Jordan Easley - How A Mother Becomes A Home - Builder

May 11, 2025 | S25:E20

Jordan Easley seeks to help people understand and apply God’s word to their lives.

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All In with Jordan Easley | Jordan Easley - How A Mother Becomes A Home - Builder | May 11, 2025

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Viewers like you.
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Welcome to "all in with pastor jordan easley."
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Today's message is about to begin, and we invite you to
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Prepare your heart and mind to hear an inspiring message from
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God's word.
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We hope and pray for god to speak to you today as you seek
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To live your life all in for jesus christ.
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And now from first baptist church in cleveland, tennessee,
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Here's pastor jordan easley.
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Pastor jordan easley: early one friday morning, a husband was
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Getting ready for work.
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And as he was preparing to leave the house, he looked over at his
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Wife, she had a big smile on her face, you could tell that she
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Was excited.
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As that was happening, she looked at him and she said,
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"honey, aren't you excited about today?
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I bet you don't even know what today is," and her husband, who
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Was notorious for forgetting special days and special
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Moments, he smiled back to her in that setting, and he said,
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"sweetheart, how could i ever forget what today is?
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Today is a very special day for us," and then he quickly made
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His way out the door because he had no clue what she was
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Talking about.
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I mean, he was in a mental fog all day long, he went to work,
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Couldn't get anything done because he kept trying to figure
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Out, man, what is it today?
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What's so special about today?
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Is it our anniversary?
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He checked his calendar, it wasn't.
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Is it her birthday?
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Checked the calendar once again, it wasn't.
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He knew that it was a special day because she told him, but he
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Couldn't figure out why.
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As the day went on, this guy, he became more and more nervous.
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He didn't want to show up at the house empty-handed and so he
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Started thinking, how can i at least be prepared?
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So he devised a plan.
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On the way home, he stopped by a florist, and he bought the most
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Expensive display of flowers that he could afford.
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He also called on the way home, made a reservation at the
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Fanciest restaurant in town, dinner for two at 7 o'clock.
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The next day there was a broadway musical that was gonna
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Be in town, he got two tickets for the next day.
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He said, this is gonna be an incredible,
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Incredible experience.
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He walked into the house, gave his wife a kiss on the cheek,
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And as he was doing that, he rushed in and he said, "hey, i
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Want you to put on your best dress because tonight, we're
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Going out to celebrate.
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We're gonna have an unforgettable night on the town,
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And it's gonna be continued tomorrow."
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On the way home, his wife leans over after this incredible
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Evening and she said, "honey, wow, what a spectacular evening,
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You made me feel so special.
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This was a memorable night, one that i may never forget," and it
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Was, i mean, it was also a very expensive night, cost him over
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$500 for all of these things together, to celebrate a day
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That he didn't even know why they were celebrating.
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But he finally figured it out when she let him know.
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She put her head on his shoulder, and after this
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Incredible evening, she just looked over him, locked eyes
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With him and said, "honey, best groundhog day ever."
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I--we all know as we enter into this place, today is not
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Groundhog's day, today is mother's day.
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It's a day where we set aside to honor the women who have given
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Us life, who have given us love, and who have also given us a
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Lifetime supply of embarrassing childhood photos.
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Can i get an amen from somebody?
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Everybody, listen, when i was a little boy, i was taught you've
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Gotta give credit where credit is due, and so i'm gonna--i'm
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Quick to admit that one of the primary reasons i'm even
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Standing here today is the fact that god blessed me with an
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Incredible mother.
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And if you had an incredible mother, you know how important
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That is.
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This is my mom when i was a little guy, she actually led me
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To the lord in that very spot, we were sitting on a park bench
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In glorieta, new mexico, and so for that moment, the moment that
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Changed the entire trajectory of my life, i'll be
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Forever grateful.
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My mom got to do that.
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My mom was also the one that made sure i was in church every
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Single time the doors were open, she never wavered in teaching me
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God's word.
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She was also the one that taught me how to load a dishwasher.
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She taught me how to make my bed.
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She taught me how to brush my teeth.
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She told me to use a napkin instead of my sleeve when i was
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Wiping my mouth.
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Anybody else have a mom like that?
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Listen, that's a good mom, right?
