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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 3: put God's very best in your life. Well, God bless you, 38 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 3: and thanks for letting us come into your home each week. 39 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 3: We love you guys, and if you're ever in our area, 40 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 3: please stop by and be a part of one of 41 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 3: our services. I promise you we'll make you feel right 42 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 3: at home. But thanks so much for tuning in and 43 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 3: thank you again for coming out. And I like to 44 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 3: start with something funny, and I heard about this pastor. 45 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 3: He was raising money for a new auditorium. He said 46 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:23,359 Speaker 3: to the congregation, anyone who will give one thousand dollars 47 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 3: can pick out the next three hymns. Little old lady 48 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 3: in the back raised her hand, said, Pastor, I'll do it. 49 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 3: He was so excited. He said, thank you so much. Now, 50 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 3: which three hymns would you like? She looked over the 51 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 3: congregation said I'll take him, and him and him. Hold 52 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 3: up your bible. Say it like you mean it. This 53 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 3: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 54 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. I can do 55 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 3: what it says I can do. Today I will be 56 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 3: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 57 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 3: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 58 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 3: the same. In Jesus name, God, bless you. I want 59 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 3: to talk to you today about activating the right genes. 60 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 3: We receive our DNA from our parents. These genes that 61 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 3: are passed down tell us what we're going to look like, 62 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 3: how tall we're going to be, what color our hair is. 63 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 3: People tell us often that our son Jonathan has his 64 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 3: mother's eyes. He looks just like Victoria. I say, Thank God. 65 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 3: Not only our physical traits passed down through genes, but 66 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 3: even personality traits, our demeanor, our attitude, our sense of humor. 67 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: Our daughter, Alexandra is very neat and organized. From the 68 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 3: time she was a little girl, she kept her room 69 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 3: perfectly clean, everything in place, spotless. We never asked her 70 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 3: to do that. That trait came from my grandfather. He 71 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 3: was the same way. My mother is like that, and 72 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 3: now our daughter. It's been passed down for four generations. 73 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 3: Somewhere there's a gene that says, be neat, be organized, 74 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 3: keep everything perfectly in place. But just as good characteristics 75 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 3: can be passed down, so can negative characteristics. If one 76 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 3: of your parents was an alcoholic, there's a ten times 77 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 3: greater chance of you becoming an alcoholic. And for years 78 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 3: we thought, well, too bad, it's in my genes. Depression, addictions, 79 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 3: low self esteem, nothing I can do about it. But 80 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 3: recently researchers have discovered something they call epigenetics. That word 81 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 3: means on top of the genes. What they found is, 82 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 3: just because a gene has been passed down, does it 83 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 3: mean that it has to be activated. It can be 84 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 3: affected by your decisions, by your environment, and by your experiences. Now, 85 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 3: while we cannot deactivate what color of hair will be 86 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 3: or the shape of our eye, there are certain genes 87 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 3: that we can in effect turn on or turn off. 88 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 3: They're discovering what the scripture says that just because you 89 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 3: inherit something doesn't mean you have to pass it down. 90 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 3: You can deactivate the negative genes that have been passed 91 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 3: down to you. In other words, just because your mother 92 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 3: was depressed doesn't mean you're supposed to be depressed. You 93 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 3: may have a natural tendency toward that. What you have 94 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 3: to do is turn off that gene deactivated, don't pass 95 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 3: it down to your children. It's easy to use it 96 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 3: as an excuse. Well, mama was depressed, grandmother was negative. 97 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 3: Great grandmother was a complainer. Joel, that's just who I am. Now, 98 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 3: that is not who you are. You are a child 99 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 3: of the Most High God, And just as you got 100 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 3: your physical DNA from your earthly parents, you got your 101 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 3: spiritual DNA from your heavenly thought. He put in you 102 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 3: genes of joy, genes of strength, genes of peace, genes 103 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 3: of victory. Now you get to choose which genes come alive. 