1 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:32,779 Not fair that that baby's down there in the front row next to all 2 00:00:32,779 --> 00:00:33,339 those ladies. 3 00:00:33,339 --> 00:00:36,259 They're looking at the baby and they're not paying attention 4 00:00:36,259 --> 00:00:36,979 to preaching. 5 00:00:37,219 --> 00:00:38,819 And I'm in papa mode. 6 00:00:38,819 --> 00:00:40,419 I'd be doing the same thing. 7 00:00:41,699 --> 00:00:42,899 Love my babies. 8 00:00:43,859 --> 00:00:44,979 And she's precious. 9 00:00:44,979 --> 00:00:45,619 Look at that. 10 00:00:45,779 --> 00:00:46,739 Well, y' all can't see it. 11 00:00:46,739 --> 00:00:47,499 I'll look at it for you. 12 00:00:47,499 --> 00:00:48,179 She's precious. 13 00:00:49,379 --> 00:00:50,499 She is precious. 14 00:00:51,619 --> 00:00:59,299 All right, I would like for us to read from Proverbs 31 here in 15 00:00:59,299 --> 00:01:03,499 just a moment, but before you do, I'm going to throw something 16 00:01:03,499 --> 00:01:03,979 at you. 17 00:01:04,459 --> 00:01:05,179 I love this. 18 00:01:05,339 --> 00:01:07,659 I've changed it up throughout the years, but I always like to do 19 00:01:07,659 --> 00:01:07,779 it. 20 00:01:07,779 --> 00:01:10,059 I only do it once, usually once a year. 21 00:01:10,299 --> 00:01:14,059 So as I was going through it today, I thought, oh, man, some of 22 00:01:14,059 --> 00:01:14,899 this really dates me. 23 00:01:14,899 --> 00:01:15,739 It's outdated. 24 00:01:16,299 --> 00:01:17,499 It shows my age. 25 00:01:17,739 --> 00:01:20,299 And so I had to scribble a line through some of it. 26 00:01:21,979 --> 00:01:26,519 So, you know you're a mom if you believe that. 27 00:01:27,879 --> 00:01:29,239 See, I had here Happy Meals. 28 00:01:29,239 --> 00:01:30,199 Is that still a thing? 29 00:01:30,919 --> 00:01:31,399 It is. 30 00:01:31,399 --> 00:01:32,919 Okay, you're still a mom. 31 00:01:33,079 --> 00:01:36,119 Or you, you know you're a mom if you believe that Happy Meals, 32 00:01:36,119 --> 00:01:40,839 PBJ, SpaghettiOs and Popsicles are the four major food groups. 33 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:44,719 I know this one would date me. 34 00:01:44,719 --> 00:01:48,559 You know you're a mom if you unconsciously start singing veggietale 35 00:01:48,559 --> 00:01:49,079 songs. 36 00:01:50,449 --> 00:01:51,369 Now, I changed that one. 37 00:01:51,369 --> 00:01:53,369 I actually put a line through because I think it's changed. 38 00:01:53,369 --> 00:01:57,809 My daughter walks around singing Frozen the Moana tunes to 39 00:01:57,809 --> 00:02:00,129 Bluey Paw Patrol. 40 00:02:00,609 --> 00:02:02,729 She knows all the characters to Paw Patrol. 41 00:02:02,729 --> 00:02:07,329 So you know you're a mom if those are on your daily repertoire. 42 00:02:08,369 --> 00:02:11,409 You know you're a mom if you're so desperate for adult conversation 43 00:02:11,409 --> 00:02:14,529 that you spill your guts to the telemarketer and he hangs up 44 00:02:14,529 --> 00:02:15,009 on you. 45 00:02:17,279 --> 00:02:20,039 You know you're a mom if you count the sprinkles on each kid's 46 00:02:20,039 --> 00:02:21,839 cupcake to make sure they're equal. 47 00:02:23,199 --> 00:02:26,799 You know your mom if you have time to shave only one leg at a time. 48 00:02:28,719 --> 00:02:33,759 You know your mom if you your definition of living la vida loca 49 00:02:33,759 --> 00:02:37,359 is staying awake long enough to watch the weather during the 11 50 00:02:37,359 --> 00:02:38,079 o' clock news. 51 00:02:39,279 --> 00:02:41,099 I guess it's 10 o' clock news, isn't it? 52 00:02:42,929 --> 00:02:47,329 You know your mom if your number one cleaning agent is spit. 53 00:02:51,169 --> 00:02:54,329 You know you're a mom if the two words that strike mortal fear 54 00:02:54,329 --> 00:02:57,969 into your heart are projectile and vomiting. 55 00:02:59,969 --> 00:03:01,409 Could added another one there. 56 00:03:01,409 --> 00:03:08,009 But you know you're a mom if in your bathroom there are toothpaste 57 00:03:08,009 --> 00:03:12,209 globs in the sink, toothpaste, globs in the sink, water on the floor, 58 00:03:12,799 --> 00:03:16,879 an eternally empty toilet paper dispenser, and a perpetually 59 00:03:16,879 --> 00:03:18,559 unflushed commode. 60 00:03:19,999 --> 00:03:24,159 You know you're a mom if your feet stick to the kitchen floor and 61 00:03:24,239 --> 00:03:25,039 you don't care. 62 00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:30,799 But this is more true to life. 63 00:03:31,679 --> 00:03:34,159 Your typical 18 hour day runs like this. 64 00:03:34,239 --> 00:03:35,999 18 hour day, moms. 65 00:03:36,559 --> 00:03:37,599 It runs like this. 66 00:03:38,569 --> 00:03:43,289 You're dragging out of bed, dressing, brushing, buckling, feeding 67 00:03:43,689 --> 00:03:44,889 them, not you. 68 00:03:46,009 --> 00:03:49,689 Driving, dropping, paying bills, clipping coupons, shopping, 69 00:03:49,689 --> 00:03:53,249 loading, unloading, vacuuming, dusting, sweeping, flushing, wiping, 70 00:03:53,249 --> 00:03:56,569 picking up, washing, drying, ironing, folding, changing sheets, 71 00:03:56,809 --> 00:04:00,289 changing diapers, cooking, serving, rinsing, washing, helping 72 00:04:00,289 --> 00:04:03,329 with homework, bathing, putting to bed, singing, praying 73 00:04:03,329 --> 00:04:09,719 plus coloring, swinging, playing base, playing baseball, basketball, 74 00:04:09,719 --> 00:04:13,439 football and soccer, riding bikes, pushing trucks, cuddling dolls, 75 00:04:13,919 --> 00:04:17,999 blowing bubbles, flying kites, filling plastic pools, jumping rope 76 00:04:18,479 --> 00:04:23,039 plus mowing, trimming, raking, planting, gardening and painting 77 00:04:23,359 --> 00:04:28,399 plus refereeing, fights, doctoring, cuts, scheduling appointments 78 00:04:28,399 --> 00:04:29,759 and accommodating your husband. 79 00:04:30,469 --> 00:04:34,069 You have no time to eat, sleep, drink or go to the bathroom. 80 00:04:34,549 --> 00:04:37,829 And yet somehow you manage to gain 10 pounds. 81 00:04:39,909 --> 00:04:40,709 That's a mom. 82 00:04:41,669 --> 00:04:43,269 And God bless every one of you. 83 00:04:43,829 --> 00:04:45,029 Couldn't do it without you. 84 00:04:45,429 --> 00:04:46,709 Thank God for you. 85 00:04:47,109 --> 00:04:49,549 I want to read just a few verses in Proverbs. 86 00:04:49,549 --> 00:04:52,389 Chapter 31, the beginning in verse 10. 87 00:04:52,389 --> 00:04:53,869 Let's go ahead and read several verses. 88 00:04:53,869 --> 00:04:56,629 The Word of God says, who can find a virtuous woman, for her price 89 00:04:56,629 --> 00:04:58,549 is far away, above rubies. 90 00:04:58,709 --> 00:05:02,109 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall 91 00:05:02,109 --> 00:05:03,269 have no need of spoil. 92 00:05:03,749 --> 00:05:06,949 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 93 00:05:07,269 --> 00:05:10,429 She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hand. 94 00:05:10,429 --> 00:05:12,789 She is like the merchant's ships. 95 00:05:12,789 --> 00:05:14,549 She bringeth her food from afar. 96 00:05:14,789 --> 00:05:18,269 She riseth also, while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her 97 00:05:18,269 --> 00:05:20,229 household, and a portion to her maidens. 98 00:05:20,549 --> 00:05:24,439 She considereth a field, and buyeth it with the fruit of her hand. 99 00:05:24,439 --> 00:05:25,679 She planteth a vineyard. 100 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:28,959 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 101 00:05:29,199 --> 00:05:31,599 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good. 102 00:05:33,039 --> 00:05:34,959 Her candle goeth not out by night. 103 00:05:35,199 --> 00:05:38,639 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. 104 00:05:38,719 --> 00:05:42,519 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor, yea, she reacheth forth 105 00:05:42,519 --> 00:05:43,839 her hands to the needy. 106 00:05:43,919 --> 00:05:47,759 She is not afraid of the snow, for her household, for all her household 107 00:05:47,759 --> 00:05:48,959 are clothed with scarlet. 108 00:05:49,379 --> 00:05:51,539 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry. 109 00:05:51,699 --> 00:05:54,019 Her clothing is silk and purple. 110 00:05:54,019 --> 00:05:57,259 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the 111 00:05:57,259 --> 00:05:58,179 elders of the land. 112 00:05:58,419 --> 00:06:01,659 She maketh fine linen and selleth it and delivereth girdles 113 00:06:01,659 --> 00:06:02,499 unto the merchant. 