Parents play a key role in the lives of their children. The impact is generational and profound. What will you leave your child/children? Although my parents were fairly committed to church-going it was my SS teachers that impacted me the most. You may be the same. I was also in Pioneer Girls who challenged me to learn verses. I don’t remember where or when I memorized Psalm 119:105 but it was the first verse I memorized and has held true all of my life even as I am now in my “senior” years. You too may have learned a verse that has held true all your life as I did. Psalm 78 reminds us that we are to pass on to the next generation God’s Word and the principles of godly living.
Jehoshaphat was known for: fortifying his kingdom, cleansing the land of idolatry, and sending out priests and Levites to teach the people throughout his kingdom. Because of this the land was free of war and was blessed by God.
We are again reminded of these verses: “Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”[Prov 22:6] and “We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done… so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them.” [Ps 78]
texasgal
I latched on to Phil 1:6 early on as I trusted that He could do a good work in me and it has been a comfort for me many years. I did not come to Christ until I was 25 so memorizing verses is not something I have been good to do. I’m way too dependent on resources even digital. 🙂
gaustin00
Texas Gal: that is so true for so many of us. I find my mind wandering back to the KJV because that is how I memorized. Now I find that other translations, although easier to understand do not afford me the ease of memorization. I find myself retracing my steps as I study and read. May the Lord bless you as you seek Him!
Thanks for the comment.