104 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 3: You may have had a lot of negative baggage pass 105 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 3: down to you in your family line or addictions, divorce, depression, 106 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 3: low self esteem. Don't be passive and just accept it. 107 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 3: God has raised you up to put an end to it. 108 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 3: You got to draw the line in the sand and 109 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 3: say that's it. I'm turning off the depressed gene. I 110 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 3: am not going to live my life discourage. This is 111 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 3: the day the Lord has made. I am going to 112 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 3: choose to be happy. What are you doing deactivating the 113 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 3: depressed gene. You're turning it off. Why don't you turn 114 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 3: off the negative gene, turn off the alcoholic gene, turn 115 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 3: off the self pity gene. This is a new day. 116 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 3: Don't blame the past, blame mama, blame granddaddy. Take responsibility 117 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 3: and start activating the right genes. If you'll start making 118 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 3: right choices, you can override the negative things you inherited. 119 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 3: You can break a generational curse. You have the power 120 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 3: not only to put an end to it, but you 121 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 3: can start a generational blessing. You can pass down things 122 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 3: that will make it easier on your loved ones. After all, 123 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 3: our children have enough to overcome without carrying around all 124 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 3: of our negative baggage. Even if you don't do it 125 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 3: for yourself. Do it for your children. Do it to 126 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 3: make it easier on those that come after you. The 127 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 3: scripture calls this negative baggage and iniquity, and it talks 128 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 3: about how it can be passed down for four generations. 129 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 3: The things you struggle with, they didn't just happen to 130 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 3: show up. Somebody in your family line opened the door. 131 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 3: I talked to a young lady that deals with anorexia. 132 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 3: She's skin and bones. She told how her mother has 133 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 3: the same problem. Her grandmother struggled with it as well. 134 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 3: That's not a coincidence. That is an iniquity being passed 135 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 3: from generation to generation. It will continue until somebody rises 136 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 3: up and puts a stop to it. Somebody has to 137 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 3: deactivate that gene. And God said in Deuteronomy chapter thirty, 138 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 3: I set before you life and death, blessing and curses. 139 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 3: Choose life so that you and your descendants will live. 140 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 3: Notice your decisions don't just affect you, they affect future generations. 141 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 3: No man lives and dies unto himself. We've heard a 142 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 3: lot about the generational curse, but what's more important is 143 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 3: our generational choice. Every right choice you make, you start 144 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 3: to override the wrong choices of those that have gone 145 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 3: before you. When you choose life, you choose blessing, You 146 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 3: choose the victory. You and your descendants will see God's favor. 147 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 3: I was reading about the famous author Ernest Hemingway. While 148 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 3: he was one of the greatest writers of his day, 149 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 3: his family had a long line of depression, alcoholism, and suicide. 150 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 3: Hemingway took his own life in nineteen sixty one. His 151 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:34,359 Speaker 3: sister committed suicide five years later. His brother committed suicide 152 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 3: sixteen years after that. His granddaughter did the same thing 153 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 3: in nineteen ninety six. What's interesting is Hemingway's father took 154 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 3: his life in nineteen twenty eight. I was wondering what 155 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 3: would have happened way back there in the twenties if 156 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:58,719 Speaker 3: the father would have deactivated the suicide gene. What if 157 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 3: he would have risen up and said, no, I've been 158 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 3: made in the image of Almighty God. I have a 159 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 3: purpose and a destiny. I am shaking off these negative, 160 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 3: defeated thoughts. I know the power in me is greater 161 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 3: than any force coming against me. If he would have 162 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 3: taken authority over that negative spirit and instead activated the 163 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 3: faith gene, the victory gene the more than a conquered gene. 164 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 3: He could have changed his family line. He could have 165 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 3: broken the generational curse and started a generational blessing. You 166 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 3: may be at that same place today. You could easily 167 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 3: settle where you are, let the negative genes get passed down, 168 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 3: make it harder on those that come after you. Or 169 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 3: you could make a much better choice and say no, 170 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 3: enough is enough. I am not going to live my 171 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 3: life addicted, angry, defeated, depressed. I am not passing down 172 00:10:55,240 --> 00:11:00,040 Speaker 3: that negative baggage. I'm choosing life. I'm choosing blessings the 173 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 3: old mate, choices that help my family and not hinder them. 174 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 3: One time in the scripture, God told Saul to go 175 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 3: and destroy the Amalekites, to totally wipe them out. Saul 176 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 3: and his army went out and they defeated the Amalekites, 177 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 3: but they spared the king. They captured him. He was 178 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 3: King agag. Fast forward hundreds of years, Esther is in 179 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 3: the palace. A man by the name of Hayman is 180 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 3: trying to get rid of her and all of her people. 