Let's look at the book of Exodus chapter 2. Exodus chapter 2. And of course, we're honoring our mothers today, and I want to be an encouragement to our mothers in our church today and those mothers that are on social media this morning listening to us. And let's take a look at chapter 2 verse 1. It says here... It says, and there went a man out of the house of Levi, and took a wife of the daughter of Levi. And when the woman conceived and their son, and when she saw him, that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark. of bushels and doubled it with slime and with pitch and put the child therein and lay it in the flags by the river brink. And a sister stood afar off to wit, would be down to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river. And her handmaids walked along by the riverside. And when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child. And behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him and said, This is one of the Hebrew children. Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Should I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew woman, that she may nurse the child for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Go. And a maid went and called the child's mother, and Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it. Let's pray heavily, Father. It is amazing, as we look at this passage, how you, on your sovereign will, how you protect a young man, as Moses here at the time, but we see the heart of a mother that truly trusted you, that put that child in your hands, and you took care of him. What I pray for every mother here today, may they understand that you too can take care of their children. Lord, we have to look just as mothers, and I don't understand the love of a mother because I'm a father, but I just pray for them that they will open their wings and trust you and let their children go to serve you. I pray this morning, Lord, help that the message will be an encouragement to every mother here today and every mother on social media this morning. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. You may be seated. Well, I promise I'm not going to keep on crying here because it's just, this is one of those, you know, maybe I should have seen my mother before that. Anyway. Sorry. But anyway. So today is a very special day. for all the mothers in our church, of course. And today is a special day in our country because our country as a whole is taking this day aside to honor motherhood. Folks, I'm not a mother. I'm a father. But I can't imagine the love of a mother. Once a mother, always a mother. And mother is different than a father. I noticed that from being a father. Your kid falls outside, scratches his knees, and your father looks at him and goes, that's not that bad. You're not going to die. You're OK. Mothers differently. Mother goes, comes, and kisses the boo-boo, and treats the boo-boo, makes a big deal out of that whole thing. And a child, you know, those tears come around. And mama wants those tears. Much different than a father. So the love of a mother is a different love than a father. I think the love of a father is a more practical love. The love of a mother is a more emotional, wrapped-around love, and I don't understand that love. I mean, I experienced that love of my mother towards me that way. Still to this day, I'm amazed that she tells me, I'm going to church. I said, Mom, I'm the preacher. I got to go to church. Oh, okay, but you're going to church, right? So, in my humble opinion, Being a child and having a mother and no money, no money can ever pay for the love of a mother. It's a priceless love. It's a sacrificial love. It's a love that goes beyond anything. A mother's willing to, we're talking about godly mothers here, willing to give everything for their children. One thing children can say about their mothers is that they love them for raising them up. And I'm forever thankful for my mother. No, she's not a Christian. She's out safe. But she made the man I am today. Her example, her preaching to me, so many things, the same thing over and over again. Don't go there. Don't go there. Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't make around with this. It opened us. Mama already heard a million times. And she said, and I tell you, a million and one. And she keeps on doing that. So witnessing my mother, my own mother, and my wife, I must say, and even my grandmother, that motherhood is not always easy. Motherhood is not always easy. Motherhood involves commitment, lots of love, lots of patience, dying yourself for the sake of others. So motherhood at times is painful and discouraging, but motherhood most of the time is a wonderful thing. May the Lord bless the mothers of our church on this special day. We honor their commitment. We honor their love for their children. We honor them for their devotion to their children. We honor them for being obedient to the Lord. Now, every family is different. Every mom and dad are different. We all come from different backgrounds. We all have different personalities. We have different temperaments. We practice different styles of parenting. There's not one way right to parenting. trust