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The bible gives us all kinds of examples of good moms and really
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Godly mothers, you know, hannah prayed for samuel, she was the
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One that committed him to the lord.
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Mary was the mother of jesus and raised him as a boy.
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Jochebed was the mother of moses, she was the one that hid
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Him by faith, and then launched him down the nile river in
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A basket.
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You got eunice, who was the mother of timothy, taught him
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The word of god.
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When you study this bible, the bible gives us all sorts of
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Examples of women who were great mothers, and when you line them
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All up, you quickly discover that each of them shared one
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Common characteristic.
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They were, what i wanna call and really what the bible calls,
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Home builders.
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They were home builders.
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Proverbs 14:1 says, "every wise woman builds her house, but a
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Foolish one tears it down with her own hands."
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When solomon uses the word "house" in this verse, he's not
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Talking about the building that you live in, he's talking about
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The family you belong to.
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And he says in this word, that some women build up their home,
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Like the women i mentioned just a second ago, they make their
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Homes better, they build up their family.
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But on the flip side of that, solomon also points out that not
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All women are home builders, not all moms are good moms, not all
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Wives are considered great wives, why?
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Well, he says because not all women are wise.
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It's important to note that when solomon uses these words, "wise"
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And "foolish," throughout the book of proverbs, he does so to
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Describe two things, those who follow god and those who
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Reject god.
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So in other words, solomon was saying in proverbs 14 verse 1, a
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Woman who follows god is a woman who builds her house, but a
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Woman who rejects god is a woman who tears it down.
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See, the bible calls a wife and a mother the manager of her
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Household on several occasions.
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In fact, in proverbs 31:27, it says, "she watches over the
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Activities of her household and is never idle."
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Some of you ladies can't remember the last time you were
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Idle, and according to the bible, that was by design, god
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Says you are the day-to-day manager of your house.
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And solomon reminds us, the way that you manage your family in
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The present, it will have many implications for your family in
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The future.
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He says you will either lead with godly wisdom and be a woman
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That builds your house, or he says you will lead with a lack
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Of godly wisdom and essentially tear your house down.
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In other words, every single mother gets to decide, am i
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Going to be a homemaker or am i gonna be a homebreaker?
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That term "homemaker" in our society, it just seems to get a
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Bad rap, have you noticed that?
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It's like homemaker, really?
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I remember one time when our kids were small, audra and i
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Were filling out some form, i don't remember what it was for.
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But all of us have done this before, you fill out your name
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And your address and your phone number, it asks you for all
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This information, and on this particular form, there was one
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Little part where you had to list your occupation.
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Now, my son was watching, when he was a little guy, as audra
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Was filling out this form, and when she got down to that part
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Where she had to list her occupation, she wrote down the
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Word "homemaker," because she was staying home with our kids
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At the time.
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Well, as soon as she wrote down the word "homemaker," my son
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Looked her in the eyes and made what i believe to be one of the
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Greatest mistakes of his entire life.
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He opened up his mouth and he said, "mom, when are you gonna
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Get a real job," right?
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I know, my thoughts exactly, we still call that the day asher
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Got written out of the will, amen, he's gone, he's out.
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But i--listen, i can't think of a more real job, i can't think
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Of a more real job than being a mother, and not only is it a
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Real job, it's a difficult job.
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It's an important job, it's a job that is oftentimes
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Overlooked and is oftentimes under appreciated.
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I read an article the other day on salary.com that was entitled,
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"how much is a mom really worth?"
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And of course, i had to read this article, preparing for this
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Day, and as i read, it was basically breaking down a survey
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Of 19,000 moms.
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They asked 19,000 moms a series of questions and talked about
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What it was that they really did for their families.
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It lists all of these responsibilities in the home and
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Outside the home.
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I'll give you a couple of them, housekeeper, chief financial
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Officer, laundry manager, uber driver, anybody so far, hello?
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It goes on, teacher, facilities manager, event planner, kitchen
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Manager, chef, nurse, server, interior designer, conflict
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Manager, and the list goes on, you get the picture, but the
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Article talks--says that every single mom, when you look at all
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Of them across the spectrum, when they were interviewed, they
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Broke down what they did for the family and on average, a mom
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Spends 107 hours every single week doing their job, 107 hours
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A week.
