The Faith Of The Next Generation

Are we teaching the next generation to know and to follow Jesus? Will the next generation share our faith in Jesus?

There is an old saying, “The apple does not fall far from the tree.” Another saying goes like this, “Like father, like son.”
It is usually true that children are often a reflection of their parents and their family. Our children take on our values and our beliefs.

One Proverb says, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6, ESV).

We are to teach and to model our faith in Jesus for the next generation.

The next generation will only share our faith in Jesus if we share our faith in Jesus with them.

The next generation will only share our faith in Jesus if we live out our faith in our lives in compelling ways.

May our lives teach our faith in Jesus to the next generation, in everything we say and do, as we live our lives well to the glory of God.

A Prayer For The Care Of Children: “Almighty God, heavenly Father, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children: Give us calm strength and patient wisdom so to train them, that they may love all that is true, and pure, and lovely, and of good report, following the example of their Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.” (#66, Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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