the lord so this mother's day we are going to look at mother uh that a mother that goes by the name of uh uh yucca bell his name uh yucca bed that's her name so you may not recognize her name but uh you might recognize her son her son was moses so today we're going to look at this woman Jochebed, that's her name, was the mother of a famous people in the Bible. Let me tell you that. This is a godly mother. You can see the fruit that came out of her home. Look at her children's name. Moses, the deliverer of Israel. That was one of her children. The second child was Aaron, the first high priest of Israel. And the third child was Miriam, the prophetess and a poet and singer in Israel. All three children, and which is this godly mother that infuses in their hearts and minds the love of God. So there are these three children, or siblings, Aaron, and of course, and Moses, and Marian, they're the children that came out of that house. So although Jacobad is not named in our passage today, her name comes in two passages, in Exodus 6, verse 20, and Numbers 26, verse 59. So in fact, If we entitle today's message, Yacobel, we could put it, a trusting mother. She was a trusting mother. Listen, folks, it's not always easy for us to trust God with our children. It's not an easy thing to do. I remember my daughter, Emily, and I remember her saying to me, because I was very attached to my daughter, Emily, I tell you, when I let go of first one. I dropped him. I still to this day regret it, to be honest with you. I should actually flew with him to college and say goodbye with him in college. We put him in an airplane, and I was broken hearted. And it was the first one that flew out of my house, as I am. We put him in the airplane, flew him to Pensacola. But my daughter, Emily, she came to me. She sat me down, me and her. And she said, Dad, I need to talk to you. He said, dad, you raised me up, you and mom. You taught me everything about God. Now you need to, you and mom, let go. And let me live and trust me to live the life that God intended for me. and see me, I'm going to obey the Lord. You know, this morning, my wife was talking to her, and we were all kind of FaceTiming. Was that FaceTime? FaceTime? And I started talking to her, and it blessed my heart. She said, Dad, I need to go. I need to prepare myself because we're going to church. That is a blessing. I said, wow. She flew away, but you know what? She's following what she was taught by Mom and Dad. So is it hard to let go of our children? Yes, it is. And it's not easy. You know, when we raise them up with love and care and mothers have those big wings around their children and not to open those wings and let them fly away. It's a hard thing to do because we might think they might fall off the nest and hurt themselves. You see Mother Bird, when they let the babies fly out of the nest, it can be hard for Mother Bird. She's always around watching. So... It's not always easy to do that. So we're going to look at three important lessons about trusting God with your children from our passage today. So let's look at this from several points this morning. Trusting God with your children. So be a trusting mother. Trust the Lord. Okay, number one. Trust the Lord with yourself. Before you can let your children trust the Lord, you have to trust the Lord yourself. Look at Hebrews chapter 11 verse 23. It says, "...by faith Moses, when he was born and was hidden three months of his parents, because they saw that he was a proper child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. So first of all, trust in the Lord yourself before you can trust God with your children. It is essential that you have a personal faith in God through Jesus Christ yourself. So you see, Jacob adds here, personal faith in God in the opening verses of our chapter here. Look at verse to uh one of chapter of exodus chapter two and when a man of the house of levi took a wife a daughter of levi of levi and the woman conceived and be a son and when she saw him that he was a good new child she hid him three months so this mother no way that this mother was going to put this child in a nile river This mother loved her child. I mean, you know what? That was a brutal time to live. Folks, can you imagine you have a newborn child and now you have to throw the child in the Nile River? That is hard. So Jacob right here became pregnant with Moses, of course, during a very difficult time. The Israelites were slaves in Egypt at this time, and Pharaoh had told the Hebrew midwives to kill any of their Hebrew boys as they were being delivered. When the midwives refused to let them do that, now he comes and look at verse 22, they say, "...in Pharaoh's charge, all the people saying, Every son that is born shall be cast into the river, and every daughter shall be saved alive." So, imagine in this context how Jacobat right here must have felt when she learned she was pregnant. A thing today that we didn't have back then, the ultrasounds. Today we can go get it and find out what kind of child a mother may have before the child is born. Not in those days. She didn't know what kind of child she was going to have. So can you imagine how their mother took the news