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Well, God bless you. 42 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 5: It's always a joy to come into your homes, and 43 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 5: if you're ever in our area, please stop by and 44 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 5: be a part of one of our services. I promise 45 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 5: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thanks 46 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 5: so much for tuning in, and thank you again for 47 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 5: coming out. And I like to start with something funny. 48 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 5: And I heard about this minister that died. And he 49 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 5: was standing in line at the pearly gates. The man 50 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 5: in front of him was dressed in a loud T shirt, sunglasses, 51 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 5: and blue jeans. 52 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 4: Saint Peter asked him, what's your name? 53 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 5: He said, I'm Joe Cohen, taxicab driver, New York City. 54 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 5: Peter checked his list and handed him a gold staff 55 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:35,559 Speaker 5: silk robe. 56 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 4: Said welcome to Heaven. The minister stepped up. 57 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 5: He said, I'm Reverend Joseph Snow, pastor of Saint Mary's Cathedral. 58 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 5: Peter checked his list, handed him a wooden staff and 59 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 5: cotton robe. 60 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 4: He said, hey, that's not right. 61 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 5: The taxicab driver got a gold staff and this is 62 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 5: all I got. 63 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 4: Peter said, sir, up here, we work by results. 64 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 5: When you preached, people slept, but when he drove, people prayed. 65 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 5: Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean it. 66 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:07,839 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 67 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 68 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 69 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind 70 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 71 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 72 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:29,679 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about generational blessings. Every right 73 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 5: choice you make, you're making it easier on those that 74 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 5: come after you. When you live a life of excellence 75 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 5: and integrity, being your best, helping others. Those are seeds 76 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 5: that will not only make your life fuller and more rewarding, 77 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 5: but your children and grandchildren will be better off because 78 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 5: of the way you lived. No person lives or dies 79 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 5: unto himself. The choices you are making will affect your 80 00:03:58,160 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 5: family line for generations. 81 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 4: Now. 82 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 5: I want my relatives to do great things in life 83 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 5: because of me, not in spite of me. Our children 84 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 5: have enough things to overcome without having to deal with 85 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 5: our negative baggage. Your life can either be a stepping 86 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 5: stone for your family to go higher or a stumbling 87 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 5: block that causes them to struggle. Negative things may have 88 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 5: been passed down to you, but God raised you up 89 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 5: to put an end to it. 90 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 4: You can be a difference maker. 91 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 5: And we hear a lot about the generational curse, but 92 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 5: there's something called a generational blessing. The scripture talks about 93 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 5: how you can store up mercy. 94 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 4: For your children and future generations. 95 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 5: I know I am where I am today in part 96 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 5: because of the way my parents and grandparents have lived. 97 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 5: I am reaping a harvest from seeds that they sowed. 98 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 5: Met a man a while back, and he told how 99 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 5: as a young man he had lost his way in life. 100 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 5: He was living on the streets downtown. My father came 101 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 5: out of a hotel and saw him sitting there and 102 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 5: went over to talk to him. This young man had 103 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 5: a dream of becoming a medical doctor, but he had 104 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 5: a lot of bad breaks. His school financing didn't go through, 105 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 5: and he was still hoping to receive a scholarship. My 106 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 5: father handed him a one hundred dollar bill and said, 107 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 5: you keep believing God has great things in your future. 108 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 4: Today. 109 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 5: This man is a very well respected successful surgeon. He 110 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 5: stopped by the church and said, Joel, I wouldn't be 111 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 5: where I am without your father. 112 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 4: Now. 113 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:41,919 Speaker 5: I never got to tell him thank you, but at 114 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 5: least I wanted to tell you thanks. He handed me 115 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 5: a donation for the church, a significant amount. When I 116 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 5: turned and walked away, under my breath, I said thank you, Daddy. 