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Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-5
Topic: Raising generations of Godly mothers
We will discuss the great topic with the following sub-headings:
Background
Unfeigned faith, Personal
application/choices
Becoming a Godly model
Background
The second epistle of Paul to Timothy was written when Paul was counting down both his life and ministry and needed to pass down information and burden to one of his proteges, Timothy.
He was
writing from a prison in the then Roman empire, In Lystra (modern day Turkey) yet
he managed to write deep things as inspired by the Holy Spirit, about the last
days 3:1-9. He gave some apostolic counsels and encouragement 3:13-15,
and he also gave a summary of his life/sufferings. Paul in prison was more
useful to heaven than most people in the palace then, as he was tuned enough to
pick up the frequencies of the Holy Spirit regarding the end of the age. How
tuned are we to God and His Spirit?
What kind of epistle is our life writing? God is watching and will reward us all. Gal. 6:9
Unfeigned
faith, Personal application/choices
Unfeigned faith 2 Tim 1:5 the ἀνυπόκριτος (anypókritos)
faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice.”
Here it means:
- real faith
- not religious acting
- faith that is inwardly true.
In contrast we sadly live in an era of make-belief, deceit and deception, with untamed inputs from social media, public image/perception, unbridled ambitions for popularity and gains, rooted more in just perception than personality. The spirit of this age. 2 Cor. 4:4, Eph 2:2,2 Tim. 3:1ff.
Timothy met at home, what do our children see us do? Not only what they hear us say.
Personal application/choices: unfeigned
faith in thee.
Timothy was born in an atmosphere of great faith but he also chose a life of unfeigned faith, are we reflecting the great values of Godliness, uprightness, hard work (industry) amongst others that we were privileged to meet at home?
Becoming
a Godly model
· Being
born again: There is no gain in this world in its entirety, you can’t
influence a system if you are like it, God made us to be the salt of the
earth and the light of the world. Matt 5:14-16.
· A life
of prayer: Susanah Wesley (world famous
mother of John and Charles Wesley (referred to as the mother of Modernism, had
10 children surviving out of 19, known for her deep devotion, she faced immense
poverty and hardship, including her husband being in debtors' prison. To find
privacy for prayer, she would sit in her chair and lift her apron over her head
to pray. Her children knew this was a "tent of meeting" and would not
interrupt her.) Never preached a sermon in church nor wrote a book but her role
can never be erased in the annals of history.
· Love for
God’s Word 2
Tim.3:15
· Full and
consistent obedience to God and His word
· Skill,
Re-skill, upskill & Hard work
Prov. 31 woman
C.A.C.G.H.B HYMN VARIOUS 13
stanzas 3&4
3.
God give us Christians homes
Homes where the mother in queenly quest
Strives to show others thy way is best
Homes where the Lord is an honoured guest
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes
4.
God give us Christian homes
Homes where the children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so
Homes where the alter fire burn and glow
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes.
Amen.
