DEVOTION –
THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012
“A DEVOTIONAL”
WITH
DR ED YOUNG
Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who
greatly delights in His commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Psalm 112:1-2
Psalm 112:1-2
Some
sociologists say there’s a “five generation rule” in the raising of children.
The way you bring up your child impacts not only him or her, but four generations
that follow. Princeton scholar Benjamin Warfield tested the rule by
comparing descendants of godly Jonathan Edwards to those of atheist Max Jukes.
Edwards’ progeny included 13 college presidents, 65 professors, 30 judges, 100
lawyers, 60 physicians and 100 pastors. Jukes descendants numbered 310
paupers, 150 criminals, seven murderers and more than 100
alcoholics. Happiness is on the side of those who reverence God.
“The last influence of a parent’s legacy,” By David Littlewood.
Retrieved from http://www.newlifepublishing.co.uk/joyplus/leavingalegacy.htm.
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