Mother's Day - Andrew Battistella

I wonder how many of us have come to faith because of the prayers of our mother, our grandmother, our great grandmother. And I think that's what Paul's seeing here, a faith that quietly lived in someone long enough to shape someone else. That's that's formation. That's what we've been talking about. That it's not loud. It's not instant, but it's passed through presence. [01:00:58] (29 seconds)  #GenerationalFaith

Because the kind of life we're talking about isn't limited to one role. It's not just about motherhood. It's about formation. Yeah? It's about what happens in a person when they keep coming back to Jesus again and again and again. That's what a mature life a mature life begins to look like. Not because she performed something, not because she had all the answers, but because something had been formed in her over time as she stayed with Jesus. [01:05:43] (29 seconds)  #FormedByFaith

And I want to say something honest here because I think some of the mothers in this room have quietly wondered a really simple question. Was it worth it? And was it worth it? Maybe you're at home and you and you ask, was it worth it? Not out loud, but in the ordinary, in those tired moments, in those unseen ones, when no one said thank you, when no one noticed, when it just felt like another day. [01:07:20] (27 seconds)  #WasItWorthIt

He hasn't just started something in us. He's carrying it forward steadily, faithfully over time. God hasn't just started something in these women. He's been carrying it forward through them into the next generation. And maybe that's probably one of the most beautiful pictures of maturity there is, a life so formed by Jesus that it begins to form others. [01:03:55] (30 seconds)  #FaithCarriedOn