FamilyLife Today® To the Tenth Generation: Ray Ortlund
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Dec 16, 2025 Join Ray Ortlund, a pastor and author, alongside his wife Jani, a ministry leader and author, as they explore the profound impact of family discipleship. They reflect on their 54 years of marriage, share humorous and heartfelt stories, and discuss God's promise to bless families for generations. With insights from their book, they emphasize generational multiplication and the significance of everyday family life, urging listeners to trust in God's promises and embrace surrender as key to a meaningful legacy.
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Families As God’s Long-Term Plan
- Ray and Jani discovered a biblical motif of God blessing families across generations and framed family as central to God's redemptive plan.
- They calculate a small family can exponentially become a large witnessing community across ten generations.
Mundane Acts Hold Eternal Weight
- Everyday family routines are the soil where God remembers His name and brings blessing.
- Ordinary acts like prayer and faithfulness can domino into generational impact.
Claim Promises and Surrender Daily
- Dare to believe and pray the Bible's promises, then 'wallpaper your reality' with that verse in hard seasons.
- Yield your family to God by surrendering daily and trust blessing will follow without having to earn it.
