1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 1: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: for God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you. 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: It's always a joy to come into your homes, and 7 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: if you're ever in our area, please stop by and 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. I promise 9 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 10 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,319 Speaker 1: so much for tuning in, and thank you again for 11 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: coming out. I like to start with something funny, and 12 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: I heard about this minister that died. He was standing 13 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: in line at the Pearly Gates. The man in front 14 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 1: of him was dressed in a loud T shirt, sunglasses, 15 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,520 Speaker 1: and blue jeans. Saint Peter asking what's your name? He said, 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: I'm Joe Cohen, taxicab driver, New York City. Peter checked 17 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: his list and handed him a gold staff silk robe 18 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: said welcome to Heaven. The minister stepped up. He said, 19 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: I'm Reverend Joseph Snow Saint Mary's Cathedral. Peter checked his list, 20 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: handed him a wooden staff and cotton robe. He said, hey, 21 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: that's not right. The taxicab driver got a gold staff 22 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: and this is all I got. Peter said, sir, up here, 23 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: we work by results. When you preached, people slept, but 24 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: when he drove, people prayed. Hold up your Bible, say 25 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 26 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: am what it says I am. I have what it 27 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: says I have. I can do what it says I 28 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 29 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 30 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 1: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 31 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 32 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: generational blessings. Every right choice you make, you're making it 33 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: easier on those that come after you. When you live 34 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: a life of excellence and integrity, being your best, helping others, 35 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: those are seed that will not only make your life 36 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: fuller and more rewarding, but your children and grandchildren will 37 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: be better off because of the way you lived. No 38 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: person lives or dies unto himself. The choices you are 39 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: making will affect your family line for generations to come. Now. 40 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: I want my relatives to do great things in life. 41 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: Because of me, not in spite of me. Our children 42 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: have enough things to overcome without having to deal with 43 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: our negative baggage. Your life can either be a stepping 44 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: stone for your family to go higher or a stumbling 45 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: block that causes them to struggle. Negative things may have 46 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: been passed down to you, but God raised you up 47 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: to put an end to it. You can be a 48 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: difference maker. And we hear a lot about the generational curse, 49 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: but there's something called a generational blessing. The scripture talks 50 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: about how you can store up for your children and 51 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: future generations. I know I am where I am today 52 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: in part because of the way my parents and grandparents 53 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: have lived. I am reaping a harvest from seeds that 54 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: they sowed. Met a man a while back, and he 55 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: told how as a young man he had lost his 56 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: way in life. He was living on the streets downtown. 57 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: My father came out of a hotel and saw him 58 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: sitting there and went over to talk to him. This 59 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: young man had a dream of becoming a medical doctor, 60 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: but he had a lot of bad breaks. His school 61 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: financing didn't go through, and he was still hoping to 62 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: receive a scholarship. My father handed him a one hundred 63 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: dollar bill and said, you keep believing God has great 64 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: things in your future. Today. This man is a very 65 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: well respected, successful surgeon. He stopped by the church and said, Joel, 66 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be where I am without your father. Now, 67 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: I never got to tell him thank you, but at 68 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: least I wanted to tell you thanks. He handed me 69 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: a donation for the church, a significant amount. When I 70 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: turned and walked away, under my breath, I said, thank you, daddy. 71 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: Is there anything you're doing that's going to cause your 72 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: children to say thank you? Daddy? Are you so in 73 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: seeds of kindness? Are you being a blessing? Are you 74 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: putting an end to negative things that have been passed down? 75 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: Back in the late nineteen seventies, there was a young 76 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,480 Speaker 1: minister that used to attend my father's Thanksgiving conferences here 77 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: at the church. This young man was just getting started. 