1 Kings 17:8–16 I. Introduction A. How Appropriate That We Celebrate Mother’s Day! 1. God established the home 2. We are to honor our fathers and mothers B. Motherhood Is Especially Difficult When No Father Is Present C. An Introduction to the Widowed Mother of Zarephath 1. Her survival in a famine 2. Her encounter with Elijah, the prophet II. Body A. This Mother and Her Relationship with Her Heavenly Father (v. 9) 1. “I have commanded a widow there to feed thee” 2. Jesus
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