A MAGNIFICENT MOTHER

TEXT- MATTHEW 20:20-28

INTRODUCTION


THIS MORNING OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN MATTHEW 20:20-28.

IN CELEBRATION OF MOTHER’S DAY, THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, “A MAGNIFICENT MOTHER.”

IT IS INTERESTING THAT NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE ARE WE TOLD THE NAME OF THE MOTHER WE ARE GOING TO STUDY ABOUT THIS MORNING.

OUR TEXT TELLS US THAT SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THE “SONS OF ZEBEDEE” WHICH TELLS US TWO THINGS.

HER HUSBAND’S NAME WAS ZEBEDEE AND THAT HER SONS WERE JAMES AND JOHN.

EVEN THOUGH THE BIBLE DOES NOT GIVE US THE NAME OF THEIR MOTHER IT DOES DESCRIBE FOR US THOSE THINGS THAT MADE HER A MAGNIFICENT MOTHER. (PRAYER)

READ VERSE 20 AGAIN.

A MOTHER WEARS MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF HATS AND HAS TO BE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO HER CHILDREN.

A TALK SHOW WAS INTERVIEWING A MOTHER WHO SAID SHE HAD A “MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER.” SHE SAID SHE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES LIVING IN HER BODY.  SHE ALSO SAID THAT SHE HAD RAISED AN ENTIRE FAMILY.  HER CHILDREN WERE ALSO INTERVIEWED AND SAID IT DIDN’T BOTHER THEM.  THEY DID CONFESS HOWEVER THAT THE ONLY PROBLEM THEY HAD WAS FINDING THE RIGHT MOTHER’S DAY CARD THAT SAID, “FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU.”

IN OUR TEXT WE FIND FOUR CHARACTERISTICS OF A MAGNIFICENT MOTHER.

THESE CHARACTERISTICS CAN APPLY THOUGH TO EITHER A MOTHER OR FATHER.

IF I WANT TO BE A MAGNIFICENT MOTHER OR PARENT...