Generation to Generation

Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. Luke 1:16

This is the promise of what the Messiah would accomplish. He will "Turn the hearts of the fathers to their children..." Isn't it a great thing to behold? We desperately need God to accomplish this promise. Our families are in trouble.

Is it true? Have fathers hearts been turned from their children to other things? Are men more interested in money than their offspring? Are men spending more time at the golf course than at home? Are daddy's absent from the lives of their wives and their children?

Promise Keepers as an organization accomplished many great things. One was an emphasis on loving our wives and children. Another has been the need to spend quality and a quantity of time with the kids.

But PK is not enough. Why is every church in the world not teaching and training their males about the call of Messiah? Jesus came to reconcile men with their families!

Take a look at the second part of this passage. Jesus is going to "reconcile the disobedient to the wisdom of righteousness." Wow! More on this promise later.

Win a Book or Two

I have written several books and done numerous workshops on topics that emphasize developing A lifetime of---GREAT RELATIONSHIPS
Now it is your turn to nominate some person or church or school that is developing great relationships with God, neighbors and self.
Steve Sjogren, for example, developed one of the most original and creative ways to evangelize unchurched folks and it is also a cool but simple way to build GREAT RELATIONSHIPS. Steve calls it, Servant Evangelism and it has taken hold all over the world. (See the blog link)

Who else is innovative and simple in the ways they are training folks to love and care for one another? I am teaching tomorrow night at the Vineyard on building great relationships as parents and grand parents.

The person who offers the best suggestion or makes the best nomination as judged by me, after all I am the king of this blog, will get to choose two of my books as prizes.