1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Victoria and I are always blessed to have you join 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: us for the podcast and know that we pray for 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:06,559 Speaker 1: you and just speaking blessings. 4 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 2: Over you and your family. 5 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: It is such a joy to know that you are 6 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: out there putting the word of God in you. 7 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: I know you're gonna love this message. 8 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: Well, God bless you, and thanks for letting us come 9 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: into your homes each week. We love you, guys, and 10 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: if you're ever in our area, please stop by and 11 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: be a part of one of our services. I promise 12 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 13 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: so much for tuning in and thank you again for 14 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: coming out. And I like to start with something funny. 15 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: And I heard about this pastor. He was raising money 16 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 1: for a new auditorium. He said to the congregation, anyone 17 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,639 Speaker 1: who will give one thousand dollars can pick out the 18 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: next three hymns. Little old lady in the back raised 19 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: her hand, said, Pastor, I'll do it. He was so excited. 20 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: He said, thank you so much. Now, which three hymns 21 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: would you like? She looked over the congregation said I'll 22 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: take him and him and him. 23 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 2: Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it. 24 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 25 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 26 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 27 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 28 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 29 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 30 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about activating the right genes. 31 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 2: We receive our DNA from our parents. 32 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: These genes that are passed down tell us what we're 33 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: going to look like, how tall we're going to be, 34 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 1: what color our hair is. People tell us often that 35 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:40,039 Speaker 1: our son Jonathan has his mother's eyes. 36 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 2: He looks just like Victoria. I say, thank God. 37 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: Not only our physical traits passed down through genes, but 38 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: even personality traits, our demeanor, our attitude, our sense of humor. 39 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: Our daughter Alexandra is very neat and organized. From the 40 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: time she was a little girl, she kept her room 41 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: perfectly clean, everything in place spotless. We never asked her 42 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: to do that. That trait came from my grandfather. He 43 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: was the same way. My mother is like that, and 44 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: now our daughter. It's been passed down for four generations. 45 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: Somewhere there's a gene that says, be neat, be organized, 46 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:27,399 Speaker 1: keep everything perfectly in place. But just as good characteristics 47 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 1: can be passed down, so can negative characteristics. If one 48 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: of your parents was an alcoholic, there's a ten times 49 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: greater chance of you becoming an alcoholic. And for years 50 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:44,559 Speaker 1: we thought, well, too bad, it's in my genes. Depression, addictions, 51 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 1: low self esteem, nothing I can do about it. But 52 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 1: recently researchers have discovered something they call epigenetics. 53 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: That word means on top of the genes. 54 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,839 Speaker 1: What they found is, just because a gen has been 55 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: passed down, does it mean that it has. 56 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: To be activated. 57 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: It can be affected by your decisions, by your environment, 58 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: and by your experiences. Now, while we cannot deactivate what 59 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: color of hair will be or the shape of our eyes, 60 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: there are certain genes that we can in effect turn 61 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: on or turn off. They're discovering what the scripture says, 62 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: that just because you inherit something doesn't mean you have 63 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: to pass it down. You can deactivate the negative genes 64 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: that have been passed down to you. In other words, 65 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: just because your mother was depressed doesn't mean you're supposed 66 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:47,119 Speaker 1: to be depressed. You may have a natural tendency toward that. 67 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 1: What you have to do is turn off that gene deactivated. 68 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: Don't pass it down to your children. It's easy to 69 00:03:55,880 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: use it as an excuse. Well, mama was depressed, grandmother negative. 70 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: Great grandmother was a complainer. Joel, that's just who I am. Now, 71 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: that is not who you are. You are a child 72 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 1: of the Most High God. And just as you got 73 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: your physical DNA from your earthly parents, you got your 74 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: spiritual DNA from your heavenly Father. He put in you 75 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: genes of joy, genes of strength, genes of peace, genes 76 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: of victory. Now you get to choose which genes come alive. 77 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: You may have had a lot of negative baggage pass 78 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: down to you in your family line or addictions, divorce, depression, 79 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: low self esteem. Don't be passive and just accept it. 80 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: God has raised you up to put an end to it. 81 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: You got to draw the line in the sand and 82 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 1: say that's it. I'm turning off the depressed gene. I 83 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: am not going to live my life discourage. This is 84 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: the day the Lord has made. I am gonna choose. 