Sermon Notes  

Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 9, 2021  

Auburn Bible Chapel – Peterborough, Ontario

“Being a Mom in the 21^st Century”

Proverbs 31:10-31

Thesis: 

In the midst of the confusion that cultural change causes, an “interpretive benchmark” for being a Mom in the 21^st century is Proverbs 31:10-31.        

A.  The Scripture passage –

      Proverbs 31:10-27 

      1.  Theme – “noble character” – 

           vs. 10

      2.  Trust – vs. 11-12

      3.  Provider – vs. 13-15

      4.  Investor – vs. 16   

      5.  Tireless – vs. 17-19

      6.  Compassionate – vs. 20

      7.  Provider again – vs. 21-22

      8.  Strengthens her husband –

           vs. 23

      9.  Entrepreneur – vs. 24

    10.  A Description of who she is – 

           vs. 25-27  

B.  Application:  The Mother’s Day

     section – Proverbs 31: 28-31

1. Children – vs. 28a – If I continue on the track I am on, will my children call me “blessed?”
2. Husband – vs. 28b-29 – A word to husbands more than wives. 
3. God – vs. 30 – The fleeting nature of beauty causes the question, “Where is my relationship with God leading me?”
4. Reward – vs. 31 – “Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works praise her at the city gate.” 

C.  Conclusion – Alice Wisner Eyre,R.N. 

      – 1924-2014.                                       

     A story from her life in the summer

     of 1998.

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