MOTHER'S DAY

THE DUTIES OF A MOTHER

Ministering: Mrs. Oluwatoyin Obalade

Some of the duties are listed below:

1. The Duties to take care of your Husband – Prov. 31:11-12 NLT
As a mother your number one duty is to take care of your husband and not your child/ children. Let him feel trusted, cared for in all areas of life. Prov 31:11-12(NLT)

2. Home Building – Prov. 14:1
Another duty that is fading away in our generation is Home Building. Many mother are pursuing/ running after money (career) at the expense of their home.
Mothers are no longer there for their children to see them through. Prov 14:1 (NLT)
This means God expects the women to build the home. The duty of home building is left in our hands as a mother. God wants to equip us to build home for him. God is looking for godly seed from our homes. Mal 2:15b(NLT)
Home where God Dwell
The home is God’s arena to produce godly seed for His Kingdom, even Jesus had to be born into a family. Home where the word of God is loved and taught, homes that lives/ unite together an example of heaven while on earth. 2 John 1:4(NLT)

3. The duty to take care of your children – Prov. 22:6, 15 NLT
This involves
Child training – Prov. 22:6A (KJV)

Giving of instructions Prov 31:15c(NLT) Teaching – home training not only education
Discipline and Correction – Prov. 22:15(NLT), Prov. 23:13-14(NLT)
Modeling Prov. 22:6a
Equipped for the future Prov. 22:6b(NLT)

4. The duty of standing in the gap – (Prayer): 1 Thess 5:17(NLT)
We (mothers) are gatekeeper to our homes. Whatever we allowed that will enter into. A mother that cannot pray will expose her home to the peril of the devil James 5:16b(NLT)

5. The duty of total surrender
i. In submission Eph. 5:22(NLT)
ii. In giving of yourself 1 Cor. 7:4a (NLT)

Conclusion: Let us rise up to our duties, God is depending on us to raise a godly seed through our homes. May God find us at our duty post, so that we can be praised. Prov 31:31(NLT)