181 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 3: It says that Hayman was an Agite, and Agite is 182 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 3: a descendant of King a gag. If Saul would have 183 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 3: taken care of his enemy when God gave him the 184 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 3: power to do it, Esther wouldn't be having this problem 185 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 3: five hundred years later. Could it be that if you 186 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 3: don't put an end to what you're dealing with, your 187 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 3: family will still be struggling with it hundreds of years 188 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 3: from now. God is saying, this is your time, This 189 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 3: is your moment. Your destiny is calling out to you. 190 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 3: You can either put up with it and let it 191 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 3: conquer you, or you can say no. The same power 192 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 3: that raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside 193 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 3: of me. I will conquer this addiction. I will conquer 194 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 3: this depression, this low self esteem. I will not allow 195 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 3: it to linger for future generations to have to deal 196 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 3: with friends. You are never created to live addicted and 197 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 3: angry and constantly having to struggle. Those genes may have 198 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 3: been passed down, but you have the power to break 199 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 3: negative cycles. They may have been in your family for 200 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 3: hundreds of years, But when you gave your life to Christ, 201 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:52,239 Speaker 3: you became a new creation. He put new genes in you. 202 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 3: You have the DNA of Almighty God. There is strength 203 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 3: in your genes. There is power in your genes. There 204 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 3: is freedom in your genes. Now, don't settle where you 205 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 3: are a joll. Everybody in my family gets divorced. Looks 206 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 3: like I'm headed that way. Everybody struggles with these addictions. 207 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 3: Everybody has financial problems. No, here's the catch. You're not everybody. 208 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,839 Speaker 3: God has called you to put an end to it. 209 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 3: You are equipped, empowered, and well able. This is what 210 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 3: the prophet Ezekiel said an interesting scripture, The fathers ate 211 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 3: the sour grapes. Now the children's teeth are set on edge. 212 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 3: As long as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, you 213 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 3: will no longer quote this. This was a proverb they 214 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 3: were living by. Their attitude was since the father had problems, 215 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 3: the children will as well. Nothing we can do about it. 216 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 3: Since the father ate the sour grapes, since the parents 217 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 3: had addictions, since the grandparents were depressed, and the children 218 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 3: will struggle in those same areas. That was their philosophy. 219 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 3: Then God showed up and said, through Ezekiel, stop saying that. 220 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 3: Why do you keep using your relatives as an excuse? 221 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 3: Why do you keep using what your parents did and 222 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 3: the way you were raised as the reason to stay 223 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 3: where you are? As long as the Sovereign Lord lives. 224 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 3: You don't have to be held bondage by the negative 225 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 3: things in your past. In other words, your parents may 226 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 3: have eaten the sour grapes. Your relatives may have made 227 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 3: decisions that put you at a disadvantage, but God is 228 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 3: saying it doesn't have to affect you. It may have 229 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 3: held you back temporarily, but this is a new day. 230 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 3: If you will start deactivating those genes pressing forward, then 231 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 3: all the forces of darkness cannot hold you back. You 232 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 3: don't have to eat the sour grapes. You've been redeemed. 233 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 3: You're not under the curse. You're under the blessing. You 234 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 3: have stepped into a new bloodline. And the good news 235 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 3: is there's no defeat in this blood line. There's no lack, 236 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 3: no addictions, no mediocrity. You are a child of the 237 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 3: most High God. Now I am here to announce that 238 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 3: the Sovereign Lord is still alive. God is still on 239 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 3: the throne. That means you don't have to eat the 240 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 3: sour grapes. Now our part. Shake off the self pity, 241 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 3: don't make excuses, don't blame the past, don't blame your parents, 242 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 3: don't blame your circumstances. That may be the reason you 243 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 3: are where you are, but that doesn't give you the 244 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 3: right to stay there. Start dealing with the issues that 245 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 3: are holding you back. Start activating the right Jesus. That's 246 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 3: what a good friend of mine did. He was raised 247 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 3: in a very dysfunctional home. His father was an alcoholic 248 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 3: and he would get very violent. He saw him mistreat 249 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 3: his mother, be disrespectful, and go off into these fits 250 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 3: of rage. He ended up just like his father. He 251 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 3: was a drug addict and living a very violent, angry life. 252 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 3: In his late twenties, he gave his life to Christ 253 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 3: had this major turnaround. Long story short. He became the 254 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 3: pastor of a church, very well respected man, a large church. 