117 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 5: Is there anything you're doing that's going to cause your 118 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 5: children to say thank you, daddy? 119 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 4: Are you so in seeds of kindness? Are you being 120 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 4: a blessing? 121 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 5: Are you putting an end to negative things that have 122 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 5: been passed down? Back in the late nineteen seventies, there 123 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 5: was a young minister that used to attend my father's 124 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 5: Thanksgiving conferences here at the church. 125 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 4: This young man was just getting started. 126 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 5: He was learning how to pastor, and he really loved 127 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 5: my father. He listened to all of my dad's tapes 128 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 5: and learned so much. Well, some twenty years later, my 129 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 5: father went to be with the Lord. Now I was 130 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 5: trying to learn how to minister, and this was also 131 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 5: new to me. Well, that young man was one of 132 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 5: my favorite ministers, Jensen Franklin. I used to listen to 133 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 5: his CDs be so inspired. That's what helped me to 134 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 5: get started. My father sewed into his life. Now he 135 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 5: was sowing into my life. My dad didn't reap that harvest. 136 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:52,720 Speaker 4: His son did. 137 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 5: There are some seeds that you sow, some people that 138 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 5: you're helping, you won't reap the fullness of that harvest. 139 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 5: God designed it for your children, for your grandchildren. It's 140 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 5: a generational blessing. See, you didn't get to where you 141 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 5: are by yourself. Somebody prayed, somebody made sacrifices, somebody so 142 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 5: deceeed of kindness, and you got that good break. You 143 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 5: thought you were lucky. It was a coincidence. No, it 144 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 5: happened because you had a praying mother. You had a 145 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 5: grandfather that was always helping people, a great grandfather you 146 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 5: never met, but he sacrificed, he persevered. Now you're reaping 147 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 5: from some of those seeds. The scripture talks about how 148 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 5: having a godly heritage is better than having great wealth. 149 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 5: You can leave your children money, cars, houses, that's great, 150 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 5: I'm all for that, But when you leave them a 151 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 5: godly heritage, when you model a life of excellence and integrity, 152 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 5: that's worth more than any material thing you could ever 153 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 5: leave them. God's blessing on their life will cause them 154 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 5: to go further than if they had all the money 155 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 5: in the world. You can have less resources, but with 156 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 5: this generational blessing, opportunity increase the right people will be 157 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 5: attracted to you. 158 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 4: You'll look up and think, how did I get to 159 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 4: where I am? 160 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 5: I didn't have the connections the resources the talent. What 161 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 5: happened you stepped in. 162 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 4: To a generational blessing. 163 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 5: In the Old Testament, Joshua and the Israelites were fighting 164 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 5: a battle with the Amalekites. Moses was up on a 165 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 5: hill holding up his rod. 166 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 4: In the air. 167 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 5: As long as his hands were up, the Israelites were winning. 168 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 5: When he got tired and put his hands down, the 169 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 5: Amalekite started winning. A couple of men noticed what was 170 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 5: going on, and they helped him hold his hands in 171 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 5: the air. But what I want us to see is 172 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 5: Joshua was down there winning. He didn't realize the only 173 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 5: reason he was winning is because Moses had his hands 174 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 5: in the air. If Moses hadn't done his part, the 175 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 5: Israelites would have been defeated. It's easy to think, well, 176 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 5: I'm successful because i'm smart. I have a good life 177 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 5: because I work hard, because I'm talented. That's why I'm blessed, Joel, 178 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 5: And yes, that's true in part. But you didn't do 179 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 5: it all on your own. You're smart because you have 180 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 5: the wisdom of your father's It was passed down to you. 181 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 5: You're talented because your mother and grandmother worked hard to 182 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 5: develop their gifts. They took time to teach you to 183 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 5: build your confidence. You got that good break, that promotion, 184 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 5: that new house, not because those people just decided to 185 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 5: be nice to you. Somebody in your family line honored God. 186 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 5: Somebody you can't see is holding. 