when the baby was born, a baby boy? Can you imagine the fear and the sadness in the heart of their mother? Can you imagine the cry of their mother's heart knowing that the future of that little boy was the river? Folks, there's no much, I put it this way, there's so much evil in this world, isn't it? It's not nothing new even back then. There's so much wickedness in our world that resides in the heart of man. How can somebody has the heart to say that to people if you have a boy thrown in the river? That is wickedness and evil. Can you imagine how fearful was their mother and their family? So she hid that child for three months. What would you do if you were in that situation? What would you do if you were that mother? You probably would do the same thing. So unfortunately, we live in a similar world today. Abortion is everywhere. It's legalized in our country. Mothers are killing their children. A place of safety becomes a place of murder these days. So we see that, but you know what? Praise the Lord that you have your child live. I praise the Lord for my mother that let me live. How can somebody be so cold and so wicked? Folks, the heart of men didn't change. It's still the same. See, Hebrews 11 highlights two aspects of Jacobite's fate that led to her hiding Moses after he was born. She went against all odds and trusted God with the results. She trusted God by getting her child. In her heart, Moses was a very special child on which, even she said it was a goodly child. Folks, let me put it this way. What mother, when she gives a child for the first time, don't think that child is precious? It is a blessing, isn't it? It is my child is precious to their mother. Mother, listen to me well. Your children are very special children. It don't matter what age they may be. God can do great things through them. I know that in the heart of my mother, I'm always going to be her child, no matter how old I am. I even told my mom, Mom, I'm 55 years old. And she said, yes, I know. So let God have a special purpose for your child. Mother, God gave you children, and He has a special purpose for their life. They are with you for a season. So what is the purpose of a mother to do with a child for a season? What is that? What do we do with that season of life when our children is in the nest, so to speak? What is the purpose of that mother? To teach her the ways of God. So when you open your wings, you know that they're going to follow the God that you put in their hearts and minds. Isn't that what happened to Moses? Moses left home. You know what he did? He became a good tool, a great tool for the Lord. Where did he learn that? Mother, back there. You see, God has a special purpose for your children. So your job is to train your children in the way they should go. Proverbs says that. So when they're old, they won't depart from what you have trained them to be. So the word translated here in Exodus 2 is a word that means beautiful or good. It was something about Moses that stood out to her, to that mother, something that made her realize that God had a special purpose for her son in there. And I'll tell you what, I think we're the same thing as parents. We look at our kids and we say, God can do great things through you. I remind my kids of that all the time. God can use you. God can do great things in you and through you. You know what? My mother is not a Christian. You know what my mother says to me all the time? When I call her on the phone, this is something she says, I pray for you every day. It blesses my heart. I pray for you every day. I think that's what every godly mother does. I believe all you mothers here, you pray for your children. I believe you bring their name before the throne of grace every day and pray for them, that the Lord will protect them, watch over them, guide them. Every day, my wife and I, we pray for our children. We pray for them. And I believe my wife, in her own time with the Lord, does the same thing. So, let it be obey God rather than man. Hebrews 11 also tells us that Jacobite had faith enough, had faith because she was not afraid of the king's law right here. Remember that the king ordered all the Hebrew boys to be thrown in the Nile River right here. By faith this woman, what she did, she hid the child. So this took a lot of faith because she was not only risking Moses' life, she was also risking the whole family's life right here by disobeying the king. But she went against all odds and she hid that child. She didn't want to let go. And folks, I tell you why, and that's what we as, not we, I'm not a mother, what mothers need to do is to obey God rather than men. What God wants you to do for your children is to teach them the ways of the Lord. Teach them the Word of God. Tell them about the great God that we serve. And let them see that it's not just lip talking, but that's something that you live yourself. And they see that and they want for themselves as well. Folks, there's no perfect mother. But there's a lot of godly mothers who love the Lord. And I believe your heart here this morning that you love your children and you love the Lord and you want them to do the same thing. See, this woman stood up strongly knowing