SUNDAY, January 22.

A New Generation of Faith.

Genesis 10:1,32

 Here we see that after the flood Noah\’s sons produced sons of their own. These sons then went on to produce sons, and a huge family was eventually formed.

  As we have seen, when Adam sinned, the life of faith that God had initiated with him was interrupted by high treason—to the point that every man on planet earth was so evil and his thoughts so corrupted continually that God was sorry that He had made man.

 Instead of allowing the situation to continue in this vein, God destroyed mankind and all the living creatures on the earth by a flood except for Noah and his house and two of every beast. Because Noah had found grace in God\’s eyes, the Lord chose him to start a new generation of faith. Noah\’s obedience in building the ark over a lengthy period of time in spite of ridicule and opposition was a great act of faith. Because of his act of obedience, he and his entire family were saved from destruction.

 After the flood, the first thing that God did was to enter into covenant with Noah. He told him that as long as the earth remains, this covenant will be in force. It will be for perpetual generations.

Genesis 10:1,32

 Here we see that after the flood Noah\’s sons produced sons of their own. These sons then went on to produce sons, and a huge family was eventually formed.

All these people were the direct descendants of one man—Noah. As such, Noah was directly responsible for seeing that they were informed about the perpetual covenant that the Lord had made with them through him. Let\’s look to see how well Noah succeeded in handling this awesome responsibility.

PRAYER

Child’s Future

I pray that __________ will be a shining light radiating the love of God. He/she will under- stand who he/she is in Christ Jesus and walk in his/her calling. I pray that just as Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, You would bless this child with the same wisdom and pour out Your favor and wisdom openly on him/her.

I praise You in advance for _________’s future spouse and speak blessings on the future union. Godliness is profitable unto his/her house, and __________ shall receive the promise of life and all that is to come.

Father, thank You for protecting and guiding my child. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

Scripture References

Psalms 91:1,11; 127:3 Isaiah 22:6; 54:13; 55:11 Ephesians 5:22-25; 6:1-4 Deuteronomy 6:7