Building a Family Faith

Are we loosing our legacy of faith? Is the next generation carrying on your legacy of faith as you continued that of your mother’s and father’s. I know that my generation, known as Generation X has definitely gotten a bad rap for leaving our faith behind. I can’t tell you how many times I have had people tell me, “There aren’t many people your age in ministry these days.” This is sad, but true. How about your children do you think that they will continue in the faith that you’re planting in them? I know you hope so and so do I.

We have to leave our children with strong roots that will ground them in the faith that we put our hope and trust in. The important thing is to give them those roots. We are all to follow the words of Deuteronomy 6:6-9

“These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.”

These words still apply to us today. In order for us to expect our children to continue to walk in the faith that you have taught them about you must continually teach them allowing it to become a part of who they are, you must also encourage them to continually learn more about the Lord themselves, nurturing their own personal relationship with him. A relationship with a parent or even both parents is important, but it cannot replace their relationship with their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is truly the only way that they can be grounded enough to continue in their faith for the long run.

In Family Driven Faith, Dr.Voddie Baucham identifies timeless precepts and principles from Scripture for raising our sons and daughters to stand firm in a post-Christian society.

God has not left parents alone in raising godly children, but has given us valuable and timeless precepts in His Word for successful training, if parents will only take the time to study and learn from the Heavenly Father.

Drawing from Deuteronomy 6 and other passages, Dr. Baucham explains the power of family-centered discipleship, demonstrating how the day-to-day training of our children can lay the groundwork for multi-generational faithfulness.

Faithfulness is important not only to our generation but to the generations to follow, pour yourself into the next generation by making practice of both Deuteronomy 6 and the pearls that Dr. Voddie Baucham draws from it in this great book.