85 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 2: To be happy. What are you doing deactivating the depressed gene? 86 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 2: You're turning it off. 87 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: Why don't you turn off the negative gene, turn off 88 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: the alcoholic gene, turn off. 89 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 2: The self pity gene. This is a new day. 90 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: Don't blame the past, blame Mama, blame granddaddy. Take responsibility 91 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: and start activating the right genes. If you'll start making 92 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: right choices, you can override the negative things you inherited. 93 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 1: You can break a generational curse. You have the power 94 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: not only to put an end to it, but you 95 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: can start a generational blessing. You can pass down things 96 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: that will make it easier on your loved ones. After all, 97 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: our children have enough to overcome without carrying around all of. 98 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 2: Our negative baggage. 99 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: Even if you don't do it for yourself, do it 100 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 1: for your children. Do it to make it easier on 101 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,840 Speaker 1: those that come after you. The scripture calls this negative 102 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: baggage and a niquity, and it talks about how it 103 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 1: can be passed down. 104 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:04,720 Speaker 2: For four generations. 105 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: The things you struggle with, they didn't just happen to 106 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: show up. Somebody in your family line opened the door. 107 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: I talked to a young lady that deals with anorexia. 108 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: She's skinning bones. She told how her mother has the 109 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: same problem. Her grandmother struggled. 110 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 2: With it as well. That's not a coincidence. 111 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: That is an iniquity being passed from generation to generation. 112 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: It will continue until somebody rises up and puts a 113 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: stop to it. Somebody has to deactivate that gene. 114 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 2: And God said in Deuteronomy chapter thirty, I set. 115 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 1: Before you life and death, blessing and curses. Choose life 116 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: so that you and your descendants will live. Notice your 117 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: decisions don't just affect you, they affect future generations. No 118 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: man lives and dies unto himself. We've heard a lot 119 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: about the generational curse. But what's more important is our 120 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: generational choice. Every right choice you make, you start to 121 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: override the wrong choices of those that have gone before you. 122 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: When you choose life, you choose blessing, You choose the victory. 123 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: You and your descendants will see God's favor. I was 124 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: reading about the famous author Ernest Hemingway. While he was 125 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: one of the greatest writers of his day, his family 126 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: had a long line of depression, alcoholism, and suicide. Hemingway 127 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: took his own life in nineteen sixty one. His sister 128 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: committed suicide five years later. His brother committed suicide sixteen 129 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: years after that his granddaughter did the same thing in 130 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety six. What's interesting is him Way's father took 131 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: his life in nineteen twenty eight. I was wondering what 132 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: would have happened way back there in the twenties if 133 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: the father would have deactivated the suicide gene. What if 134 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: he would have risen up and said, now, I've been 135 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: made in the image of Almighty God. 136 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 2: I have a purpose and a destiny. I am shaking off. 137 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: These negative, defeated thoughts. I know the power in me 138 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: is greater than any force coming against me. If he 139 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: would have taken authority over that negative spirit and instead 140 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: activated the faith gene, the victory gene, the more than 141 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: a conquered gene, he could have changed his family line. 142 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: He could have broken the generational curse and started a 143 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: generational blessing. You may be at that same place today. 144 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: You could easily settle where you are, let the negative 145 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: genes get passed down, make it harder on those that 146 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: come after you. Or you could make a much better 147 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: choice and say no, enough is enough. I am not 148 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: going to live my life addicted, angry, defeated, depressed. I 149 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: am not passing down that negative baggage. I'm choosing life, 150 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: I'm choosing blessings. I'm gonna make choices that help my 151 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:23,079 Speaker 1: family and not hinder them. One time in the scripture, 152 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: God told Saul to go and destroy the Amalekites, to 153 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: totally wipe them out. Saul and his army went out 154 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: and they defeated the Amalekites, but they spared the king. 155 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 2: They captured him. He was King Agag. 156 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: Fast forward hundreds of years, Esther is in the palace. 157 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: A man by the name of Hayman is trying to 158 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: get rid of her and all of her people. It 159 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: says that Hayman was an Agite. An Agite is a 160 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: descendant of King a Gag. 161 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,239 Speaker 2: If Saul would. 162 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: Have taken care of him enemy when God gave him 163 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: the power to do it, Esther wouldn't be having this 164 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: problem five hundred years later. Could it be that if 165 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 1: you don't put an end to what you're dealing with, 166 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: your family will still be struggling with it. 167 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 2: Hundreds of years from now. 168 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: God is saying, this is your time, this is your moment. 