Grandparents: The Power of Legacy
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August 13, 2023 at 9:05 amFather, You are the God of all generations. You are calling grandparents to stand up for the world of the end such a time as this. Let it be so. 🙏🏻❤️🕊
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August 13, 2023 at 9:12 amIn the Bible, God is often addressed as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. These men represent three generations, and our God is and has always been generational.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:13 amSeveral renditions of 2 Timothy 3:16 describe all Scripture as God-breathed.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:14 amThe word of God is profitable, we are told, and useful, and beneficial for teaching.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:14 amThe point here is that even all those genealogies we typically gloss over can offer us rich rewards if we just dig deeper.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:15 amMost of us have, at one time or another, skimmed past these genealogies, or even skipped them entirely.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:16 amConsider how important the meaning of legacy is to our Father God, that He leaves this in His word for our study.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:17 amWhat we teach our children and grandchildren about God now will impact their eternity — and also what they, in turn, then leave behind or pass on to their children.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:17 amWe are called to leave a spiritual impact in our families to be handed down.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:18 amLegacy Coalition is a ministry that has set out to do just that by offering resources and teachings to help grandparents establish a lasting legacy for their grandchildren.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:19 amLarry Fowler, founder of Legacy Coalition, was involved for years with Awana — a ministry for reaching children and youth through Gospel teaching, Bible memorization, and similar things.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:19 amWhile serving there, Fowler noticed that there were no programs to help instruct grandparents in their biblical role.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:21 amLarry and his wife, Diane, are grandparents, and in 2015 the message of Deuteronomy 4:9 about teaching one’s children and grandchildren seemed to jump off the page for them.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:22 amThe following year Legacy Coalition was born. The idea was to equip grandparents to be intentional about passing their faith along to their grandkids.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:23 amI recently spoke with Brenda Peit Legacy Coalition’s director of resource development. She shared with me the facts, the strategies, and the various ways a grandparent can prayerfully be part of what God is doing.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:24 amDid you know there approximately 30 million grandparents in the U.S. alone? And yet we see that something is missing in many families.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:25 amThere is a generational gap between grandparents and their grandchildren.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:26 amThe culture is changing, and biblical views of family are being redefined: The culture is becoming more and more anti-biblical, and the younger generations are being swept into secular worldviews.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:27 am“We are to teach our children and grandchildren,” Brenda said. “In the Bible we see this rich history of biblical truths being handed down.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:28 amWhen a patriarch was passing away, he would hand down a staff that had the family lineage carved into it, passed down through generations.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:28 amScripture tells us they were always talking about God with their families. This is our role as parents and grandparents.”
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August 13, 2023 at 9:29 amLet each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power Psalm 145:4
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August 13, 2023 at 9:38 amBrenda issued an urgent call to grandparents. “Now is the time we must pour into our grandchildren spiritually and take every opportunity to point them to Christ.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:39 amI’m noticing a lot of people in their 50s and 60s have a cultural mentality of their role as a grandparent.
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August 13, 2023 at 9:39 amIt’s a mindset that says: “I’ve put in my time, my kids are grown, now it’s my turn to play.’ ” 😀
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