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If you wanna break that down, guys, that's 15 hours a day,
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Seven days a week.
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And if you're wondering what that job is worth today, this
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Article goes on to describe the job of mom and then give a
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Monetary value of what that's worth, and you know what the
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Monetary value was, $184,820 a year.
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All the moms need to lean in, i'm gonna say it one more time,
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184 grand a year, ladies!
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Now, i don't have a clue who's paying that, but i'll tell you
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This, i believe that a good mom is worth every penny, and all
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The guys said, amen.
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Yeah, don't miss that opportunity, boys, or--because
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There's nothing in your home that has a greater value than a
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Good, godly mother that builds up her house, nothing in
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Your home.
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God says that good mothers are homemakers, not home breakers,
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They're homemakers.
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And homemakers is not a derogatory term, it's a
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Biblical term.
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When you hear about a homemaker, that's not exclusively referring
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To stay-at-home moms, it doesn't mean that a woman can't work
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Outside of the home, but what it does mean is that according to
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God's design, you as a woman and you as a mother have
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Responsibilities in your home and to your family, and the lord
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Tells us very clearly that how you live your life today, with
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Either wisdom or a lack of wisdom, will determine the
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Future of your house tomorrow, you can be a homebreaker or you
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Can be a homemaker, and the lord shows us in his word how a woman
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Can walk in wisdom and be a woman who builds her house.
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Proverbs 31 verse 10 asks this question, "who can find a wife
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Of noble character?"
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It's saying, "who can find a wife of noble character?
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She is far more precious than jewels."
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So the question is, what does that kind of woman look like,
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What is a wife or a woman of noble character?
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What is a mother that has noble character, a homemaker that
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Builds her house and is more precious than jewels?
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We're gonna spend the remainder of our time together unpacking
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The text in proverbs 31, and from this text, i was able to
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Identify ten key characteristics to identify what
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This woman looks like, and so even if you're not a note-taker,
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I encourage you to be a note-taker today as we walk
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Through this text quickly, defining a noble woman who is a
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Home builder.
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Beginning in verse 11, we're gonna learn that she is
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Trustworthy and dependable, trustworthy and dependable.
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Verse 11 says, "the heart of her husband trusts in her, and he
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Will not lack anything good."
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You know, i noticed this week that a big part of the word
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"mothers" is "others," which makes sense when you think about
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A great mom, because mothers seem to live their lives always
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Thinking about other people, and, you know, a proverbs 31,
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Wife and mother, the bible says is one who is trusted and one
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Who is dependable, and i believe that that's true because they're
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Constantly thinking about the needs of other people.
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The second thing we can learn is that she rewards her husband
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With good and not evil.
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Verse 12 says, "she rewards him with good, not evil, all the
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Days of her life."
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Several of the previous proverbs, if you read them, they
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Talk about the bad effects of a bad wife.
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And really, they describe how an unwise woman tears down her
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House because she's not necessarily following the lord,
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But this says that a noble woman blesses her husband all the days
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Of her life.
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The third thing is that she's a hard worker, we see that
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Consistently through this chapter.
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Verse 13 says, "she selects wool and flax and works with
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Willing hands."
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This verse focuses on an important characteristic of a
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Godly woman, it says that she knows how to seek things and how
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To find things that are necessary for her family and for
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Her home.
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You know, 2,000 years ago, this was a really tough part of being
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A mom, a wife.
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It was a tough part of the job because a woman would have to
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Travel long distances to the market just to get necessary
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Things for her family, supplies that they couldn't live without.
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It's still a hard job, don't get me wrong, but when this was
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Written, there was no amazon prime, there were no walmart
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Click list.
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I mean, these ladies were having to hustle all over the place
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Just to keep her family alive.
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Verse 14 says, "she is like the merchant ships, bringing her
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Food from far away."
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You know, king lemuel, who wrote this poem now known as proverbs
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31, he pointed out the importance of this
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Characteristic, and i think he did so because he knew if the
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Wife didn't work hard, the family would suffer.
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And really, if she dropped the ball in this area and she didn't
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Do this part of the job which was required, a family truly
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Couldn't survive.
