"One generation shall praise Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts."
We all have childhood memories that we cherish, don't we? My most cherished childhood memories are having devotions after breakfast with my grandparents who lived next door. This would often lead into talks about heaven. I loved sitting in the Sunday School classes and the VBS classes that my mother taught. From Psalm 145:4 we see that it is the Biblical duty of every generation to make sure the next generation hears the mighty acts of God. God's ordinary way of spreading Biblical truth is through families. Psalm 145:4 doesn't say teach, although that also is our responsibility as parents. We are to get the truth of God's Word into the heads of our children and grandchildren so that the Holy Spirit can ignite this truth with the gift of faith so that hearts can explode with love for God. When Ben and Annie were little I used to put a praise record on and we would march around the living room with our hands raised high singing at the top of our voices, "Joy is the flag flown high from the castle of my heart...when the King is in residence there!"
God is calling out true worshipers in each generation.
When you pass on the truth to your children and grandchildren, show the magnificent value of its worth by exulting in and praising God's truth into the lives of your children and grandchildren!
(I still have that record-can't wait to do the same with Daniel!)
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