• ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ.

  • May 30 2024
  • Length: 8 mins
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๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ.

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  • Here is the high calling of motherhood. There is truth in the saying, โ€œBehind every great man is a great woman.โ€ The greater truth is that this woman is usually his mother! King Lemuel was indebted to his mother for advice that follows in Proverbs chapter 31. While the description and benefits of a great wife are found in Pr 31:10-31, the chapter begins with the great value of Kingโ€™s Lemuelโ€™s mother, which you should consider first. God put His stamp of approval on this motherโ€™s advice by inspiring and preserving its selected words for the pages of Holy Scripture. Every mother should rejoice at the opportunity to teach and form a son into a great man by considering her very practical instruction and her bold and plain declaration of it. Not every woman can raise a son to be a great king, but every woman can be better by the example of this great woman. Who is king Lemuel? Who is Agur, the son of Jakeh (Pr 30:1)? Who were Ithiel and Ucal? What is the book of Jasher (Josh 10:13)? Since God did not tell you, their identities are not important. Do not speculate about Godโ€™s secrets and miss the revealed wisdom before you (Deut 29:29). You know the Author, even if you do not know specific writers. Whether Bathshebaโ€™s advice to Solomon, Abijahโ€™s advice to Hezekiah, or the advice of a foreign queen to her son, it matters little. God inspired these words for you, since it is called a prophecy, and since it has a very godly summary of a virtuous woman (Pr 31:30). Solomon wrote 3000 proverbs (I Kings 4:32), but the men of Hezekiah copied out only a few select ones (Pr 25:1). They likely added two appendices โ€“ the proverbs of Agur (a wise prophet) and the royal advice of Lemuelโ€™s mother, both by Godโ€™s providence. God inspired this woman to teach her son rules for moral protection (Pr 31:3-7), noble use of authority (Pr 31:8-9), and domestic prosperity (Pr 31:10-31). This is some of the most practical instruction in the Bible. Every woman should humbly realize it was a woman that gave the lofty description of the virtuous wife that follows (Pr 31:10-31). Every woman for whom it is not too late should examine the legacy she will give her son. Wise women know their important role in training children, even sons. Bathsheba taught Solomon (Pr 4:3-4; 6:20), and Solomon assumed that mothers teach their sons (Pr 1:8; 6:20). But helping with homework and assigning household duties are not nearly enough. This great mother taught her son very plainly, even when grown, on real subjects like women, wine, justice, and marriage. Let every mother wisely use her time with her son. Do not let the world, with its earthly priorities, misdirect your efforts in the few formative years you have with a son (or daughter). The devilโ€™s diabolical ambition for your son is to love the worldโ€™s things, like sports, instead of being consumed by heavenly things for Godโ€™s glory and Jesus Christโ€™s kingdom (I Tim 4:7-9). The more the world entices him, the more he is Godโ€™s enemy, and you the accomplice in his horrible ruin (Jas 4:4). Driving him daily to baseball practice and watching him shag fly balls over a ten-year youth program may give you warm feelings and an escape from housework, but what has it taught him for the moral battle of good versus evil that he will fight with numerous enemies out of your sight for the rest of his life? How will it equip him to deny his lusts, reject the worldโ€™s lies, love God, and be a tree of life to others (Eccl 12:13-14; Pr 11:30)? Helping him daily with homework to make the honor roll is not much better; for again, what did it do to form godly character, which is much more important to God and good men, and which will guarantee future success in all areas of life (Pr 4:5-13; 22:11)? In all the hours of learning facts to regurgitate for tests the next day, most of which he will never need or use again, did you make time for daily musing in Godโ€™s book, the Bible?
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