Title: Honoring our Parents
Scripture: Exodus 20:12
Author: Patrick Edwards
Introduction
I want to be upfront with you this morning, as this message was not what we had originally planned. This would have been week five of our Asking for a Friend series where we would have addressed the fifth question, What is God's Design for Sex? However, despite the fact that sex is pretty implicitly involved in the notion of motherhood, it was thought maybe that wasn't the best topic for Mothers' Day.
You see, historically, Mothers' Day is one of the most attended Sunday services of the year in churches, because this is often a day where mom asks everyone in the family to go to church with her before a nice Sunday brunch. And while in my weird sense of humor I thought it'd funny to have a room of hundreds of people sitting uncomfortable beside their mothers while we talked about sex, wiser heads prevailed.
Of course, this Sunday does provide us with the opportunity to think about our parents and God's call on each of us and in that I don't want to address only the mothers, but all of us and challenge us all to think about our role as children. Regardless of age, we are someone's child. Moreover, the New Testament often describes the church as a family and so there is also an expectation of not only being brothers and sisters to one another in the local church, but where we each also ideally have spiritual fathers and mothers who help us grow in the faith.
Of course, implicit in this conversation about understanding parenthood is, no doubt, the challenge that some of us have this morning in that our relationships with our earthly parents, or with one of our parents, hasn't been a healthy one. In fact, maybe you have struggled to really understand and embrace the parenthood of God because of the earthly examples and struggles you've had to endure. I hope this morning can, thus, help us understand God's ideal, but more importantly equip us to persevere throu ...
Scripture: Exodus 20:12
Author: Patrick Edwards
Introduction
I want to be upfront with you this morning, as this message was not what we had originally planned. This would have been week five of our Asking for a Friend series where we would have addressed the fifth question, What is God's Design for Sex? However, despite the fact that sex is pretty implicitly involved in the notion of motherhood, it was thought maybe that wasn't the best topic for Mothers' Day.
You see, historically, Mothers' Day is one of the most attended Sunday services of the year in churches, because this is often a day where mom asks everyone in the family to go to church with her before a nice Sunday brunch. And while in my weird sense of humor I thought it'd funny to have a room of hundreds of people sitting uncomfortable beside their mothers while we talked about sex, wiser heads prevailed.
Of course, this Sunday does provide us with the opportunity to think about our parents and God's call on each of us and in that I don't want to address only the mothers, but all of us and challenge us all to think about our role as children. Regardless of age, we are someone's child. Moreover, the New Testament often describes the church as a family and so there is also an expectation of not only being brothers and sisters to one another in the local church, but where we each also ideally have spiritual fathers and mothers who help us grow in the faith.
Of course, implicit in this conversation about understanding parenthood is, no doubt, the challenge that some of us have this morning in that our relationships with our earthly parents, or with one of our parents, hasn't been a healthy one. In fact, maybe you have struggled to really understand and embrace the parenthood of God because of the earthly examples and struggles you've had to endure. I hope this morning can, thus, help us understand God's ideal, but more importantly equip us to persevere throu ...
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