169 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: Your destiny is calling out to you. You can either 170 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: put up with it and let it conquer you, or 171 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: you can say no. The same power that raised Christ 172 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: from the dead lives on the inside of me. 173 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 2: I will conquer this addiction. 174 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 1: I will conquer this depression, this low self esteem. 175 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 2: I will not allow. 176 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,200 Speaker 1: It to linger for future generations to have to deal 177 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: with friends. 178 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 2: You were never created to live. 179 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 1: Addicted and angry, constantly having to struggle. 180 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 2: Those genes may. 181 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: Have been passed down, but you have the power to 182 00:10:57,559 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: break negative cycles. They may been in your family for 183 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 1: hundreds of years. But when you gave your life to Christ, 184 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: you became a new creation. He put new genes in you. 185 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: You have the DNA of Almighty God. 186 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 2: There is strength in your genes. There is power in 187 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 2: your genes. There is freedom in your genes. 188 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: Now, don't settle where you are God joll everybody in 189 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: my family gets divorced. 190 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,599 Speaker 2: Looks like I'm headed that way. 191 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: Everybody struggles with these addictions. Everybody has financial problems. No, 192 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: here's the catch. You're not everybody. God has called you 193 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: to put an end to it. You are equipped, empowered, 194 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: and well able. This is what the prophet is Zekiel said. 195 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: An interesting scripture, the fathers ate the sour grapes. Now 196 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: the children's teeth are set on edge. As long as 197 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer 198 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: quote this. This was a proverb they were living by. 199 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: Their attitude was, since the father had problems, the children 200 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:07,839 Speaker 1: will as well. 201 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 2: Nothing we can do about it. 202 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: Since the father ate the sour grapes, since the parents 203 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: had addictions, since the grandparents were depressed, then the children 204 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: will struggle in those same areas. 205 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 2: That was their philosophy. 206 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: Then God showed up and said, through Ezekiel, stop saying that. 207 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: Why do you keep using your relatives as an excuse. 208 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: Why do you keep using what your parents did and 209 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: the way you were raised as the reason to stay 210 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: where you are? As long as the Sovereign Lord lives, 211 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: you don't have to be held bondage by the negative 212 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,640 Speaker 1: things in your past. In other words, your parents may 213 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: have eaten the sour grapes, your relatives may have made 214 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: decisions that put you at a disadvantage, but God is 215 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: saying it doesn't have to affect you. It may have 216 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: held you back temporarily, but this is a new day. 217 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: If you will start deactivating those genes pressing forward, then 218 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: all the forces of darkness cannot hold you back. 219 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 2: You don't have to eat the sour grapes. 220 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: You've been redeemed. You're not under the curse, You're under 221 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: the blessing. You have stepped into a new bloodline. And 222 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: the good news is there's no defeat in this blood line. 223 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 1: There's no lack, no addictions, no mediocrity. You are a 224 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: child of the most High God. Now I am here 225 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: to announce that the Sovereign Lord. 226 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 2: Is still alive. God is still on the throne. That 227 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 2: means you don't have to eat the sour grapes. Now 228 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 2: our part. Shake off the self pity. 229 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: Don't make excuses, don't blame the past, don't blame your parents, 230 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: don't blame your circumstances. 231 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 2: That may be the. 232 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: Reason you are where you are, but that doesn't give 233 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: you the right to stay there. Start dealing with the 234 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: issues that are holding you back. Start activating the right Jesus. 235 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: That's what a good friend of mine did. He was 236 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: raised in a very dysfunctional home. His father was an 237 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: alcoholic and he would get very violent. He saw him 238 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,079 Speaker 1: mistreat his mother, be disrespectful and go off into these 239 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: fits of rage. He ended up just like his father. 240 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: He was a drug addict and living a very violent, 241 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: angry life. In his late twenties, he gave his life 242 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: to Christ had this major turnaround. 243 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 2: Long story short. 244 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: He became the pastor of a church, very well respected man, 245 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: a large church. He'd go around the world sharing his story. 246 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: But what people didn't know is he still had an 247 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 1: anger problem. God set him free from the addictions, the drugs, 248 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: the alcohol, but the. 249 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 2: Anger never left. 250 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: He didn't show it out in public, but at home 251 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: nobody was around. The smallest things would set him off. 252 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: Just like his father, he would go into these fits 253 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: of rage. He too, was very abusive to his wife. 254 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: He didn't like it. He knew it was wrong, but 255 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 1: he couldn't control himself. He wanted to get help, but 256 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: he was too embarrassed. Thought, I can't tell anybody the 257 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: pastor of a church. What would they think about me. 258 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: I'm supposed to be an example, but this is where 259 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: we miss it. Just because you're dealing with a tough 260 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: issue doesn't make you a bad person. Most likely, somebody 261 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: in your family line opened the door. Somebody allowed that 262 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: iniquity and they refused to deal with it. Don't be 263 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: like them, don't sweep it under the rug, ignore it. 264 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: Hope that it'll go away. That'll keep you in bondage. 