Celebrating the Heart of the Mother! - Victoria Osteen

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In fact, they were rarely 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.600 recogniz But I want to read a letter to you 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.440 that he wrote to a young man named Timothy. Now 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.880 he loved Timothy like his own son. And he was 0:02:08.919 --> 0:02:11.520 writing a letter to Timothy and some of the churches 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:15.160 where Timothy was because he wanted them to know that 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:17.560 there was a lot to do, there was a lot 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:20.280 of reasons to move forward. But this is how he 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:23.600 started his letter to Timothy, and this is found in 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:29.080 tecod Timothy one five. He said, I'm remembering and reminding you, Timothy, 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:34.240 of the sincere faith that I see in you that 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:38.600 lived first in your grandmother Lois and now in your 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:44.120 mother Unice. That's amazing when you think about it. He 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:49.160 started that letter saying, I want to recognize the influence 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:54.480 and value of your mother and your grandmother's faith, and 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.600 I want to say that I now see it living 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:01.359 in you. He said, I'm persua now that I've been 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.960 around you and I've spent time with you, that you've 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:08.600 got the same faith. To me, that's incredible because these 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:13.760 two women were able to influence Timothy's life with such 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:19.120 an amazing faith that Paul picked up on. Now, I 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:22.800 can't think of a greater compliment to give a mother 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:28.160 than to say, I see the sincere faith in your child, 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:32.040 and I see the same faith that you have now 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:32.480 in them. 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:33.440 See. 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.880 That's a beautiful compliment. And that was astounding that Paul 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.800 would recognize that. But one thing I loved was the 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:43.200 fact that he said a sincere faith. That's how he 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:50.280 described it, sincere, authentic, real, a faith that was lived 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.800 out to the best of those women's ability. He didn't 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:56.560 say a perfect faith. He didn't say, you know, because 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:59.240 they were perfect women, and they had the perfect faith. 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:02.920 Guess but and now it's been passed on to you. No, 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:08.560 he said, it's a sincere faith, it's a real faith, Timothy. See, 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:12.280 I'm pretty much sure that these women weren't perfect. I'm 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:16.600 sure that they didn't always do things the best way. 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:21.520 I am sure they made some mistakes. But it wasn't 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:25.159 because of their perfect faith. It was because of the 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.920 sincerity of their heart doing what they knew to their 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:32.760 very best ability to raise this child in the ways 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:36.359 and the things of God. And that's why I'm encouraged 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:39.600 this morning, and I hope that you will be encouraged 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:44.159 with this exhortation from Paul saying, you don't have to 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:48.640 be perfect, you just have to have a sincere faith 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:52.920 towards God. See, that's what made the impression on Timothy's heart. 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:57.880 Wasn't perfection, it was sincerity. And I want to encourage 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.719 all the mothers in here today to keep living out 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:04.080 your faith, keep living it out in the best possible 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.000 way that you know how, because your faith will be 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:11.040 caught by your children and they'll build upon that faith. 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:16.039 Your faith is transferable. And you know what, I think 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:19.640 that's so impressive that God would give us the influence 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:25.920 to transfer such a powerful force. Now, God gives every 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.520 one of us a measure of faith, but it's what 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.200 we do with that faith that makes the difference. 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:32.440 You know. 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:36.280 I'm sure that Timothy's mother and grandmother got up some 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.719 mornings just like you and I, and we think, do 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:42.560 we even have any faith? I mean, God, help me 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:44.840 increase my faith. I don't even know if I have 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:48.520 enough faith to do what I'm called to do. But 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:52.279 can I tell you small faith lived in a big 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:56.240 way makes a huge difference in your life. You just 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.800 got to live it in a big way. Don't shrink back. 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:05.719 You've got enough faith to move mountains. The disciples asked Jesus, 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:08.760 increase us in our faith. They felt just like we 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:12.000 did also, and they walked with Jesus. They said, how 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:17.080 do we increase our faith Jesus and Jesus used this example. 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:20.600 He said, if you have faith as small as a 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.960 mustard seed, which is one of the smallest seeds around, 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.800 He said then that faith has the potential and the 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:32.760 strength to move a mountain. He was comparing these tiny, 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:39.279 little bitty seed to a huge mountain. That's powerful. He 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:42.400 was saying don't shrink back because of how you feel. 