“As For Me And My House,” Joshua 24:15b

A Woman Must Choose To Serve The Lord “Put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river and in Egypt.” Jos 24:14 The virtuous wife in Proverbs 31 is pitied by those who have been “enlightened” “She does him good and not evil all the days of her life” – 31:12 “She brings her food from afar…” – 31:14,14 “She watches over the ways of her household…” – 31:27

A Woman Must Choose To Serve The Lord “Put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river and in Egypt.” Jos 24:14 The virtuous wife in Proverbs 31 is pitied by those who have been “enlightened” Women must choose to serve God; not society’s standards; not themselves.

A Woman Must Choose A Husband That Will Help Her Serve The Lord There are many qualities she might look for Looks; ability to provide; treatment of her; treatment of others Will he help her and her future children serve God? Blameless; of good behavior; able to teach; not given to wine; not violent; not greedy for money; gentle; not quarrelsome; not covetous

A Woman Must Choose A Husband That Will Help Her Serve The Lord There are many qualities she might look for Will he help her and her future children serve God? Is he someone she will be able to submit to? -1Pet 3:1

A Woman Must Help Her Family To Serve The Lord Together A woman’s first priority is her family. “She watches over the ways of her household…” -Prov 31:27,28; 1 Tim 5:14; Tit 2:4-5 What if she can’t afford to stay home? Most of the time its the out-go, not the income that’s the problem – 1 Tim 6:6 Notice the commands concerning younger widows

A Woman Must Help Her Family To Serve The Lord Together A woman’s first priority is her family. What if she can’t afford to stay home? What greater sense of fulfillment can a woman have than knowing she is helping to maintain a family faithfully serving the Lord – Prov 31:31

A Woman Must Love Her Family And Serve The Lord That the older women are to teach the younger women to love their husbands and children may seem odd to some – Titus 2:4 Children are demanding by husbands must not be neglected – 1 Cor 7:3-5 Trials will come but a mother who loves her family will do what’s best for her family no matter how much it hurts.

Conclusion A mother who seeks the Lord, in every work and service to God and her family, with all her heart, will prosper. – 2 Chronicles 31:21