78 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: He was learning how to pastor, and he really loved 79 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,679 Speaker 1: my father. He listened to all of my dad's tapes 80 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 1: and learned so much. Well, some twenty years later, my 81 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: father went to be with the Lord. Now I was 82 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: trying to learn how to minister, and this was also 83 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 1: new to me. Well, that young man was one of 84 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: my favorite ministers, Jensen Franklin. I used to listen to 85 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: his CDs. Be so inspired. That's what helped me to 86 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: get started. My father sewed into his life. Now he 87 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 1: was sowing into my life. My dad didn't reap that 88 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: harvest his son did. There are some seeds that you sow, 89 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: some people that you're helping. You won't reap the fullness 90 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 1: of that harvest. God designed it for your children, for 91 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: your grandchildren. It's a generational blessing. See, you didn't get 92 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: to where you are by yourself. Somebody prayed, somebody made sacrifices, 93 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,359 Speaker 1: somebody sowed the seed of kindness, and you got that 94 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: good break. You thought you were lucky. It was a coincidence. No, 95 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 1: it happened because you had a praying mother. You had 96 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 1: a grandfather that was always helping people, a great grandfather 97 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: you never met, but he sacrificed, he persevered. Now you're 98 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: reaping from some of those seeds. The scripture talks about 99 00:05:55,320 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: how having a godly heritage is better than having great wealth. 100 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 1: You can leave your children money, cars, houses, that's great. 101 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: I'm all for that, But when you leave them a 102 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: godly heritage, when you model a life of excellence and 103 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 1: integrity that's worth more than any material thing you could 104 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 1: ever leave them. God's blessing on their life will cause 105 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: them to go further than if they had all the 106 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: money in the world. You can have less resources, but 107 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: with this generational blessing, opportunity increase the right people will 108 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: be attracted to you. You'll look up and think, how 109 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: did I get to where I am? I didn't have 110 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: the connections, the resources, the talent. What happened? You stepped 111 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: in to a generational blessing. In the Old Testament, Joshua 112 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: and the Israelites were fighting a battle with the Amalekites. 113 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: Moses was up on a hill holding up his rod 114 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: in the air. As long as his hands were up, 115 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: the Israelites were winning. When he got tired and put 116 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: his hands down, the Amalekite started winning. A couple of 117 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: men noticed what was going on, and they helped him 118 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: hold his hands in the air. But what I want 119 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: us to see is Joshua was down there winning. He 120 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: didn't realize the only reason he was winning is because 121 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: Moses had his hands in the air. If Moses hadn't 122 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: done his part, the Israelites would have been defeated. It's 123 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: easy to think, well, I'm successful because i'm smart. I 124 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: have a good life because I work hard, because I'm talented. 125 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: That's why I'm blessed Joel. And yes, that's true in part. 126 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: But you didn't do it all on your own. You're 127 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: smart because you have the wisdom of your father's. It 128 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: was passed down to you. You're talented because your mother 129 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: and grandmother worked hard to develop their gifts. They took 130 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: time to teach you to build your confidence. You got 131 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: that good break, that promotion, that new house, not because 132 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: those people just decided to be nice to you. Somebody 133 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 1: in your family line on God, somebody you can't see, 134 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: is holding up their hands. It may have been one 135 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,119 Speaker 1: hundred years ago. They stored up mercy. Now you're reaping 136 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 1: the benefits they won so that you could win. Now. 137 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: My challenge to us is to live your life in 138 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: such a way that you cause others to win. Every 139 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:25,239 Speaker 1: right choice you make, you're holding up your hands. Every 140 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: time you resist temptation. You're winning for your children. Every 141 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: time you help others, you come to church, give serve, 142 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:37,439 Speaker 1: your storing up favor. It may be for your children, grandchildren, 143 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: or even years down the road, somebody in your family 144 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 1: line will see God's goodness because of the way you lived. 145 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 1: The Book of Hebrews, it talks about how a man 146 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: by the name of Levi paid tithes and offerings while 147 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: he was in his grandfather's loins. In other words, before 148 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: he was born, before he showed up, God credited tie 149 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: and offerings to him, all because his grandfather was a giver. 150 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: When you give, God will not only bless you, but 151 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: he will credit your children and your grandchildren. I have 152 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: a little notebook that my grandfather kept a record of 153 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,679 Speaker 1: all of his giving for over fifty years. He wrote 154 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: down every gift. You can read nineteen sixty three, seven 155 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 1: dollars to the Lakewood Building Fund, ten dollars to Central 156 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: Baptist Church, on and on. No wonder, I'm blessed today, 157 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: No wonder, I'm seeing God's favor. Somebody went before me 158 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: that was a giver. Now God is honoring him by 159 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: honoring me. I can say, thank you, granddaddy, thank your grandmother. 160 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: You paid the price. Now I'm being blessed. My mother 161 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: turned eighty one years old last week. She had her birthday. 