A Heart For Legacy.
2 Samuel 24:24 [NIV]
24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
2 Samuel 24:24 [NIV]
4 Truths About Legacy.
1. We Must Raise The Standard To Raise The Generation.
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. 4 Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip.
Isaiah 60:3-4 [NIV]
19 So shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.
Isaiah 59:19 [NKJV]
2. We Must Sacrifice Where Our Children Will Build.
1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it…
Psalm 127:1 [KJV]
3 Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him.
Psalm 127:3 [NIV]
2 Their children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches are in their houses, and their righteousness endures forever.
Psalm 112:2-3 [NIV]
18 “Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.”
Psalm 71:18 [NIV]
28 I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 29 Even on My servants, both men and women, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
Joel 2:28-29 [NIV]
3. We Must Fight So Another Generation Can Build In Peace.
5 But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence.
1 Kings 5:4 [NKJV]
7 David said to Solomon, “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God. 8 But this word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for My Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight. 9 But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon, and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign.”
1 Chronicles 22:7-9 [NIV]
1 These are the nations that the Lord left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan. 2 He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.
Judges 3:1-2 [NLT]
4. We Must Store In Order For The Next Generation To Soar.
14 Indeed I have taken much trouble to prepare for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond measure, for it is so abundant. I have prepared timber and stone also, and you may add to them.
1 Chronicles 22:14 [NKJV]
2 Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might: gold for things to be made of gold, silver for things of silver, bronze for things of bronze, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood, onyx stones, stones to be set, glistening stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble slabs in abundance. 3 Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, my own special treasure of gold and silver…
1 Chronicles 29:2-3 [NKJV]
4 We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power, and the wonders He has done.
Psalm 78:4 [NIV]