265 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: James five point sixteen says, confess your faults one to 266 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: another and you will be healed. Do you know there 267 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: are some issues you cannot overcome on your own. You 268 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: have to swallow your pride and find somebody you can trust, 269 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: pastor a counselor a friend. Tell them what you're dealing with. 270 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: Let them pray with you, stand with you, and bring 271 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: accountability into your life. When you get it out in 272 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: the open and say God, I need help with this anger. 273 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: When you take steps to overcome you intend to celebrate 274 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: recovery classes. 275 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 2: That's when the scripture says you will be healed. You 276 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 2: don't have to keep eating the sour grapes. That's what 277 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 2: my friend did today. 278 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: He is one of the most kind, most gentle people 279 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:34,359 Speaker 1: you'll ever meet. 280 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 2: What did he do? He broke the generational curse. 281 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: He chose life so his children won't have to deal 282 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: with it. He deactivated that gene. 283 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 2: It's still in him. 284 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: It was passed down, but it's not affecting him. There's 285 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,479 Speaker 1: no addiction that is too much for you to overcome, 286 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: no iniquity, nothing that has been passed down has to 287 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: keep you from your God given destiny. The power in 288 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: you is greater than any power that's coming against you. Now, 289 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: don't do like he did at first and learn to 290 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:14,639 Speaker 1: function in your dysfunction. God didn't create you to have 291 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: issues and things you have to hide and feel bad 292 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: about yourself. 293 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 2: He created you to be totally free. 294 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: But some of you, like my friend, what you saw 295 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: modeled growing up wasn't healthy. It's easy to think that 296 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: that's normal. Maybe your parents didn't show much affection to 297 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: you and now you're not showing much affection to your children. 298 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: Or maybe there was violence, anger, disrespect in the home. 299 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:46,399 Speaker 1: Don't pass that down, deactivate that gene. Be affectionate to 300 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: your children. Well, Joel, I'm a man. I don't hug 301 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: my son after all, he's grown. And let me tell you, 302 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: a real man still hugs his son. A real man 303 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: treats his. 304 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 2: Wife with respect and honor. Men. 305 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: The scripture says that your wife is a reflection of 306 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: your glory. If she's beaten down, discourage, worn out, then 307 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: you're not shining too brightly. 308 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 2: She's reflecting your glory. 309 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 1: You need to step it up a notch, do something 310 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: to put the spring back in her step, the smile 311 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 1: back in her face. Take her to the mall, buy 312 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: her something new, send her some flowers, write her a note, 313 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,959 Speaker 1: tell her how great she is. The brighter she shines, 314 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: the better you look. That's why I keep Victoria looking fine. 315 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 2: She makes me look good. But don't go to the 316 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 2: mall today. 317 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 1: Okay, another thought, fathers, your daughter is going to marry 318 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: somebody just like you. 319 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 2: If you treat your wife lousy, don't. 320 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: Give her the time of day, put her down. That's 321 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: the kind of man your daughter is going to be 322 00:18:55,119 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: attracted to. Our children follow our example more than they 323 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: follow our advice. They're constantly taking everything in. They're like 324 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: a video camera with legs. They're always in the record mode. 325 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 1: They're watching how you treat people. When you treat your 326 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,400 Speaker 1: wife like a queen, you give her compliments, encourage her 327 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: when you bring her coffee in bed, you open the 328 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: car door. 329 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 2: You bring her gifts. 330 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: You make her feel loved, valued, respected, honor. Listen, your 331 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: daughter is going to marry a winner. Your daughter will 332 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 1: marry somebody just like that. Now, you may not have 333 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: seen this growing up. You may have seen just the opposite. 334 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: What I'm saying today is you can set a new standard. 335 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: Choose life, choose honor, choose respect, pass that down. 336 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 2: To future generations. 337 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: A few years back, we were on vacation at this 338 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: very nice hotel with our family, and it was a 339 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: large place and the rooms were spread out all over 340 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: the property, very beautiful. When we first arrived, the bellman 341 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: took us to our room down this long, winding sidewalk. 