187 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 4: Up their hands. 188 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 5: It may have been one hundred years ago they stored 189 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 5: up mercy. Now you're reaping the benefits they won so 190 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 5: that you could win. 191 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 4: Now. 192 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 5: My challenge to us is to live your life in 193 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 5: such a way that you call others to win. Every 194 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 5: right choice you. 195 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 4: Make, you're holding up your hands. Every time you resist temptation. 196 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 5: You're winning for your children. Every time you help others. 197 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 5: You come to church gives serve your storing up favor. 198 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 4: It may be for your. 199 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 5: Children, grandchildren, or even years down the road. Somebody in 200 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 5: your family line will see God's goodness because. 201 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 4: Of the way you lived. 202 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 5: The Book of Hebrews, it talks about how a man 203 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 5: by the name of Levi paid tithes and offerings while 204 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:37,199 Speaker 5: he was in his grandfather's loins. In other words, before 205 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 5: he was born, before he showed up, God credited tithes 206 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 5: and offerings to him, all because his grandfather was a giver. 207 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 5: When you give God will not only bless you, but 208 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 5: he will credit your children and your grandchildren. I have 209 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 5: a little notebook that my grandfather kept a record of 210 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 5: all of his giving for over fifty years. He wrote 211 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 5: down every gift. You can read nineteen sixty three, seven 212 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 5: dollars to the Lakewood Building Fund, ten dollars to Central 213 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 5: Baptist Church, on and on. 214 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 4: No wonder, I'm blessed today, No wonder, I'm seeing God's favor. 215 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 4: Somebody went before me that was a giver. Now God 216 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 4: is honoring him by honoring me. 217 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 5: I can say, thank you, granddaddy, thank your grandmother. You 218 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 5: paid the price. Now I'm being blessed. My mother turned 219 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 5: eighty one years old last week. 220 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 4: She had her birthday. 221 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 5: She raised five of us kids growing up, and my 222 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 5: brother Paul. Course was like raising five extra kids. But 223 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 5: I thought about how many thousands of hot. 224 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 4: Meals she must have cooked for us. 225 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,959 Speaker 5: I mean, heating up those TV dinners was a lot 226 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 5: of work. But we never left for school, seriously without 227 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 5: having a hot breakfast, without having her pray for favor 228 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 5: and protection over us every day. I saw my parents 229 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 5: reading their Bible. Now all of us kids read our bible. 230 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 5: Our children don't leave without us praying the blessing over them. 231 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 5: That generational blessing keeps getting passed down. I can say, 232 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 5: thank you, mother. We didn't get here by ourselves. God 233 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,199 Speaker 5: had people watching after you before you even showed up. 234 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 5: While you were still in your mother's wound, doctors and 235 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 5: nurses were taking care of you. Most likely your parents 236 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 5: believed and prayed many years before you were even conceived, 237 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 5: waiting for you. You had grandparents and relatives that worked hard. 238 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 5: They made sacrifices, knowing one day their granddaughter, their great 239 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 5: grandson would show up. You are the answer to their prayer. 240 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 5: You're living in the day they dreamed about. They wanted 241 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 5: your life to be better. Now, don't take for granted 242 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 5: the price that they paid because of them. 243 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 4: You're experiencing generational bloss. 244 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 5: How this should inspire us to be our best, to 245 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 5: break free from things that are holding us back, to 246 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 5: dream bigger, to see each day as a gift. They 247 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 5: pass the baton to us. Let's not drop it. Let's 248 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 5: not settle and live mediocre. Let's push forward. Let's take 249 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 5: new ground. Let's break barriers that have held us back. 250 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 5: You may not be able to see them, but right now, 251 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 5: up in heaven. Your relatives are cheering you on. In 252 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 5: that great cloud of witnesses. There are parents, grandparents, generations 253 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 5: that have gone before you. They're saying, go further, climb 254 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 5: new mountains, set a new standard. 255 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 4: This is your day, this is your time. All of 256 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 4: what we are has been poured into you. 257 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 5: Now, don't let the sacrifices they've made go to waste. 