Pass it On: Part 1
Who and Why Should We Pass on Faith? | Deuteronomy 6:4-7a

Communion Moment:

Scripture:

We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders. Psalm 78:4 NLT

Prompt: Quiet your mind and focus your thoughts on God. Let Him know you are open to His wisdom and guidance.


64% of 18–29-year-olds who grew up in church have withdrawn from church involvement.

Gen Z adults are less likely to identify as Christians (27%) compared to Baby Boomers (54%), and more likely to identify as religiously unaffiliated (33%) than every generation except millennials.

42% of church congregations = at least half of those attending are 65 years or older.

“Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.” Deuteronomy 6:4-7 NLT‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

The best is you!

“And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children.” Deuteronomy 6:6-7a NLT

“The influence of parents on children while they still live at home—including their influence on religious identities, beliefs, and practices— is paramount, lasting for years, decades, often lifetimes. The best general predictor of what any American is like religiously, after comparing all of the other possible variables and factors, is what their parents were like religiously when they were growing up. Not their peers, not media, not their youth group leaders or clergy, not their religious schoolteachers.” —Professor Christian Smith, Univ. of Notre Dame

Our kids or see God through us.

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. 1 John 3:1 NIV

God’s best for your kid is .

I Will have a five-minute intentional conversation with the kid in my life this week.