THE DIFFERENCE A MOTHER CAN MAKE
TEXT- 2 TIMOTHY 1:5; 3:14-15
INTRODUCTION
IN HIS BOOK, A THINKING MAN'S GUIDE TO PRO FOOTBALL, PAUL ZIMMERMAN QUOTES A PHYSICIST MHO HAD MADE AN INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY.
THIS PHYSICIST HAD PROVEN THAT WHEN A 240 POUND LINEMAN CAPABLE OF RUNNING 100 YARDS IN ELEVEN SECONDS COLLIDES WITH A 240 POUND RUNNING BACK CAPABLE OF RUNNING 100 YARDS IN TEN SECONDS, THERE IS ENOUGH POWER GENERATED TO MOVE 66,000 POUNDS - OR THIRTY-THREE TONS - ONE INCH.
UPON TAKEOFF, ASTRONAUTS EXPERIENCE APPROXIMATELY 10 G’s OF POWER WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 10 TIMES THE FORCE OF GRAVITY.
PILOTS BLACK OUT WHEN THEY APPROACH 20 G's OF POWER OR TWENTY TIMES THE FORCE OF GRAVITY.
SPORTSWEEK MAGAZINE STATED THAT "TESTS RUN ON DETROIT LION'S LINEBACKER, JOE SCHMIDT, REPORTEDLY SHOWED THAT HE HAD TO COPE WITH BLOWS EQUIVALENT TO 5,780 G’s OF POWER OR 5,780 TIMES THE FORCE OF GRAVITY.
AS HUMAN BEINGS GOD NEVER CREATED OUR BODIES TO HANDLE THE PHYSICAL IMPACT OF THAT MAGNITUDE. IN FACT THIS CAN OFTEN LEAD TO NEGATIVE AND HARMFUL AFFECTS ON OUR LIVES.
SPIRITUALLY HOWEVER, THE EXACT OPPOSITE IS TRUE.
THE GREATER OR BIGGER THE IMPACT SOMEONE HAS ON OUR LIVES SPIRITUALLY, THE BETTER.
DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN MANY WHO HAVE HAD A GREAT SPIRITUAL IMPACT ON OUR LIVES.
CHANCES ARE GOOD THAT THE ONE PERSON WHO HAS IMPACTED YOUR LIFE MORE THAN ANY OTHER WAS NOT SOMEONE WHO WORE A HELMET AND SHOULDER PADS BUT RATHER IT WAS YOUR MOTHER.
OUR TEXT THIS MORNING IS FOUND IN 2 TIMOTHY 1:15 AND OUR COMPANION TEXT IS 2 TIMOTHY 3:14,15; AND THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, "THE DIFFERENCE A MOTHER CAN MAKE."
AS WE EXAMINE OUR TEXT AND SEE THE RELATIONSHIP TIMOTHY HAD WITH HIS MOTHER I WOULD LIKE US TO FOCUS ON THREE QUALITIES THAT GREATLY INFLUENCED HIS LIFE.
IF THESE SAME THREE QUALITIES ARE FOUND IN OUR LIVES THEY CAN GREATLY INFLUENCE THOSE WE KNOW.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, IF MOTHERS WOULD STRIVE TO ATTAIN THESE QUALITIES THEY WILL GREATLY INFLUENCE THEIR CHILDREN. WHAT ARE THESE THREE QUALITIES THAT MOTHERS NEED TO PURSUE IN ORDER TO BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THEIR CHILDREN?