162 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: She raised five of us kids growing up and course 163 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: was like raising five extra kids. But I thought about 164 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: how many thousands of hot meals she must have cooked 165 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: for us. I mean, heating up those TV dinners was 166 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: a lot of work. But we never left for school 167 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: seriously without having a hot breakfast, without having her pray 168 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: for favor and protection over us every day. I saw 169 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: my parents reading their Bible. Now all of us kids 170 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,320 Speaker 1: read our Bible. Our children don't leave without us praying 171 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: the blessing over them. That generational blessing keeps getting passed down. 172 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: I can say, thank you, mother. We didn't get here 173 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: by ourselves. God had people watching after you before you 174 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: even showed up. While you were still in your mother's wound, 175 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: doctors and nurses were taking care of you. Most likely 176 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 1: your parents believed and prayed many years before you were 177 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: even conceived, waiting for you. You had grandparents and relatives 178 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 1: that worked hard. They made sacrifice, I says, knowing one 179 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: day their granddaughter, their great grandson would show up. You 180 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: are the answer to their prayer. You're living in the 181 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: day they dreamed about. They wanted your life to be better. Now, 182 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: don't take for granted the price that they paid because 183 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: of them. You're experiencing generational blessings. How this should inspire 184 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: us to be our best, to break free from things 185 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: that are holding us back, to dream bigger, to see 186 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: each day as a gift. They passed the baton to us. 187 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: Let's not drop it. Let's not settle and live mediocre. 188 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: Let's push forward. Let's take new ground. Let's break barriers 189 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,680 Speaker 1: that have held us back. You may not be able 190 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: to see them, but right now, up in heaven, your 191 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:52,239 Speaker 1: relatives are cheering you on. In that great cloud of witnesses, 192 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: there are parents, grandparents, generations that have gone before you. 193 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: They're saying, go further, climb new mountains, set a new standard. 194 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: This is your day, this is your time. All of 195 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 1: what we are has been poured into you. Now, don't 196 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: let the sacrifices they've made go to waste. Make them proud. 197 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: They're watching you. My father dreamed of this building. He 198 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: talked about how one day he was going to build 199 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: a twenty thousand seat sanctuary. For over fifty years, he 200 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: and my mother served faithfully, but my dad was never 201 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: able to build that sanctuary. When he went to be 202 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: with the Lord, it looked like that dream had died. 203 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: But when you honor God. When you live a life 204 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: of faith, you are storing up favor for your children. 205 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 1: Four years after Daddy died, we needed a larger auditorium. 206 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: Things fell into place. We were able to acquire this building, 207 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: the former Compact Center. And sometimes when I walk out here, 208 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm standing in my father's auditorium. All 209 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: those years that he prayed, he believes, he served, he 210 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: was storing up favor. God ordained him to lay the 211 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: foundation and his sons to walk into it. God will 212 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: always show you further than you can go. He will 213 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 1: give you a vision that may not be able to 214 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: be accomplished only in your lifetime, a generational vision. Some 215 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,839 Speaker 1: of the things you're dreaming about that you see through 216 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: your eyes of faith. God put that in your heart 217 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: so you could lay the foundation, pray, believe, stretch, be 218 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 1: your best. But don't get discouraged if it doesn't all 219 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: come to pass. It's for your children. Just as you 220 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 1: received generational blessings, favor and increase that you didn't work for. 221 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: You were so in seeds for generational blessings. This is 222 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 1: what happened with David. He had a dream to build 223 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: the temple. He cut down the Cedars of Lebanon, raise 224 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 1: the funds, got everything lined up. But God said, David, no, 225 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,719 Speaker 1: I put that dream in you to lay the foundation. 226 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: I want your son Solomon to build it. David saw 227 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 1: further than he could go. Solomon stepped into a generational blessing, 228 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: and he built the temple. I don't know of anything 229 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: that would make me any happier than to see my 230 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: children go further than I've gone, to see them supersede 231 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: anything that I've done. Every time you pray, believe, help 232 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: others make sacrifices. That's being credited not only to your account, 233 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: but to your children and your grandchildren. This is why 234 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: the enemy fights our children so hard. He knows they're 235 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: next in line for the blessing. Young people, you have 236 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: a responsibility. Your parents, your grandparents. They worn't hard. There 237 00:14:56,440 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: are blessings they did not receive because God has them 238 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: stored up for you. They've been accruing in your account, 239 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: whether you're eight years old or eighty years old. Don't 240 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: be lazy, indifferent, compromise. Your family worked too hard for 241 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: you to not take care of and appreciate what's coming 242 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: your way. Some of them worked out in the fields. 