Old Testament Scripture Reading: (Psalms 78:1 – 6 KJV)
Psa 78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Psa 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Psa 78:3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Psa 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
Psa 78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
Psa 78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
New Testament Scripture Reading: ( Matthew 6:9 – 13 KJV)
Mat 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Mat 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Mat 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
Mat 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Mat 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Transforming Power Statements:
1) The knowledge of God is the most important information there is to know, and the passing on of the correct information about God has been the duty of the fathers throughout all of time from Adam up this very day; along with that, responsibility / accountability has been upon every successive generation as stated by the Psalmist Asaph, along with the assistance and grace of God.
2) Regardless of our personal status with our own father, whether good, bad, ugly, or even non-existent, God Himself has provided a “parental presence” for each individual offering opportunity to everyone to come closer to Him and be taught of His Word while being under the covering of His “common grace” which He displays openly from day to day.
3) Jesus taught His disciples to call upon God the Father in daily prayer and to acknowledge Him being thankful and forgiving of others, while looking in the present for spiritual power to live right and looking ahead by faith to the coming of His Kingdom in which righteousness will be exalted once and for all and even forever because of the perfect work of God’s Only Begotten Son, Jesus the Messiah and His provision of the only perfect sacrifice required by His Father and applied to each of us who believe in Him and his resurrection!