A faithful mother raises her children for ministry.
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A faithful mother raises her children for ministry.
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Not everyone is equipped for professional ministry. Parable of the Talents. Jesus expects us to minister and serve one
another. Washing the disciples’ feet. “Each has received a gift, use it to serve one
another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace” (1 Pet 4:10).
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Acts 16:1-5
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Timothy is a disciple. Paul likely converted Timothy on the First
Missionary Journey (Acts 14:8-23). Paul often calls Timothy his son.
“This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you” (1 Tim 1:18).
If Paul converted Timothy, what role did Eunice and Lois serve?
They prepared the soil of Timothy’s heart. Timothy’s faith first dwelt in Eunice and Lois (2 Tim 1:5). Timothy had known Scripture from childhood (2 Tim 3:15).
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A faithful mother raises her children for ministry.
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How can modern mothers raise their
children for ministry?
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One: You teach Scripture to your children. “From childhood you have been acquainted with
the sacred writings” (2 Tim 3:15). How could Timothy have known Scripture from
childhood if his mother didn’t teach him?
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We know very little about Timothy’s father, except that he was a Greek. It seems quite certain that Timothy’s father was
not a believer (Acts 16:1). Timothy had not been circumcised.
A Greek would not have known the sacred writings.
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You need to be teaching Scripture to your children. I’d urge you to have a set time every day for Bible study.
“How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word” (Ps 119:9).
“Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ” (Rom 10:17).
“That’s my husband’s job!” “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in
the discipline and instruction of the Lord” (Eph 6:4). But:
Timothy’s father wasn’t going to do it. A wife is a helper for her husband.
“It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him” (Gen 2:18).
Bible class is important!
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Two: You translate Scripture to your children. Translate the living Word into your life! “I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that
dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well” (2 Tim 1:5). “Dwell” means that Scripture is filling you and
influencing you.
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Examples can be so powerful: Jehoshaphat “walked in the way of Asa his father
and did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the LORD” (2 Chron 20:32).
“What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me -- practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you” (Phil 4:9).
The example of a godly woman can impact generations to come (1 Pet 3:1-2).
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What example are you setting? Think long and hard about how to improve
your example.
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Do you need to set an
example of following
Jesus?
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