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“A Mother’s Question”

God’s Word is full of instructions on how to live in a way that could enable your children to enjoy the abundant life promised in Christ. Mothers who want to influence their children for Christ will take to heart what is written in Philippians 2:3 and 5, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.”

The best thing a mother can do for her children and family is to let the humility of Christ flow in and through her. A Christian mother who is able to do this while raising her children will know the joy of sacrificial living. She has been taught of the Lord the difference between working to get ahead in life and working for the good of the family--especially for her children’s eternal future.

This Christian mother will train, equip, and care for herself in a way that benefits the family. A mother of godly influence works to keep herself healthy, alert, and well equipped for the work God has laid before her.

She will ask herself the most important question, “Will this ensure the Christian upbringing of our children or will it keep us too busy for the things of God? Many a Christian mother has done without in order to enjoy the pleasure of sacrificial love, doing what it takes to ensure that her children are being brought up in the faith as Timothy’s mother and grandmother did before her. (2 Timothy 1:5)

D. E. Buffaloe spoke with such appreciation of his mother’s sensitivity to his need to know about the things of God, and especially her need of living a God fearing life before her children. She made time to teach him to pray and made sure he had what he needed to learn about the Lord Jesus. She denied herself certain pleasures in order to have the finances and especially the time to help oversee the spiritual training of her children.

He is now a pastor of a church and he makes this plea, “Mothers, be sensitive to your children’s need for turning off the television and worldly distractions and make time to plant seeds the Holy Spirit can use to lead your children to Christ. Lay a foundation that will cause them to consider Christ.”

Ask Yourself the Important Question!