of what could happen to her and her family, but her child was precious and invaluable to her. I believe that this mother would give her life if she had for the life of her child. I believe every godly mother would feel the same way. I tell you folks, we live in a society today that are stalking our children, are teaching our children things that shouldn't be. I think that we as parents and more like mothers, protect your children. Teach them the Word of God. So number one, we see this. Number two, we see not only trust God. Number two, trust your children to the Lord. The first one is right here, my first point, and trust the Lord yourself. You got to trust the Lord yourself. But second point right here, trust your children to the Lord. How do you trust God with your children? First, trust the Lord yourself. Then, secondly, trust your children to the Lord. That's what we see here in Jacobat right here doing with her son Moses here. Number one, letter A there, give your children to the Lord. Look what it says in verse 3 and verse 4 in our text. And when she could no longer hit him, She took for him an ark, and she explains here, look at verse 4 here, it says, "...and her sisters stood afar off, to which would be done to him." So it comes to one point like this. She could no longer get the child to hid anymore in the house. She trusted the Lord, and she put that child in the hands of God. And say, Lord, I did everything I could. Now I give that child to you. And I trust you that you will take care of that child. Moms, let me put it this way. God gives you children for a season. And in that season, you protect them, you teach them, you help them, you do everything for them. But it will come a time that you just have to open your wings and give the child to the Lord. Folks, I tell you what, we already did that twice with the two of our children. We have another one about to go. Is it hard to do? Yes, it is. I'm a father and I say it's very hard to do. But it will be a time that they have to go. We have to let them go. And when we let them go, we just give them to God and say, Lord, I did everything I could. I taught them everything I could. Lord, now they are in your hands. Is it difficult? Yes. Were you going to stop being a mother because of that? You will never stop being a mother. Here's one thing you will do more. You will pray more for your children. Because now you're not there to protect them. You're not there to remind them, you need to eat. Or you need to do this. You need to put your shoes on. You need to clean your room. You need to... They're not there anymore. So it becomes hard now because now you don't have them there. You're going to pray more because now you... Put them in the hands of the Lord and you trust that they're going to do those things. You know, teenagers, I'm not saying everyone, I was a teenager and my room was always spotless because I never cleaned with my mother. She cleaned everything. She fixed the bed, she put my clothes away. My mother was my maid, so to speak. I love my mom. She did everything for me. I never fixed the bed and all that. But, you know, teenagers, by nature, they're not clean. They have clothes everywhere, things all over the place. Some of them are very neat. Well, my children were the same way, but guess what? The two of them, they're married, walk in their homes and everything is organized. Wow! You see, they're putting the practice where they learned. Even though it seems like in your own mind they never learned anything. Be consistent, be consistent. Teach, teach, teach. Keep on going. Tell them, tell them. And you know what? When they're on their own, they're going to think back. Mother. Father. Give your children to the Lord. When she couldn't handle him anymore, she gives the children to the Lord. Can you imagine giving up your three-month-old baby? Can you imagine after giving birth to your child, after nursing your child, after holding your child and embrace the cries of that child in fear, discover that you have to let him go? Can you imagine giving your child not knowing what could happen to him? You see, Jacobadrah had done all that she could do. And now she needed to trust God by giving her child to the Lord. Letting your children go is never easy for a parent. It's never easy. And actually, to be honest with you, deep in your heart, deep in your heart, they're really never gone. Deep in your heart, they're always there. Because every day you find yourself asking the Lord to protect them. Every day you find yourself praying for them. Every day you want the best for them, even though they're not with you. It's not easy. Like I said, when you're a parent, you're always a parent. It's been said that mothers began saying goodbye to their children from the moment they are born. And so you need to start giving your children to the Lord from the moment they are born. Mother, your children are individual people who sooner rather than later will be making their own decisions. What you need to do as a mother is train them in the ways of the Lord so that when they get older, when they leave the nest, they will follow what you have taught them." I think of Samuel, the prophet, Hannah. I