"The children of your servants will continue, and their descendants will be established before you. – Psalm 102:28"
On one level this verse speaks of the continuation of the family line from generation to generation. On another level it speaks of an attitude of the heart. So many people lack diligence; they are unwilling to stick with a task until it's done. They don't hang in there when the going gets tough. But in this verse God promises his servants that their offspring will be quite the opposite. Why?
Often the attitude is inherited. When children witness stick to it tiveness in their parents, they tend to "catch it". Most Godly people have plenty of trials to pass through, but if they are truly committed, they do just that – they pass through. They keep going. The Bible urges God's people to "continue in the grace of God", "continue in the faith", "continue in His goodness, and "continue earnestly in prayer". (Acts 13:43; 14:22; Rom 11:22; Col 4:2) Jesus summed up this need for continuance with this challenge, "if you abide in my word, you are my disciples indeed". Let these passages be descriptions of you and your children.
PRAYER DECLARATION
LORD GOD, YOU REMAIN THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL SO INFUSE MY FAMILY WITH YOUR NATURE THAT WE ALSO NEVER CHANGE IN OUR COMMITMENT TO THE TRUTH. GIVE ME GRACE FIRST AS A PARENT TO CONTINUE IN YOUR WORD – ALWAYS ABIDING BY ITS COMMANDS AND CLAIMING ITS PROMISES. THEN LET THIS LEGACY PASS ON TO MY CHILDREN. I PRAY THAT THEY WILL BE CONSISTENT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, AND THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE IN THE GRACE OF GOD, IN THE FAITH, IN YOUR GOODNESS, AND IN EARNEST PRAYERFULNESS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN (LET IT BE SO)!
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