243 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: They weren't treated right. They went through great injustice, sleepless nights, 244 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: made sacrifices that we don't have to make today. Don't 245 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: take for granted the price that they paid. You have 246 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: a responsibility to not just enjoy the blessing, but to 247 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: go further. God's dream is that every generation increase. It's 248 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: not enough to just settle where your parents and grandparents are. 249 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: That's the easy way out. You have generations of wisdom, perseverance, 250 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 1: hard work that's been passed down to you. After all, 251 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: our ancestors made it without air conditioning, without smartphones, without 252 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: beautiful buildings, without the internet. We have no excuse to 253 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: not go further. When my father died, I took over 254 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: the church. I was thirty six years old, and most 255 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: pastors at that age would be trying to get their 256 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: first building, trying to build their foundation. And I had 257 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: friends that were pastors and they were meeting in high 258 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: school auditoriums had a couple hundred people. But my father 259 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: put me forty years down the road. I didn't have 260 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: to start from scratch. We already had an eight thousand 261 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 1: seat sanctuary, thousands of people coming, plus the church was 262 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: debt free, and my dad left us plenty of funds 263 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: in the bank. When we signed the original lease for 264 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: this place, it was twelve million dollars. We were able 265 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: to pay cash for that because of what my father 266 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: had left. My dad was raised during the Great Depression. 267 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: His father picked cotton for a living. His mother made 268 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: ten cents an hour washing people's clothes. That's how they 269 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: spent their lives, hard working, dedicated people. My father came 270 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: out of such poverty and lack that he was very frugal, 271 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 1: very conservative. He'd walked the halls of the office at 272 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: the old church at night make sure every light switch 273 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: was turned off. If he saw a paper clip on 274 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: the ground, he'd pick it up, not throw it away, 275 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: put it on somebody's desk. But because of the sacrifices 276 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:32,640 Speaker 1: he made and the faithful members that gave generously back then, 277 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,400 Speaker 1: now we are sitting in this beautiful building. It's a 278 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: generational blessing. When we first moved in back in two 279 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 1: thousand and five, had pastor friends that wanted to come 280 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: see it, and I was almost a little embarrassed. It's 281 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 1: so big, so beautiful, and I was younger than most 282 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: of them, and I didn't want it to seem like 283 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: we were showing off, and so I would try to 284 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: downplay it. One day I realized, number one, I'm not 285 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm bragging on us, I'm bragging on the greatness of God. 286 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: And number two, my parents and grandparents work too hard 287 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: to downplay what God has done. They sacrificed too much, 288 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: made ten cents an hour, picked cotton til their fingers bled, 289 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: believed when they didn't see away, prayed for the funds. 290 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 1: I've learned you don't have to apologize for God's goodness. 291 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: Where your blessings well. You too have family members that 292 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: endured great hardships. They struggled so that your life could 293 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,919 Speaker 1: be better. A mom that sacrificed her dream so she 294 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,479 Speaker 1: could pour into you, or parents that didn't buy what 295 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: they wanted so they could send you to college. A 296 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: dad that worked two jobs to make ends meet. Don't 297 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: apologize for what God has done. Your relatives put blood, sweat, 298 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 1: and tears to get you to where you are, where 299 00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: your blessings well. See. Sometimes it's like people come in 300 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: at the end of the movie. They see you blessed 301 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 1: prosper us, live in your dreams, and they judge you 302 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 1: by where you are right there. The problem is they 303 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: didn't see the first part of the movie. But you said, Joel, 304 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 1: God's bless you with that big church, you got that 305 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: big ministry. Yes, but you didn't see my grandparents making 306 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: ten cents an hour. You didn't see my father preaching 307 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: the ninety people year after year in an old Rundown 308 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: feed store. You didn't see my siblings and I sweeping 309 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: out the church. As little kids, we used to come 310 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: out and clean out the building. My father wasn't just 311 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: the pastor. He was the janitor, the landscape or the 312 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,439 Speaker 1: sound man, the secretary. When you have ninety people, you 313 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: do it all. Isaiah said, God will give you beauty 314 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: