✝️ Psalm 102:18 | 5 Ways to Pass Faith On to the Next Generation

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📧 In today’s email…

• 📖 Connecting Psalm 102:18 to other parts of Scripture

• 🗣️ 5 practical ways to pass on your faith to the next generation!

• 🔦 Community spotlight!

 🧠 Memorize

_{see if you know what words go in the blanks}

Let ____ __ _________ ___ a __________ __ ____,

so ____ _ people ___ __ __ _______ may praise ___ ____

Psalm 102:18

Connecting to Other Parts of Scripture 📖 

Throughout Scripture, we see the importance of recording the works of God for the sake of teaching, instructing and building the faith of future generations.

Here are some examples…

In Exodus 34, God commands Moses to record the terms of His covenant with the Israelites:

Consider how famous the Ten Commandments are, even among people with zero faith background.

This is the power of God’s Word (and recording them for future generations).

Earlier in the week, we saw how this idea is communicated in Deuteronomy 6:6-7.

And elsewhere in the Psalms, we see the meaning of our memory verse be mirrored:

The Gospels ✝️ 

Of course, we also have the gospels, which are the written records of the life, teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus.

The gospels are the perfect example of the power of recording God’s activity in the world for future generations.

I can’t even imagine where this world would be had the gospels not been recorded for future generations!

And lastly, in Revelation when John has a vision of Christ, he records these words:

Think about it…

Records of God’s deeds and faithfulness connect the entire body of believers across thousands of years.

May we become people who:

1. Read, appreciate and internalize God’s Word and the incredible record we have of His great faithfulness

2. Get in the habit of recording our own stories of God’s activity in our lives to pass on to future generations

“so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord!”

That is what should come to mind when memorizing our verse this week.

Faith: Pass It On 🏃‍♂️ 

Remember that after our memory verse comes a beautiful declaration:

In other words, God looked down from heaven’s throne and heard the groans of us prisoners to sin.

Although we were doomed to die, he came down and set us free.

Why?

That we might declare the name of the Lord and worship Him! 🙌 

Apply: Record God’s Faithfulness in Your Life 🏃 

Today, I want to reinforce the application from yesterday.

I truly think it’s that important.

Here are some ideas for how you can do this on an ongoing basis:

1. ✍️ Keep a spiritual journal: Write down answered prayers, lessons learned, ways you saw God's provision and deliverance in difficult times. Include Bible verses that were particularly meaningful during different seasons.

2. ✉️ Write letters or emails to your children/grandchildren telling the stories of God's faithfulness in your life that you want passed down. Print them out and keep them in a binder.

3. 📹️ Record yourself giving your personal testimony of how you came to faith or pivotal moments when God showed up in a big way. Future generations could watch/listen to this.

4. 💻️ Start a family blog or private social media page where you consistently document how you see God moving and working in your daily life through written posts, photos or video updates.

5. 📕 Write a spiritual memoir or autobiography detailing your walk with Christ - the joys, struggles, miracles and lessons learned over the years. Print copies for family.

The key is to be intentional about capturing these stories, reflections and life events in a preserved form using the written/recorded word.

This spiritual heritage provides encouragement while also highlighting the legacy of faith you hope to pass down.

Imagine how powerful this would be if the entire Malachi Daily community did this!

Our families and communities will be blessed by it! 🙏 

💡 Pick one idea from above to start working towards! The key to doing this is to simply start - do it one step, one prayer, one act of God’s faithfulness at a time!

Community spotlight 🔦 

Community Feedback ❤️ 

Thank you for your daily emails. I am a newbie.

I didn't want to commit to something like this because I always fail but this has been so much more than memorizing a verse.

It is feeding and challenging me through the Scripture explanations and challenges.

Keep on going...God says His Word is above all and never returns void!

Jeanette

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Answer key ✅ 

Let this be recorded for a generation to come,

so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord

Psalm 102:18