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April 13
Saturday


TELL
THE STORY

READ:
Psalm 78:1-8
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[Tell] to the generation
to come the praises
of the LORD, and
His strength and His
wonderful works
that He has done.
__Psalm 78:4
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In an interview with Wired magazine, filmmaker George lucas was asked how he wanted to be remembered. He replied: "I'll be remembered as a filmmaker....Hopefully some of the stories I told will still be relevant.

...If you've raised children, you know you have to explain things to them, and if you don't, they end up learning the hard way....So the old stories have to be reiterated again in a form that's acceptable to each new generation. I don't think I'm ever going to go much beyond the old stories, because I think they still need to be told."

In Psalm 78, the psalmist was aware of the possibility of God's mighty works being forgotten and a generation being lost, so he called God's people to never tire of telling the old story of His redemptive acts to future generations (v.4). The goal of this perpetual rehearsing of their history wasn't just for memorizing historical data; it was to inspire faith, obedience, and hope in the Lord (v.7) and to keep future generations from groping in the darkness of unbelief and rebellion like the generations before them (v.8).

Because of God's mighty power and grace in our lives we desire to be faithful to tell His stories that we might inspire faith and obedience in future generations. __Marvin Williams

````````````````I love to tell the story,```````````````````
``````````````For some have never heard`````````````````
```````````````The message of salvation`````````````````
``````````From God's own holy Word. __Hankey````````````
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Past stories of grace inspire future stories of faith.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 78:1-8****************

1 Give ear, O my people,
to my law; incline your ears
to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in a
parable; I will utter dark
sayings of old, 3 which we
have heard and known, and
our fathers have told us.

4 We will not hide them
from their children, telling
to the generation to come
the praises of the LORD, and
His strength and His
wonderful works that He
has done.

5 For He established a
testimony in Jacob, and
appointed a law in Israel,
which He commanded our
fathers, that they should
make them known to their
children; 6 that the
generation to come might
know them, the children
who would be born, that
they may arise and declare
them to their children,

7 that they may set their
hope in God, and not forget
the works of God, but keep
His commandments; 8 and
may not be like their
fathers, a stubborn and
rebellious generation, a
generation that did not set
its heart aright, and whose
spirit was not faithful to
God

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Asaph, the writer of this psalm, calls out to his readers to lend
a listening ear to the statements he is about to make (v.1). His
prophetic words will have profound implications for the next
generation of believers (Vv.2-4). The perpetual preoccupation with
the law of God is to be the living legacy passed from father to
son (vv.5-7). As a warning, Asaph then turns his gaze backward to
spiritual ruin (v.8).