for your ashes. Sometimes people see your beauty and they 315 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: get jealous, envious. I don't think they deserve that, But 316 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: I'm convinced if they ever saw your ashes, they would 317 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: be happy for your beauty. If they could see how 318 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: the generation before you sacrificed, gave when they didn't have much, 319 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: came when they didn't feel like it, helped others when 320 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: they really needed help. If they could see your ashes, 321 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 1: they would celebrate what God has done in your life. 322 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: The Book of Joel talks about how we should receive 323 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: the former rain and the latter rain. The latter rain 324 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 1: is God blessing you because you're using your gifts and talents, 325 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,120 Speaker 1: making the most of your opportunities. You're doing your part. 326 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: That's the latter rain. But it's time to start believing 327 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:42,360 Speaker 1: for the former rain. That's all the blessings that are 328 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: stored up in your family's account. That's the favor that 329 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: should have been your relatives, but they never saw it. 330 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: I know right now I am being paid back for 331 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: my grandparents working so hard but receiving so little. They 332 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: didn't get what they deserved. But God is a god 333 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:08,400 Speaker 1: of justice. Now their grandson and their grandchildren are receiving 334 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: what belonged to them. You too had family members that 335 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: honored God. You may not have ever met them, but 336 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: you had people that stored up mercy, favor, honor, increase. 337 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: It's been accruing in your account. Now our attitude should 338 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: be Lord, I want to thank you that you're releasing 339 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: everything that belongs to my family. Deuteronomy, it says, may 340 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: the Lord, God of your fathers make you a thousand 341 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: times more than you are. Notice the God of your fathers. 342 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: When you have a godly heritage God can increase you 343 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:48,640 Speaker 1: in ways you've never imagined. If you had a praying mother, 344 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: you should thank God every day. If you had grandparents 345 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,159 Speaker 1: that took you to church when you were grown up, 346 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: you may not have liked it, thought is wasting your time. 347 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: The truth is it was or enough favor in your account. 348 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,640 Speaker 1: Those are the seeds God's going to use to increase 349 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: you a thousand times more than you are in the 350 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:13,600 Speaker 1: coming days. You're going to stumble into blessings, stumble into favor. 351 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: You think, where did that come from? I didn't deserve that. 352 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 1: That's the former rain. That's God releasing generational blessings. You're 353 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:25,959 Speaker 1: going to have wisdom beyond your years. People are going 354 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,439 Speaker 1: to ask, how do you get so smart? How did 355 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: she know that? It's not just the books, not just 356 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: the university. That's the wisdom of your Father's helping you 357 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: to go to a new level of your destiny. You're 358 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: going to accomplish dreams that didn't originate with you, like 359 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: I did with this facility. Increase in favor because a 360 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: loved one laid the groundwork. Those are the houses that 361 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: you didn't have to build, the vineyards that you didn't 362 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: have to plan, God has generational blessings stored up that 363 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: he's about to relieve in your life. Well, you say, Joel, 364 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 1: this all sounds good, but I don't know any family 365 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 1: members as far back as I can see that honored God. 366 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,199 Speaker 1: I don't think this is going to happen for me. Now, 367 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: you could be the first. God raised you up to 368 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,400 Speaker 1: get it started. Here's the beauty. The one that breaks 369 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: the curse gets paid back for everything that should have 370 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: been yours. Now, don't settle for things that you know 371 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: are holding you back, addictions, compromising, taking the easy way out. 372 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: Be a difference maker, draw the line in the sand 373 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 1: and say that's it. This is a new day. As 374 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. 375 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,919 Speaker 1: The Old Testament, it talks about the God of Abraham, 376 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: Isaac and Jacob. They understood the power of the generational blessing. 377 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: There's something significant about three generations honoring God. The scripture says, 378 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 1: a threefold cord cannot be broken. If you can get 379 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: your father and your son along with yourself, or your 380 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: mother and your grandmother. When there's three in a row, 381 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 1: that blessing is multiplied. My father was raised in a 382 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: family that didn't know anything about God. They were good, 383 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: hardworking people, like I mentioned, but he didn't have any 384 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: kind of spiritual upbringing. But at the age of seventeen, 385 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: walking home from a nightclub at two o'clock in the morning, 386 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: my dad made the decision, I'm not going to live 387 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 1: like this anymore. I'm going to give my life to Christ. 