Healthy Mothers

Ephesians 4:17-32

May 11th 2003

Healthy Hearts

          Healthy Lives

                    Healthy Homes

Happy Mother’s Day!

Matthew 22:37-39; Genesis 3:1

“Respecting the preciousness of others”

1.  Healthy mothers avoid parenting extremes:

          Oppressive parenting (4:29-32)  

"children should be seen ..."

the movie Matilda ...

                    James 1:19,20

                    The danger of legalism

          Permissive parenting (4:17-19)  

what do we mean by 'permissive?'

                    Proverbs 22:6

                    Ephesians 6:1

2.  Healthy mothers embrace God’s truth.

          The most important thing as a parent …

          The need for:

1.     Loving homes (4:20-24)

2.     Loving examples (4:25-28)

3.     Loving direction (4:24)