Did you bake the cake?

Monday - 5/14 - Read Proverbs 1:8,9; 6:20-23; 15:20; 30:17

Please read the verses above from Proverbs.

Proverbs 30:17 is a rather sobering indictment against those who would "scorn obedience" to their moms.

What do we see, from these verses, about God's view of how we should react to our mom's?

Do you think that God only had in mind one day of the year?

We compared treating mom the right way as a lifestyle with baking a cake.

Both require the right ingredients. Have you ever tried to bake something and forgot an important ingredient?

We discovered the first ingredients needed in treating mom right were submission and obedience.

Are those ingredients in your "cake" you are preparing for mom?

We talked about how these ingredients are the primary focus of children who are still "in the nest," but how could you have these ingredients in your relationship with your mother even after you leave the nest?

Jesus obeyed and submitted to his mom (Luke 2:41-52). Is this the pattern of your life?

We sent you home with a cake mix to bake a cake for mom last Sunday. Did you bake it? Did you use the right ingredients? Did you clean up after you baked the cake? Let that cake remind you of the ingredients of submission, obedience, respect, honor, care and concern you need to use every day in your relationship with your mom.