258 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 5: Make them proud. They're watching you. My father dreamed of 259 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 5: this building. He talked about how one day he was 260 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,439 Speaker 5: going to build a twenty thousand seat sanctuary. For over 261 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,080 Speaker 5: fifty years he and my mother served faithfully, but my 262 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 5: dad was never able to build that sanctuary. When he 263 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 5: went to be with the Lord, it looked like that 264 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 5: dream had died. But when you honor God, when you 265 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 5: live a life of faith, you are storing up. 266 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 4: Favor for your children. 267 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,040 Speaker 5: Four years after Daddy died, we needed a larger auditorium. 268 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 4: Things fell into place. We were able to. 269 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 5: Acquire this building, the former Compact Center, And sometimes when 270 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 5: I walk out here, I feel like I'm standing in 271 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 5: my father's auditorium. All those years that he prayed, he believed, 272 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 5: he served, he was storing up favor God ordained him 273 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 5: to lay the foundation and his sons to walk into it. 274 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 4: God will always show you further than you can go. 275 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 5: He will give you a a vision that may not 276 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 5: be able to be accomplished only in your lifetime, a 277 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 5: generational vision. Some of the things you're dreaming about that 278 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 5: you see through your eyes of faith. God put that 279 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 5: in your heart so you could lay the foundation. Pray, believe, stretch, 280 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 5: be your best. But don't get discouraged if it doesn't 281 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 5: all come to pass. 282 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 4: It's for your children. 283 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 5: Just as you received generational blessings, favor and increase that 284 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 5: you didn't work for. You were so in seeds for 285 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 5: generational blessings. This is what happened with David. He had 286 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 5: a dream to build the temple. He cut down the 287 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 5: cedars of Lebanon, raised the funds, got everything lined up 288 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 5: for God said David, no, I put that dream in 289 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:51,359 Speaker 5: you to lay the foundation. I want your son Solomon 290 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 5: to build it. David saw further. 291 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 4: Than he could go. 292 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 5: Solomon stepped into a generational blessing, and he built the temple. 293 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 5: I don't know of anything that would make me any 294 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 5: happier than to see my children go further than I've 295 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 5: gone to see them supersede anything that I've done. Every 296 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 5: time you pray, believe, help others make sacrifices. That's being 297 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 5: credited not only to your account, but to your children 298 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 5: and your grandchildren. This is why the enemy fights our 299 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 5: children so hard. He knows they're next in line for 300 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 5: the blessing. Young people, you have a responsibility. Your parents, 301 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 5: your grandparents, they worked hard. There are blessings they did 302 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 5: not receive because God has. 303 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 4: Them stored up for you. 304 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 5: They've been accruing in your account, whether you're eight years 305 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 5: old or eighty years old. Don't be lazy, indifferent, compromise. 306 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 5: Your family work too hard for you to not take 307 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 5: care of and appreciate what's coming your way. Some of 308 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 5: them worked out in the fields. They weren't treated right. 309 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 5: They went through great injustice, sleepless nights, made sacrifices that 310 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 5: we don't have. 311 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 4: To make today. Don't take for granted the price that 312 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 4: they paid. 313 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 5: You have a responsibility to not just enjoy the blessing, 314 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:21,879 Speaker 5: but to go further. 315 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 4: God's dream is that every generation increase. 316 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 5: It's not enough to just settle where your parents and 317 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 5: grandparents are. 318 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 4: That's the easy way out. 319 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 5: You have generations of wisdom, perseverance, hard work that's been 320 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 5: passed down to you. After all, our ancestors made it 321 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 5: without air conditioning, without smartphones, without beautiful buildings, without the Internet. 322 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 5: We have no excuse to not go further. When my 323 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 5: father died, I took over the church. I was thirty 324 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 5: six years old, and most pastors at that age would 325 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 5: be trying to get their first building, trying to build 326 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 5: their foundation. 