Passing On the Faith
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Passing On the Faith
Scriptures:
Faith that remembers must also be transmitted. What God has entrusted to you is meant to live on hence let’s begin the day in reflection. Who is receiving faith through my life—children, younger believers, colleagues, or friends? Faith moving forward asks not only, “What do I believe?” but also, “Who will carry this faith forward after me?”
After remembering God’s works, we are pressed to ensure that what God has done and taught us is not lost with us. Faith that looks forward responsibly is faith that is intentionally passed on. What is remembered must also be retold.
This is why the psalmist frames remembrance as a generational responsibility: “We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD… so the next generation would know them” (Psalm 78:4–7). Faith here is not private possession but shared inheritance. The Hebrew verb sāpar (סָפַר), meaning “to recount” or “to declare,” implies deliberate narration. Faith is strengthened when God’s acts are spoken, not merely kept in memory.
From Israel’s earliest spiritual formation, faith was designed to be woven into active daily life. This is so even in diaspora as God scattered them. Moses instructed God’s people to keep His words close—spoken at home, along the road, in rest and in work (Deuteronomy 6:6–9). Faith was transmitted through daily conversation, habit, and example. Instruction was not confined to the Temple or sacred spaces; it flowed through ordinary moments.
Early Christian communities embraced this pattern. Faith was preserved and expanded through testimony, teaching, and imitation. The apostle Paul points to this living transmission when he reminds Timothy of the sincere faith that first lived in his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice (2 Timothy 1:5). Faith was caught as much as it was taught. It traveled through relationships marked by trust and consistency.
Movements of renewal survived through the history of the Church not because of structures alone, but because faith was intentionally passed on. Evangelical historian Mark Noll notes that Christianity has endured through centuries largely through family life, mentoring, and local communities that embodied belief daily.¹ Faith that is not shared eventually weakens and dies.
Pentecostal theologian Allan Anderson observes that living faith is transmitted most effectively through story, witness, and modeled devotion rather than abstract instruction alone.² Faith becomes compelling when it is visible and relational.
Prayer
God of generations, thank You for the faith that has been passed down to us. Help us to carry it faithfully and to share it wisely. Give us intentional hearts to speak of Your works, model obedience, and nurture faith in others. May what You have planted in us grow beyond us, blessing future generations with truth, hope, and trust in You. Amen.
Endnotes
Mark A. Noll, Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012), pp. 15–17.
Allan Anderson, An Introduction to Pentecostalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), pp. 213–215.
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