114 00:06:02,579 --> 00:06:06,099 Strength and honor are her clothing and she shall rejoice in 115 00:06:06,099 --> 00:06:06,819 time to come. 116 00:06:06,979 --> 00:06:10,459 She openeth her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law 117 00:06:10,459 --> 00:06:11,219 of kindness. 118 00:06:11,459 --> 00:06:14,379 She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the 119 00:06:14,379 --> 00:06:15,299 bread of idleness. 120 00:06:15,819 --> 00:06:17,979 Her children rise up and call her blessed. 121 00:06:18,059 --> 00:06:20,139 Her husband also, and he praiseth her. 122 00:06:20,459 --> 00:06:23,779 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them. 123 00:06:23,779 --> 00:06:27,019 All favor is deceitful and beauty is vain. 124 00:06:27,179 --> 00:06:31,179 But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. 125 00:06:31,499 --> 00:06:35,019 Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise 126 00:06:35,019 --> 00:06:35,979 her in the gates. 127 00:06:37,259 --> 00:06:41,829 This was the first passage that came to my mind When I was directed 128 00:06:41,829 --> 00:06:45,149 by Brother Weatherby to preach a Mother's Day sermon. 129 00:06:45,709 --> 00:06:48,269 When he told me I was preaching this day. 130 00:06:48,269 --> 00:06:50,629 And he said, now you're preaching a Mother's Day sermon, 131 00:06:50,629 --> 00:06:50,829 right? 132 00:06:50,829 --> 00:06:52,189 I said, is it required? 133 00:06:52,989 --> 00:06:55,349 And he said, yes, it's required. 134 00:06:55,349 --> 00:06:57,629 And he confirmed that this past week. 135 00:06:57,709 --> 00:07:01,229 So that was the first passage that came to my mind. 136 00:07:03,229 --> 00:07:05,789 You know, all the sermons that are going around the country today. 137 00:07:08,199 --> 00:07:10,319 This lady here, we call her a virtuous woman. 138 00:07:10,319 --> 00:07:11,239 A virtuous woman. 139 00:07:11,239 --> 00:07:13,159 The Bible calls her a virtuous woman. 140 00:07:13,639 --> 00:07:15,479 Her qualities are amazing. 141 00:07:16,279 --> 00:07:19,719 And every woman should inspire to incorporate her qualities. 142 00:07:20,999 --> 00:07:22,119 But here's the problem. 143 00:07:23,159 --> 00:07:26,199 The problem is, after hearing a sermon on the qualities of the 144 00:07:26,199 --> 00:07:30,679 virtuous woman many women walk out of the church depressed and discouraged 145 00:07:30,839 --> 00:07:33,479 thinking, I'll never live up to that. 146 00:07:35,989 --> 00:07:37,349 Look again at verse 10. 147 00:07:37,829 --> 00:07:39,589 And by the way, I don't think that the. 148 00:07:39,589 --> 00:07:42,789 I don't think that you ladies are unjustified in thinking that 149 00:07:43,269 --> 00:07:44,629 I'll never live up to that. 150 00:07:44,629 --> 00:07:46,349 Because look what he says in verse 10 again. 151 00:07:46,349 --> 00:07:48,109 Look there in chapter 31. 152 00:07:48,109 --> 00:07:48,669 Look at verse 10. 153 00:07:48,669 --> 00:07:49,349 What does he say? 154 00:07:49,909 --> 00:07:50,549 Who can. 155 00:07:51,029 --> 00:07:51,909 Sorry, not 10. 156 00:07:54,309 --> 00:07:56,709 No, it wasn't 10. 157 00:08:03,119 --> 00:08:03,999 I'm not going to leave here without. 158 00:08:03,999 --> 00:08:04,559 Until I find. 159 00:08:04,559 --> 00:08:07,199 I'm not leaving this portion because I just wrote down the wrong 160 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:07,599 verse. 161 00:08:07,839 --> 00:08:08,639 But it's right here. 162 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:09,359 It's right here. 163 00:08:16,399 --> 00:08:17,519 Okay, 29. 164 00:08:17,679 --> 00:08:18,999 Sorry, it's 29. 165 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:19,999 Look at verse 29. 166 00:08:20,559 --> 00:08:25,359 Many daughters have done virtuously but thou excellest them 167 00:08:26,079 --> 00:08:26,319 all. 168 00:08:27,919 --> 00:08:29,159 Thou excellest them all. 169 00:08:29,159 --> 00:08:32,479 It does say in verse 10, who can find her price is far above rubies 170 00:08:32,479 --> 00:08:34,559 but thou excellest them all. 171 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:38,239 While I don't think it's wrong for a woman to extol these virtues 172 00:08:38,239 --> 00:08:40,319 and attempt to incorporate them into her life. 173 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,559 I think it is wrong for any woman to try to compare herself and 174 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:45,439 judge herself by these standards. 175 00:08:46,959 --> 00:08:49,079 This woman excels all of them. 176 00:08:49,079 --> 00:08:53,359 I mean, she is the model for all women, all things woman, all 177 00:08:53,359 --> 00:08:55,039 things mother, all things wife. 178 00:08:56,629 --> 00:08:59,749 And it's wrong for you ladies to try to compare yourself and judge 179 00:08:59,749 --> 00:09:01,189 yourself by these standards. 180 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:05,709 And I think it's wrong for any husband to try to hold his wife and 181 00:09:05,709 --> 00:09:07,509 judge her by these standards as well. 182 00:09:09,269 --> 00:09:12,789 Is there any woman, is there any woman who is characterized by 183 00:09:12,789 --> 00:09:13,909 all these virtues? 184 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:19,749 While you might rightly think your wife is perfect, and I certainly 185 00:09:19,749 --> 00:09:22,629 see many of these virtues in my own perfect. 186 00:09:22,629 --> 00:09:23,509 To me, wife. 187 00:09:26,389 --> 00:09:30,509 I don't know of any woman who in her right mind would want to be 188 00:09:30,509 --> 00:09:33,109 compared to the Proverbs 31 woman. 189 00:09:33,989 --> 00:09:36,629 And I don't know of anyone who wants to be held to those standards 190 00:09:37,349 --> 00:09:38,389 that wouldn't be right. 191 00:09:39,349 --> 00:09:41,669 And one writer, he describes her like this. 192 00:09:41,909 --> 00:09:42,749 Dr. O.S. 193 00:09:42,749 --> 00:09:43,269 Hawkins. 194 00:09:43,269 --> 00:09:45,109 He says of the Proverbs 31 woman. 195 00:09:45,669 --> 00:09:47,949 This wonder woman gets up before dawn. 196 00:09:47,949 --> 00:09:49,069 And I mean, think about it. 197 00:09:49,069 --> 00:09:50,189 This is it in a nutshell. 198 00:09:50,189 --> 00:09:50,949 This is what he says. 199 00:09:50,949 --> 00:09:53,979 This wonder woman gets up before dawn, stays busy until. 200 00:09:54,049 --> 00:09:55,729 Until the early hours of the next morning. 201 00:09:56,689 --> 00:09:58,689 We have developed a mental image of her. 202 00:09:58,689 --> 00:10:01,969 She has the looks of a movie star, the domestic abilities of a 203 00:10:01,969 --> 00:10:07,409 master chef, the stamina of a world class athlete, the intellect 204 00:10:07,409 --> 00:10:11,409 of a professor with a Ph.D. the tenacity of a political operative, 205 00:10:11,569 --> 00:10:14,569 the wisdom of a godly missionary, the sensitivity of a 206 00:10:14,569 --> 00:10:17,969 Mother Teresa, the business sense of a Fortune 500 executive, 207 00:10:18,449 --> 00:10:22,209 the Grace of an etiquette expert, and the spirituality of the 208 00:10:22,209 --> 00:10:23,049 Virgin Mary. 209 00:10:24,169 --> 00:10:29,129 If you wanted to write down what the Proverbs 31 woman looks 210 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:30,089 like, that would be her. 211 00:10:30,969 --> 00:10:36,009 So remember, ladies and moms, the next time you read Proverbs 31 212 00:10:36,408 --> 00:10:43,489 or you hear her virtues being extolled in a sermon, don't forget 213 00:10:43,489 --> 00:10:44,249 verse 10. 214 00:10:46,819 --> 00:10:47,659 Her virtuous. 215 00:10:47,659 --> 00:10:48,419 Who can find. 216 00:10:48,899 --> 00:10:50,339 Who can find a virtuous woman? 217 00:10:50,419 --> 00:10:52,139 Her price is far above rubies. 218 00:10:52,139 --> 00:10:54,019 But don't forget verse 29 either. 219 00:10:54,739 --> 00:10:59,939 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou this lady excellest 220 00:10:59,939 --> 00:11:00,739 them all. 221 00:11:01,699 --> 00:11:02,739 Don't forget that. 222 00:11:04,339 --> 00:11:06,779 So with that being said, I want to preach to you ladies for 223 00:11:06,779 --> 00:11:09,539 just a few minutes this morning on this subject. 224 00:11:10,179 --> 00:11:12,419 The other virtuous woman. 