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Second Kings chapter 11, verse 1.

Now when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead,

she arose and destroyed all the royal family.

What a picture of evil and sin in a family. And what's startling to me is

it. So I'm reading this in 2nd Kings chapter 11. And then a New Testament reading today is 2 Timothy chapter 1 when Paul is writing to Timothy

and he says, I'm reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother

Lois and your mother Eunice. And now I am sure dwells in you as well. What a contrast.

In 2 Timothy chapter 1, you see this picture of a mother and a grandmother who have poured

goodness and the gospel and the Timothy and the fruit of that

in Timothy's life, which is totally different from 2nd Kings chapter 11. And so I am, we are

driven to pray, God help us to be faithful parents and grandparents and grandchildren and children.

God, to help us to pass goodness and mercy on from generation to generation in our families.

God, I personally praise you for grandparents and parents

who have loved me, who've protected me, who have passed the gospel on to me. God, I want to be this

kind of parent. I want to be this kind of grandparent if you give me the opportunity to do that. God, for all of us who have

parents or grandparents who have passed on faith to us, we give you praise and glory and honor.

God, we pray for parents and grandparents in our lives who may not know your goodness and your

grace. We pray for their salvation based on reading these passages.

God, we pray.

Use us to pass faith on to them, we pray.

God, we pray for children and their children and their children.

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