255 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 3: He'd go around the world sharing his story. But what 256 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 3: people didn't know is he still had an anger problem. 257 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,479 Speaker 3: God set him free from the addictions, the drugs, the alcohol, 258 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 3: but the anger never left. He didn't show it out 259 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 3: in public, but at home, nobody was around. The smallest 260 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 3: things would set him off, just like his father, he 261 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 3: would go into these fits of rage. He too, was 262 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 3: very abusive to his wife. He didn't like it. He 263 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 3: knew it was wrong, but he couldn't control himself. He 264 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 3: wanted to get help, but he was too embarrassed. Thought, 265 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 3: I can't tell anybody, the pastor of a church, what 266 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:02,119 Speaker 3: would they think about me. I'm supposed to be an example, 267 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 3: but this is where we miss it. Just because you're 268 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 3: dealing with a tough issue doesn't make you a bad person. 269 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 3: Most likely somebody in your family line opened the door. 270 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 3: Somebody allowed that iniquity, and they refuse to deal with it. 271 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 3: Don't be like them. Don't sweep it under the rug, 272 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 3: ignore it, hope that it'll go away. That'll keep you 273 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 3: in bondage. James five point sixteen says, confess your faults 274 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 3: one to another and you will be healed. Do you 275 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 3: know there are some issues you cannot overcome on your own. 276 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,479 Speaker 3: You have to swallow your pride and find somebody you 277 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 3: can trust, pastor a counselor a friend. Tell them what 278 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 3: you're dealing with, Let them pray with you, stand with you, 279 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:55,639 Speaker 3: and bring accountability into your life. When you get it 280 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 3: out in the open and say God, I need help 281 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 3: with this anger. When you take steps to overcome you 282 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 3: attend to celebrate recovery classes, that's when the scripture says 283 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 3: you will be healed. You don't have to keep eating 284 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 3: the sour grapes. That's what my friend did today. He 285 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 3: is one of the most kind, most gentle people you'll 286 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 3: ever meet. What did he do. He broke the generational curse. 287 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,120 Speaker 3: He chose life so his children won't have to deal 288 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 3: with it. He deactivated that gene. It's still in him. 289 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 3: It was passed down, but it's not affecting him. There's 290 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 3: no addiction that is too much for you to overcome. 291 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 3: No iniquity, nothing that has been passed down has to 292 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 3: keep you from your God given destiny. The power in 293 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 3: you is greater than any power that's coming against you. Now, 294 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 3: don't do like he did at first and learn to 295 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 3: function in your dysfunction. God didn't create you to have 296 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 3: issues and things you have to hide and feel bad 297 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 3: about yourself. He created you to be totally free. But 298 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 3: some of you, like my friend, what you saw modeled 299 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 3: growing up wasn't healthy, and it's easy to think that 300 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 3: that's normal. Maybe your parents didn't show much affection to 301 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 3: you and now you're not showing much affection to your children. 302 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 3: Or maybe there was violence, anger, disrespect in the home. 303 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 3: Don't pass that down, deactivate that gene, be affectionate to 304 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 3: your children. Well, Joel, I'm a man. I don't hug 305 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 3: my son, after all, he's grown. Now, let me tell you, 306 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 3: a real man still hugs his son. A real man 307 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 3: treats his wife with respect and honor. Men. The scripture 308 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:50,239 Speaker 3: says that your wife is a reflection of your glory. 