Living for Legacy
The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
24 “The Lord bless you
and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”’
“So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.” —Numbers 6:22-27
The legacy ladder
The Law of Legacy
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Is there anyone here who, planning to build a new house, doesn’t first sit down and figure the cost so you’ll know if you can complete it? If you only get the foundation laid and then run out of money, you’re going to look pretty foolish. Everyone passing by will poke fun at you: ‘He started something he couldn’t finish. —Luke 14:28-30
And the LORD answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. —Habakkuk 2:2
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Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth. —Deut 11:18-21
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“We have made at least a start in discovering the meaning in human life when we plant shade trees under which we know full well we will never sit.” —Elton Trueblood