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A MOTHER
WHO MADE
A DIFFERENCE
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-25TH OF THE 25 CHILDREN

-HIS FATHER WAS DR. SAMUEL
ANNESLEY, A WELL KNOWN
POWERFUL MINISTER.

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“NEVER TO SPEND MORE TIME IN

MERE RECREATION IN
ONE DAY
THAN I SPENT IN PRIVATE RELIGIOUS DEVOTION”

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SAMUEL WESLEY AT AGE 19 AND
IN 19 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, SHE GAVE BIRTH TO 19
CHILDREN, 9 OF WHOM DIED AS INFANTS, INCLUDING TWO
SETS OF TWINS. ONE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SMOTHERED BY A
MAID. ANOTHER WAS CRIPPLED FOR LIFE IN A TRAGIC
ACCIDENT.

----SAMUEL WAS A NEWLY ORDAINED MINISTER IN THE

CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

----SAMUEL WAS A POOR MONEY MANAGER, EVERY VENTURE

HE TOUCHED TURNED INTO DISASTER AND LEFT THEM
POORER THAN EVER BEFORE.
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----HE IS AT TIMES DESPOTIC AND TYRANNICAL AT HOME.

----ONCE AFTER A MINOR AGREEMENT, HE ABANDONED

SUSSANA AND SEVERAL CHILDREN FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

----THOUGH RESOURCES WERE LIMITED, SHE STARTED A

DAILY SCHOOL FOR HER CHILDREN.

----SHE SAID HER PURPOSE WAS EXCLUSIVELY “ THE SAVING

OF THEIR SOULS, ” SO THE RIGOROUS ACADEMICS NEVER
TOOK PRIORITY OVER INSTRUCTION IN GOD’S WORD.

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----SUSSANA TRAINED HER CHILDREN TO OBEY AND IN SO
DOING RICHLY MOLDED THEIR CHARACTERS.

----EACH CHILD HAS SEPARATE RESPONSIBILITIES, A

NECESSITY IN RUNNING A LARGE HOUSEHOLD.

----WHEN ONE IS DISRUPTIVE, SUSSANA RESPONDED WITH

APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE.

----TO DEVELOP PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH

CHILD, SHE SCHEDULED A PRIVATE APPOINTMENT WITH
EACH OF THEM ONCE A WEEK.
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----THESE BONDS OF FAITH AND LOVE, HELPED THEM
SURVIVED CONTINUAL HARDSHIPS.

---- TWICE THEIR HOME WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. IN THE

SECOND FIRE, JOHN WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND WAS
TRAPPED UPSTAIRS. THEY PRAYED, AND JOHN APPEARED
IN THE WINDOW JUST IN TIME TO BE GRABBED BEFORE THE
ROOF CAVED IN.

----SHORTLY BEFORE SHED DIED AT AGE 73, SHE ADMITTED

THAT FOR YEARS SHE STRUGGLED WITH DOUBT AND
CONFUSION ABOUT HER SALVATION, BUT THAT SHE
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---DESPITE HER SCHEDULE, SHE SET ASIDE TWO HOURS
EVERY DAY FOR PRAYER AND BIBLE READING UNDER HER
MAKESHIFT TENT.

----SUSSANA WESLEY LIVED JUST LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE

FRUITS OF HER WORK; TWO MONTHS BEFORE SHE DIED IN
JULY 1742, HER SONS PREACHED A SERIES OF REVIVAL
MESSAGES IN THEIR HOMETOWN IN EPWORTH, ENGLAND TO
THE BIGGEST CROWD THAT AREA HAD EVER SEEN.

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MEMORY VERSE:
JUDE 22

AND SOME
HAVE COMPASSION,
MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
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Thank You!!!

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