mean, what she did, she made a vow before the Lord that she would give her child to God. And actually, in 1 Samuel 111, it says, and she vowed and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou will indeed look unto the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but will give unto thy handmaid a man child. She was very specific here. I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head." You know what? As hard as it was, Hannah gave that child back to the Lord. And you know the life of Samuel, he was a godly man all of his days. He served God. Some people say, well, you know, you miss out in life. No, he did not. Let it be trusting God's sovereign care. Once you've given your children to the Lord, you need to trust God with His sovereign care. Folks, ladies, mothers, let me tell you this way. It's not easy to let our children go. I'm a father and I can tell you that. It's not easy to let our children go. Are they going to eat okay? My sister the other day, my older sister, Susanna, she was talking to me. And her oldest son decided, he's, what, 25 now, decided he wanted to go live on his own. And so, and my sister, we were talking to each other, and she said, I said, I don't think that kid is eating right. I don't think he's fixing his bed. I don't know. I'm very concerned about him. How he's going to wash his clothes. He's not eating. You could see that her heart was heavy. And I said, sister, sister, sister, how old is he? He's 24. It's OK. It's OK. If he's that hungry, he knows where you live. He will come back home. He will come see mother's food. He's not living very far, just a couple blocks up the road. So I try to encourage her. So I saw him, because he works with me. I said to him, so Louis said, how are things going? He goes, oh, I miss mom. That was his first thing. I miss mom. She cooks really well, and I miss her food. I said, yeah, I miss her food. Sometimes I have to go home and tell mommy you want food, because that's a good idea. So as far as I know, he went home and mom cooked food and gave him food, you know, for the week, for him. But he said, but, you know, I like that private time that I'm old enough to live by myself. But, you know, you could see the heart of the son. He misses mom. He misses her food. In the same time, he had mother here, like, suffocating here. Oh, he's gonna die, you know. But that's the heart of a mother. Like my mother today, how are you going to church? You can say, Mom, I'm married. I was 22. It's been a long time since I left home. I'm going to church, Mom. So, trust God's sovereign care. Once you've given your children to the Lord, you need to trust the Lord's sovereign care. I love this section of our passage because we see God's amazing, loving, sovereign protection here in the life of Moses. Look at verse 5. It says, And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself in the river, and her maids walked along by the riverside. And when she saw Luke says, "...the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it, and when she had opened, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept, and she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrew children." Now, I want you to notice the irony of all this right here, okay? Pharaoh ordered all the male Hebrew babies to be killed, right? And he, I'm sorry, and if the only man, I mean right here, but look how God worked through the woman right here. God worked first of all the midwives who spit at Hebrew babies. God worked through Jacobite right here who hid Moses for three months, that's his mother. God works through Miriam who watched Moses in the basket in the river. And God works through Pharaoh's daughter who comes along, finds the baby in the basket and had compassion on him. You see God's sovereign protection here, protecting a child? Now, but wait, there's more. And it gets even better. Look at verse 7 and verse 8. Look what it says. And she said, and then said her sister to Pharaoh's daughter, shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew woman, and she may nurse the child for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. So, oh my, is it God good or what here? Isn't God good? So, Jacob gives the baby to the Lord, and God gives the baby right back to the mother. What wages! Isn't that the way God, isn't that God good here? Pharaoh's daughter needs someone to nurse the baby. Quick thinking Miriam, the sister, steps in and says, I know the right person. Look at what happened here in God's sovereign care. You got Moses in the basket, and you have just the right place along the banks of the river. You have the timing of Pharaoh's daughter arriving. when she did. You have the baby Moses crying and then Pharaoh's daughter having compassion. You have Miriam stepping at the right time right here. Only God could work those details to protect the child. You see that? Mothers? I mean, if it was father, I'd say the same thing, but today it's mothers. Mothers, let me tell you this. Trust God with your children. Trust God with your children. Raise them up. Tell them about God and always be a godly woman. Every time they hear, no matter how old they are, always be that godly person. To