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.960 Take that mustard seed, that little bit that I've given you, 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:50.800 and invest it, and it will be mighty in your life. 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:59.040 It'll be mighty. Some of you today, you're looking at 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:01.680 your life and you're a thing. How can I possibly? 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:05.839 How can I possibly send my children to college? Maybe 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:10.080 you're a single mother. Can I tell you use your faith, 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:15.400 don't look at your circumstance. Don't allow that circumstance to 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:19.200 dictate to you. Don't allow that circumstance to say you 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:23.280 don't have enough. It'll never happen. Take that mustard seed 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:26.960 faith and you throw it at that circumstance, and you 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:31.160 tell you tell that circumstance the way it's gonna turn out. Okay, 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:35.120 You don't let that circumstance talk to you. You begin 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.840 to take your faith and begin to speak to that 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:41.880 circumstance and say, I will send my children to college. 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:45.960 They will be successful. I'm not gonna let what God's 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.600 given me lie dormant. But I'm not only gonna stir 0:07:49.680 --> 0:07:52.160 it up. Not only am I gonna use it, but 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.040 this faith that I have is gonna. 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:54.480 Be passed on. 0:07:55.520 --> 0:08:00.440 See living your faith out daily will cause your faith 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:04.360 to increase because you'll have more experience with God, and 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:08.120 that increased faith is what passes on. There's a story 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:11.480 in the Bible about a woman who was raising her son. 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.880 She was all by herself. There was a great famine 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:17.200 in the land. Everyone had no food. They were starving 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.920 to death. This woman had a little bit of flour 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:22.200 and a little bit of oil. She looked at her 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.840 son and she thought, I'm gonna make a cake, the 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.560 very last cake that I can make. We're gonna share it, 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:30.720 we're gonna eat it, and then we're gonna die. A 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:34.640 prophet came to her home, the prophet Elijah, and you 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.440 know what she did. She said, I don't know, but 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.120 this is got to be God. This has got to 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:42.400 be my last hope. She took that flower and she 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:45.040 took that oil, and she made that cake and she 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.840 gave it to the prophet. And can I tell you 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:52.480 that from that moment forward, she didn't hunger for anything 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:57.920 else because she trusted God. She gave, she took that 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.520 little bit of faith and she said, I'm you using it. 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:05.960 I'm not going under, but I'm gonna go over. Maybe 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:09.280 maybe today. You don't know what to do. You say, 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:11.079 I just I've done everything I know to do, but 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:14.480 I'm just here. I'm just here, and I just gotta 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:17.160 make it well. Can I tell you to hold fast 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.880 your profession of faith? The Bible says, if you'll just 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:24.680 hold fast, hold onto it, guard it. Timothy was actually 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:28.520 Paul was actually reminding Timothy to guard what had been 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:32.160 entrusted to him, to hold on to it so that 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:34.920 he could do everything that he was supposed to do 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.920 for the Kingdom of God. If you'll just stand strong 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.760 hold on to your faith, God said, I will reward 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:46.400 that faith. I will reward you. God is still rewarding 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:50.920 sincere faith today. Faith is just the assurance that God 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:54.240 will get you through, knowing that He will do what 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:59.120 you can't do. Do what you can do, but don't 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:02.240 shrink back because you know God can do it all. 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.800 He can do it all. Maybe your child isn't serving 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:09.040 the Lord today. Listen, don't look at the fact that 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.760 he's not serving or she's not serving the Lord. Look 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:13.800 at the scripture that says, for me and my house, 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:18.160 we'll serve the Lord. You know what, if someone says 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:20.480 to you, has your son and daughter straightened up yet? 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.800 Say for me and my house. We are serving the Lord. 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:26.800 It's only a matter of time before God goes and 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:33.800 gets them. See, don't let that situation dictate to you. 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:37.480 You begin to tell that situation what's gonna happen. You 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:42.199 begin to tell that situation that my child's coming in. 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:46.880 You do your part, love them unconditionally, because there's nothing 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:50.640 that you can say. There's no reprimanding, there's nothing that 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:53.760 you can say except for loving them that's gonna bring 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:57.480 them back anyway. So just let your love work and 0:10:57.559 --> 0:11:01.480 let God go get them. Just God is a God 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:09.240 that will not fail us. 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