327 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 4: And I had friends that were pastors, and. 328 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 5: They were meeting in high school auditoriums had a couple 329 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 5: hundred people. But my father put me forty years down 330 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:14,199 Speaker 5: the road. I didn't have to start from scratch. We 331 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 5: already had an eight thousand seat sanctuary, thousands of people coming. 332 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 5: Plus the church was debt free, and my dad left 333 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:24,959 Speaker 5: us plenty of funds in the bank. When we signed 334 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 5: the original lease for this place, it was twelve million dollars. 335 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 5: We were able to pay cash for that because of 336 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 5: what my father had left. My dad was raised during 337 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 5: the Great Depression. His father picked cotton for a living. 338 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 5: His mother made ten cents an hour washing people's clothes. 339 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 5: That's how they spent their lives, hard working, dedicated people. 340 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 5: My father came out of such poverty and lack that. 341 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 5: He was very frugal, very conservative. He'd walked the halls 342 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 5: of the office at the old church at night, make 343 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 5: sure every which was turned off. If he saw a 344 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 5: paper clip on the ground, he'd pick it up, not 345 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 5: throw it away, put it on somebody's desk. But because 346 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 5: of the sacrifices he made and the faithful members that 347 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 5: gave generously back then, now we are sitting in this 348 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 5: beautiful building. 349 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 4: It's a generational blessing. 350 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 5: When we first moved in back in two thousand and five, 351 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 5: had pastor friends that wanted to come see it, and I. 352 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 4: Was almost a little embarrassed. 353 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 5: It's so big, so beautiful, and I was younger than 354 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 5: most of them, and I didn't want it to seem 355 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 5: like we were showing off, and so I would try 356 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 5: to downplay it. One day I realized, number one, I'm 357 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 5: not bragging on us, I'm bragging on the greatness of God. 358 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 5: And number two, my parents and grandparents work too hard 359 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 5: to downplay what God has done. They sacrificed too much, 360 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 5: made ten cents an hour, picked cotton til their fingers 361 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 5: bled when they didn't see away, prayed for the funds 362 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 5: I've learned you don't have to apologize for God's goodness. 363 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 5: Where your blessings well. You too have family members that 364 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 5: endured great hardships. They struggled so that your life could 365 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 5: be better. A mom that sacrificed her dream so she 366 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,719 Speaker 5: could pour into you, or parents that didn't buy what 367 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 5: they wanted so they could send you to college. A 368 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 5: dad that worn't two jobs to make ends meet. Don't 369 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 5: apologize for what God has done. Your relatives put blood, 370 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 5: sweat and tears to get you to where you are, 371 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 5: where your blessings. 372 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 4: Well. 373 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 5: See, sometimes it's like people come in at the end 374 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 5: of the movie. They see you're blessed, prosper us, live 375 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 5: in your dreams, and they judge. 376 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 4: You by where you are right there. 377 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 5: The problem is they didn't see the first part of 378 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,680 Speaker 5: the movie. But you said, Joe, God's bless you with 379 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,479 Speaker 5: that big church, you got that big ministry. Yes, but 380 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 5: you didn't see my grandparents making ten cents an hour. 381 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 5: You didn't see my father preaching the ninety people year 382 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 5: after year in an old Rundown feed store. You didn't 383 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 5: see my siblings and I sweeping out the church. As 384 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 5: little kids, we used to come up and clean out 385 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 5: the building. My father wasn't just the pastor. He was 386 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 5: the janitor, the landscape or the sound man, the secretary. 387 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 4: When you have ninety people, you do it all. 388 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 5: Isaiah said, God will give you beauty for your ashes. 389 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 4: Sometimes people see. 390 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,719 Speaker 5: Your beauty and they get jealous, envious. I don't think 391 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 5: they deserve that, But I'm convinced if they ever saw 392 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 5: your ashes, they would be happy for your beauty. 393 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 4: If they could see how the generation. 