God is the source of every blessing. From the breath in our lungs to the joy of salvation, we exist and are sustained by His generosity. He doesn’t give sparingly but gives abundantly to overflow onto others. Reflect today on the gifts you often overlook. Allow reflection to turn to praise and gratitude to thanksgiving. Our God is not lacking or withholding which means we are not lacking. Generosity begins with awareness that every provision is from God.

Thank God for His generous, glorious, and abundant gifts.

The ultimate display of God’s generosity is the giving of Jesus. God’s love moved Him to act and not only give but become the sacrifice that made our salvation possible. This is not a distant, abstract generosity—it is deeply real and personal. He gave Himself. Generosity is a lifestyle for a Christ-follower who gives because He gave. He made a way so we too pave the way for another to know the salvation of their God!

Thank God for giving himself freely and fully. Ask God for the opportunities and willingness to reflect him by offering your very self—your time, service, resources—just as willingly and sacrificially to others.

God’s generosity is unlimited because He is unlimited. Scarcity is not in His vocabulary. He delights in giving “all that we need” and His joy can be ours as we generously share what we have freely received. His blessings are not only for us—they are meant to flow through us. This statement to the Corinthians is written as they prepared gifts to give to others in a church that was suffering. In the same way, our lives become conduits, not containers, of God’s provision.

Thank God for his abundance toward you. Reflect on your stewardship and management of what he has entrusted. Trust his ability to meet your need when you place the need of others above your own.

God gave his Word, and we continue to share that Word generation to generation. God’s Word is designed to be lived out daily and passed along intentionally. Faith is not just taught in formal lessons but in the rhythm of everyday life. Talk about His ways at home, while walking, before sleep, and at sunrise. In this way, God’s truth becomes part of the atmosphere in which children grow.

Reflect on your need to first know God’s Word and allow it to dwell every moment in your life. If you have children in the home, consider how you are living that Word and instilling it in your children throughout the day. If you have no children at home, consider how, as a member of Christ’s body and this church, you can help children learn and live God’s Word.

After crossing the Jordan, God commanded Israel to set up a monument of stones so future generations would know His power and faithfulness. The stones were reminders that God makes a way where there is no way. In the same way, we are called to leave markers of faith for those who follow.

Thank God for the spiritual ‘stones’ in your life—answered prayers, testimonies, or acts of God’s provision. Ask God to make you more conscious each day to share those stories with the next generation. Ask God for an opportunity to share your story today!

The faithfulness of God is meant to be proclaimed to every generation. Each generation has a role in declaring His mighty acts to the next. In addition to personal testimony, the testimony of Scripture is to be told over and over.

Thank God for the Old and New Testaments that taught you God’s faithful provision to Israel. Reflect on your role in continuing to proclaim the Word that tells his goodness and mighty acts to strengthen faith across the generations.

Generational faith is strengthened by remembering and retelling what God has done. It is repeated decade to decade. God’s story is bigger than the current moment and is meant to be handed like a baton to each generation. He has been working, He is working, and He will continue to work. Each story builds on the last and continues until Jesus returns.

Thank God for the people who shared Christ and his Word with you. Thank God for the ones before them who faithfully received and shared his Word. You are part of their legacy. Reflect on the legacy you are leaving and the role you have in ensuring that the gospel is still accessible to future generations—even generations you may never see.

Jesus welcomed children when others pushed them aside. He declared the kingdom belongs to such as these. Children are central rather than marginal to God’s kingdom. The openness, trust, and humility of a child mirrors the kind of whole-hearted, unassuming faith even adults need to love God. More than that, this passage reminds adults of their role to facilitate and not hinder children’s access to Christ.

Thank God for sending Christ so you may know Him. Ask God to make you aware of the opportunities to encourage a child in their faith, to show them their value to God and point the way to Christ.

Training children in the ways of the Lord is a holy responsibility, one we are commanded rather than suggested to fulfill. Our role is faithful training. God’s Spirit alone can transform. Faithful teaching leaves an eternal mark by creating the environment for that transformation.

Today, pray for wisdom to guide the children in your care—whether your own or others in your church and community. Trust that God’s Spirit waters the seeds of faith you plant, even when you cannot see the growth immediately.

God identifies Himself as the God of generations. The two primary ways he identified himself to Israel was as relationally dependable (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) and active deliverer (“Who brought you out of Egypt”). His covenant faithfulness spans centuries and families. We remember what he has done and tell of his deeds to generations to come because He is the same yesterday, today, and forever!

Remember that the same God who guided Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and delivered Israel from Egypt is guiding you, your children, and the generations to come. His faithfulness remains steadfast. He is an ever-present, good, and faithful God.

At Pentecost, Peter declared that Joel’s prophecy of God pouring out his Spirit on old and young alike was being fulfilled in that moment. It is that same Spirit living, indwelling, and empowering His people today—both old and young. Everyone matters, and all have access to the same God and same power. Yes, children can be filled with the Holy Spirit!

Thank God for pouring out his Spirit. Pray that you will continually be filled with Him and pray over the children in your family and church family to be filled as well. God’s mission is for all generations and is active in all generations.

God’s covenant with Abraham included the call to teach his children to walk in His ways. Faith is not only personal but also relational and generational. The day we believed, we became part of God’s family, a family that existed before us and will continue to grow beyond us. In other words, God chose us before we believed in Him and created a place for us to belong and a purpose for us to fulfill.

