MOTHER AS GOLD

MESSAGE FOR MOTHERS’ DAY 2023 AT IKOYI BAPTST CHURCH, IKOYI LAGOS

BY REV. MRS OLUSOLA AYO-OBIREMI, PHD

Greetings

Greetings

Preamble

GOLD

THE HISTORY OF GOLD IS UNEQUALED BY THAT OF ANY OTHER METAL BECAUSE OF ITS PERCEIVED VALUE FROM EARLIEST TIMES.

GOLD

‘GOLD IS ONE OF THE DENSEST OF ALL METALS. IT IS A GOOD CONDUCTOR OF HEAT AND ELECTRICITY. IT IS ALSO SOFT AND THE MOST MALLEABLE AND DUCTILE OF THE ELEMENTS’.

GOLD

‘GOLD CONTINUES TO BE A HIGHLY FAVOURED MATERIAL OUT OF WHICH TO CRAFT JEWELRY AND OTHER DECORATIVE OBJECTS. BECAUSE GOLD IS VISUALLY PLEASING AND WORKABLE AND DOES NOT TARNISH OR CORRODE, IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST METALS TO ATTRACT HUMAN ATTENTION’.

Mother as GOLD

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PROV. 31:10

MOTHER AS G-O-L-D

G - Godly, God-fearing, God’s Representative

MOTHER AS G-O-L-D

G - Godly, God-fearing, God’s Representative

• ‘The foundation of true womanly worth is piety, the fear and love of God. Without true religion the character has no basis. Where that is found we may expect all the virtues to flourish into beauty.’ Richard Glarer.
• Religion was the spirit of her character, the germ from which grew all the fruits of her noble life. (Homilist.)

Giver (generous giver) �Prov. 31:20

Giver (generous giver) Pro. 31:20

• ‘Strong and industrious, she could afford to be generous. But though she is generous, she is provident.’ W. J. Woods on personal qualities of the model woman.

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• Her Generosity as a Neighbour: ‘Her sympathies are not confined to the domestic sphere. They overflow the boundary of family life -- they go forth into the neighbourhood’(including inlaws and co workers as well as unknown people). (Homilist)

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O – Obedient to God (Titus 2: 3 - 5)

O - Open to learning and correction �(Titus 2: 4 – 5)

O - other-conscious �(2 Samuel 21: 8 – 14)

L- Loving, lowly (humble), leader, Prov. 31: 27

L- ladylike, light to all, lovable Prov. 31: 17 - 19

D – Dependable Prov. 31: 11

• ‘She is an unspotted wife. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her-he knows she will take care that a proper provision is made for his household, and will not waste anything. He has no need for spoil-he is not obliged to go out on predatory excursions, to provide for his family, at the expense of the neighbouring tribes’. (from Adam Clarke's Commentary

D – Dependable Proverbs 31: 11- 12

• ‘Nothing so damps the ardour and joy of a man or his children as an incompetent, faulty woman at the head of the household’ (A Woman's Sermon to Women.) The Biblical Illustrator
• ‘Never for a moment permit your husband to feel that he may not trust the concerns of home to your care. Act in such a way that instinctively he will know his property, his honour, his happiness, are safe in your hands’. George Bainton on As a Wife, Realise your individual responsibility

D – Dependable (Prov. 31: 11 – 12)

• She has her husband's happiness in view constantly. She recompenses all his kindness to her in beneficent acts. For kind words she returns kind deeds.
• a. Her good is unmixed; she will do him good, and not evil.
• b. Her good is not capricious; it is constant and permanent, while she and her husband live. His heart safely trusts in her, for she will do him good all the days of her life. This is her general character.

Delightful to be with �Prov. 31: 24, 26, 28 – 30

Decent (Prov. 31:22 & 26)

Dedicated, dutiful, diligent (Pro 31:13 - 18, 21 dexterous

• Your capability to fulfil the offices of womanhood will be proportioned to your worth of character, and to the use you have made, or are prepared to make, of your opportunities. (George Bainton)

Discipler & disciplinarian �Prov. 31: 26b – 27

Dares the devil/danger/satanic forces, - Prov. 31:25b

REWARD for Mothers as Gold

Rewards

• Satisfaction
• Supernatural blessings
• Gratitude
• The unspeakable value of such an one, and the value which he that hath such a wife ought to put upon her, showing it by his thankfulness to God, and his kindness and respect to her, whom he must never think he can do too much for. (Matthew Henry.)

THE SWEETEST, DAINTIEST, PUREST BLOSSOMS OF A WOMAN'S HEART WILL ONLY FLOURISH WHEN SHE IS PRAISED BY HIM SHE LOVES BEST. W. J. WOODS ON ‘LOOK AT HER REWARDS

• Where a woman's heart is true, and her hands are gentle, where her voice is kind and her eyes far-seeing, where she lives not to herself nor to the world, but to the little circle whose happiness she makes, or to the God who has chosen her lot, there is the virtuous woman of whom the wise man spoke. (A Woman's Sermon to Women.) (from The Biblical Illustrator

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• We all have a responsibility to love, appreciate, praise, cooperate with and pray for our mothers – no matter what their flaws may be; no matter how many times we have disagreed wit them. Join me now to pray for mothers.

Lord, Help me to be gold

Please Help me to be GOLD

Make me a Godly generous giver,

Help me to be GOLD

Lord, make my mother GOLD

Please make my mother GOLD

Make her a Godly, generous giver,

Make my mother GOLD

Lord, make my mother GOLD

Please make my mother GOLD

Make her obedient and open to the gospel

Make my mother GOLD

Lord, make my mother GOLD

Please make my mother GOLD

Make her lovely, loving and lovable

Make my mother GOLD

Lord, make my mother GOLD

Please make my mother GOLD

Make her dependable, diligent and dutiful

Make my mother GOLD

LET US PRAY