them, they know that my mother walks with the Lord. They always have that in their mind. You know what? Here we can see God will protect your children. God will. Only God could work all those details in a marvelous way. Look what it says in Romans 8, 28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to His purposes. So God is sovereign and God is good. Mother, when you give your children to the Lord, you can trust God's sovereign care. When you trust God, you can trust that God loves your children even more than you do. God loves them more than you can ever love them. You can trust that God can take better care of them than you can take care of them. So this is the second way on which Jacobet right here trusted God with her children. She trusted Moses to the Lord. When she could hide them no longer, she had to give them to the Lord. Mothers, let me tell you something. Some of you already give their kids away. Some of you are in the process of giving their kids, to open their wings and let their kids go. Some of you kids are still very little. But I tell you what, that's only a season of life on which God give those children to us as parents to raise them up in the ways of the Lord. When it will come a day, they're going to fly out. You know what? You need to trust the Lord and say, Lord, I am so afraid. because they're going to hurt their wings. Maybe they won't be able to fly. But you got to trust the Lord that God will take care of them. And I tell you what, and your heart always going to cry. Your heart always going to be concerned because you think they're going to hurt themselves. But let me tell you, whatever they go, they're going to think about you and their love and your love for them. You know how many times I'm an adult and I believe you go through the same thing. I know what you think about your mother. And you think about with love and care how much your mother loved you. Number three, guide your children in the Lord. Mothers, it don't matter what is the age of your children. You can always be a guiding example to them of the goodness of God. Be a light in their lives. Tell them about the goodness of the Lord. Tell them often as you can about how much God loves them. Now, I want you to notice another part of God's sovereign key here. Not only does Jacobet get her baby back, she even gets paid to take care of her own child. Ain't God good? Ain't that amazing how the Lord makes it in His sovereign will, turns everything around, gives the child back to the mother, and with wages. That's what happens when we trust God. God is good, folks. God in the South would allow this mother to raise Moses herself and to teach him faith in God. Then when he was older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. And this was all part of God's plan to rescue the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. See, God gave Moses back to the mother so she could teach him the word of God, the ways of God. And when that man went back to Pharaoh's daughter, that man was built in the Lord. No way he was going to deviate from what mother has taught him. I think the same thing about our children is that if we teach them, if they know that we are sincere with God, if we teach them the word of God, when they fly away, they won't forget what you have taught them. They won't. Parents understand that you have limited time with your children before they move on. And so you may use all the time you have. It's an urgency on which you teach your children the ways of God. Mother, your children need you, your godly influence in their lives, no matter how old they may be. They live in a world that is trying to mold them to their thinking. And mother, is always a mother, always be that light and that godly example to them. Always put in their hearts and when they think of you or when they come home, mother is there with her love in a godly ways to teach them and help them. They need to see Christ in you. They need to see the hope of glory in you. They need to see that living godly in this world works. Look what it says in Proverbs 22, 6. Train up your child the way it should go. And when he is old, you will not depart from it. From what? From your training. When I was a kid, I did a lot of sports. Don't you notice today as an old man, I don't play sports anymore. I still remember the directions of some of my coaches. And I was a child. Why? Because they're good influences in my life. What about the influence of a mother? And their counseling to their children. And mothers are very kind to their children. I tell you what, you have an opportunity to mold the heart of your children by not only by the way you live, but by your teaching. Mother, your children are always going to be your children, no matter how old they may be. And as long as you live, be a godly mother and a godly example to them. Letter A, teach them the ways of the Lord. Mother, have godly conversations with your children. Remind your children that God loves them. Mothers always teach your children the ways of the Lord with the life that you live. Mother, your children are going to face many challenges in life. Never give up on them. Always pray for them. Always be there for