394 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 5: Before you sacrificed, gave when they didn't have much, came 395 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 5: when they didn't feel like it, helped others when they 396 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 5: really needed help. If they could see your ashes, they 397 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 5: would celebrate what God has done in your life. 398 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 4: The Book of Joel talks about how we should receive 399 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 4: the former rain and the latter rain. 400 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 5: The latter rain is God blessing you because you're using 401 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 5: your gifts and talents, making the most of your opportunities. 402 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:15,399 Speaker 4: You're doing your part. 403 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 5: That's the latter rain. But it's time to start believing 404 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 5: for the former rain. That's all the blessings that are 405 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 5: stored up in your family's account. That's the favor that 406 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 5: should have been your relatives, but they never saw it. 407 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 5: I know right now, I am being paid back for 408 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:40,360 Speaker 5: my grandparents working so hard but receiving so little. They 409 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 5: didn't get what they deserved. But God is a god 410 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:49,640 Speaker 5: of justice. Now their grandson and their grandchildren are receiving 411 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 5: what belonged to them. You two had family members that 412 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,360 Speaker 5: honored God. You may not have ever met them, but 413 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 5: you had people that stored up mercy, favor on increase 414 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 5: it's been accruing in your account. Now our attitude should 415 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 5: be Lord, I want to thank you that you're releasing 416 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 5: everything that belongs to my family. Deuteronomy, it says, may 417 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,320 Speaker 5: the Lord, God of your fathers make you a thousand 418 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 5: times more than you are. 419 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 4: Notice the God of your fathers. 420 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 5: When you have a godly heritage, God can increase you 421 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 5: in ways you've never imagined. If you had a praying mother, 422 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 5: you should thank God every day. If you had grandparents 423 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 5: that took you to church when you were grown up, 424 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 5: you may not have liked it, thought is wasting your time. 425 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 5: The truth is it was storing up favor in your account. 426 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 5: Those are the seeds God's going to use to increase 427 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 5: you a thousand times more than you are In the 428 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 5: coming days. You're going to stumble into blessings, stumble into favor. 429 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 5: You think, where did that come from? I didn't deserve that. 430 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:03,880 Speaker 5: That's the former reign. That's God releasing generational blessings. You're 431 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,159 Speaker 5: going to have wisdom beyond your years. 432 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 4: People are gonna ask, how do you get so smart? 433 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 5: How does she know that? It's not just the books, 434 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 5: not just the university. That's the wisdom of your Father's 435 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 5: helping you to go to a new level of your destiny. 436 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 5: You're going to accomplish dreams that didn't originate with you, 437 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 5: like I did with this facility, increase and favor because 438 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 5: a loved one laid the groundwork. 439 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 4: Those are the houses that you didn't have to build, 440 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 4: the vineyards that you didn't have to plan. 441 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:40,919 Speaker 5: God has generational blessings stored up that he's about to 442 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 5: release in your life. Well, you say, Joel, this all 443 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 5: sounds good, but I don't know any family members as 444 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 5: far back as I can see that, honored God, I 445 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 5: don't think this is gonna happen for me. 446 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 4: Now, you could be the first. God raised you up 447 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 4: to get it started. Here's the beauty. The one that 448 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 4: breaks the car. 449 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 5: Gets paid back for everything that should have been yours. 450 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 4: Now. Don't settle for. 451 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 5: Things that you know are holding you back, addictions, compromising, 452 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 5: taking the easy way out. 453 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 4: Be a difference maker. 454 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 5: Draw the line in the sand and say that's it. 455 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 5: This is a new day. As for me and my house, 456 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 5: we will serve the Lord. The Old Testament, it talks 457 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 5: about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They understood 458 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 5: the power of the generational blessing. There's something significant about 459 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 5: three generations honoring God. 460 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 4: The scripture says, a threefold cord cannot be broken. 