MAD: Mothers Against Disaster 

1 Samuel 1:10-11, Ruth 1:16, 1 Kings 17:9, 2 Kings 4:1 

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MAY 10, 2020

1) ___________

10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. 1 Samuel 1

THE DISASTER: THE LORD HAD SHUT UP HER WOMB

MOM’S PART: TURNED TO GOD

GOD’S PART: OPENED HANNAH’S WOMB

2)___________

16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Ruth 1

THE DISASTER: THREE HUSBANDS DIED AND LEFT WIDOWS CHILDLESS

MOM’S PART: GO WITH GOD AND TRUST HE HAS A PLAN

GOD’S PART: PROVIDED A RICH HUSBAND AND A BABY BOY

3) Elijah and the _________.

9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 1 Kings 17

THE DISASTER: LAST MEAL FOR HER AND SON

MOM’S PART: OBEY GOD BY GIVING FIRST

GOD’S PART: GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU, From Luke 6:38

4) Elisha and the _________.

1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 Kings 4

THE DISASTER: CREDITORS ARE COMING TO TAKE WIDOW’S SONS

MOM’S PART: POUR INTO OTHERS

GOD’S PART: POUR INTO US

CHALLENGE: BE MAD, THAT IS MOTHER AGAINST DISASTER

ENCOURAGEMENT: GOD WILL DO HIS PART