Nancy Lee DeMoss asks,

If the next generation loves the same things you love,

how much will they love the Lord?

If they adopt the priorities that we have modeled,

not just what we say our priorities are,

but the ones we demonstrate,

how earnest will they be about serving the Lord and others.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Thursday, November 20th, 2014.

Yesterday, Nancy Lee DeMaz helped us catch a vision for living a joyful life of giving.

She delivered this message at the generous giving conference earlier this year.

In part one of this message, Nancy showed us how much joy King David had as he gave generously

and encouraged others to give. He was giving so his son Solomon

could oversee construction of the temple. This story has a lot of meaning for us today. Nancy will show

you how. She's in First Chronicles 29. On verses 10 through 19, I won't read this whole passage, but David prays and he worships

God, he exalts God for his great power and majesty and glory. Verse 12, he says, both riches and

honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand

it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you,

O God, gratitude going up. We thank you, O God, our God, and praise your glorious name.

But who am I? And what is my people that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you and of your own have we given you.

Verse 16, oh Lord, our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house

for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.

Now, I'm not telling you anything you don't know,

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