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Session Three: Your Legacy

Session Three: Your Legacy. Leaving a Godly Heritage for Future Generations. Leaving a Legacy. Inheritance Heritage. A Biblical Foundation. Deuteronomy 11:18-20 Psalm 78: 3-7. Barriers to Overcome. We live in an age - segregated society.

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Session Three: Your Legacy

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  1. Session Three: Your Legacy Leaving a Godly Heritage for Future Generations

  2. Leaving a Legacy • Inheritance • Heritage

  3. A Biblical Foundation • Deuteronomy 11:18-20 • Psalm 78: 3-7

  4. Barriers to Overcome • We live in an age-segregated society. • Families may be separated in different cities and states. • There is a lack of understanding of the different generations.

  5. Builders • Born Before 1946 • Formative Years: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s • Formative Experiences?

  6. Characteristics of Builders • Private • Cautious • Respectful • Dependable • Hardworkers • Savers • Frugal • Patriotic • Loyal

  7. Baby Boomers • Born between 1946 – 1964 • Formative Years: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s • Formative Experiences?

  8. Characteristics of Boomers • Educated • Media-oriented • Independent • Cause-oriented • Fitness-Conscious • Quality Conscious • Question Authority

  9. Generation X • Born 1965 to 1983 (66 million Americans) • A smaller (bust) generation when compared with Boomer parents. • Formative Years: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s • Formative Experiences?

  10. Characteristics of Generation X • Freedom • Issues of Survival • Willing to Work • Feeling Neglected • Postponing Marriage

  11. Millenials • Born: 1984 to 2002 • The bridge into the new millennium • Formative Years: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s • Formative Experiences?

  12. Characteristics of Millenials • Entrepreneurial • Technologically Savvy • Fragmented • Sophisticated • Demanding • Diverse and Tolerant(Generation Information adapted from Gary McIntosh’s book; One Church: Four Generations)

  13. Sharing Our Lives with Every Generation • Have fun together.

  14. Sharing Our Lives with Every Generation • Share your stories.

  15. Sharing Our Lives with Every Generation • Share your stories. • Joshua 4:20-24 • How? • Write it down • Talk about it • Make an audio or video recording

  16. Sharing Our Lives with Every Generation • Pray. • Choose specific people. • Pray Scripture for them. • I pray that Ella will love you God with all of her heart and soul and mind and strength. (Mark 12:30) • Send encouragement. • Watch for God’s answers and thank Him.

  17. Sharing Our Lives with Every Generation • Liveout your faith. • 2 Timothy 1:5

  18. Sharing Our Lives with Every Generation • Serve with one another.

  19. Your Legacy • Since my youth, O God you have taught me, and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come. Psalm 71:17-18

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