Working on Getting it Right

Speaks of working on ourselves first. We are to set our hope in God, put our confidence in God, not forgetting His works and keep His commandments. How do we miss the mark? Stubbornness, Rebellion, continuing in our sins, not being loyal or faithful to God, and not having hearts aligned with God's righteousness. Then after we are on track, we are to teach the next generations how to praise God, how to listen to God, and relay testimonies of God's strength and wonderful works that He has done in our lives and miracles he has performed in the lives of others.

Psalm 78:1-8

Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Books to explore:

"Raising Champion Children for God: How to Build Faith and Character Into Your Children" by Billy Joe Daugherty

"The Trek" by Dr. Jason Fullerton

"Kids Experiencing God at Home" by Kim Blackaby and Rick Osborne

"So the Next Generation Will Know: Preparing Young Christians for a Challenging World" Y Sean McDowell and J. Warner Wallace

"God Has an App for That!" by Pastor Dudley Rutherford