This is the day.

Psalm 112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Psalm 112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

The fear of the Lord is part of being blessed. Yesterday's post was about verse one. Verse two continues the blessing. If you and I fear God, then those that follow us will be mighty upon the earth. The future generations upon whom we have had an influence because of our fear of God will be blessed and will be mighty because of our example. Have you and I ever really taken time to think about how much influence we have on future generations. One generation that serves God can influence five or six following generations, and one generation that does not follow Him can destroy just as many generations. I say with the Joshua of the Bible, "as for me and my house we will serve the Lord."


Faith of our fathers


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Faith of our fathers, living still,
In spite of dungeon, fire and sword;
O how our hearts beat high with joy
Whenever we hear that glorious Word!
Refrain

Refrain:
Faith of our fathers, holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death.

Faith of our fathers, we will strive
To win all nations unto Thee;
And through the truth that comes from God,
We all shall then be truly free.

Refrain

Faith of our fathers, we will love
Both friend and foe in all our strife;
And preach Thee, too, as love knows how
By kindly words and virtuous life.