Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

It's a recounting of all that God has done among his people in the past.

How God's people have continually turned from God and experienced judgment from God

and mercy from God. And the whole intent is to pass on to the next generation, the wonders of God

and the work of God that the next generation might know God. That's the language in verse 7

so that the next generation should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God,

but keep his commandments. There's a longing in the psalmist here to make sure that the next

generation knows who God is, what God has done, what God will do, what God has said that they might

walk with God. And don't we long for that in our lives? When I think about my children,

when you think about any children around you, students, just think the next generation.

And if you're listening to this and you are a child or a student like here in Psalm 78,

God's saying he wants to make sure that you have people in your life who are telling you the

wonderful works of God who are showing you who God is and telling you what God has done and

helping you understand his words so that you might experience God in all of his fullness.

Like this is what we are all responsible for doing. Yes, parents, yes, grandparents,

but the whole church, if you are single or married with kids without kids, doesn't matter.

We are responsible for telling the next generation who God is and what God has done. We will not hide

these things from children. We will tell to the coming generation what the glorious deeds of the

Lord and his might and the wonders that he has done. So let's pray that God would help us to be

faithful to do that. God, we pray that we pray Psalm 78 verse 4, man, not be set of us that we

hid from the next generation. The wonders of what you have done and the glorious deeds you have done

and your might, God, we pray that you would help us to be faithful to pass on your word and the

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