Praying for the Next Generation
Praying for the Next Generation
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! psalm 1:1 What kind of legacy do you want to leave for the children in your life? Sally Michael encourages you to consider the spiritual inheritance you can give to the next generation through your faithful prayers, and equips you with a method for using Scripture to pray for your child, grandchild, or the children in your church.
Sally is Minister for Resources and Program Development at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, and her husband David is Pastor for Parenting and Family Discipleship. They have served together at Bethlehem since 1980. For many years, their advice, wisdom, and counsel on parenting have benefitted the church. They have two daughters, Amy and Kristi. They have also written and promoted Sunday school curricula and the Fighter Verse Scripture memory program through Children Desiring God.
By Sally Michael We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; and 5
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Children Desiring God P.O. Box 2901 Minneapolis, MN 55402-0901
Toll-free: 888.346.4700 [email protected] www.childrendesiringGOD.org
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! psalm 1:1 What kind of legacy do you want to leave for the children in your life? Sally Michael encourages you to consider the spiritual inheritance you can give to the next generation through your faithful prayers, and equips you with a method for using Scripture to pray for your child, grandchild, or the children in your church.
Sally is Minister for Resources and Program Development at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, and her husband David is Pastor for Parenting and Family Discipleship. They have served together at Bethlehem since 1980. For many years, their advice, wisdom, and counsel on parenting have benefitted the church. They have two daughters, Amy and Kristi. They have also written and promoted Sunday school curricula and the Fighter Verse Scripture memory program through Children Desiring God.
By Sally Michael We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; and 5
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Children Desiring God P.O. Box 2901 Minneapolis, MN 55402-0901
Toll-free: 888.346.4700 [email protected] www.childrendesiringGOD.org
