A Mother's Love: Finding God’s Love through a Mother’s Grace

In this heartfelt message, we explore the profound connection between a mother’s devotion and the unconditional love of God. Drawing from John 16:21, we reflect on how the journey from labor to joy mirrors our own spiritual dependency and growth. Through personal reflections on the "excellent" influence of Pastor Cynthia Hill and the biblical reminders to remain as "little children," we are challenged to love not just in word, but in deed and truth. Join us as we discuss:

• The power of forgiveness and keeping a light heart.
• Identifying and removing idols that come before God.
• The ultimate sacrifice made by Jesus on the cross to make us "born again".
• Honoring those who labored in love for us, following the example Jesus set even in His final moments.

Originally recorded on May 10, 2026

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Transcript

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We're human. So so many times you hear about it being sacrificial, and oh mother's done so much, but you don't know what it takes till you get in that thing. It's a sacrificial love. That's what love does, it sacrifices.

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Welcome. Come on in. Come on in. Welcome to the Hundredfold Podcast, an extension of Hundredfold Ministry with Pastor Vanessa Holland, where we seek to deepen our relationship with the Lord as we study his word and worship. Today, we're exploring the powerful ministry of a mother's love, from the labor of the cross to the nurturing arms of a parent. We're learning how to live as little children, dependent on God, rooted in truth, and walking in the victory of those who have already overcome. Let's get into the word.