225 00:11:13,469 --> 00:11:14,829 The other virtuous woman. 226 00:11:16,269 --> 00:11:20,669 While it is true that women are typically not listed in the ancient 227 00:11:20,669 --> 00:11:27,389 genealogies, we find Rahab and Ruth listed as one of two women, 228 00:11:28,509 --> 00:11:31,669 as the two women listed in the genealogy of our Lord Jesus Christ 229 00:11:31,669 --> 00:11:33,549 in Matthew, chapter one, verse five. 230 00:11:34,349 --> 00:11:36,989 Let's take a quick trip into the past, and I want you to look 231 00:11:36,989 --> 00:11:37,789 at the lives of. 232 00:11:38,349 --> 00:11:40,509 I don't have time to do both of these women this morning. 233 00:11:40,509 --> 00:11:42,029 I'm only going to do Rahab. 234 00:11:42,029 --> 00:11:44,349 So I want to look at her just for a minute, okay? 235 00:11:44,489 --> 00:11:47,929 So go ahead and turn with me to Joshua chapter two and six. 236 00:11:47,929 --> 00:11:50,809 So you thought I was going to preach on Proverbs 31, didn't you? 237 00:11:51,849 --> 00:11:54,329 And I know that when I said, let's turn to Proverbs 31, there 238 00:11:54,329 --> 00:11:54,729 are a bunch of. 239 00:11:54,729 --> 00:11:56,889 You went, oh, man, heard this one before. 240 00:11:57,049 --> 00:11:57,849 Good night. 241 00:11:58,409 --> 00:11:59,049 I've heard it. 242 00:11:59,049 --> 00:11:59,769 I've seen it. 243 00:12:00,328 --> 00:12:02,489 Because it is going to be preached across America today. 244 00:12:02,489 --> 00:12:04,889 I'll guarantee you the Proverbs 31, woman. 245 00:12:05,209 --> 00:12:08,849 But I want us to look at the other virtuous woman, the other virtue. 246 00:12:08,849 --> 00:12:10,129 And there's two the virtuous women. 247 00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:11,489 But we only have time for one. 248 00:12:11,489 --> 00:12:11,849 So. 249 00:12:13,539 --> 00:12:17,539 So in Joshua chapter two and Joshua chapter six, we'll bounce 250 00:12:17,539 --> 00:12:19,459 back and forth between those just a little bit. 251 00:12:20,179 --> 00:12:23,939 So a woman with a reputation far from spotless. 252 00:12:24,579 --> 00:12:26,979 Rahab was a harlot. 253 00:12:28,259 --> 00:12:31,299 I don't think anybody would have called her a virtuous woman. 254 00:12:31,779 --> 00:12:34,259 She had a reputation as a harlot. 255 00:12:35,139 --> 00:12:37,379 She was a harlot in the city of Jericho. 256 00:12:37,789 --> 00:12:41,749 But you remember in the story, she received the two spies when they 257 00:12:41,749 --> 00:12:43,789 were getting ready to come over into the promised land. 258 00:12:44,029 --> 00:12:47,189 And the two spies came over from the other side of Jordan, and 259 00:12:47,189 --> 00:12:48,589 they went over to spy out the land. 260 00:12:49,229 --> 00:12:54,909 And she received them and she displayed her faith in God when she 261 00:12:54,909 --> 00:12:56,429 believed what she'd heard. 262 00:12:56,669 --> 00:13:00,189 And then by receiving the spies as messengers of God in Joshua 263 00:13:00,189 --> 00:13:00,669 chapter 2. 264 00:13:00,669 --> 00:13:01,549 Look at verse 9. 265 00:13:01,869 --> 00:13:04,949 The Bible says, and she said unto the man, I know that the Lord 266 00:13:04,949 --> 00:13:08,589 hath given you the land and that your terror is fallen upon us 267 00:13:08,589 --> 00:13:08,749 and. 268 00:13:08,979 --> 00:13:11,699 And that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. 269 00:13:11,699 --> 00:13:13,379 For we heard how your. 270 00:13:13,619 --> 00:13:16,899 We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea 271 00:13:16,899 --> 00:13:18,939 for you when he came out of Egypt. 272 00:13:18,939 --> 00:13:21,739 And what you did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on 273 00:13:21,739 --> 00:13:26,579 the other side, Jordan, Si and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 274 00:13:26,739 --> 00:13:30,099 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts didn't melt. 275 00:13:30,339 --> 00:13:33,579 Neither did there remain any more courage in any man because of 276 00:13:33,579 --> 00:13:33,739 you. 277 00:13:33,739 --> 00:13:34,659 Listen to what she says. 278 00:13:34,659 --> 00:13:39,899 For the Lord your God, he is God, and in heaven above and in earth 279 00:13:39,899 --> 00:13:40,419 beneath. 280 00:13:40,659 --> 00:13:42,139 And not only that, look what else she did. 281 00:13:42,139 --> 00:13:43,219 She asked for mercy. 282 00:13:43,299 --> 00:13:45,539 First she believed in God, and then she asked for mercy. 283 00:13:45,539 --> 00:13:48,619 She said in verse 12, now, therefore, I pray you, swear unto 284 00:13:48,619 --> 00:13:51,859 me by the Lord, since I have showed you kindness, that you will 285 00:13:51,859 --> 00:13:55,379 also show kindness unto my father's house and give me a true 286 00:13:55,379 --> 00:13:58,939 token, and that you will save alive my father and my mother and 287 00:13:58,939 --> 00:14:02,339 my brethren and my sisters and all that they have, and deliver our 288 00:14:02,339 --> 00:14:03,299 lives from death. 289 00:14:04,319 --> 00:14:05,279 And here's the promise. 290 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:08,319 When she exercised faith and she asked for mercy, look at the 291 00:14:08,319 --> 00:14:09,759 promise she received in verse 18. 292 00:14:10,719 --> 00:14:14,319 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of 293 00:14:14,319 --> 00:14:17,839 scarlet thread in the window, which thou didst let us down by. 294 00:14:18,239 --> 00:14:20,599 And she said, according unto your words, so be it. 295 00:14:20,599 --> 00:14:23,719 So she sent them away, and they departed, and she bound the 296 00:14:23,719 --> 00:14:25,839 scarlet line in the window. 297 00:14:26,079 --> 00:14:31,119 When Rahab said yes to God, and by faith she hung the scarlet 298 00:14:31,119 --> 00:14:33,919 cord out her window, an amazing thing happened. 299 00:14:34,949 --> 00:14:39,709 God in heaven knew about the God knew about a coming cross of 300 00:14:39,709 --> 00:14:41,109 which she was unaware. 301 00:14:42,149 --> 00:14:45,669 But the blood that was to be shed upon that cross in the future 302 00:14:46,229 --> 00:14:50,629 had already been accomplished in the pages of eternity past, even 303 00:14:50,629 --> 00:14:52,229 before the foundations of the world. 304 00:14:53,029 --> 00:14:56,109 And when God looked upon her faith, and according to James, chapter 305 00:14:56,109 --> 00:14:58,789 two, verse 25, listen to what it says in the New Testament. 306 00:14:58,949 --> 00:15:04,269 Likewise, also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works when 307 00:15:04,269 --> 00:15:07,229 she had received the messengers and had sent them out 308 00:15:07,229 --> 00:15:10,869 another way that's justified in the eyes of man, justified by 309 00:15:10,869 --> 00:15:11,189 God. 310 00:15:11,189 --> 00:15:14,829 When she acted in faith and acted on that faith, she believed 311 00:15:14,829 --> 00:15:16,349 and she acted on that faith. 312 00:15:16,829 --> 00:15:20,949 She was saved by hanging the scarlet cord or the rope out the 313 00:15:20,949 --> 00:15:21,469 window. 314 00:15:21,949 --> 00:15:25,869 It was a true picture of salvation only through faith in the 315 00:15:25,869 --> 00:15:26,829 blood of Jesus Christ. 316 00:15:27,389 --> 00:15:30,109 So I want to say to you here this morning, before I go any further, 317 00:15:30,769 --> 00:15:36,129 mothers, daughters, sisters, husbands, sons, the only way you're 318 00:15:36,129 --> 00:15:38,849 going to get to heaven is through faith in Jesus Christ. 319 00:15:39,249 --> 00:15:40,609 He shed that blood. 320 00:15:40,689 --> 00:15:44,009 That scarlet cord was a picture of the blood of the Lord 321 00:15:44,009 --> 00:15:44,689 Jesus Christ. 322 00:15:44,849 --> 00:15:49,569 The only way that she could be saved from the destruction of the 323 00:15:49,569 --> 00:15:51,769 army that was about to take over Jericho. 324 00:15:51,769 --> 00:15:52,849 Destroy Jericho? 325 00:15:52,849 --> 00:15:53,249 Really? 326 00:15:53,249 --> 00:15:54,289 Not even the army. 327 00:15:54,289 --> 00:15:57,809 The God of the army is the one who destroyed Jericho. 328 00:15:58,149 --> 00:16:01,829 You know, somebody asked somebody, why do I need to be saved? 329 00:16:01,909 --> 00:16:03,229 And they said, to be saved. 