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Mothers Who Survive And Thrive
IceBreaker: Describe something you remember about your mother.

Deuteronomy 29: 29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law. (NIV)
1. What has been revealed to you that made you believe in God?

John 6: 41At this the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." 42They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?" 43"Stop grumbling among yourselves," Jesus answered. (NIV)
2. Can people believe in Jesus without God's urging?

John 19: 25Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," 27and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. (NIV)
3. Why did Jesus ask his close friend to care for his mother instead of his brothers?

Lamentations 3: 36and he knows when you refuse to give someone a fair trial. 37No one can do anything without the Lord's approval. 38Good and bad each happen at the command of God Most High. (CEV)
4. What does it mean No one can do anything without the Lord s approval?

2 Corinthians 10: 15We don't brag about what others have done, as if we had done those things ourselves. But I hope that as you become stronger in your faith, we will be able to reach many more of the people around you. That has always been our goal. 16Then we will be able to preach the good news in other lands where we cannot take credit for work someone else has already done. 17The Scriptures say, "If you want to brag, then brag about the Lord." 18You may brag about yourself, but the only approval that counts is the Lord's approval. (NIV)
5. How can you brag about the Lord?

Ephesians 4: 22You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. (NIV)
6. What changes do we have to make to be more like God?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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