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Amen, amen, amen. Let us bow our head and go before the presence of the Lord. Dear Heavenly Father, Lord God, we love you. We thank you. We praise you. We worship you. We um we thank you for being you. Thank you for everyone online and on the podcasters. We send our love and blessings, Lord God, all over this world. You're calling us to be on one accord and love you. Love your word and hear from you. Lord God, we pray for just that, that we would hear from you, that you hide us behind the cross and move us out the way and into your perfect dwelling way. That you use everything that you've done in our lives, every experience, every personality, every hope, dream, every quirk of ours to tap into this word, to have it fall on good soil that would grow up in this birth a hundredfold and more, that this word would be life to us, a strength and encouragement, and that we would go out and bless the world. Lord God, we pray this day that you restore any and everyone who feels broken. Let them know you how much you love them, how much you love them, and how much we love them too. Lord, please bless the word. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Are you all feeling all right this morning? Amen. Amen. There is a word from the Lord. Um, and if we had to pick a title, we'll say a mother's love. Amen. Let's get right into it. Um, let's read the first verse, which is John 16, 21. And when you have it, say, thank you, God for my mama. Thank you, God for my mama. Amen. If when I'm discussing things this morning, it gets a little too mumble mouthed, uh, just say, I hear you, I hear you, but speak more clearly, Pastor. Amen. You can do just that. Because sometimes, for many of you all don't know, I when I was younger, I had to take speech class. Um, and so my speech, if I do not work at it sometimes, especially if I'm tired, it could just go all together. But we speak clarity in Jesus' name. Amen. John 16, 21. Okay, so then John 16, 21 says this. A woman when she is in travail, that means in labor. A woman when she is in travail, have sorrow because her hour is come. But as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish for joy that a man is born into the world. So a woman, especially, I as many of you, I don't know if you know or not, I was a doula, a natural childbirth um instructor. I had um, I would say at least was that most of my children were born naturally. So that I labored with the first child of Stephen, I labored 20 hours naturally, and then the baby, the baby got stuck, amen, and then they had to give a little of assistance because it was so very hard. But even laboring naturally, I was so empowered, I was like, yes. And then the the next two, I had eight-hour natural labor and a two-hour natural labor. But at the end of each labor, when it nears the end, there's always a point when you're thinking, why oh why, Lord? I do not want to be in this position. I remember when I had my last child, little brother Noah. Um, and I knew I didn't have to labor anymore. And the pushing was always so hard. I was like, as soon as he came out, I was like, I'm gonna have a no more pushing party, and the doctors and the nurses laugh. But that's just how much pain it is having to be in labor. But all the joy that comes when you see that child. That this child of mine, even when I was cleaning out papers and I saw a doctor's note from when Stephen was one year old and it said he was 30, 30 inches long. Those childhood days and the love of a child, I cannot put it into words. With this whole um, I would say at least a month, probably three months of Sister Elizabeth coming into graduation and they flash pictures, and I'm like, I just can picture as a little baby. And all along today, you've heard me say how happy I am just to be in the presence of my children, and that that is how God is with us. He says he'll be a mother to the motherless and a father to the fatherless. And I'm here to tell you a mother's love is such a ministry to God. We learn how to love God even through the love that our parents show us. And you all, anyone online has had a tiny, tiny taste of my mother, Pastor Cynthia Hill. Not that she hasn't given much, she's given abundant. But oh, if you knew the love that my mother has shown me and everybody in her life. My mother, I have a good mother. I have a great mother, excellent, amazing. When I think about how much she loves me and others, sometimes it's so much I would get enraged. Like, why are you still loving on them? It's through my mother's unconditional love that I have learned to love. And more importantly, I have learned how to receive God's love. I have children about to either they're already in college or they're gonna they're gonna be in college or they're a few years from college. But when you're in college and you're like, I have invested so much, most of this information I won't even use, I always remind them you're not there just to learn what you're learning, but you're learning how to learn in a more excellent way. That's how we learn God's love through an excellent mother. That when you're a little child and you're dependent on your mother, and she nurses you. How many scriptures have we heard about bringing into a mother's uh a mother's breast like a suckling child? When she nurses you, you're dependent on her. You know that that without her, I could not live. We learn that same dependency on the Lord, amen. As a little child, we learn that. Oh, my mother is going to be near me. My mother is going to teach me through the love that my excellent mother and Pastor Sidney has given me. I am in love with God. Because she introduced me to my Lord and my Savior at a young age. And I pray that my children will tell you the same testimony that I sang to them in the belly that I gave them. Oh, the best thing in life you can ever do is give your life to Jesus. That's what my mom, her words exactly taught me. So many times in the Bible, when a point needs to be driven home, we hear the words little children, because it puts you in that mindset that God, I'm gonna listen to everything you say. I'm reminded of that young age that I am totally dependent and that that nurturing that love from when I'm a little child. Oh, the love of a mother, yes. So let's look at some of those little children moments and see what we learn from the Lord. Amen. Turn with me to first John 3 18. 1 John is the small John's at the very back. Amen. 1 John, first Peter. So 1 John 318 says this. My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth. I talked about my mother's unconditional love for us, her children, for her spouse, my father, for the world, the church, the work, the work, the neighbor, speaking to everybody. That, oh, we love not just the word, we don't just say we love somebody, but we actually show them. When we see this, my little children, it puts our mindset where it's supposed to be that, oh God, I'm listening to you because you know better than me. So when the whole world is fighting, like from day one to the day we die, the world, the enemy is trying to turn you away from the things of the Lord. But the thing is, you have to be wise because it sounds so very right. That, oh, if there's wars and hatred and they are against us, let us be against them. God forbid. My little children, I know better than you. Love in word and in deed. Love everyone you come across. Show them the love. Reach out and seek other ways to love on your neighbor, your friend, those that like you, those that don't like you. This is the light. This is how we are the light. And in truth. You all, I everybody knows I cannot stand lies. I've always been that way. That tell me the truth because lies trap you in sin. I've trained my children that way. Praise the Lord. My mama always made us be true if we stole something. If I stole something, I don't think my siblings was a thief as much as I was. Lord, I repent, see how far God can bring us. We would she would make me go back and apologize to the store, apologize to the manager, but it trained me in conviction. Love trains in the truth. Now, more than ever, truth is important. I see so many people who have been um brainwashed, confused, and with the false name of Jesus. Lord God, we speak deliverance with compassion even now in Jesus' name. Amen. Turn with me to first John 2.12. And when you have it, say my little children.

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My little children.