330 00:16:03,229 --> 00:16:04,309 To be saved from what? 331 00:16:04,629 --> 00:16:05,509 Not from your sin. 332 00:16:05,509 --> 00:16:07,429 To be saved from the wrath of God. 333 00:16:08,469 --> 00:16:11,789 And if you're going to miss the wrath of God, which I believe 334 00:16:11,789 --> 00:16:14,349 isn't very far away, if you're going to be saved from the wrath 335 00:16:14,349 --> 00:16:17,149 of God, it's only going to happen through faith in the Lord 336 00:16:17,149 --> 00:16:17,749 Jesus Christ. 337 00:16:17,749 --> 00:16:20,709 And what he did on Calvary, he died on that Cross. 338 00:16:20,709 --> 00:16:24,809 He paid the debt for your sin that you owed an almighty God, a 339 00:16:24,809 --> 00:16:25,969 thrice holy God. 340 00:16:25,969 --> 00:16:29,289 You owed that sin debt, but he loved you so much. 341 00:16:29,289 --> 00:16:33,089 According to John 3:16, God so loved the world that he gave his 342 00:16:33,089 --> 00:16:36,689 only begotten Son that whosoever that's you should believe 343 00:16:36,689 --> 00:16:39,689 in him, should have everlasting life. 344 00:16:39,689 --> 00:16:41,129 Everlasting is how long? 345 00:16:42,249 --> 00:16:42,929 Forever, Right? 346 00:16:42,929 --> 00:16:43,609 Let's say it together. 347 00:16:43,609 --> 00:16:44,649 Everlasting is. 348 00:16:45,449 --> 00:16:46,969 It's not until you sin again. 349 00:16:47,529 --> 00:16:51,209 When Jesus died on the cross over 2,000 years ago, all your sins 350 00:16:51,209 --> 00:16:52,089 were still future. 351 00:16:52,829 --> 00:16:55,029 He didn't die for it, just until the day you got saved. 352 00:16:55,029 --> 00:16:56,509 And then the rest is up to you. 353 00:16:56,749 --> 00:16:59,949 He died on the cross and he paid the sins for your past, present 354 00:17:00,029 --> 00:17:01,309 and future sins. 355 00:17:01,629 --> 00:17:03,869 And the only way that you're going to get to heaven, the only 356 00:17:03,869 --> 00:17:06,949 way you're going to miss the destruction of this city, the destruction 357 00:17:06,949 --> 00:17:10,669 of your soul in hell, is through faith in Jesus Christ. 358 00:17:10,989 --> 00:17:11,629 That's it. 359 00:17:11,629 --> 00:17:12,349 That's the only way. 360 00:17:12,349 --> 00:17:14,429 Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life. 361 00:17:14,589 --> 00:17:17,149 No man comes to the Father but through me. 362 00:17:17,229 --> 00:17:18,269 That's gospel. 363 00:17:18,989 --> 00:17:20,629 That is Bible gospel right there. 364 00:17:20,629 --> 00:17:22,189 It's the only way you're going to get to heaven. 365 00:17:25,469 --> 00:17:30,789 So while we don't read the word virtuous attached to Rahab's 366 00:17:30,789 --> 00:17:33,229 name, we can't judge her by her past. 367 00:17:34,669 --> 00:17:37,229 You wouldn't want anybody in here to judge you by your past. 368 00:17:38,589 --> 00:17:40,429 And we can't judge her by her past. 369 00:17:40,429 --> 00:17:41,869 And thank God that he didn't. 370 00:17:43,309 --> 00:17:46,229 There are many women who still allow, I would say, even in this 371 00:17:46,229 --> 00:17:48,909 room, there are some of you ladies that are allowing your past 372 00:17:49,559 --> 00:17:52,119 to haunt you when you shouldn't. 373 00:17:52,759 --> 00:17:54,639 I quoted a verse when I first walked up here. 374 00:17:54,639 --> 00:17:56,679 It was actually one of the sermons I was going to preach. 375 00:17:56,839 --> 00:18:01,039 Therefore, there is no condemnation to them who are in Christ 376 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:01,479 Jesus. 377 00:18:01,479 --> 00:18:04,639 If God doesn't hold it against you, why are you holding it against 378 00:18:04,639 --> 00:18:05,159 yourself? 379 00:18:05,239 --> 00:18:08,039 If God doesn't judge you for the wrong you've done, the mistakes 380 00:18:08,039 --> 00:18:10,399 you've made, the things we've done, Listen as mothers. 381 00:18:10,399 --> 00:18:10,799 Oh my. 382 00:18:10,799 --> 00:18:11,359 Listen to this. 383 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:14,519 Here's part of a sermon I was going to preach, a different one, 384 00:18:14,519 --> 00:18:16,039 and I brought some of it with me. 385 00:18:16,039 --> 00:18:17,559 So I'm going to go ahead and read it to you. 386 00:18:18,739 --> 00:18:19,699 See, it's not that one. 387 00:18:23,859 --> 00:18:24,419 All right. 388 00:18:27,379 --> 00:18:28,339 Many mothers. 389 00:18:28,419 --> 00:18:31,819 And I've counseled so many people and I've talked to so many 390 00:18:31,819 --> 00:18:38,379 people and I've seen so many mothers and women who are just beat 391 00:18:38,379 --> 00:18:39,459 up by their own past. 392 00:18:39,939 --> 00:18:41,619 They beat themselves up by their past. 393 00:18:41,779 --> 00:18:44,299 But you're not condemned by your personal sins, if you remember 394 00:18:44,299 --> 00:18:44,819 that verse. 395 00:18:44,819 --> 00:18:47,139 Therefore there is no condemnation to them which are in 396 00:18:47,139 --> 00:18:47,739 Christ Jesus. 397 00:18:47,739 --> 00:18:50,519 You're not condemned by your personal sins, not condemned by a 398 00:18:50,519 --> 00:18:51,199 messy home. 399 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,399 You're not condemned by your lack of desire to homeschool. 400 00:18:54,479 --> 00:18:57,319 You're not condemned by the knowledge of how easy it is for you 401 00:18:57,319 --> 00:18:59,599 to love one child more than another. 402 00:19:00,239 --> 00:19:02,239 That's because he needs more love, that's all. 403 00:19:02,239 --> 00:19:03,519 It doesn't mean you don't love. 404 00:19:03,919 --> 00:19:06,999 It means you have to love one or pay more attention to give more 405 00:19:06,999 --> 00:19:10,239 attention to one than you do the other because he needs it or 406 00:19:10,239 --> 00:19:11,039 she needs it. 407 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,039 You're not condemned by your miscarriages. 408 00:19:13,439 --> 00:19:16,399 You're not condemned by your lack of desire to have more kids. 409 00:19:16,399 --> 00:19:19,159 You're not condemned by your inability to cook, at least not by 410 00:19:19,159 --> 00:19:19,519 God. 411 00:19:21,209 --> 00:19:23,129 You're not condemned by being divorced. 412 00:19:23,609 --> 00:19:26,609 You're not condemned by your desire to be alone, away from the 413 00:19:26,609 --> 00:19:27,609 kids for a while. 414 00:19:29,049 --> 00:19:32,209 You're not condemned by your body, which may not be what it once 415 00:19:32,209 --> 00:19:32,569 was. 416 00:19:33,129 --> 00:19:36,409 You're not condemned by your perceived failures as a mother. 417 00:19:36,649 --> 00:19:38,729 You're not condemned by your rebellious children. 418 00:19:38,729 --> 00:19:41,569 You're not condemned by the frustration of having to scrape Mac 419 00:19:41,569 --> 00:19:43,929 and cheese off the kitchen floor again. 420 00:19:44,969 --> 00:19:47,889 You're not condemned by all the fears and tears which leave you 421 00:19:47,889 --> 00:19:49,769 depressed and discouraged and feeling alone. 422 00:19:50,229 --> 00:19:52,909 You're not condemned by not being able to throw the party of 423 00:19:52,909 --> 00:19:54,389 the century for your kids. 424 00:19:55,109 --> 00:19:58,349 You're not condemned for not being able to send your kid to school 425 00:19:58,349 --> 00:20:03,829 with lunches that are bought only from Whole Foods or sprouts. 426 00:20:05,189 --> 00:20:08,589 You're not condemned by your need and desire for a vacation. 427 00:20:08,589 --> 00:20:11,269 You're not condemned for not living up to the standards of your 428 00:20:11,269 --> 00:20:13,349 mother or your mother in law. 429 00:20:14,549 --> 00:20:17,869 You're not condemned by the stares of those who have no kids. 430 00:20:17,869 --> 00:20:22,009 When your kids erupt into volcanic screams in public places 431 00:20:23,929 --> 00:20:26,929 and mothers, you may feel, although you may feel condemned if 432 00:20:26,929 --> 00:20:28,809 you are in Christ, you are not condemned. 433 00:20:29,209 --> 00:20:31,369 You are not condemned if you are in Christ. 434 00:20:31,849 --> 00:20:34,729 God loves you and that's all that should matter. 435 00:20:35,449 --> 00:20:36,089 Amen. 436 00:20:36,249 --> 00:20:37,049 He loves you. 437 00:20:37,049 --> 00:20:38,209 He loves what you're doing. 438 00:20:38,209 --> 00:20:40,769 He loves the fact that you have children he's given to you for 439 00:20:40,769 --> 00:20:45,369 a little while to try to raise up to be what I'm trying. 440 00:20:46,329 --> 00:20:48,349 You know, I always want to see. 441 00:20:50,029 --> 00:20:51,389 It always irritated me. 442 00:20:51,389 --> 00:20:52,229 It always irritated. 