The most important relationship in a family in raising godly children is not the relationship

between the parents and the children, it's the relationship between the mother and the father.

What you communicate to your children by your relationship dominates their thinking.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

It's been said that godly mothers write on the hearts of their children what the world's rough hand cannot erase. That's true of a

particular mother in the Bible, and that woman is Hannah. John MacArthur takes a look at her life

story today on Grace to You, and with Mother's Day just around the corner in the United States and

Canada, John's timely message will show you how the Bible honors moms and motherhood.

The study John is about to begin is titled God's Design for a Successful Woman.

Of course, the unique role that God designed for women is not a universally popular topic.

But the truth is, in recognizing and pursuing the roles God designed for us,

there's great freedom and fulfillment. So if you have your Bible, turn to 1 Samuel chapter 1,

and follow along as John begins the lesson. If you go back in our history, you can read

some very interesting tributes written to

mother. If you happen to pick up some of the things that were written around Mother's Day at

various times, you get an insight into how people felt about motherhood in those days.

I came across an interesting one by a man named W.L. Caldwell written in 1928.

Listen to what he said about Mother.

Well, may we pause to pay honor to her who, after Jesus Christ, is God's best gift to

men, Mother.

It was she who shared her life with us when, as yet our members were unformed, into the valley

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