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Amen. First John 2.12. It says, I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his namesake. Whose namesake? Shout it loud. Jesus. We are not forgiven just because, hey God, you like me. I like you. Put them sins away. No, a very high price was paid. The very life of Jesus on the cross. Even before the cross, he was whipped, he shed blood for us, he made that passion walk, meaning that he was in love with us, love with the Father. I'll obey you all the way through the crop to the cross. He was tortured, bleeding stripes upon his back. And he was crucified. And he took on our sins and he paid it so we are forgiven. A mother's love reminds us. My mother taught me that no matter what, you forgive someone, you don't judge someone because, but for the grace of God, if it wasn't for the grace of God, you could be in their very shoes. I do not care how bad they look. It kept us humble. And it also kept us forgiving. That no matter how bad someone did something to you, forgive them. That's what the Bible tells us to do. And when we do it, because we do it, because we forgive, our heart is lighter, we live longer, our health is more. If you find yourself immobile, depressed, can't do the things you want to do, how much of your life is spent on grudges? How much of your life is spent on do you know what the world is doing? How much injustice there is? We have learned over and over, God has been telling us for a year and plus to think on those good things. God says, you are forgiven. Do not let unforgiveness for yourself. How could I do it? I wish I was different. I wish I was more. Do not let it be a sinking mud to you. But remember this mother's love. You are forgiven. If you're not saved, Jesus, come unto me, all ye that are heavy and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Come to Jesus and find that He forgives your sins. Amen. Turn with me to first John 5 21. And when you have it, say little children. We're able to hear clear because of a good mother's love. I praise God for my mom's love for me. First John 5 21. It says, little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. I am so very glad my mother taught me as I have taught my children that God is God alone. Nothing and no one comes before God. And that the only true way to God is through Jesus Christ, our Lord and our Savior. All other ways are false. That no one, my mama taught me, and I am grateful that it came from the very core that we belong to God and no one comes in front of him. Not our mama, not our daddy, not ourselves, not your children, not money, not the job, nothing. And if you find yourself tempted to listen to anybody or anything that's contrary to the Lord, that is an idol that is like, oh, I would, but what if they think this way? God forbid. I will be proud of God that I am his. I'll tell anybody and everyone. And oh, I'm grateful for that love. Will you also be so generous to be a good mom, a good dad, a good parent, a good friend to your loved ones? And say there's nobody like our God. And you should come to them in Jesus' name. Amen. Turn with me to John 3. You've heard me say throughout the day that a good mother, a good parent, gives to their children. Mothers give so much that it hurts. By time sometimes children get to teenage, a young adult, and and they're like, ooh, my mom can go from zero to 60, 0 to 100 in a second. We're human. So so many times you hear about it being sacrificial, and oh, a mother's done so much, but you don't know what it takes till you get in that thing. It's a sacrificial love. That's what love does, it sacrifices. And in John 3, um Jesus is talking, and he's the one who would ultimately pay the greatest sacrifice for the whole world. That God sacrificed by sending his son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. When you accept him, you are born again. I told you, my mother gave me the greatest instruction, and that's the best thing you can ever do in life is give your life to Jesus. That we love God with our whole heart, our mind, our body, our soul, and we get to God. We get reconciled, made right through the sacrificial blood of Jesus. That He paid the price, and sin needs a payment, and that is the only acceptable payment. That's what it means to be born again. And I'm so glad my mother's life led me and shared with me till I got to that point that yes, I must be born again. Let's read it. We're gonna do John 3, verse 6 and 7 and 16. John 3, verse 6 and 7. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. Verse 16. For God, John 3:16, for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. All throughout the day, you have heard the instructions, hallelujah. You've heard the instructions about the wise, the wise grandmothers, the wise mothers, being around wise people. That the wisest, the best, the most important thing to give to yourself, to teach your children, to teach those around you is to be born again. That you all, because Jesus died, we are not dead, we're alive. The enemy, the world, the stress, the circumstances, the accusations against your personhood will constantly try to make you dead. That oh, if I live in a box, I won't offend anybody, if I don't do this and I don't do that. But that's like the walking dead. We are no longer condemned. We are made alive and have everlasting life. So live out loud in Jesus' name. You already have an everlasting life right now because you've accepted Jesus. Because Jesus has made you into a new creature. How empowered, how loving, how bright in the dark world that you are able to live for Jesus. So do it. Don't let the enemy trick you into stinking, thinking, as they would say. But God, I look to you. Have you been loved by a mother's love? Sometimes it's our birth mother, sometimes it's an adoptive mother, sometimes it's a community. I dare not leave out those who had the longing for a mother's love as a little child, but didn't get it till later. God offers that love, that mother's love. When we've received so much. When a person has given to us so much, then it's in our heart to give back to them. Amen. Amen. That's what my mother taught me. That if someone gives to you, you say thank you. If someone labors in love for you, you honor them. Do you know Jesus gave the ultimate example of that, even on the cross? Turn to me with John 19, 26. That St. John. Matthew Mark with John. John 19, 26. When you have it, say, I'll take care of you, Mother.