443 00:20:52,229 --> 00:20:54,509 And I'll get off on a hobby horse if I'm not careful. 444 00:20:54,509 --> 00:20:56,589 So I'm going to keep this rabbit trail short. 445 00:20:58,109 --> 00:21:06,869 It always irritated me when someone would say, what Kind of raise 446 00:21:06,869 --> 00:21:07,789 your kids to be. 447 00:21:12,349 --> 00:21:17,709 Adults or just trying to raise my kids to be six when they're five. 448 00:21:20,109 --> 00:21:23,629 You know, many times I have to tell my people, someone would look 449 00:21:23,629 --> 00:21:25,309 at them like that, and I'd notice that they were looking at 450 00:21:25,309 --> 00:21:27,149 them, and I'd say, yeah, quit acting like you're eight. 451 00:21:27,549 --> 00:21:28,509 Because they were eight. 452 00:21:30,749 --> 00:21:31,869 Quit acting like you're eight. 453 00:21:32,829 --> 00:21:33,469 You know what? 454 00:21:33,469 --> 00:21:34,589 Kids are going to be kids. 455 00:21:35,149 --> 00:21:39,349 We had a little boy in our church in Corpus Christi, and the 456 00:21:39,349 --> 00:21:40,509 fact is, he was autistic. 457 00:21:40,509 --> 00:21:42,469 He was extremely autistic. 458 00:21:42,469 --> 00:21:45,109 And at this point, he started finally coming around just a little 459 00:21:45,109 --> 00:21:48,069 bit, and he started running around the church after church was 460 00:21:48,069 --> 00:21:48,229 over. 461 00:21:48,229 --> 00:21:49,869 He was running around and he was loud. 462 00:21:49,869 --> 00:21:51,389 Oh, my goodness, he was so loud. 463 00:21:51,629 --> 00:21:54,629 And his dad was so worried that everybody else was going to 464 00:21:54,629 --> 00:21:56,669 judge him and he would make him stop. 465 00:21:56,669 --> 00:21:57,069 And. 466 00:21:57,149 --> 00:21:58,509 And Jojo didn't want to stop. 467 00:21:58,509 --> 00:21:59,669 He wanted to keep on running. 468 00:21:59,669 --> 00:22:04,549 And finally I had to tell him, I said, rapha, just hold it. 469 00:22:04,549 --> 00:22:05,029 It's okay. 470 00:22:05,029 --> 00:22:05,589 Let him run. 471 00:22:05,589 --> 00:22:06,629 You don't have to stop him. 472 00:22:06,629 --> 00:22:07,109 Let him run. 473 00:22:07,109 --> 00:22:07,869 Let him have fun. 474 00:22:07,869 --> 00:22:08,989 Let him be a little boy. 475 00:22:09,069 --> 00:22:10,909 Even if it's inside, he's not going to hurt anything. 476 00:22:11,509 --> 00:22:14,589 And, you know, that made all the difference, number one, to those 477 00:22:14,589 --> 00:22:15,109 parents. 478 00:22:15,749 --> 00:22:17,149 And then secondly to Rafa. 479 00:22:17,149 --> 00:22:17,669 Oh, my goodness. 480 00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:20,789 I mean, to Jojo, that little boy who was probably five years old 481 00:22:20,789 --> 00:22:22,029 at the time when they first came. 482 00:22:22,029 --> 00:22:24,469 Five years old, but extremely autistic. 483 00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:25,429 Now, guess what? 484 00:22:25,429 --> 00:22:27,028 And I mean, extremely autistic. 485 00:22:27,028 --> 00:22:27,268 I know. 486 00:22:27,268 --> 00:22:27,589 I'm getting. 487 00:22:27,589 --> 00:22:28,829 This is a separate rapid trail. 488 00:22:28,829 --> 00:22:29,589 So this is different. 489 00:22:30,469 --> 00:22:32,789 He was extremely, extremely autistic. 490 00:22:32,789 --> 00:22:33,389 And I'm telling you. 491 00:22:33,389 --> 00:22:33,989 How old is he now? 492 00:22:33,989 --> 00:22:34,829 Fifteen, something like that. 493 00:22:34,829 --> 00:22:36,149 He's 15 years old now. 494 00:22:36,309 --> 00:22:38,549 He is an assistant instructor in karate. 495 00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:42,819 I'm telling you, if you just, you know, they said this, I'm not 496 00:22:42,819 --> 00:22:43,579 going to medicate him. 497 00:22:43,579 --> 00:22:43,979 I'm not. 498 00:22:43,979 --> 00:22:44,859 I'm just going to love him. 499 00:22:44,859 --> 00:22:45,779 I'm going to trust God. 500 00:22:45,779 --> 00:22:47,139 And they did, and they just. 501 00:22:47,219 --> 00:22:48,339 He just developed. 502 00:22:48,339 --> 00:22:52,179 God did an amazing thing in his life, and we didn't judge her, 503 00:22:52,419 --> 00:22:53,619 and we didn't judge him. 504 00:22:53,619 --> 00:22:55,539 And I'm telling you, don't let people judge you. 505 00:22:55,779 --> 00:22:56,419 Don't let people. 506 00:22:56,419 --> 00:23:00,019 You do the best you can with the children that God gave you, raise 507 00:23:00,019 --> 00:23:03,179 them according to this book, and you may have to bust them on 508 00:23:03,179 --> 00:23:06,099 one end, kiss them on the other, but they'll turn out all right. 509 00:23:06,679 --> 00:23:07,799 They'll turn out all right. 510 00:23:07,799 --> 00:23:08,359 Amen. 511 00:23:08,519 --> 00:23:10,199 I don't know how I got off on all that. 512 00:23:11,959 --> 00:23:14,199 Oh, I just Wanted you to make sure that you're. 513 00:23:14,199 --> 00:23:15,879 Don't judge yourself, okay? 514 00:23:16,519 --> 00:23:18,279 Don't judge yourself too harshly. 515 00:23:18,679 --> 00:23:23,839 So there's a lot of women who still allow their past to haunt them 516 00:23:23,839 --> 00:23:24,599 when they shouldn't. 517 00:23:25,079 --> 00:23:28,759 And if they place their faith in Jesus Christ, all that is under 518 00:23:28,759 --> 00:23:29,319 the blood. 519 00:23:29,399 --> 00:23:30,679 So let that be in the past. 520 00:23:31,319 --> 00:23:33,599 You know, any mistakes you made in your life, that's in the 521 00:23:33,599 --> 00:23:35,359 past, forget about it. 522 00:23:35,599 --> 00:23:39,599 I'm going to judge you based on how we interact today. 523 00:23:39,759 --> 00:23:40,399 Amen. 524 00:23:41,279 --> 00:23:43,479 So don't cuss in front of me. 525 00:23:43,479 --> 00:23:45,039 Anyway, I won't judge you. 526 00:23:46,799 --> 00:23:48,599 Don't cuss me out and I won't judge you. 527 00:23:48,599 --> 00:23:51,439 You want to cuss somebody else out, I might even say amen. 528 00:23:52,079 --> 00:23:53,599 Depends on who you're cussing out. 529 00:23:55,759 --> 00:23:58,919 But I'm glad that God forgives us of our past and he tosses our 530 00:23:58,919 --> 00:24:00,399 sins into the sea of forgetfulness. 531 00:24:00,399 --> 00:24:04,319 He says he removes them from himself as far as the east is from 532 00:24:04,319 --> 00:24:04,719 the west. 533 00:24:04,719 --> 00:24:06,679 And he remembers them no more. 534 00:24:07,239 --> 00:24:07,799 Amen. 535 00:24:07,799 --> 00:24:08,599 Sins are gone. 536 00:24:08,999 --> 00:24:09,559 Gone. 537 00:24:09,799 --> 00:24:11,159 If God can forgive you. 538 00:24:11,159 --> 00:24:13,759 If he can forgive me, then I've got to forgive myself. 539 00:24:13,759 --> 00:24:14,479 Oh, my goodness. 540 00:24:14,479 --> 00:24:17,159 I've done so much stupid stuff in the past. 541 00:24:17,559 --> 00:24:18,279 I wouldn't. 542 00:24:18,599 --> 00:24:19,559 My wife wouldn't. 543 00:24:19,799 --> 00:24:22,239 I wouldn't be fit to live with if I constantly brought up. 544 00:24:22,239 --> 00:24:25,319 And if she brought up things that I did in the past wouldn't be 545 00:24:25,319 --> 00:24:25,959 fit to live with. 546 00:24:26,039 --> 00:24:28,599 I'm so grateful that God doesn't hold those against me. 547 00:24:29,679 --> 00:24:33,039 So what is important now is that is your present and your future. 548 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:37,119 Paul said in Philippians 13, in Philippians he said in verse 13, 549 00:24:37,279 --> 00:24:38,639 this one thing I do. 550 00:24:38,959 --> 00:24:40,639 Forgetting those things which are behind. 551 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:42,799 Forget the things which are behind. 552 00:24:42,799 --> 00:24:45,119 Mom, maybe you've made mistakes with your kids up to this 553 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:45,439 point. 554 00:24:46,159 --> 00:24:50,039 I want the parents in this room who have never made a mistake 555 00:24:50,039 --> 00:24:53,999 with their kids proudly and boldly stand up and raise your hand. 556 00:24:56,889 --> 00:24:57,449 Not one. 557 00:24:59,049 --> 00:24:59,649 Not one. 558 00:24:59,649 --> 00:25:02,089 We've all made mistakes with our children. 559 00:25:02,729 --> 00:25:03,689 All of us have. 560 00:25:04,329 --> 00:25:06,409 Can I get a big round Amen on that? 561 00:25:06,889 --> 00:25:09,049 All of us have made mistakes with our kids. 562 00:25:09,689 --> 00:25:12,649 And, yeah, I wish I could do things over, but I can't. 563 00:25:12,969 --> 00:25:13,769 I can't. 564 00:25:14,089 --> 00:25:15,689 Because that's just being human. 