Mama’s Sweetest Bouquet
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Text: Proverbs 31:10-31
Topic: “ Mama’s Sweetest Bouquet”
INTRODUCTION:
I. RECOGNIZE HER WORTH (Proverbs 31:10).
I. RECOGNIZE HER WORTH (Proverbs 31:10).
10 Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies.
A. She is a rare Gem (Proverbs 31:10 a).
10 Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies.
1. She is a treasure that is hard to find.
2. There are many who do not measure up.
a. Like Eve: Making decisions based on the wrong criteria (Gen. 3:1-6).
1 The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”
2 “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied.
3 “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’ ”
4 “You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman.
5 “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”
6 The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
b. Like Jezebel: Leading all around her to destruction (1 Ki. 21:25).
25 (No one else so completely sold himself to what was evil in the Lord’s sight as Ahab did under the influence of his wife Jezebel.
c. Like Athalia, Josiah’s grandmother: Seeking power at the expense of even her family (2 Chron. 22-23).
d. Like Rebeckah: favored one child over another (Gen. 26-27).
e. Like Gomer: unfaithful to her husband (Hosea).
B. She is worth more than gems or gold (Proverbs 31:10b).
10 Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies.
1. She is the greatest blessing aside from the gift of Jesus!
II. REMEMBER ALL SHE DOES (Proverbs 31:11-27).
II. REMEMBER ALL SHE DOES (Proverbs 31:11-27).
A. She is trustworthy in all her ways (Proverbs 31:11-12).
11 Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life.
12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
B. She is industrious in making a house into a home (Proverbs 31:13-15).
13 She finds wool and flax and busily spins it.
14 She is like a merchant’s ship, bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day’s work for her servant girls.
C. She is insightful in the business of homemaking (Proverbs 31:16-19).
16 She goes to inspect a field and buys it; with her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She is energetic and strong, a hard worker.
18 She makes sure her dealings are profitable; her lamp burns late into the night.
19 Her hands are busy spinning thread, her fingers twisting fiber.
D. She is merciful to those in need – teaching her household to do the same (Proverbs 31:20).
20 She extends a helping hand to the poor and opens her arms to the needy.
1. Like Dorcas (Acts 9:39).
39 So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other clothes Dorcas had made for them.
E. She is tireless in caring for the needs of her family (Proverbs 31:21-22).
21 She has no fear of winter for her household, for everyone has warm clothes.
22 She makes her own bedspreads. She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns.
1. Like Abigail- saved her family (1 Sam. 25).
F. She is supportive to her husband’s rise to success (Proverbs 31:23).
23 Her husband is well known at the city gates, where he sits with the other civic leaders.
1. Like Priscilla (Acquilla’s wife) (Acts 18).
G. She is her husband’s partner in providing for the home (Proverbs 31:24-25).
24 She makes belted linen garments and sashes to sell to the merchants.
25 She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.
H. She is a well of wisdom and a flowing river of kindness (Proverbs 31:26)
26 When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness.
1. Like Deborah was known for her wisdom (Judges 4:5).
I. She is a godly wife and mother (Proverbs 31:30).
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
III. REWARD HER WITH FLOWERS OF LOVE AND PRAISE (Proverbs 31:28-31).
III. REWARD HER WITH FLOWERS OF LOVE AND PRAISE (Proverbs 31:28-31).
28 Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her:
29 “There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but you surpass them all!”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised.
31 Reward her for all she has done. Let her deeds publicly declare her praise.
A. Her children should reward her (Proverbs 31:28a).
A. Her children should reward her (Proverbs 31:28a).
28 Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her:
1. By honoring her (Eph. 6:2) and thanking her.
2 “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise:
2. By leading godly lives (Prov. 17:25; 23:15).
25 Foolish children bring grief to their father and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.
15 My child, if your heart is wise, my own heart will rejoice!
B. Her husband should reward her (Proverbs 31:28b).
B. Her husband should reward her (Proverbs 31:28b).
28 Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her:
1. By giving her a godly husband (Eph. 5:25-33).
25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her
26 to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.
27 He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.
28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself.
29 No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church.
30 And we are members of his body.
31 As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.”
32 This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.
33 So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
2. By giving her tenderness and love (1 Peter 3:7).
7 In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.
3. By giving her praise, not ridicule.
CONCLUSION: