Good Mothers,
Great Mothers
Good Mothers, Great Mothers
• “The difference between something good and
something great is attention to detail.” –
Charles R. Swindoll
• What is “good” by today’s definition?
• “Doing what you believe is best for your
children and your family makes you a good
mother, no matter if it fits anyone else’s
standard.” – “Relax, You’re Being a Good
Mom”, WebMD article
Good Mothers, Great Mothers
• The Bible clearly distinguishes what it
means to be “good” and “great” – not just
concerning motherhood.
• It is one thing for us to desire to be “good”
people; it is another thing entirely for us to
strive for excellence.
• All of those desiring to be spiritual
(including mothers) have a calling to be
great!
Good vs. Great
Luke 17:9-10 – “Does he
thank that servant because
he did the things that were
commanded him? I think
not. 10 So likewise you,
when you have done all
those things which you are
commanded, say, ‘We are
unprofitable servants. We
have done what was our
duty to do.’”
1 John 5:4 – “For whatever
is born of God overcomes
the world. And this is the
victory that has overcome
the world— our faith.”
Revelation 3:21 – “To him
who overcomes I will grant
to sit with Me on My
throne, as I also overcame
and sat down with My
Father on His throne.”
“Great” Women – acc. To Proverbs
Proverbs 31:10 – “Who can find a
virtuous wife (or wife of valor,
excellence)? For her worth is far above
rubies.”
Proverbs 31:29 – “Many daughters
have done well, But you excel them
all.”
Good Mothers, Great Mothers
Good Mothers use
“teachable moments” to
educate their children.
-Luke 2:41-43, 48
Luke 2:41-43; 48
“His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the
Feast of the Passover. 42 And when He was twelve
years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to
the custom of the feast. 43 When they had finished
the days, as they returned, the Boy Jesus lingered
behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and His mother did
not know it;”
“So when they saw Him, they were amazed; and His
mother said to Him, ‘Son, why have You done this to
us? Look, Your father and I have sought You
anxiously.’”
Good Mothers, Great Mothers
Good Mothers use
“teachable moments” to
educate their children.
-Luke 2:41-43, 48
Great Mothers teach
their children all of their
lives.
-Deuteronomy 11:18-20;
Proverbs 31:26; Titus
2:1-5
Deuteronomy 11:18-20
“Therefore you shall lay up these words of
mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind
them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between your eyes. 19 You shall
teach them to your children, speaking of them
when you sit in your house, when you walk
by the way, when you lie down, and when
you rise up. 20 And you shall write them on
the doorposts of your house and on your
gates”
Proverbs 31:26
“She opens her mouth with
wisdom,
And on her tongue is the law
of kindness.”
Titus 2:1-3
“But as for you, speak the things which
are proper for sound doctrine: 2 that the
older men be sober, reverent, temperate,
sound in faith, in love, in patience; 3 the
older women likewise, that they be
reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not
given to much wine, teachers of good
things”
Titus 2:4-5
“that they admonish the young
women to love their husbands, to
love their children, 5 to be discreet,
chaste, homemakers, good, obedient
to their own husbands, that the word
of God may not be blasphemed.”
Good Mothers, Great Mothers
Good Mothers make the
daily bread of their
children a priority.
-Matthew 7:8-11
Matthew 7:8-11
“For everyone who asks receives, and
he who seeks finds, and to him who
knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what
man is there among you who, if his son
asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10
Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him
a serpent? 11 If you then, being evil,
know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your
Father who is in heaven give good
things to those who ask Him!”
Good Mothers, Great Mothers
Good Mothers make the
daily bread of their
children a priority.
-Matthew 7:8-11
Great Mothers make the
Living Bread a priority
for their children.
-2 Timothy 1:3-5
2 Timothy 1:3-5
“I remember you in my prayers night and
day, 4 greatly desiring to see you, being
mindful of your tears, that I may be filled
with joy, 5 when I call to remembrance
the genuine faith that is in you, which
dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and
your mother Eunice”
Good Mothers, Great Mothers
Good Mothers want the
best for their children.
“There is only one
pretty child in the
world, and every
mother has it.” –
Chinese Proverb
-Matthew 20:20-21
Matthew 20:20-21
“Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to
Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking
something from Him.
21 And He said to her, ‘What do you wish?’
She said to Him, ‘Grant that these two sons of
mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the
other on the left, in Your kingdom.’”
Good Mothers, Great Mothers
Good Mothers want the
best for their children.
“There is only one
pretty child in the
world, and every
mother has it.” –
Chinese Proverb
-Matthew 20:20-21
Great Mothers give the
very best to their
children.
-Acts 16:14-15; Proverbs
31:15, 27-28, 30-31
Acts 16:14-15
“Now a certain woman named Lydia
heard us. She was a seller of purple from
the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God.
The Lord opened her heart to heed the
things spoken by Paul. 15 And when she
and her household were baptized, she
begged us, saying, ‘If you have judged me
to be faithful to the Lord, come to my
house and stay.’ So she persuaded us.”
Proverbs 31:15, 27-28
“She also rises while it is yet night,
And provides food for her household,
And a portion for her maidservants.”
“She watches over the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;
Her husband also, and he praises her”
Proverbs 31:30-31
“Charm is deceitful and beauty
is passing,
But a woman who fears the
Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her
hands,
And let her own works praise
her in the gates.”
Good Mothers, Great Mothers
“Each day of our lives we make
deposits into the memory banks of
our children.”
--Charles R. Swindoll