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I will take care of you, Mother.

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John 19, 26. Jesus is on the cross, and he's about to die. You often hear this verse when it's the last seven words of Jesus. When he's about to go back to heaven before he conquers, before he goes into the depths of hell, before that, um those final words, he does not leave out his mother. John 19:26, he's talking to the disciple who he loved, John, and says this. Then said he to the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour, that disciple took her unto his own home. That Jesus, even as he's dying, even as he's doing the most powerful act that will free us from sin and shame, that I know that I'm gonna be in heaven as soon as I'm departing this earth because of what Jesus did, of all the tortures, the beatings, everything on his mind, he still remembered his mother. I'm gonna make sure that the one I love is assigned to you to take care of. This is your son, and for the rest of his life. The rest of our life. That we take care of our mothers, we take care of our fathers, we take care of the ones who have loved us our whole life. Because as we look at Mary, the mother of Jesus. Sometimes we see her depicted with a veil and her hands together. Sometimes we picture her in the manger. Sometimes we picture her crying here at the cross. I implore you today to think of her as Jesus thought of her. As oh, this is the one who said, Little children, this is the one who taught me, don't do this and don't do that, and I'm here for you, and I've shown you love since the day you were born. Little children, let us love on our mothers. Amen. Amen. And mother, remember, you are always remembered. You are always cared for. God never forgets. Thank you for what you've done. You all, the love of a mother is a powerful thing. It shows us the love of God. The last verse I'm sharing is 1 John 4.4. When we have been loved so much, especially by our powerful God, that if God is for us, nothing and no one can be against us. That doesn't mean that no one's going to try to be against you. It means they will not win. 1 John 4 4. That's after the little Pete 1 Peter and 2 Peter and 1 John. Um 1 John 4-4 says this. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them. Because greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world. And if you have Jesus, nothing and no one can overtake you. No demon, no thing seen, no principality, no power, and nobody that you see. God doesn't want you walking around this world afraid of people. Because love, perfect love, casts out all fear. That's what the Bible says. And so if you and if you're afraid, that means you haven't been made perfect in love because there's torment there. If I'm afraid of you, I'm not trying actively to show you love. And that's why the enemy attacks with so much fear, and we rebuke that spirit of fear roaming the world even now, especially with the evil's powers in place. But I challenge you as a mother. Know that you have overcome. And with that victory in your heart, love one another. Love the stranger, love the enemy. That, you know, there's so many algorithms on social media and so many uh little innuendos that try to force your brain into thinking, oh no, I gotta live defensively. But as Christians, we overcome and we live offensively in love. That that as if if if you start with, oh, I don't know about her, and oh, there's something I don't like about her, that by the time you see the Jesus in me continually and consistently, she's so nice. It's not me, it's Jesus. It's not me, it's God. Remember who you are, remember whose you are. Ye are of God's little children and have overcome them because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. Will you look inside your heart today and will you look at your actions going forward and say, am I remembering that I'm of God or am I letting the world try to change who I am and the way I think? I know that I am, I belong to God, and I know that because I've accepted Jesus into my heart at a young age, but at any age is never too late. If you are ready to give your life to Jesus to feel and receive the love of God who created you, and to be happy in his presence and to be holy in his presence, that you say, I don't want to live that sin-filled life, but instead I repent for my sins and I want to live for you. And God, please live in my heart, and I know that Jesus is God. If you are ready, please, please come to Jesus and pray that prayer with me today. We're gonna sing and then we'll repeat the prayer. Come to Jesus, come to Jesus, come to Jesus, just now, just now, come to Jesus, come to Jesus, just now he will save you, he will save you, he will save you, he will save you, just now, just now he will save you, he will save you just now, only trust him, only trust him, only trust him, only trust him, just now, just now, only trust him, only trust him, just now. Please pray this prayer with us and receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Dear Lord God, I know that I'm a sinner. Please forgive me for my sins.

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Please forgive me for my sins.

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