Plymouth Haven Baptist Church

Core Truth: “Those who think that a woman detained at home by her little family is doing nothing, think the reverse of what is true. Scarcely can the godly mother quit her home for a place of worship; but dream not that she is lost to the work of the church; far from it, she is doing the best possible service for her Lord. Mothers, the godly training of your offspring is your first and most pressing duty…You are as much serving God in looking after your own children, training them up in God’s fear, minding the house and making your household a church for God as you would be if you had been called to lead an army to battle for the Lord of hosts.” (Charles Spurgeon)

Core Truth: “Not all of us are called to die a martyr’s death, but all of us are called to have the same spirit of self-sacrifice and love to the very end as these martyrs had.” (Richard Wurmbrand - The Midnight Bride)

Core Truth: “The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars…sink the Bible to the bottom of the ocean, and still man’s obligations to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and guide would be gone; the same voyage to make, but his chart and compass would be overboard!” (Henry Ward Beecher)

Core Truth: As with an earthly large house, so in God’s Great House, there are vessels of honor that are set apart for God’s own special purpose and there are vessels of dishonor that are of little use to Him. The difference lies in the choices made by the vessel itself.

Core Truth: Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of the character of her children.(Billy Graham)

Core Truth: Christ’s purpose was not primarily to end suffering here on earth through miraculous cures but rather to preach the Good News that would lead us to Salvation in Heaven where every wound will be healed when we are united unto God’s love. In the meantime, we are to remember those in prison as if we were found with them, and those who are mistreated as if we were suffering with them.

Core Truth:It is only the life that is built upon the solid rock of God’s eternal Word that can ever hope to survive life’s storms. Jesus said “…everyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them, will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock, and the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

Core Truth: It is only the life that is built upon the solid rock of God’s eternal Word that can ever hope to survive life’s storms. Jesus said “… everyone who hears these words of Mine and obeys them, will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock, and the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.”

Core Truth: Both history and Scripture are filled with examples of the important role mothers have played in teaching the faith to their children, and in today’s message we reflect on “some of the things our mothers taught us.”

Core Truth: "Motherhood is more than a stage - it's a lifelong calling from God. With it He gives mothers hearts that love deeply, hands that serve tirelessly, and vision to see His blossoming image in the precious ones entrusted to their care." (author unknown)