Nancy Lee-Demoss was greatly influenced by her father's honesty.

My dad had struggled with alcohol before he became a believer, and he knew how damaging and deadly it can be.

And he talked to us about the dangers of drinking.

Now, you don't hear a lot of parents talking about those kinds of things, honestly and openly with their kids today.

But my dad wasn't afraid to say it.

He wasn't mean. He wasn't ugly. He wasn't heavy-handed. He loved us dearly, and we knew that.

But he wasn't afraid to repeat instruction over and over again. Those are the things we remember.

This is Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Lee-D-Waz for Friday, August 21st.

When life is complex, you need godly wisdom.

Nancy's been explaining why in a series called The Way of Wisdom.

Not only do you need to seek godly wisdom for yourself,

you also need it so you can have something to pass along to the next generation.

Here's Nancy. God's plan for his people is that his truth should be imparted from one generation

to the next.

It's like a relay race where the baton is passed on from one runner to the next.

And moms, grandmoms, when you have run your leg of the race,

you want to be sure that you have passed that baton onto the next runner, that you've

passed it on to the next generation. Now, now some of you, your children are already grown,

and you're saying, it's too late. I didn't do it God's way. Well, first of all, if your children

are still living, it's not too late for God to intervene in their lives. So you can pray. And there are many, many stories of the power of a praying mom, a praying grandmom, don't ever give up and keep pleading with God to turn their hearts. But I'll tell you what else you can do. You can influence other people's children.

And maybe you didn't know, maybe you weren't a believer or you weren't seeking God when you were a young mom.

But you have friends who have young children. And you can encourage those moms. You can encourage those kids to learn the pathway of wisdom.

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