461 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 5: If you can get your father and your son along 462 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 5: with yourself, or your mother and your grandmother. When there's 463 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 5: three in a row, that blessing is multiplied. My father 464 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 5: was raised in a family that didn't know anything about God. 465 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 5: There were good, hardworking people like I mentioned, but he 466 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 5: didn't have any kind of spiritual upbringing. But at the 467 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 5: age of seventeen, walking home from a nightclub at two 468 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 5: o'clock in the morning, my dad made the decision, I'm 469 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 5: not going to live like this anymore. 470 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 4: I'm going to give my life to Christ. 471 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 5: He was the first one in our immediate family to 472 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 5: honor God. Now all of his children and grandchildren are 473 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,400 Speaker 5: honoring God. Because of the decision he made, I can 474 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,920 Speaker 5: now say he's the God of John Ostein, the God 475 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 5: of Joel Osteine, and of my son, the God of 476 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 5: Jonathan Osteine. When there are three in a row, that's 477 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 5: a powerful thing. When you need favor, when you need 478 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 5: a breakthrough, you can say God, my father honors you, 479 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 5: I honor you, my son honors you. 480 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 4: That gets God's attention. 481 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 5: Now you may have to start this for your family 482 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 5: like my father did, or your job may be to 483 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 5: keep it going for your family. Your parents and grandparents 484 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,199 Speaker 5: honored God. Are you going to break it? Are you 485 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 5: going to make it more difficult on your children? 486 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 4: Don't drop the ball. Too much is at stake. 487 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 5: They work too hard to get you to where you are. 488 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 5: With the decisions you make, your children, future generations are 489 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 5: either going to be better off further down the road, 490 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 5: or they're going to have to struggle and try to. 491 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 4: Overcome things that you can defeat. Right now, you have the. 492 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 5: Power to put a stop to anything that's holding you back. 493 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 5: No addictions too strong for you, no enemy is too powerful. 494 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:39,439 Speaker 4: No obstacle is too high. 495 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 5: You have the most powerful force in the universe on 496 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 5: the inside Now take a stand for your family. Somebody 497 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 5: did it for you, just like Moses held up his 498 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 5: hands for Joshua. 499 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 4: Hold up your hands so that somebody else can win. 500 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 5: The psalm is said, our life is like a mist 501 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,920 Speaker 5: We're here for a moment, then we're gone. You can't 502 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 5: afford to put this off. This is the time to 503 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 5: step into your destiny. Your relatives are cheering you on, saying, 504 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 5: you go, girl, you go, boy. 505 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 4: Make me proud. Do something great, Give it your best. 506 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 5: Now. I know many of you have honored God. You've 507 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 5: been faithful. You've seen the latter rain, but you haven't 508 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 5: seen anything yet. God is about to release the former rain, 509 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 5: the increase, the favor, the good breaks that's been stored 510 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 5: up in your family's account. I believe and declare generational 511 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 5: blessings are coming your way. Get ready for increase, Get 512 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 5: ready for new levels, Get ready for the fullness of 513 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 5: your destiny. In Jesus's name, if you receive it, can 514 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 5: you say. 515 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 4: Him in today? 516 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 517 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:52,160 Speaker 5: an opportunity to. 518 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 4: Make Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray 519 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 4: with me? 520 00:28:56,080 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 5: Just say Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins, come 521 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 5: into my heart. 522 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 4: I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you 523 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 4: prayed that simple. 524 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 5: Prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in a 525 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 5: good Bible based church, keep God first place. 526 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 4: He's going to take you where you've never dreamed. Thank 527 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 4: you for listening to the Joel Oustine podcast. 528 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 2: Help us continue to share the message of hope. 529 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:22,959 Speaker 4: With those all over the world. 530 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 2: Visit joelostin dot com slash give Hope to give a 531 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 2: gift today. 532 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for listening to today's message. 533 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 5: I hope you'll subscribe so you can receive the latest 534 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 5: podcast to keep. 535 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 4: You inspired all through the week. We're praying for you. 536 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 4: I know God's best is still ahead. We'll see you 537 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 4: next time.