them. Mother, your children need you. They need you. Encourage them. Back them up with their dreams and their goals in life and say, I'm behind you. I'm there to protect you. Where do you want to be? I'm there for you. You know what? I remember when I was a kid in places that I was. And it marked me as a kid. Maybe sports activities, even activities around the neighborhood at school. You know what? There was friends around. There are other people that I recognize. But in your eyes, as a child, looks around for whom? Your parents. And when you see your mother or your father there, your heart just rejoices because they're there to support you. You ever been there? Of course you've been there. It is that love that the child have, it looks for the love of a mother. So, mothers, your children need you. Look what it says in 2 Timothy 3.15, We're talking about Timothy right here, from a child. the ways of God. So it is important to teach your children God's Word. Teach them about God, about Jesus, about the Bible. Tell them Bible stories and say, my children are too old for that. Be that example. Mother, your children never saw you reading your Bible? Your children never saw you praying? That is important. It touches their lives, touches their heart. Teach them that God loves them. Teach them about sin and the need of forgiveness. Teach them that Jesus on the cross died for them. Let it be. Bring them to church. Mothers, the world is destroying our children. The world offers so much to them, but in the end, we see the results. Look at our youth and our nation. Look at where they're going. Don't your heart just cries out to see all these children and the way they're going, many messed up in alcohol, in drugs, in prostitution, all kinds of stuff. We have the opportunity to teach our children to live godly lives. Bring your children to the house of God and show them that is important. You say, my children are too old for that. Tell them that you go to the house of God. Mothers, if your children are of age, don't give up and encourage them to come to the house of God. Remember, once a mother, always a mother. Coming to church as a family is important to raise your children. Talking about the little ones. If it isn't a church there, your child learns to love God and obey God. Let me put it this way. There was a time in America where church was very important in the lives of people. What happened to that? Let us see, pray for your children. Pray for them. Pray with them and for them. Mother, your children need your prayers. Listen, we have three children. One is at home. Two are not. So we pray with the one at home. And we pray for the ones in our home. There's always a need to pray for our children. There's always things in our children's life that we need to pray for. So when you pray with your children, you are following Jesus' example. You gladly pray for the children that were brought to Him. How do you raise your children for the Lord? Teach them God's Word. Bring them to church. Pray for them. Your children need your prayers. Once again, it seems like forever, but I'll tell you what. Children need the love of a mother. They need the love of a mother. And I conclude with this. Moses was born during a very difficult time, but is trusting God, but is trusted. I'm sorry, but as a mother, yet a mother that trusted God, and we see the results. Mothers this morning, I tell you this, it's an honorable thing to be a mother. Is it difficult at times? Yes, it is. Is it discouraging at times? Yes, it is. But I tell you why, in the end, it's a great joy to be a mother. Motherhood is an honorable thing to be. It's wonderful to be a mother. I'm not a mother. I'm a father. But I tell you what, I look at my own mother. I look at other people who are my own wife. I look at the ladies in the church who are mothers. It is a wonderful thing to be a mother. I tell you what, and I'm glad for you today, the mothers of our church. May the Lord bless you. Continue to be that godly mother that God wants you to be. Continue to be that example to your children. Don't matter how old they are. You say, my children don't live with me. It don't matter. Continue to be that example, that encouragement. Pray for them. They need your prayers. Trust God with your children. And let God lead them, but always pray for your children. Always be that example of a godly mother. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you, Lord. for the mother, for Moses' mother. You didn't give up on him. And Lord, how much you use him for your glory and your honor and to take the children of Israel out of slavery, Lord. Lord, Father, I pray for our mothers here in our church. Lord, for each mother here in our East Bay Baptist Church, bless them, protect them, watch over them, Lord. May they be all that example to their children that they need to be of God's love and mercy and grace. And Lord, I pray for my own mother this morning, for her salvation, that she would come to know you as Lord and Savior. And I pray, Lord, if there's any mother here this morning that never received Jesus as their personal Savior, may they today call upon you for salvation. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.