342 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: He had to curve around, through these bungalows and over 343 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: this bridge and around this big lake. 344 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 2: We finally made it to our room. 345 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: It was very complicated how to get there, so I 346 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: paid close attention. 347 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 2: A few nights later, we were leaving the. 348 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 1: Lobby, just eating dinner, and we were walking back to 349 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: our hotel room. Our son, Jonathan, he was about ten 350 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: at the time. He said, Dad, you know we're taking 351 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: the long way. It's much quicker this way. I said, no, Jonathan, 352 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 1: I paid close attention. This is the way the bellman 353 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: took us. 354 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 2: This is the right way. 355 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: He said, no, Dad, I'm telling you, this way is quicker. 356 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: I said, Jonathan, I am positive this is the right way. 357 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 1: For the next couple of days, we always went my way. 358 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: Each time Jonathan said, Dad, we're going the long way again. No, 359 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: we're not, Jonathan, this is the right way. The last day, 360 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: Jonathan said, Dad, can we go my way? 361 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 2: At least once? I said, all right, we'll go your way. 362 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 2: And Jonathan let us. 363 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: Down these stairs, through this narrow passageway, and our room 364 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: was right there. 365 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 2: I promise you. 366 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: It was probably one hundred yards closer than the way 367 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: we had been going. 368 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,199 Speaker 2: I said, Jonathan, why didn't you tell me? 369 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: Come to find out the bellman had taken us the 370 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 1: long scenic route so we could see the whole property. 371 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 2: I looked at it on a map. 372 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: We were going in a complete circle, coming all the 373 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: way back to our room. If I'd just listened to Jonathan, 374 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: we could have gone straight to the room. 375 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 2: Saved us a lot of time. 376 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: Sometimes in life what we've seen model growing up is 377 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: not the best route. Well, my mother was a worrier. 378 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 1: Now I'm a warrior. Can I tell you that's the 379 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:54,639 Speaker 1: long way? Well, my dad always lost his temper, you know, Joel, 380 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: Like father, like son. I can't control my temper either. 381 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: That's the long way. 382 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 2: You need to examine what you do. Ask yourself. 383 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: Am I taking the long way? Am I holding on 384 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 1: to a grudge? Not forgiving, because that's what I've seen modeled. 385 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: Am I living insecure, feeling less than because that's the 386 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: way the people were that raised me. Am I making 387 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: poor choices, giving into temptation, compromising, because that's all I've 388 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 1: ever seen. 389 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:26,440 Speaker 2: Friends, that's the long way. 390 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 1: Don't get stuck in a rut and go that way 391 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: year after year. Recognize what's happening, and make the right adjustments. 392 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 2: I heard about this lady. 393 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 1: She wrote her autobiography in four very short chapters, go 394 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: something like this. Chapter one, I walked down the street. 395 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: There was a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fell 396 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 1: into it. It wasn't my fault. It took me a 397 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: long time, but I finally got out. Chapter two, I 398 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: walked down the same street. There was a deep hole 399 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: in the sidewalk. I fell into it. 400 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 2: It was my fault. 401 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: It took me a long time, but I finally got out. 402 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: Chapter three, I walked down the same street. There was 403 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walked around it. 404 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:23,880 Speaker 1: Chapter four, I walked down a different street. But too 405 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: often we keep repeating the same mistakes, making excuses, it's 406 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 1: not my fault, blaming the past, blaming our parents, No 407 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 1: take responsibility. 408 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 2: Don't go down that same. 409 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: Path again and again, losing your cool, compromising, worried, negative. 410 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: If you'll break those cycles of repetitive behavior, you will 411 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: go to a new level of your destiny. In eighteen 412 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: seventy four, a member of the New York Prison Board 413 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: noticed that there were six people from the same family 414 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 1: serving in one of the prisons. 415 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 2: He was intrigued and did a study. 416 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 1: He traced the family line back to a man by 417 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:04,880 Speaker 1: the name. 418 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 2: Of Max Jukes. 419 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: Jukes was born in seventeen twenty. He was known in 420 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: the town as the Troublemaker, a heavy drinker with no integrity. 421 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: He married a woman just like him. They had six 422 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: daughters and two sons. Twelve hundred of their descendants were studied. 423 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 1: Of those, three hundred and ten were homeless, one hundred 424 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 1: and eighty were alcoholics, one hundred and sixty were drug addicts, 425 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty were criminals, while seven of them 426 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 1: committed murder. Another family that lived around that same time 427 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 1: was studied. His name was Jonathan Edwards. He was a 428 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: famous theologian and the president of Princeton University. He was 429 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 1: born in seventeen o three and married his wife Sarah. 