565 00:25:16,009 --> 00:25:16,969 Made mistakes. 566 00:25:17,609 --> 00:25:18,729 But don't let that. 567 00:25:19,529 --> 00:25:25,099 Don't let that keep you from living in the present and reaching 568 00:25:25,099 --> 00:25:25,739 for the future. 569 00:25:26,219 --> 00:25:29,579 He said, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling 570 00:25:29,579 --> 00:25:31,739 of God in Christ Jesus. 571 00:25:32,299 --> 00:25:35,739 God used Rahab in a wonderful and gracious way. 572 00:25:35,979 --> 00:25:38,979 And he can and he will use you, too, if you'll let go of the 573 00:25:38,979 --> 00:25:43,579 past, worship him and serve him in the present and dedicate your 574 00:25:43,579 --> 00:25:44,939 future to his glory. 575 00:25:45,739 --> 00:25:47,579 Dedicate your future to his glory. 576 00:25:48,009 --> 00:25:49,129 Moms, can I tell you this? 577 00:25:49,769 --> 00:25:52,929 And I say it to dads, too, but I will say this. 578 00:25:52,929 --> 00:25:57,129 Moms often, in most cases are. 579 00:25:57,449 --> 00:25:59,449 They set the spiritual temperature in the home. 580 00:26:00,009 --> 00:26:03,769 In most cases, Moms, do you know it's true. 581 00:26:04,089 --> 00:26:07,449 If Mom's upset, we're all walking on eggshells. 582 00:26:08,249 --> 00:26:15,799 If Dad's upset, nobody. 583 00:26:15,799 --> 00:26:16,719 It's no big deal. 584 00:26:16,719 --> 00:26:17,439 It's dad. 585 00:26:17,679 --> 00:26:19,199 Just don't get mom upset. 586 00:26:19,839 --> 00:26:21,599 So mom, we know it's. 587 00:26:21,599 --> 00:26:25,039 It's for the most part, it's true that the wife carries. 588 00:26:25,599 --> 00:26:26,799 I mean, think about this. 589 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,679 Adam and Eve are walking through the garden, fellowshipping 590 00:26:30,679 --> 00:26:31,279 with God. 591 00:26:32,319 --> 00:26:39,529 Who had the most influence over Adam, God or Eve? 592 00:26:40,329 --> 00:26:41,209 Eve did. 593 00:26:41,929 --> 00:26:55,689 And so wives, moms, Your kids are going to spiritually go the direction 594 00:26:55,689 --> 00:26:59,449 that you set, the example you set the direction which they go spiritually. 595 00:27:00,409 --> 00:27:01,289 You really do. 596 00:27:02,329 --> 00:27:03,129 You really do. 597 00:27:03,129 --> 00:27:07,589 You have a huge responsibility to be the spiritual, not leader, 598 00:27:07,749 --> 00:27:10,709 but thermos. 599 00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:13,109 Thermostat in your home. 600 00:27:14,549 --> 00:27:24,389 And so dedicate your future to the glory of God in a little bit. 601 00:27:26,149 --> 00:27:26,869 Well, let me. 602 00:27:28,149 --> 00:27:30,869 I won't use them as an example, but I will say this. 603 00:27:30,869 --> 00:27:33,349 How many times have you come to a baby dedication service? 604 00:27:33,769 --> 00:27:34,009 Right. 605 00:27:34,009 --> 00:27:34,569 A bunch. 606 00:27:34,569 --> 00:27:34,809 Right? 607 00:27:34,809 --> 00:27:35,409 How many of you? 608 00:27:35,409 --> 00:27:37,609 How many have been to a baby dedication service? 609 00:27:38,169 --> 00:27:38,529 All right. 610 00:27:38,529 --> 00:27:39,049 A bunch. 611 00:27:39,369 --> 00:27:41,809 One of the things the pastor says over and over, and I've said 612 00:27:41,809 --> 00:27:44,249 over and over, probably every pastor in here has said over and 613 00:27:44,249 --> 00:27:48,129 over, is that you can bring this child to dedicate to the Lord. 614 00:27:48,129 --> 00:27:52,009 But truly, what you're doing, what you're saying is that you're 615 00:27:52,009 --> 00:27:54,649 going to dedicate yourself to the Lord. 616 00:27:55,049 --> 00:27:59,449 It's up to you to set that child's feet on the right path. 617 00:28:00,499 --> 00:28:04,099 And so don't get lost in the past. 618 00:28:04,739 --> 00:28:05,299 Don't get. 619 00:28:05,379 --> 00:28:07,539 Forget the things that are done now, even now. 620 00:28:07,539 --> 00:28:08,179 Even now. 621 00:28:08,259 --> 00:28:09,739 I've known people who have gotten saved. 622 00:28:09,739 --> 00:28:12,859 I've known many husbands and wives, adults who have gotten saved 623 00:28:12,859 --> 00:28:14,019 and their kids were teens. 624 00:28:14,659 --> 00:28:16,419 And I've seen those teens. 625 00:28:16,419 --> 00:28:18,339 You're like, oh, man, how's he going to handle this? 626 00:28:18,339 --> 00:28:19,379 How's this going to happen? 627 00:28:19,779 --> 00:28:21,859 Because they didn't grow up in a Christian home. 628 00:28:21,859 --> 00:28:22,899 They never went to church. 629 00:28:22,899 --> 00:28:25,379 But now all of a sudden, mom and dad going to church. 630 00:28:26,059 --> 00:28:28,419 And I'm telling you, there have been some times when I saw that, 631 00:28:28,419 --> 00:28:31,139 I saw that the kids did not come around, but there have been 632 00:28:31,139 --> 00:28:34,979 many times when I saw that, when mom and dad Dedicated themselves 633 00:28:34,979 --> 00:28:38,139 to the future of serving God and glorifying God. 634 00:28:38,139 --> 00:28:39,739 I did see those kids come around. 635 00:28:39,739 --> 00:28:42,579 They saw that it was real in mom and Dad's eyes. 636 00:28:42,579 --> 00:28:43,619 Can I tell you something else? 637 00:28:43,619 --> 00:28:49,139 My daughter asked me one time, she was about maybe 15, 14, 15 years 638 00:28:49,139 --> 00:28:49,419 old. 639 00:28:49,819 --> 00:28:52,419 And she said, one of my daughters, she said, dad, why is 640 00:28:52,419 --> 00:28:56,389 it that when kids turn 18, when they're able to make a decision 641 00:28:56,469 --> 00:28:58,949 for themselves, why do so many of them just leave the church? 642 00:28:58,949 --> 00:29:00,229 Why do they never come back? 643 00:29:00,789 --> 00:29:03,869 And then she said, is it because they've had it crammed down 644 00:29:03,869 --> 00:29:05,189 their throat all their lives? 645 00:29:05,509 --> 00:29:07,909 Is it because they were made to come to church? 646 00:29:08,469 --> 00:29:10,069 I said, absolutely not. 647 00:29:10,709 --> 00:29:11,749 Absolutely not. 648 00:29:12,549 --> 00:29:18,269 I believe that the reason that most kids fly the coop as soon as 649 00:29:18,269 --> 00:29:22,069 they get an opportunity is because of hypocrisy in the home. 650 00:29:23,369 --> 00:29:26,889 Because what they see, mom and dad living at church isn't necessarily 651 00:29:26,889 --> 00:29:27,329 the same thing. 652 00:29:27,329 --> 00:29:28,329 They're living at home. 653 00:29:28,729 --> 00:29:30,809 You want your kids, and that's no guarantee. 654 00:29:30,809 --> 00:29:32,089 I'm telling you, that's no guarantee. 655 00:29:32,409 --> 00:29:35,609 Your kids still have to make a decision eventually. 656 00:29:35,609 --> 00:29:37,049 They have to make their own decisions. 657 00:29:37,049 --> 00:29:38,089 But I'll tell you what. 658 00:29:38,249 --> 00:29:39,209 You have a higher. 659 00:29:39,929 --> 00:29:47,089 You have a higher success opportunity, A higher opportunity 660 00:29:47,089 --> 00:29:49,689 for success if you'll just be consistent. 661 00:29:50,139 --> 00:29:51,539 Be a Christian man. 662 00:29:51,539 --> 00:29:52,419 Be in this thing. 663 00:29:52,419 --> 00:29:53,099 Or don't. 664 00:29:53,579 --> 00:29:57,299 I mean, be all in or don't come to church Sunday morning. 665 00:29:57,299 --> 00:29:58,179 I'll say it right now. 666 00:29:58,179 --> 00:30:00,659 I know it won't happen, but I'm gonna say it because I'm a preacher 667 00:30:00,659 --> 00:30:01,139 and I'm. 668 00:30:01,139 --> 00:30:02,299 I'm supposed to say it. 669 00:30:02,299 --> 00:30:04,659 And you know, God would get me if I don't say it. 670 00:30:04,659 --> 00:30:07,899 You ought to be in church Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday 671 00:30:07,979 --> 00:30:08,379 night. 672 00:30:08,859 --> 00:30:09,219 Why? 673 00:30:09,219 --> 00:30:10,699 Because you're teaching your children. 674 00:30:11,099 --> 00:30:14,579 And then hopefully you'll be so used to it by the time the kids 675 00:30:14,579 --> 00:30:17,729 leave the home, you just keep on coming by yourself. 676 00:30:18,849 --> 00:30:19,489 Amen. 677 00:30:20,289 --> 00:30:21,209 Just keep on coming. 678 00:30:21,209 --> 00:30:21,969 Don't miss church. 679 00:30:21,969 --> 00:30:22,449 Keep on coming. 680 00:30:22,449 --> 00:30:24,489 This is where they're going to hear the gospel preached. 