Perpetual Faith
Scripture Genesis 9:12
And God said, this is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. God made a covenant with Noah and his sons and with every living creature…for perpetual generations. The word that stood out to me in Genesis 9:12 was perpetual. According to the dictionary, there are a number of definitions of this word: 1) \”lasting or enduring forever or for an indefinitely long time,\” 2) \”continuing indefinitely without interruption,\” 3) \”unceasing\” and 4) \”constant.
God wants every generation after Noah to be made aware of this covenant. If Noah failed to preach it to his sons, and if his sons failed to preach it to their sons, then the earth would become void of the knowledge of the covenant. It was important that Noah preach the terms of the covenant to those of his family who would live on after he was gone. If God\’s covenant had been known to only Noah\’s generation, then after that generation had died out, God would have been forgotten in the earth. Therefore, it was important to God that it be passed on from father to son perpetually—without interruption, continuing, unceasing.
PRAYER
Child’s Future
Father, thank You for my child who is an inheritance from You. In the name of Jesus, we shall teach him/her in Your ways, and great shall be his/her peace. I dedicate _______ to You today, proclaiming that he/she will fulfil his/her days already fashioned by You.
Heavenly Father, I commit to train ______ in the way he/she should go; he/she will not depart from Your ways but will grow and prosper in them. As the Word of God commands, and with Your sufficient grace, I will teach and train my child diligently.
Scripture References
Proverbs 8:17,32 Matthew 7:14; 9:38
Luke 2:52 Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 5:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9 2 Timothy 1:12 John 10:10