Heritage of Faith: Nurturing Spiritual Legacy Together
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "The funny thing is none of us have a choice about whether or not we're going to be formed spiritually. All of us will be formed spiritually. We don't get to make that choice. The choice that we make is what will form us. Whether it's faith, it's consumption, whether it's materialism, whether it's greed, or all manner of immorality, something will form us." [55:55]
2. "Moms have one of the hardest times. One of the hardest jobs in the world. They have to release their children out into the world. That's hard. Because moms want to just keep them home. They want their babies to stay home with them, and they want them to do that, but they know that what is best for their children is to go out into the world, to make their way into it." [54:54]
3. "The object of raising children is to send them out into the world, not have them come back with more children. You want them to go and to be, and to succeed, and to make a life for themselves. And there is no better way to ensure that than by instilling faith into them." [50:46]
4. "Heritage is important. Something that's passed down from generation to generation. And although it's Mother's Day, I'm very cognizant that maybe not all of us had a mother's day. Maybe not all of us had mothers who imparted this to us. Maybe they weren't people of faith. Maybe we have a bad relationship with our mother. Maybe we have no relationship at all." [46:30]
5. "What I love about this, that Mother's Day, and Ascension Sunday ties in together, they dovetail nicely because it's both about heritage. Jesus gives us this commission as followers of Christ, as Christians, and we as parents, and especially moms, hand that to our children. We lead them to it. We point them toward it. Even when some of them walk a different path, we trust that God will guide them in his time." [54:09]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Most formative people in our lives are our parents. There's no one else that has quite the impact that our parents do in our lives, so much so that people who know our parents and see us will often remark that our mannerisms, and our looks are after one or both parents. You ever see that happen? When my, bless his heart, when people encounter my son, they know exactly who he is. They say, oh, we know your dad. You act just like him." [45:10]
2. "Paul does that here. He knows that his time is short, and so he passes on this legacy to Timothy. He tells him by saying, look back at what you've received, and use that to look forward to what's ahead. Beginning in verse six, he says this. For this reason, because of your heritage, I remind you to fan and to flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline." [48:41]
3. "The responsibility of instilling faith into our children and leading them toward that is ours and ours alone, primarily. They are going out into a world that cares little for the gospel, though it needs it desperately. And we are called to equip them to be able to go out into life." [50:12]
4. "In addition to Mother's Day, today in the Christian calendar is also Ascension Day. It's a day that we celebrate the ascension of Jesus Christ. It's a day that we remember that he goes to the right hand of the Father and intercedes for us as continuing to work on our behalf to bring about the whole remaking of creation. And we have a part in that." [52:48]
5. "May God give us the grace to pass on a spiritual heritage a sincere faith for our children that as they watch us they wouldn't so much get our knowledge but they would see our action and model their life in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." [56:44]
6. "Though we cannot make our children believe in the gospel or take up the faith because you don't inherit faith, we can lead them to it. One of the reasons that confirmation is so important and one of the reasons that I think it should be really, really emphasized even more everywhere, is that we can't just say, this wonderful moment in time, a rite of passage where young men and young women make the choice to claim the faith for themselves." [52:02]
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1. "The funny thing is none of us have a choice about whether or not we're going to be formed spiritually. All of us will be formed spiritually. We don't get to make that choice. The choice that we make is what will form us. Whether it's faith, it's consumption, whether it's materialism, whether it's greed, or all manner of immorality, something will form us." [55:55]
2. "Moms have one of the hardest times. One of the hardest jobs in the world. They have to release their children out into the world. That's hard. Because moms want to just keep them home. They want their babies to stay home with them, and they want them to do that, but they know that what is best for their children is to go out into the world, to make their way into it." [54:54]
3. "The object of raising children is to send them out into the world, not have them come back with more children. You want them to go and to be, and to succeed, and to make a life for themselves. And there is no better way to ensure that than by instilling faith into them." [50:46]
4. "Heritage is important. Something that's passed down from generation to generation. And although it's Mother's Day, I'm very cognizant that maybe not all of us had a mother's day. Maybe not all of us had mothers who imparted this to us. Maybe they weren't people of faith. Maybe we have a bad relationship with our mother. Maybe we have no relationship at all." [46:30]
5. "What I love about this, that Mother's Day, and Ascension Sunday ties in together, they dovetail nicely because it's both about heritage. Jesus gives us this commission as followers of Christ, as Christians, and we as parents, and especially moms, hand that to our children. We lead them to it. We point them toward it. Even when some of them walk a different path, we trust that God will guide them in his time." [54:09]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Most formative people in our lives are our parents. There's no one else that has quite the impact that our parents do in our lives, so much so that people who know our parents and see us will often remark that our mannerisms, and our looks are after one or both parents. You ever see that happen? When my, bless his heart, when people encounter my son, they know exactly who he is. They say, oh, we know your dad. You act just like him." [45:10]
2. "Paul does that here. He knows that his time is short, and so he passes on this legacy to Timothy. He tells him by saying, look back at what you've received, and use that to look forward to what's ahead. Beginning in verse six, he says this. For this reason, because of your heritage, I remind you to fan and to flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline." [48:41]
3. "The responsibility of instilling faith into our children and leading them toward that is ours and ours alone, primarily. They are going out into a world that cares little for the gospel, though it needs it desperately. And we are called to equip them to be able to go out into life." [50:12]
4. "In addition to Mother's Day, today in the Christian calendar is also Ascension Day. It's a day that we celebrate the ascension of Jesus Christ. It's a day that we remember that he goes to the right hand of the Father and intercedes for us as continuing to work on our behalf to bring about the whole remaking of creation. And we have a part in that." [52:48]
5. "May God give us the grace to pass on a spiritual heritage a sincere faith for our children that as they watch us they wouldn't so much get our knowledge but they would see our action and model their life in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." [56:44]
6. "Though we cannot make our children believe in the gospel or take up the faith because you don't inherit faith, we can lead them to it. One of the reasons that confirmation is so important and one of the reasons that I think it should be really, really emphasized even more everywhere, is that we can't just say, this wonderful moment in time, a rite of passage where young men and young women make the choice to claim the faith for themselves." [52:02]
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