681 00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:26,929 This is where the Bible is going to get taught right here. 682 00:30:27,489 --> 00:30:28,609 And so you need to come. 683 00:30:28,769 --> 00:30:29,889 Moms, dads. 684 00:30:29,969 --> 00:30:32,528 You don't have to be the Proverbs 31 woman. 685 00:30:32,929 --> 00:30:35,889 But there are some expectations. 686 00:30:36,289 --> 00:30:39,689 God does have some expectations, and one of those is 687 00:30:39,689 --> 00:30:40,929 to quit looking to the past. 688 00:30:41,169 --> 00:30:42,849 Forget about all the mistakes you made. 689 00:30:44,209 --> 00:30:44,769 They're done. 690 00:30:44,929 --> 00:30:46,609 I wish I could go back, but I can't. 691 00:30:46,609 --> 00:30:46,929 Right. 692 00:30:46,929 --> 00:30:47,969 You can't go back. 693 00:30:48,289 --> 00:30:49,969 I've got some things I wish I could change. 694 00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:51,489 Oh, my goodness. 695 00:30:52,369 --> 00:30:53,249 But I can't. 696 00:30:53,329 --> 00:30:54,449 And so what Do I have to? 697 00:30:54,449 --> 00:30:55,969 Do I have to live for God today? 698 00:30:56,529 --> 00:30:56,929 Today? 699 00:30:57,729 --> 00:31:00,209 And I have to live for his glory, for the future? 700 00:31:00,929 --> 00:31:02,049 That's what I want to do. 701 00:31:02,689 --> 00:31:06,049 So what happened to Rahab? 702 00:31:07,089 --> 00:31:10,609 Did she have to overcome the stigma of her past when she entered 703 00:31:10,609 --> 00:31:11,969 the camp of the Israelites? 704 00:31:13,009 --> 00:31:20,329 Well, if we know people, then yes, I'm sure there was a stigma 705 00:31:20,329 --> 00:31:20,889 attached her. 706 00:31:20,889 --> 00:31:21,809 That's that Rahab. 707 00:31:22,049 --> 00:31:23,489 That's that harlot who came from. 708 00:31:23,489 --> 00:31:23,809 From. 709 00:31:23,809 --> 00:31:24,649 From Jericho. 710 00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:26,449 She's the one that they went in and saved. 711 00:31:27,889 --> 00:31:29,249 She had to overcome that. 712 00:31:30,049 --> 00:31:37,169 There have been some things you might have to overcome, But she 713 00:31:37,169 --> 00:31:38,129 did overcome it. 714 00:31:39,109 --> 00:31:40,629 How do I know she overcame it? 715 00:31:40,629 --> 00:31:46,069 Because we don't hear any more about Rahab until the genealogy of 716 00:31:46,069 --> 00:31:50,189 Jesus in Matthew, chapter one, verse five, where it is noted that 717 00:31:50,189 --> 00:31:52,869 she married a Hebrew named Salman. 718 00:31:55,749 --> 00:32:02,909 What Hebrew man would want a harlot for a wife if she had not 719 00:32:02,909 --> 00:32:03,429 changed? 720 00:32:04,799 --> 00:32:08,959 When she placed her faith in God and she acted by faith and she 721 00:32:08,959 --> 00:32:12,879 came among God's people, I believe there was an amazing change 722 00:32:13,039 --> 00:32:15,919 that came over her and took place in her life. 723 00:32:16,319 --> 00:32:20,359 And they saw that she was a. I'm a quote, unquote, a virtuous 724 00:32:20,359 --> 00:32:20,679 woman. 725 00:32:20,679 --> 00:32:21,999 She changed. 726 00:32:22,479 --> 00:32:23,839 God changed her. 727 00:32:25,519 --> 00:32:28,479 There's every indication that she placed her faith in the living 728 00:32:28,479 --> 00:32:28,879 God. 729 00:32:28,879 --> 00:32:32,059 And they had a son named Boaz. 730 00:32:33,979 --> 00:32:37,939 And that's where we meet Ruth and I don't have time to talk about 731 00:32:37,939 --> 00:32:49,259 Ruth this morning, but Ruth and Boaz had a son named Jesse. 732 00:32:50,219 --> 00:33:02,659 And Jesse was the father, David, the king, through whom came 733 00:33:02,979 --> 00:33:05,299 Jesus, our Savior. 734 00:33:08,419 --> 00:33:10,579 Rahab was no Proverbs 31 woman. 735 00:33:10,579 --> 00:33:15,059 But I think that putting the name of her sin aside, more women 736 00:33:15,059 --> 00:33:21,739 today in this room probably can identify with Rahab than with 737 00:33:21,739 --> 00:33:23,139 our Proverbs 31:Woman. 738 00:33:24,649 --> 00:33:25,649 I didn't say you're a harlot. 739 00:33:25,649 --> 00:33:28,929 I said, putting her title aside, her pass, putting all that 740 00:33:28,929 --> 00:33:33,129 aside, most of us, most women in here can probably identify with 741 00:33:33,129 --> 00:33:37,129 Rahab better than you can the Proverbs 31 woman because that's 742 00:33:37,129 --> 00:33:38,729 a impossible task. 743 00:33:41,769 --> 00:33:46,489 Well, I want to say happy Mother's Day to moms and all those 744 00:33:46,489 --> 00:33:48,249 who aspire to be moms. 745 00:33:48,649 --> 00:33:50,089 God willing, your day is coming. 746 00:33:50,969 --> 00:33:54,089 God has great plans for you as a woman and a mom. 747 00:33:54,729 --> 00:33:57,209 And this morning I want to ask you a couple of things. 748 00:33:58,329 --> 00:34:00,009 Number one, will you let go of the past? 749 00:34:00,009 --> 00:34:01,049 Because you have a past. 750 00:34:02,089 --> 00:34:06,129 You have a past, and there are so many of you that are beating yourselves 751 00:34:06,129 --> 00:34:08,569 up over the past, and you can't get past the past. 752 00:34:10,249 --> 00:34:11,449 But for the sake of. 753 00:34:12,329 --> 00:34:15,169 For your sake, for the sake of your children, for the sake of your 754 00:34:15,169 --> 00:34:17,489 husband, for the sake of your marriage, for the sake of the cause 755 00:34:17,489 --> 00:34:21,349 of Christ, can you let go of your past? 756 00:34:21,989 --> 00:34:25,349 And this morning, if you've never done it before today, embrace 757 00:34:25,349 --> 00:34:27,349 the present today. 758 00:34:27,589 --> 00:34:28,869 Say, this is the day. 759 00:34:29,269 --> 00:34:33,989 This is the day that I'm going to begin living for Jesus Christ 760 00:34:34,949 --> 00:34:35,909 and for the future. 761 00:34:35,989 --> 00:34:41,349 And if you've never been saved, today is the day of salvation. 762 00:34:41,829 --> 00:34:42,789 Today is the day. 763 00:34:42,789 --> 00:34:46,029 If you've never accepted Christ as your savior, if you are 764 00:34:46,029 --> 00:34:50,469 not 100% sure that you're going to heaven when you die, forget 765 00:34:50,469 --> 00:34:50,909 the past. 766 00:34:50,909 --> 00:34:55,029 Today is the day when all of that can be put behind you for eternity. 767 00:34:55,589 --> 00:34:58,589 All your sins put behind you for eternity if you've never been 768 00:34:58,589 --> 00:34:59,029 saved. 769 00:35:00,149 --> 00:35:01,589 Let me ask you this real quick. 770 00:35:02,549 --> 00:35:05,149 How many of you put on clothes this morning? 771 00:35:05,149 --> 00:35:05,829 Raise your hand. 772 00:35:06,789 --> 00:35:07,229 Okay? 773 00:35:07,229 --> 00:35:08,069 It's not a trick question. 774 00:35:08,069 --> 00:35:09,269 I want you to do this with me. 775 00:35:09,589 --> 00:35:12,989 How many of you, by a raising of your hand, how many of you put 776 00:35:12,989 --> 00:35:14,229 on clothing this morning? 777 00:35:15,569 --> 00:35:16,089 Oh, come on. 778 00:35:16,089 --> 00:35:17,409 That was worse than the first time. 779 00:35:17,889 --> 00:35:19,249 All right, let's do this again. 780 00:35:20,449 --> 00:35:24,569 How many of you, by showing of a raising of your hand, how many 781 00:35:24,569 --> 00:35:26,849 of you this morning put on clothes? 782 00:35:28,289 --> 00:35:28,929 Thank you. 783 00:35:31,569 --> 00:35:35,289 Now, when I ask the question, how many of you, if you died right 784 00:35:35,289 --> 00:35:38,529 now, you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you'd go to heaven, 785 00:35:39,249 --> 00:35:44,689 Your hand should be able to go up just as quickly, because being 786 00:35:44,769 --> 00:35:47,889 saved is an event. 787 00:35:49,009 --> 00:35:56,049 It is entering into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, essentially 788 00:35:56,129 --> 00:35:57,649 with God himself. 789 00:35:58,769 --> 00:36:02,689 And when a person has never had that experience, when they've 790 00:36:02,689 --> 00:36:07,729 never truly received Jesus Christ by faith, there's always a 791 00:36:08,199 --> 00:36:10,159 hesitancy to, well, I hope I'm saved. 792 00:36:10,159 --> 00:36:11,439 I hope I'm going to heaven. 