Leaving a Legacy of Faith

Message by Eric Colson

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1) A mother’s mission is to leave  legacy of faith.

2 Timothy 1:1-5 (ESV)

1  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus, 2  To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3  I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4  As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. 5  I am 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.

2) A mother’s method is to model genuine faith.

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (ESV)
4  “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
5  You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6  And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
7  You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
8  You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
9  You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

2 Timothy 1:8-14 (ESV)

8  Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, 9  who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

10  and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11  for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, 12  which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.

13  Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14  By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.

3) A mother is honored when her gifts are put to use.

2 Timothy 1:6-7 (ESV)

 6  For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, 7  for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

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