Living a Legacy: Passing Faith to the Next Generation

That is the heart of legacy, and here's what I want us to catch because I had this little mixed up. But legacy is not something that you think about when you're old, but it's what we're building right now. I think legacy is not what you leave behind when you die, but legacy is what you're building right now. It's not about well, it's not just about parents telling bible stories. That is important. But it's about our whole church family saying and showing that we refuse to let the next generation grow up without knowing who God is and what he's done. [00:36:00] (50 seconds)  #LegacyIsNow

And what's so crazy to me is they have the same source. The same river flows into both of those seas, Same starting point, same river, same source, but one is full of life and one is literally called dead. And the difference is so simple. Listen, the Sea Of Galilee, it receives, listen, and it gives, but the Dead Sea only receives. It has no outlet, no overflow, and over time, everything in the Dead Sea dies. It cannot live. [00:40:22] (45 seconds)  #BeTheGalilee

Listen. I get it. But time is what speaks you matter. And listen, it doesn't have to be complicated. It's car rides. Somebody in here calls it like windshield time. I like that. Dinner, bedtime, walking into church together, serving together, get on a team. Our kids, it'll be so much fun talking after a hard day, praying before school, texting encouragement to somebody, showing up to the game they didn't even think you'd make it. Show up. Sit with them when they're sad. [01:00:56] (42 seconds)  #ShowUpForKids

Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up. This is God's design for discipleship. It's not just once a week. Hey, I'm gonna drop you off and our kids get something because they gotta help with it. And we are a second voice, you know, but it's when you sit, when you walk, when you lie down, when you rise up. Faith is meant to be woven into our everyday life. [00:47:56] (33 seconds)  #FaithEverydayMoments

He says, come and you will see. That's how we should live our life. Because listen, discipleship isn't mainly information. Do this. Do that. Learn this. Read that. Information. It's proximity. It's presence. It's relationship, life on life. That's why parenting and discipleship, they are so important. [00:46:15] (34 seconds)  #ProximityDiscipleship

It says Hebrews twelve eleven, for the moment, all this all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant. But listen, later, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. Discipline is painful sometimes. Discipline is painful sometimes. It's truth and it's love, but it produces fruit. And I wanna say this, discipline is not punishment. It's training. Train up a child in the way they should go. Follow me as I follow Christ. Y'all, my parents, they weren't always perfect at this, but they did a good job at telling me no. [01:07:59] (43 seconds)  #DisciplineIsTraining

But milestones are moments you mark on purpose. Because if we don't define the moment, the world will. Someone else will. And the world is also discipling too, so we mark the things of God. Milestones like salvation, baptism. Have you heard this? What celebrated is repeated. If we don't celebrate the milestones, we're celebrating something. [01:04:32] (34 seconds)  #MarkTheMilestones

We mark the milestones, church family. We celebrate them. We name what God is doing. Again, because Psalm 78 tells us, if not us, who will tell the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord? We will not hide it. Don't hide it. Don't say we don't have time. Sit your bottom down and share what God has done in your life. [01:06:07] (27 seconds)  #NameAndCelebrateGod