Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a You Tube video of the group Phillips, Craig, and Dean singing … I Want To Be Like You, proclaiming the desire to leave a legacy of Christlikeness Christian parents desire to be for the next generation.
Highlight Passage: Matthew 6:8 [NKJV] …
1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, … loving favor rather than silver or gold.
… A good name is the strongest legacy we can leave for our children.
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Highlight Context … Proverbs 22:1-12 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Leaving a legacy of Godliness for those who come after us.
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Reference Passage #1 … Ephesians 4:1, 6:4 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Living as we’re called to live, in Christ, and raising our kids toward Christlikeness will be a strong legacy for God’s glory.
Reference Passage #2 … Galatians 5:22-23 [NKJV] …
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
… Living in Spirit-led fruitfulness will ALWAYS leave a legacy of Christlikeness.
My Journal for Today: … Our Daily Bread author, Joe Stowelli, used a personal story to illustrate the need for Christians to leave a legacy of Christlikeness. He wrote: While staying in a hotel in a small town I noticed that the church across the street was having a service. People were jammed into the church with a standing-room-only crowd of both young and old flowing out onto the sidewalk. When I noticed a hearse by the curb, I realized it was a funeral. And given the crowd, I assumed that it was the celebration of the life of some local hero—perhaps a wealthy businessperson or a famous personality. Curious, I said to the desk clerk, “That’s an amazing turnout for a funeral; it must be for a famous person in town.”
“No,” he replied. “He wasn’t rich or famous; but he was a good man.”
When we die, as disciples of Christ, what kind of a legacy do we want to leave for others to say of our lives, … especially our family (see attached photo)? I would pray that I would follow the Apostle Paul’s admonition … to live a life worthy of my calling in Christ (see Eph. 4:1) and that my wife and I have, together, raised our children in the admonition of the Lord (see Eph. 6:4).
In that way, … in our fruitfulness as a Christian parents/grandparents (see Gal. 5:22-23) … I’m praying that our kids/grandkids would all want to sing, as do Phillips, Craig, and Dean in the linked song above, “I want to be like you.”
My Prayer Today: O, Heavenly Father, … Help my dear wife and I live in a way which honors and glorifies You to those who come after us. Amen
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