is forgiven and reinstated.

There is nothing that you can do to make God love you more, nothing that you can do that will make him love you less.
God so loved the world.

Romans 8 15For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship [adoption]. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." 16The spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

The teaching of godly parents is a lamp, a light, and the way of life.