430 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 2: He was a devoted. 431 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: Family man that remained married for thirty one years until 432 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: his death. They had eleven children. Fourteen hundred of their 433 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: descendants were studied. Among them, thirteen were college presidents, sixty 434 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: six were professors, one hundred were attorneys, eighty five were 435 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:17,920 Speaker 1: authors of classic books, thirty two were state judges, sixty 436 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: six were physicians, and eighty were holders of public office, 437 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: including three governors, three US senators, and one Vice president 438 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: of the United States. What am I saying? It makes 439 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: a difference what you're passing down. Your decisions are affecting 440 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,640 Speaker 1: future generations. 441 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,199 Speaker 2: Like the Jukes. You may have some negative things in 442 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 2: your family line. 443 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: They will continue until somebody rises up and puts a 444 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: stop to it. I'm saying today you can be that person. 445 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: God has raised you up for such a time as this. 446 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: You have the most powerful force in the universe on 447 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 1: the inside of you. Don't be complacent and learn to 448 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: live with things that are less than God's best. You 449 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: will never change what you tolerate. You got to put 450 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: your foot down and say that's it. I'm not gonna 451 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 1: live my life addicted, angry, depressed, defeated. I'm deactivating those genes, 452 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,360 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna start making choices that help my family 453 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 1: and not hinder it. You can be the one to 454 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:28,040 Speaker 1: start a godly heritage for your family life. You can 455 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: break any generational curse and start a generational blessing. You 456 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: don't have to eat the sour grapes. The sovereign Lord 457 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: is still alive. If you'll learn to activate the right genes, 458 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: make choices that honor God. 459 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 2: Then I believe and declare you will break every negative 460 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:49,399 Speaker 2: cycle that's held you back. 461 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: You and your family will rise to a new level 462 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 1: of honor, and you will always live under the blessing 463 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: and never the curse. 464 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 2: In Jesus's name, if you receive it, can you give 465 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 2: the Lord an amen? Today? 466 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: Well, we never like to close our broadcast without giving 467 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 468 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 469 00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 470 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior. 471 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 472 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 473 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,440 Speaker 1: keep God first place. He's going to take your places 474 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 1: that you've never. 475 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 2: Dreamed of breathtaking. 476 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 3: That's what you feel when you look out at majestic 477 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 3: mountain peaks. Yes, God's creation truly is a masterpiece, but 478 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 3: even as you consider his handiwork, you might also feel 479 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 3: bless that, not good enough or not valuable. The image 480 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 3: before you is incredible, but the confidence inside is lacking. 481 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 2: How do you overcome this? 482 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: The opinion you have of yourself is your most important opinion. 483 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: Too often we see ourselves as ordinary, not talented, unattractive. 484 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: That wrong self image is setting the limits for our life. 485 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 1: The key is to get an agreement with who God 486 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: says you are. He calls you a masterpiece, strong, talented, valuable. 487 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,680 Speaker 1: If you'll have the right image of yourself, you'll rise 488 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,919 Speaker 1: higher and become who you were created to be. We 489 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 1: have a new resource that will help you do just that. 490 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 1: It's called you Are a Masterpiece. It's filled with inspiration 491 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: and encouragement that will remind you who you really are, gifted, chosen, approved. 492 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: It will help you get rid of the wrong self 493 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: image and start seeing yourself as the masterpiece God created 494 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: you to be. 495 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 3: As our Thank you for your gift of any amount 496 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 3: to the ministry this month, we want to send you 497 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 3: Joel's inspiring Newbrook. You are a masterpiece. God made you unique, 498 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 3: with a divine purpose and a bright future. As these 499 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 3: truths sink down your spirit, the majesty of God's glory 500 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 3: will arise within you. Yes, God has breathed his life 501 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 3: into you. He approved you, equipped you, empowered you. Stop 502 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 3: believing the lies about you and start hearing what God 503 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 3: says about to you. 504 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,040 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for being a part of the ministry victory, 505 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: and I pray for you and your family every day, 506 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: believing it's going to be a favor filled twenty twenty four. 507 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: We appreciate your prayer and support. Your generosity is impacting. 508 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 2: People around the world. 509 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 1: Remember you can watch the services live online Sunday mornings, 510 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: see all the music and ministry. 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