793 00:36:11,439 --> 00:36:14,759 And so you kind of people are like, mmm, mmm. 794 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:20,719 But I'm telling you, if you know that, you know that, you know 795 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:22,199 you're going to heaven when you die. 796 00:36:22,359 --> 00:36:26,079 And I say, how many of you, if you died for sure, if you died, you 797 00:36:26,079 --> 00:36:28,159 know for sure you're going to heaven, that hand would go up that 798 00:36:28,159 --> 00:36:28,439 quick. 799 00:36:29,879 --> 00:36:30,519 That quick. 800 00:36:30,759 --> 00:36:33,439 When I'm out knocking doors and I talk to people about Jesus 801 00:36:33,439 --> 00:36:37,399 Christ and I ask them that question, if you died, do you know 802 00:36:37,399 --> 00:36:38,359 for sure you're going to heaven? 803 00:36:38,359 --> 00:36:41,919 I'm telling you, those who know they're saved, immediately they'll 804 00:36:41,919 --> 00:36:43,959 say, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I'm going to heaven. 805 00:36:43,959 --> 00:36:45,359 I accepted Christ as my Savior. 806 00:36:45,359 --> 00:36:45,839 I'm saved. 807 00:36:45,839 --> 00:36:47,599 Been saved 15 years, I got saved. 808 00:36:47,679 --> 00:36:48,679 I mean, no hesitancy. 809 00:36:48,679 --> 00:36:49,919 They want to Tell you the whole story. 810 00:36:50,879 --> 00:36:54,199 But then there are those who say, well, I hope I am. 811 00:36:54,199 --> 00:36:54,959 I hope I am. 812 00:36:55,679 --> 00:36:56,439 I hope I am. 813 00:36:56,439 --> 00:36:59,319 I mean, nobody's perfect, but I can hope. 814 00:36:59,319 --> 00:37:00,119 So I can hope. 815 00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:00,559 I can. 816 00:37:01,289 --> 00:37:03,529 And then my next question is, well, how do you know? 817 00:37:03,689 --> 00:37:04,969 What are you basing that on? 818 00:37:05,849 --> 00:37:06,849 Well, nobody's perfect. 819 00:37:06,849 --> 00:37:07,929 I mean, I've done pretty good. 820 00:37:08,649 --> 00:37:12,409 My grandpa's been a deacon for four to 11 years. 821 00:37:12,489 --> 00:37:14,089 That bound account for something? 822 00:37:15,769 --> 00:37:16,169 No. 823 00:37:17,289 --> 00:37:19,849 If you've got a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, you 824 00:37:19,849 --> 00:37:20,329 know it. 825 00:37:21,129 --> 00:37:22,729 And if you don't, you doubt it. 826 00:37:22,969 --> 00:37:26,449 And I want to ask you this morning to let go of the past and 827 00:37:26,449 --> 00:37:26,889 the present. 828 00:37:26,889 --> 00:37:28,169 Right now is what matters. 829 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:30,519 Would you be willing to be saved this morning? 830 00:37:30,519 --> 00:37:31,679 I mean, get saved. 831 00:37:31,999 --> 00:37:33,119 It'll change you. 832 00:37:33,359 --> 00:37:36,599 The Holy Spirit of God will come within you and change you from 833 00:37:36,599 --> 00:37:37,599 the inside out. 834 00:37:38,399 --> 00:37:40,799 I'm not asking you to throw off all your sin. 835 00:37:40,879 --> 00:37:43,639 I'm not asking you to stop doing this and stop doing that and 836 00:37:43,639 --> 00:37:45,239 start doing this and start doing that. 837 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,839 But when you get saved, the Holy Spirit will from within. 838 00:37:48,879 --> 00:37:50,959 And the important part is that you obey. 839 00:37:51,439 --> 00:37:54,589 And that will change not only your present, but your future. 840 00:37:55,389 --> 00:37:56,509 I hope you get saved. 841 00:37:56,509 --> 00:37:57,629 Mothers, thank you. 842 00:37:58,109 --> 00:37:58,629 Thank you. 843 00:37:58,629 --> 00:37:59,149 Thank you. 844 00:37:59,389 --> 00:38:03,549 Listen, my mother, I wasn't raised in a Christian home. 845 00:38:03,949 --> 00:38:12,589 And my mother, God bless her, she divorced when I was 12, I think 846 00:38:12,589 --> 00:38:13,313 maybe 13. 847 00:38:13,385 --> 00:38:13,709 13. 848 00:38:13,709 --> 00:38:17,709 I was 13 and my sister was 15. 849 00:38:18,429 --> 00:38:20,309 My mother divorced when we were teens. 850 00:38:20,309 --> 00:38:21,069 It was tough. 851 00:38:21,919 --> 00:38:25,559 And we moved over to a trailer park next county over. 852 00:38:25,559 --> 00:38:28,639 We moved and my mother was working in a factory. 853 00:38:29,839 --> 00:38:35,119 And I'm telling you, I cannot tell you how many times I listened 854 00:38:35,119 --> 00:38:38,719 as my mom came home on a Friday after receiving her paycheck 855 00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,839 and go straight into her bedroom and then just cry. 856 00:38:42,799 --> 00:38:45,239 And I didn't know it at the time because my mom didn't share 857 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,729 her financial burdens with me or my sister. 858 00:38:48,209 --> 00:38:50,369 She just did what she had to do. 859 00:38:51,649 --> 00:38:54,689 But Cherise, she was crying because she didn't have enough money 860 00:38:55,489 --> 00:38:58,289 to pay the rent and the bills. 861 00:38:58,449 --> 00:39:04,809 She had to choose and food and ask me today why I don't like corn 862 00:39:04,809 --> 00:39:05,409 dogs. 863 00:39:08,449 --> 00:39:09,969 I hate corn dogs. 864 00:39:10,449 --> 00:39:13,329 Because my mother, because she had no money, she would go buy that 865 00:39:13,329 --> 00:39:18,799 big, big bag of frozen corn dogs and we had them for breakfast 866 00:39:19,039 --> 00:39:24,559 and lunch and supper and till they were chasing me in my sleep. 867 00:39:25,519 --> 00:39:26,879 I hate corn dogs. 868 00:39:27,999 --> 00:39:31,679 But I love my mother for hanging in there and doing the best 869 00:39:31,679 --> 00:39:32,239 she could. 870 00:39:32,799 --> 00:39:35,279 And that's what you want, that's the best you can do. 871 00:39:35,279 --> 00:39:36,479 Do the best you can. 872 00:39:37,439 --> 00:39:40,119 But the best you can do is be saved. 873 00:39:40,119 --> 00:39:42,879 That's the best thing you can do for your children, for your husband, 874 00:39:42,879 --> 00:39:44,319 for your family, for your friends. 875 00:39:45,549 --> 00:39:47,709 So if you're here this morning, you've never trusted Christ. 876 00:39:48,109 --> 00:39:51,389 If you're not 100% sure that you're going to heaven when you die, 877 00:39:51,709 --> 00:39:53,949 I want to ask you to come and be saved this morning. 878 00:39:53,949 --> 00:39:57,549 Okay, let's all stand together and I want to prepare for the invitation. 879 00:40:00,428 --> 00:40:02,509 Would you bow your heads with me just for a moment? 880 00:40:02,989 --> 00:40:06,109 I'm going to pray here in just a second, give you an opportunity 881 00:40:06,109 --> 00:40:07,869 to respond to the invitation. 882 00:40:09,709 --> 00:40:11,629 Again, I want to say thank you, Moms. 883 00:40:12,129 --> 00:40:13,009 Thank you so much. 884 00:40:13,089 --> 00:40:16,169 Because I know that you do things that your kids don't know 885 00:40:16,169 --> 00:40:18,449 about and they don't need to know about. 886 00:40:18,449 --> 00:40:20,209 They're not made to carry those burdens. 887 00:40:20,849 --> 00:40:21,809 And so thank you. 888 00:40:21,809 --> 00:40:23,249 Thank you for being a great mom. 889 00:40:25,489 --> 00:40:27,889 Father, I thank you for all the mothers that we have present 890 00:40:27,969 --> 00:40:30,609 this morning and all those who want to be mothers. 891 00:40:31,489 --> 00:40:35,169 And Lord, we just pray that first of all they'd be saved. 892 00:40:35,249 --> 00:40:39,259 That is the very most important thing, is for them to be 893 00:40:39,259 --> 00:40:39,699 saved. 894 00:40:40,259 --> 00:40:46,299 We don't have to be a Proverbs 31 woman so, Lord, I pray that you 895 00:40:46,299 --> 00:40:48,659 would please speak to their hearts and just help them to know 896 00:40:48,659 --> 00:40:53,779 that the first item on the first item in the order of business 897 00:40:53,779 --> 00:40:56,659 is that first of all they trust you as their Savior and be 898 00:40:56,659 --> 00:40:57,059 saved. 899 00:40:57,379 --> 00:40:58,379 Please save souls. 900 00:40:58,379 --> 00:41:02,259 This morning is my prayer in Jesus name with heads bowed, eyes 901 00:41:02,259 --> 00:41:03,979 closed, just for a minute, with no one looking around. 902 00:41:03,979 --> 00:41:06,779 Let me ask you this, and it could be husbands or wives, whoever 903 00:41:06,779 --> 00:41:09,759 the Holy Spirit is speaking to, I'm going to go ahead and ask 904 00:41:09,759 --> 00:41:10,519 you that question. 905 00:41:11,079 --> 00:41:16,559 If you died Today, are you 100% certain that you're going to 906 00:41:16,559 --> 00:41:16,999 heaven?