309 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 3: If she's beaten down, discourage, worn out, then you're not 310 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 3: shining too brightly. She's reflecting your glory. You need to 311 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,200 Speaker 3: step it up a notch. Do something to put the 312 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 3: spring back in her step, the smile back in her face. 313 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 3: Take her to the mall, buy her something new, send 314 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 3: her some flowers, write her a note, tell her how 315 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 3: great she is. The brighter she shines, the better you look. 316 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 3: That's why I keep Victoria looking fine. She makes me 317 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 3: look good. But don't go to them all today. Okay, 318 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 3: another thought, fathers, your daughter is going to marry somebody 319 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 3: just like you. If you treat your wife lousy, don't 320 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 3: give her the time of day, put her down. That's 321 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 3: the kind of man your daughter is going to be 322 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 3: attracted to. Our children follow our example more than they 323 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 3: follow our advice. They're constantly taking everything in. They're like 324 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 3: a video camera with legs. They're always in the record mode. 325 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 3: They're watching how you treat people. When you treat your 326 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 3: wife like a queen, you give her compliments, encourage her, 327 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 3: when you bring her coffee in bed, you open the 328 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 3: car door, you bring her gifts. You make her feel loved, valued, respected, honor. Listen, 329 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 3: your daughter is going to marry a winner. Your daughter 330 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 3: will marry somebody just like that. Now you may not 331 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,959 Speaker 3: have seen this growing up. You may have seen just 332 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 3: the opposite. What I'm saying today is you can set 333 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 3: a new standard. Choose life, choose honor, choose respect. Pass 334 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 3: that down to future generations. A few years back, we 335 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 3: were on vacation at this very nice hotel with our family, 336 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 3: and it was a large place and the rooms were 337 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 3: spread out all over the property, very beautiful. When we 338 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 3: first arrived, the bellman took us to our room down 339 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:50,160 Speaker 3: this long winding sidewalk, had to curve around through these 340 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 3: bungalows and over this bridge and around this big lake. 341 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 3: We finally made it to our room. It was very 342 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 3: complicated how to get there, so I paid close tension. 343 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,199 Speaker 3: A few nights later, we were leaving the lobby, just 344 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 3: eating dinner and we were walking back to our hotel room. 345 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 3: Our son, Jonathan, he was about ten at the time. 346 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 3: He said, Dad, you know we're taking the long way. 347 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 3: It's much quicker this way. I said, no, Jonathan, I 348 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 3: paid close attention. This is the way the bellman took us. 349 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,880 Speaker 3: This is the right way. He said, no, Dad, I'm 350 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 3: telling you this way is quicker. I said, Jonathan, I 351 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 3: am positive this is the right way. For the next 352 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 3: couple of days, we always went my way. Each time 353 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 3: Jonathan said, Dad, we're going the long way again. No, 354 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 3: we're not, Jonathan, this is the right way. The last 355 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 3: day Jonathan said, Dad, can we go my way at 356 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 3: least once? I said, all right, we'll go your way. 357 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 3: And Jonathan let us down these stairs through this narrow passageway, 358 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 3: and our room was right there. I promise you. It 359 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 3: was probably one hundred yards closer than the way we'd 360 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 3: been going. I said, Jonathan, why didn't you tell me? 361 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 3: Come to find out the bellman had taken us the 362 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 3: long scenic route so we could see the whole property. 363 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 3: I looked at it on a map. We were going 364 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 3: in a complete circle, coming all the way back to 365 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 3: our room. If I had just listened to Jonathan, we 366 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 3: could have gone straight to the room. Saved us a 367 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 3: lot of time. Sometimes in life, what we've seen model 368 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 3: growing up is not the best route. Well, my mother 369 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 3: was a worrier. Now I'm a warrior. Can I tell 370 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 3: you that's the long way? Well, my dad always lost 371 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 3: his temper, you know, Joel, like father, like son. I 372 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 3: can't control my temper either. That's the long way. You 373 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 3: need to examine what you do. Ask yourself. Am I 374 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 3: taking the long way? Am I holding onto a grudge, 375 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 3: not forgiving? Because that's what I've seen modeled. Am I 376 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 3: living insecure, feeling less than because that's the way the 377 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 3: people were that raised me. Am I making poor choices, 378 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 3: giving into temptation, compromising, because that's all I've ever seen. Friends, 379 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 3: that's the long way. Don't get stuck in a rut 380 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 3: and go that way year after year. Recognize what's happening 381 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 3: and make the right adjustments. I heard about this lady. 382 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 3: She wrote her autobiography in four very short chapters, go 383 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 3: something like this. Chapter one, I walked down the street. 