Thank God that He chose you before you ever could have chosen Him. Thank Him that He loved you as you were and too much to leave you as you were. Ask God to help you faithfully keep His ways and fulfill His call to be the household of faith ensures future generations will also follow His ways.

God’s covenant with Abraham included the call to teach his children to walk in His ways. Faith is not only personal but also relational and generational. The day we believed, we became part of God’s family, a family that existed before us and will continue to grow beyond us. In other words, God chose us before we believed in Him and created a place for us to belong and a purpose for us to fulfill.

Thank God that He chose you before you ever could have chosen Him. Thank Him that He loved you as you were and too much to leave you as you were. Ask God to help you faithfully keep His ways and fulfill His call to be the household of faith ensures future generations will also follow His ways.

Each generation has a testimony and each encourages the others. God is present and working in each generation, and each generation builds the faith of the ones before and after them. This is worship! The younger need to hear God’s faithfulness in the lives of the older and the older need to hear what God is doing in the lives of the younger. We worship together and build one another’s faith. Generations united in praise glorify God, magnify His name, and celebrate His faithfulness. How is your faith impacted by both older and younger believers?

Praise the Lord right now! Reflect on how you are participating in and encouraging intergenerational worship. Ask God to help you model worship to a younger generation and make space for a younger believer—especially a child—to worship God and experience his presence.

God’s covenant is generational and enduring. He keeps his Word to His people. His Spirit and Word are not temporary gifts but lasting promises. They are for all ages, including children! The generational focus of God’s covenants is about more than just future fulfillment. The generations aren’t just collective groups: They are family members, persons, children, and descendants.

Thank God that even when culture shifts, His covenant endures from age to age. Pray a blessing on your children. Pray a blessing on the children of your Calvary Church family. Take hope in God’s promise to be just as present with our children as he is with us.

Healthy children will grow and mature, and they need to. At the same time, there is something in a child-like faith that many adults need restored. Instead of maturing in faith, life can be a gradual losing of faith. Some things we need to grow out of, but other things we need to grow into, to develop and never lose. Some things we may need to grow back to. One thing is for sure: God loves kids! More than asking them to change for us, Jesus is saying we need to be more like them.

Thank God for the beginning and the growing of your faith. Ask God to help you keep the child-like faith and passion of when you first believed. Thank God for the opportunity to nurture, protect and bless the faith of children who are close to his heart and vital to his kingdom.

Healthy children will grow and mature, and they need to. At the same time, there is something in a child-like faith that many adults need restored. Instead of maturing in faith, life can be a gradual losing of faith. Some things we need to grow out of, but other things we need to grow into, to develop and never lose. Some things we may need to grow back to. One thing is for sure: God loves kids! More than asking them to change for us, Jesus is saying we need to be more like them.

Thank God for the beginning and the growing of your faith. Ask God to help you keep the child-like faith and passion of when you first believed. Thank God for the opportunity to nurture, protect and bless the faith of children who are close to his heart and vital to his kingdom.

Lamentations in a prayer guide for the next generation? Absolutely! Kids have troubles too! They have real pain, sorrow and loss. God isn’t a God of fantasy stories, but of real people in a real world with real issues. Yet he remains the God of hope and healing! Jeremiah, who grieved the violence, loss and pain of his people reminds us that although earthly kings and kingdoms shift and fall, God’s throne remains. He is the God of all generations. There will never be a generation for whom he will not be their God.

Thank God that He reigns supreme. Take comfort that the same Lord who reigned in ages past reigns today and will reign in the future. His sovereignty assures stability for your children and theirs, no matter the turbulence of the times.

Just as children have real issues, they have the reality of God’s love. Children may not have had all of the experiences that harden adult hearts, but their heartbreaks are just as real and they can just as surely feel God’s love for them. God’s mercy is new every morning for every human heart, no matter how young. His compassion, faithfulness, mercy and grace are even for grandchildren. His love is for all at all times and for all of time.

Thank God for his steadfast love! Reflect prayerfully on your role in helping the next generation know his love, righteousness and goodness. In so doing, you are shaping a spiritual inheritance richer than any material legacy.

God’s covenant purposes are always mindful of the next generation. What he does for us is not only for us but also to benefit our children.

Pray today that God would align the hearts of your family with His will—for your good and for the generations yet to come. Pray for God’s people at Calvary Church to be blessed for the good of our children. In so doing, you are praying to be blessed and be a part of that blessing.

Every child’s life is a gift! As we saw when we began these 21 days, every good gift including the gift of the next generation is from Him and belongs to Him. We don’t have “our kids”: We nurture, mentor, love and provide for “God’s kids!” God’s plans extend beyond today into generations yet unborn, securing a legacy of hope in Him and through them to bless all humanity. We give back to God what He first gave us. Our lives, our children, our resources, our all. We give because He gave. We love because He loves. Children are a blessing, a legacy, and we extend to them God’s blessing and His legacy. We extend His love and, in so doing, fulfill His purpose in our generation for future generations.

Thank God for the gift of children! Those crazy, active, silly, messy, beautiful gifts of God. Thank God for the heritage of faith you’ve received and now pass on. Thank God that His gifts are abundant and His love is for all generations.