Long-term faithfulness

My words, which I have placed in your mouth won’t depart from your mouth, nor from the mouths of your descendants, nor from the mouths of your descendants’ children, says the Lord, forever and always. ~ Isaiah 59:21 (CEB)

Be careful about the way you live and about what you teach. Keep on doing this, and you will save not only yourself, but the people who hear you. ~ 1 Timothy 4:16 (CEV)

Lord, thank you for your words and the message that you have given to us to hand down from generation to generation. I know how easy it is to slip off the path and to wander aimlessly. But easy is often not best. Help me to keep the long game in mind. Give me the stamina I need to continue living out the message week after week and year after year. I haven't been such a good messenger in the past. But from this point on I'm on a mission with a message from you. Amen.