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“A Mother’s Reward!” Exodus 2:1-10

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“A Mother’s Reward!”

Exodus 2:1-10

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Anna May Jarvis (a.k.a. “Mother

of Mother’s Day”)

Anna lost her mother. It was the 2nd Sunday of May, 1905. In the

months that followed, Anna became

obsessed with but one desire: to see her

mother and motherhood honored annually throughout

the world…

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Use this to introduce the

appropriateness behind honoring

our mothers today. We, like

Anna May Jarvis, resent the

commercialization of Mother’s

Day…

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Purpose:to see a mother’s reward is Godly

children

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I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER

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The Egyptian princess hands over a precious bundle of immortality to

the arms of a Jewish slave. That

slave is hugging her own child with a hungry heart…

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I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER

A. She Was God’s Employee

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Jochebed believed God to be her real employer – she believed herself to be a vessel through whom God could accomplish His will. She was God’s

employee!

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I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER

A. She Was God’s Employee

B. She Was a Willing Employee

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Ann Landers

In one of her more famous columns

she asked the following: “If you

had to do it all over again would you

have kids?”

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I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER

A. She Was God’s Employee

B. She Was a Willing Employee

C. She Was a Faithful Employee

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December 1963, South Bend, IN Studebaker closed its doors due in part to faithless

employees…

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II Jochebed Had a TASK

A. Her Task Was Specific

B. Her Task Was Significant

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Moms, never apologize for being “just a housewife” – your task goes unmatched

in significance!

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III Jochebed Had SOME WAGES

A. She Was Given the Privilege of Loving

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1 Corinthians 13:13

“…but the greatest of these is love.”

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III Jochebed Had SOME WAGES

A. She Was Given the Privilege of Loving

B. She Was Given the Privilege of Giving

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Acts 20:35

“…it is more blessed to give than to receive.”

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The most Godlike giver this fallen world knows is the faithful mother…

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III Jochebed Had SOME WAGES

A. She Was Given the Privilege of Loving

B. She Was Given the Privilege of Giving

C. She Was Given the Privilege to Make

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There is no reward like that of the successful

enterprise of motherhood…

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Conclusion and Summary:

Finally, to all mothers. Give yourselves the joy this old-time

mother had. While your children are about you, hear the very voice of God

saying to you…