Built to Last — Marriage from a Mother's Perspective

This Mother's Day message in Built to Last explores God's design for women, beginning with the conviction that you cannot honor others without recognizing your own inherent worth. The teaching builds on three texts. Genesis 1:27 establishes that men and women together are co-image-bearers, called to reflect God's relational character and attributes. Genesis 2 introduces the woman as ezer kenegdo ; surveying all 21 uses of ezer , most of which point to God as a strong helper and rescuer, the message argues the word means a powerful ally and equal counterpart, neither superior nor subordinate. Genesis 3:20 frames Eve as life-bringer, calling women to breathe life into the people and relationships around them. Proverbs 31 is reframed not as a guilt-inducing checklist but as a lifelong portrait whose worth rests on the fear of the Lord, on who she is rather than what she does.