Rooted Principle - July 12, 2026

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Welcome back to the Everyday Faith Podcast from Eastside with today's Faith Rooted Principle. Hey there, welcome back. I'm Isaac Johnson. Today is July the 12th, Sunday, and I want to give us our rooted principle for today, which is this that your commitment to fear and obey God will bless your family for generations to come. Your commitment to fear and obey God. It's going to affect your family now and for years to come. Psalm chapter number one twelve, verses one through four, the Bible says this Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon the earth. The generation of the upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness endureth forever. Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness. He is gracious and full of compassion and righteous. I love this fact that it really uh talks about the family here. It says his seed shall be mighty upon the earth, and uh the generation of the upright, the person that's trying to do right, shall be blessed. And uh I believe that if we're trying to do right, it's going to have an effect on our family. There's no doubt that in the culture in which we live, Satan has launched an attack on the family. And uh families today, I believe, are in trouble. The divorce rate really continues to rise, and the devastating uh consequences that come along with that, a Michigan State University study uh of adolescent murders found that 75% of uh adolescent murders came from broken homes. You think about the increasing drug use and immorality among young people, and it's it's made much worse, I believe, by divorce and broken homes, homes without a mom and dad uh together, unified there. And it's and as as children struggle, uh they lack guidance for those two godly parents that are meant to provide that guidance uh from God. This is an illustration really of the truth that God commands us, uh, and and he's really gives us these commands for our own good. Think about back to the Garden of Eden for just a moment. And uh man has been tempted ever since that point to follow his own path. Isaiah puts it this way it says, We have turned everyone to his own way. But yet God knows everything uh that he's told us is what's gonna work and what won't work. And if we want our family to be successful and blessed for generations to come, like this verse says, His seed shall be mighty upon the earth, the generations of the upright shall be blessed. If we want our family to be successful and blessed for generations to come, really the first step is for me personally to be a Christian who fears and obeys God. Hey, if I take care of myself first, and it produces benefits really that last into the future. Many of you know uh the great missionary and heard phrases and uh and quotes by the missionary Hudson Taylor, and uh he was a man of faith who was greatly used of God, but he was actually the fourth generation in his family uh to follow God. His great grandfather James Taylor was saved under the preaching of John Wesley when he heard a sermon called As for Me and My House, we will serve the Lord. If we follow Christ faithfully, you're setting an example and securing a blessing that can reach beyond our own children for generations to come, that will affect generations to come. So again, today's rooted principle is this our commitment to fear and obey God will bless our family for generations to come. But it starts with you, your commitment to fear and obey God. Thanks for listening. Have a great day. Thanks for joining us for today's Rooted Principle, right here on the Everyday Faith Podcast. If today's conversation has encouraged you, be sure to share it with someone who might need it. And don't forget to follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode. We'll see you next time, right here on the Everyday Faith Podcast.