384 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,680 Speaker 3: There was a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fell 385 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 3: into it. It wasn't my fault. It took me a 386 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 3: long time, but I finally got out. Chapter two, I 387 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 3: walked down the same street. There was a deep hole 388 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 3: in the sidewalk. I fell into it. It was my fault. 389 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,400 Speaker 3: It took me a long time, but I finally got out. 390 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 3: Chapter three, I walked down the same street. There was 391 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 3: a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walked around. Chapter four, 392 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:08,360 Speaker 3: I walked down a different street. But too often we 393 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 3: keep repeating the same mistakes, making excuses. It's not my fault, 394 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 3: blaming the past, blaming our parents. No, take responsibility. Don't 395 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 3: go down that same path again and again, losing your cool, compromising, worried, negative. 396 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 3: If you'll break those cycles of repetitive behavior, you will 397 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 3: go to a new level of your destiny. In eighteen 398 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 3: seventy four, a member of the New York Prison Board 399 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 3: noticed that there were six people from the same family 400 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 3: serving in one of the prisons. He was intrigued and 401 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 3: did a study. He traced the family line back to 402 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 3: a man by the name of Max Jukes. Jukes was 403 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 3: born in seventeen twenty. He was known in the town 404 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:58,199 Speaker 3: as the Troublemaker, a heavy drinker with no integrity. He 405 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 3: married a woman just like him. They had six daughters 406 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,680 Speaker 3: and two sons. Twelve hundred of their descendants were studied. 407 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 3: Of those, three hundred and ten were homeless, one hundred 408 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 3: and eighty were alcoholics, one hundred and sixty were drug addicts, 409 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 3: one hundred and fifty were criminals, while seven of them 410 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 3: committed murder. Another family that lived around that same time 411 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 3: was studied. His name was Jonathan Edwards. He was a 412 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 3: famous theologian and the president of Princeton University. He was 413 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 3: born in seventeen o three and married his wife Sarah. 414 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 3: He was a devoted family man that remained married for 415 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 3: thirty one years until his death. They had eleven children. 416 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 3: Fourteen hundred of their descendants were studied. Among them, thirteen 417 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 3: were college presidents, sixty six were professors, one hundred were attorneys, 418 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 3: eighty five were authors of classic books, thirty two were 419 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 3: state judges, sixty six were physicians, and eighty were holders 420 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 3: of public office, including three governors, three US senators, and 421 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 3: one Vice President of the United States. What am I saying? 422 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,400 Speaker 3: It makes a difference what you're passing down. Your decisions 423 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 3: are affecting future generations. Like the Jukes, you may have 424 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 3: some negative things in your family line, they will continue 425 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 3: until somebody rises up and puts a stop to it. 426 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:34,120 Speaker 3: I'm saying today you can be that person. God has 427 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 3: raised you up for such a time as this. You 428 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 3: have the most powerful force in the universe on the 429 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 3: inside of you. Don't be complacent and learn to live 430 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 3: with things that are less than God's best. You will 431 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,479 Speaker 3: never change what you tolerate. You've got to put your 432 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 3: foot down and say that's it. I'm not going to 433 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 3: live my life addicted, angry, depressed, defeated. I'm deactivating those genes. 434 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 3: I'm I'm gonna start making choices that help my family 435 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,760 Speaker 3: and not hinder it. You can be the one to 436 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,880 Speaker 3: start a godly heritage for your family life. You can 437 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 3: break any generational curse and start a generational blessing. You 438 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 3: don't have to eat the sour grapes. The sovereign Lord 439 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,520 Speaker 3: is still alive and if you'll learn to activate the 440 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 3: right jens make choices that honor God, then I believe 441 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 3: and declare you will break every negative cycle that's held 442 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 3: you back. You and your family will rise to a 443 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,880 Speaker 3: new level of honor, and you will always live under 444 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 3: the blessing and never the curse. In Jesus's name. If 445 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 3: you receive it, can you give the Lord a n amen? Today? Well, 446 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 3: we never like to close our broadcast without giving you 447 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 3: an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of your life. 448 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 449 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 3: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 450 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 3: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 451 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 3: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 452 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 3: a good Bible based church. 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