388 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 1: He was the first one in our immediate family to 389 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: honor God. Now all of his children and grandchildren are 390 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: honoring God because of the decision he made. I can 391 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: now say he's the God of John Ostein, the God 392 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 1: of Jolosteine, and of my son, the God of Jonathan Osteine. 393 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 1: When there are three in a row, that's a powerful thing. 394 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,679 Speaker 1: When you need favor, when you need a breakthrough, you 395 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: can say God, my father honors you, I honor you, 396 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: my son honors you. That gets God's attention. Now you 397 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: may have to start this for your family like my 398 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: father did, or your job may be to keep it 399 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: going for your family. Your parents and grandparents honored God. 400 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: Are you going to break it? Are you going to 401 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: make it more difficult on your children? Don't drop the ball. 402 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 1: Too much is at stake. They work too hard to 403 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 1: get you to where you are. With the decisions you make, 404 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: your children future generations are either going to be better 405 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: off further down the road, or they're going to have 406 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:46,679 Speaker 1: to struggle and try to overcome things that you can defeat. 407 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: Right now, you have the power to put a stop 408 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 1: to anything that's holding you back. No addictions too strong 409 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: for you, No enemy is too powerful, no obstacle is 410 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: too high. You have the most powerful fouls in the 411 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: universe on the inside. Now take a stand for your family. 412 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: Somebody did it for you, just like Moses held up 413 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: his hands for Joshua. Hold up your hands so that 414 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: somebody else can win. The Psalmist said, our life is 415 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: like a mist We're here for a moment, then we're gone. 416 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: You can't afford to put this off. This is the 417 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: time to step into your destiny. Your relatives are cheering 418 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: you on, saying, you go, girl, you go, boy. Make 419 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: me proud. Do something great, Give it your best. Now. 420 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: I know many of you have honored God. You've been faithful. 421 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: You've seen the latter rain, but you haven't seen anything yet. 422 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 1: God is about to release the former rain, the increase, 423 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: the favor, the good breaks that's been stored up in 424 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:54,680 Speaker 1: your family's account. I believe and declare generational blessings are 425 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 1: coming your way. Get ready for increase, Get ready for 426 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 1: new levels, Get ready for the full of your destiny. 427 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: In Jesus's name, if you receive it, can you say 428 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: him in today? We never like to close our broadcast 429 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: without giving you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord 430 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: of your life. Would you pray with me? Just say Lord, Jesus, 431 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: I repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I 432 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed 433 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 1: that simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get 434 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 435 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 1: He's going to take you where you've never dreamed. When 436 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: was the last time you asked God to do something 437 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,919 Speaker 1: that seemed impossible. If you only pray small, ordinary prayers, 438 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: you live a small, ordinary life. I have a new 439 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 1: book called Pray Bold. I'll challenge you to stretch your 440 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: faith and believe of the big things God puts in 441 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 1: your heart. Victoria and I used to have seasoned tickets 442 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: to watch the Rockets play basketball here. We never dreamed 443 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: it could be ours when they moved out. Somehow we 444 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 1: had the faith to pray a bold prayer. God made 445 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: things happen that we could never make happen. It's the 446 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,239 Speaker 1: same for you, who knows what God will do in 447 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: your life. If you'll dare to pray bold, ask him 448 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: for your dreams, ask for your healing, ask for your freedom. 449 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,680 Speaker 1: That's when God will show up and do more than 450 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: you could ever imagine. 451 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 2: As our way of saying thank you for your gift 452 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 2: of any amount this month, we would like to send 453 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,959 Speaker 2: you a copy of Joel's brand new book, Pray Bold. 454 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 2: Dare to Ask and Believe Big. Joel shares that when 455 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 2: we pray, we can tap into God's creative, awesome power, 456 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 2: something bigger than we have ever imagined. God doesn't want 457 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 2: us to just pray in our comfort zones. 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You'll learn how to 462 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 2: practically expand your prayers and watch your life move from 463 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 2: the common to the extraordinary, from less. 464 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: Than to overflowing. 465 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of Praybold today, visit 466 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 2: Joelostin dot com or call us toll free. 467 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: God has put dreams in your heart, things He's whispered 468 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 1: in the night that seem impossible. But as you pray 469 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: these Bold prayers, you're going to see the goodness of 470 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: God in ways you've never seen victory in our belief, 471 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: and you're gonna have a great twenty twenty five. 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