Sermon Tone Analysis

Icloud- work on sermon at home, come to church open my bible software and sermon suddenly appears.

Now it does not suddenly appear when I open the software at home the first time.

Review the characteristics we looked at last week.

Review the characteristics we looked at last week.

Virtuous

Trustworthy

Energetic

Physically fit

Economical

Generous

She experiences pleasure in being able to give to others.

She desires to bless others through the work of her hands.

She keeps herself occupied with worthy projects.

“The body of an ancient woman mummified by the volcanic ashes of Mount Vesuvius was unearthed when the Roman City of Pompeii was excavated.

Her feet pointed toward the city gate, but her outreached arms and fingers were straining for something that lay behind her.

The treasure for which she was grasping was a bag of pearls.

Of her it was written, “Though death was hard at her heels, and life was beckoning to her beyond the city gates, she could not shake off their spell…but it was not the eruption of Vesuvius that made her love pearls more than life.

It only froze her in this attitude of greed.”

Her position told a tragic story of selfishness.

Isaiah pronounced a warning in his day to God’s people to not get caught up in acquiring more and more houses and fields and neglect their neighbors.

The biblically feminine woman recognizes that all her possessions and resources are a gift from God and she will desire to use them in a way that honors the Lord.

She is big-hearted and open-handed.

She is selfless and kind.

Her perspective is, I have been greatly blessed by God and I in turn will be a blessing to others.

God blessed numerous people in the bible with wealth- Abraham, Job, Joseph, David, Solomon, Josiah, and Lydia are some examples.

Prov.

19:

Biblical femininity is recognized by a woman who demonstrates a life of contentment.

“Godliness with contentment is great gain.”

Her security is not wrapped up in her wealth.

She is not so busy with her own agenda that she has no time for others.

“The spindle and the distaff---two flat, circular objects used to work textile fibers---were tools of the day.

She used these tools to provide for her family and those who lacked resources.

She is in tune to needs around her and looks for ways to minister to people in need.

She is like Dorcas who is described in

as a woman “full of good works and acts of charity.”

Prepared

Prov.

21

Prov.

31

Organized.

She has her house in order.

She has her ducks in a row.

Prov.

331:27

She has a plan and works her plan.

There is an order or sequence to her day.

She accomplishes her errands in a timely manner.

She is not frantic, frenzied or frazzled.

Ladies- wouldn’t it be nice, if you got up in the morning and your hair was perfect, and facial was done, eyeliner was in place, and your clothes were ironed and you were ready to walk out the door in 5 min.

That doesn’t happen.

Farmer puts the seed in the ground one day and the next day he has a full crop ready for harvest.

She plans ahead and is rarely caught off guard.

When I was single I went grocery shopping a few times when I was hungry.

Do you know what happens when you grocery shop and you are hungry....you buy more groceries.....everything looks good.

But when I got married, we would buy extra stuff....

Instead of buying one can of hairspray, we bought two and then when one gets used up and I pull the 2nd one out of the cupboard, I then buy another one and you don’t run out.

It works!!!

SERMON ILLUSTRATION

Scaling Mount Everest (Like Marriage or Advent) Requires Preparation

Nobody who wants to keep on living wakes up one morning and suddenly decides, "I think I'll climb Mount Everest today."

Such a monumental assault requires training, preparation, and gear.

Lots of gear.

In fact, experts suggest those who climb Mount Everest should approach it with no fewer than three separate pairs of boots: double plastic climbing boots, fully insulated overboots, and light hiking boots.

And yeah—you need crampons (a traction device that is attached to footwear to improve mobility on show and ice during ice climbing), and certainly gaiters (garments worn over the shoe and lower pants leg as personal protective equipment), and booties.

Plus socks.

Wool socks, pile socks, synthetic socks.

Lots of socks.

Tools help keep you alive, so don't scrimp here—you'll want an ice ax, carabiners, ascenders, a rappel device, a climbing harness, trekking poles.

To stay warm, you'll need plenty of good underwear, a pile jacket, pile pants, down pants, a down parka, a Gore-Tex shell with a hood, and probably a bib.

Along with your sleeping bag you'll need two different sleeping pads (and a repair kit).

Plan on two pairs of synthetic gloves and two pairs of pile mitts or Gore-Tex overmitts.

Hand warmers are optional, but you won't regret bringing them.

For your head you'll want a baseball cap or some kind of sun hat, at least a visor ….

Many climbers also like to use a neoprene face mask, and make sure you include a headlamp (with plenty of extra bulbs and batteries).

And toilet paper.

Please don't forget the toilet paper.

Climbing Everest is a big deal.

You need to be prepared.

The same is true for other areas of our lives.

Take marriage, for instance.

Just as you wouldn't try to scale a mountain without making sure you have what you need, don't enter the most difficult relationship of your life without doing so.

Adapted from Gary Thomas, Sacred Search, (David C. Cook, 2013), pp.

111-112

She realizes that God has given her everything that she needs and He will not short-change her.

Modest in her dress- She is not looking to be a spectacle.

She is not longing for attention by what she wears or doesn’t wear.

Her clothing is appropriate for the occasion.

She makes herself attractive but not seductive.

She is sensitive and realizes her clothing could cause others to stumble.

Honorable

Honorable in her dealings- she has integrity.

She is ethical in what she says and how she conducts herself- whether alone or with others.

She abstains from the appearance of evil.

She does not deal with situations like the man who was leaving a party one night and as he was leaving he accidently scraped the Mercedes next to him, so he looks up and notices that someone standing on the porch took notice of what happened and he confidently got out of his car and pulled out a note pad and began writing a note to put on the windshield of the scraped car…and the note said the person standing on the porch thinks I am writing down my name and phone number....

Women can be very manipulative to get their way, the Biblically feminine woman is not manipulative, but rather is a woman of honor.

Honorable in her dress- Her outer clothing complements her inward qualities.

An expensive dye, purple represents wealth and royalty (, .

, , ; ) for this reason, idols were attired in purple ().

Jesus was robed in purple in mockery of him as “king of the Jews”.

Garments of purple are appropriate for a wife of noble character.

Her body is presented as a living sacrifice to the Lord.

She does not allow her body to be used as an instrument to sin ()

Honorable in her desires- She maintains biblical convictions of right and wrong and is not easily swayed by the attitudes of the culture.