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So when he said that a woman is--she works with willing
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Hands, what that means is she wasn't too proud to work with
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Her hands, she didn't act like hard work was beneath her, she
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Understood that it was a part of her role in the family, a noble
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Wife and mother is a hard worker.
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The fourth thing he points out is that she avoids being lazy,
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She avoids being lazy.
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Verse 15: "she rises while it is still night and provides food
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For her household and portions for her female servants."
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So you've got this picture of a noble wife and yes, she's a hard
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Worker, but she's not lazy, she doesn't give in to those
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Lazy tendencies.
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Many times when preachers preach this text, they leave out the
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Part about the woman that's providing portions of food for
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Her female servants because that doesn't necessarily apply to us
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Today, but i think that part of the verse is actually pretty
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Important when you think about it, it shows us that she is not
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Only a hard worker and not only is she a woman that takes care
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Of her family, but this says a noble woman is compassionate and
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She cares for other people, people beyond her immediate
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Family, a key characteristic when you look at the character
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Of a noble wife and mother.
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The fifth thing is that she's a good steward with what she has.
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Verse 16 says, "she evaluates a field and buys it; she plants a
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Vineyard with her earnings."
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So a noble woman is a woman who is forward thinking, combining
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Her creativity with hard work.
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This says that she thoughtfully considers opportunities and she
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Makes decisions that she believes will better her family
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And set her family up for success.
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The sixth thing is that she's strong.
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Get this, in verse 17, "she draws on her strength and
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Reveals that her arms are strong."
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Now, when you read this part of the text and it says that she
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"reveals that her arms are strong," try not to picture your
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Mom like flexing in the mirror.
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This isn't saying that a good mom will take you to the gun
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Show and have guns like none other, that's not what it's
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Saying, this is saying that a good mother takes care of
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Herself, she takes care of her own health and her own strength,
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But then it really focuses on her using the strength that god
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Has given her for productive purposes, to fulfill her role
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And responsibilities within the family.
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Bible goes on to say that she's diligent, she's diligent, in
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Verse 18.
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"she sees that her profits are good, and her lamp never goes
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Out at night.
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She extends her hands to the spinning staff, and her hands
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Hold the spindle."
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This says a noble woman knows how to use the tools and
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Technologies that are available, to manage her household well.
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It talks about the lamp in that text, which is something that we
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Don't use a lot, but a lamp in that day was like electricity in
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Our day.
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The lamp lit up the home, it made sure that it--that people
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Could walk around and it was safe, and her job was to fill
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That lamp with oil throughout the night and make sure that it
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Always stayed lit.
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The spinning staff that that was talking about, it was a spindle
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That was used to spin wool and flax.
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It was a tool in that day that you--that they used to provide
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Clothing for the people in their family.
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It goes on to talk about this, number eight, she's generous.
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You know, ephesians chapter 6 verse 12 says, "for our struggle
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Is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against
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The authorities, against the cosmic powers of this darkness,
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Against evil, spiritual forces in the heaven."
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Listen, if you really want to protect your kids, you have to
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Remember who the real enemy is, you have to remember who the
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Real enemy is.
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You can't fight the wrong enemy and expect for a great result.
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The real enemy is listed in the book, and we've got to do
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Everything we can do to point our kids to the lord, because he
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Is the real protector.
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So if you're truly committed to this, i believe, number one, it
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Will change your perspective as a parent.
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If you're committed to protecting your kids, it'll
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Change your perspective.
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But not only will it change your perspective, it should also
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Change your priorities as a parent.
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If i'm committed to protecting my kids, if we are committed to
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Protecting our kids from the powers of the darkness, from the
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Evil, spiritual forces that are attacking them every single day,
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In person, online, and all of the environments that they find
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Themselves in, if we're committed to that, then we
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Should never have to ask the question, should we go to
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Church today?
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Should we prioritize church this summer?
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I mean, we're traveling and doing a lot, should we do that?
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I mean, that's a no-brainer.
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I don't have to choose between going to church camp or going to
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Sports camp, no, when you're--when you recognize who
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The real enemy is, and what he's trying to do to your kids, then
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These things shouldn't be up for discussion.
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Listen, moms and dads, we've got one shot at this, one shot, and
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Let me tell you, the time flies as parents, and the devil wants
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To convince you in this moment that disregarding the things of
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God and prioritizing the things of this world, it's all good,
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That's the formula for success, that's the american dream and
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That's okay, and your kids are gonna turn out just fine, just
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Do what everybody else is doing.
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Let me tell you what god says, be wise, be wise, because you're
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Not raising your kids, you're raising god's kids, a wise
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Homemaker raises god's children as her own, but let me give you
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One last thought, and that is, a wise homemaker operates by the
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Power of god, by the power of god.
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Let me ask you, whose power are you working on today, you
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Working off of your power or his power?
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See, when you read the text, you don't have to--you don't have
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The power to build a godly home, you don't, but the good news is
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You don't have to live with that feeling, you don't have to live
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With that pressure today because the bible says that god has
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Infinite power and that he makes his power available to you as
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A parent.
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Look at what the text says in 2 peter 1 verse 3, "his divine
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Power has given us everything required for life
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And godliness."
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He's given everything required to build your house, how?
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Through his divine power, so as a parent, i think it's wise to
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Back up and ask the question, are we tapping into god's power
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As we shepherd our kids, or are we trying to do this in our own
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Power, in our own strength, our own wisdom?
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See, let me give you one more, one more thing, number ten, the
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Final characteristic i wanna point out today from this text,
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And that is this, a home builder is one that blesses her family
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And is blessed by them, look at verse 25.
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"strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at
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The time to come.
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Her mouth speaks wisdom, and loving instruction is on
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Her tongue.
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She watches over the activities of her household and is
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Never idle.
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Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also
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Praises her: saying, 'many women have done noble deeds, but you
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Surpass them all!'
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Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears
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The lord will be praised.
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Give her the reward of her labor, and let her works praise
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Her at the city gates."
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Moms, your job is hard, but your work is worthwhile.
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Your calling as a mom, it really does matter, and it matters and
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It makes a difference even when that difference is hard to see
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On the surface.
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Listen, when you--when you're a godly mother, i believe it puts
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A smile on the face of god.
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When you go from being a home breaker to a homemaker, i think
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That that is something that god loves to see, and the great news
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Is no matter where you are in this journey, it's not too late,
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It's not too late to become the homemaker that god wants you
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To be.
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You can say, well, my kids are long gone, who cares?
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God's still giving you influence over the next generation or the
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Generation after that, and in the same way that you can do
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That with the role of mother, you can do that as a
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Grandmother, a spiritual leader, a friend, a mentor, god's put
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You in a season where you can influence the next generation
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And it gives you characteristics that god will use for his
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Kingdom and his glory.
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Now, let me just tell you, if you're trying to do this in your
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Own strength and your own power, you'll never be successful in
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Doing what god's created you to do.
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But when you surrender your life to christ, you go all in with
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Him and you yield to him in your life, something happens.
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What i did as a young boy on that park bench many years ago,
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It changed the trajectory of my entire life story.
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And when you have that moment and you completely surrender to
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Christ and say, god, i invite you into my heart, to forgive me
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Of my sins, to change me and make me new, now give me the
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Courage to live for you and to follow you all the days of my
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Life, and you live every single day with your yes on the table
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Saying, not me, but you, i can't do this, but i know you can,
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Man, god is able to write an incredible script to the story
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Of your life.
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So if you've never had that moment, if you've never truly
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Been saved and forgiven, if you've never been made a child
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Of the king and you know today that he is your heavenly father
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Because he is your lord and your savior, then i pray that we
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Would have someone here today that would say yes to jesus.
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Listen, god smiles on women that are homemakers, and my prayer is
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That each one of our mothers would take another step of
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Faithfulness towards him and his design for motherhood today.
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Would you bow your heads with me?
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Lord, today we thank you for loving us.
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We thank you for this moment and god, i just pray that if there's
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Someone here today that needs to know christ, that today would be
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The day of salvation.
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And i pray for all of us to take a step of faithfulness.
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Lord, today i love you and i just say that you are holy, you
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Are good and you are god, we recognize you for who you are,
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And it's in jesus's name we pray, amen.
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Jordan Easley - How A Mother Becomes A Home - Builder

May 11, 2025 | S25:E20

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