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Thanks for listening to our 36 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. 37 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 5: If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 38 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 5: blessing and share. 39 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: It with a friend. Reappreciate you and pray for God's 40 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: very best in your life. So God bless you. Always 41 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 2: enjoy to come into your homes. We love you, we 42 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 2: know God has great things in store for you. And 43 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 2: if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop 44 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 2: buying be a part of one of our services. I 45 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: promise you we'll make you feel right at home. But 46 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 2: thanks so much for tuning in today, and again thanks 47 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 2: for coming out today as well, and I like to 48 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 2: get started with something funny each week. And I heard 49 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 2: about this little girl. She asked her mom how the 50 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 2: human race got started. The mother explained how God created 51 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 2: Adam and Eve and they had children and on and 52 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 2: on here we are today. A few days later, she 53 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 2: asked her father the same question. He explained, how many 54 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: years ago there were monkeys, and little by little they 55 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 2: became more like people, And how here we are confused. 56 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 2: She went back to her mom and said, Mom, you 57 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 2: said God created people. Dad says we came from monkeys. 58 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 2: How can that be? The mom said, oh, honey, that's easy. 59 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: I told you about my side of the family. Dad 60 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 2: told you about his. All right, Hold up, you say 61 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I 62 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 2: am what it says. 63 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: I am. 64 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 2: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: what it says I can do. Today I will be 66 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 67 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 2: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 68 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 2: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 69 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 2: to talk to you today about leaving a legacy of 70 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 2: faith as we celebrate the resurrection of Christ. One thing 71 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: we see is how Jesus went before us and paved 72 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: the way for victory. He was crucified on the cross. 73 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: They buried him in the grave, But on the third 74 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: day he came out of that grave, and he said, 75 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 2: because I live, you can live also. He won not 76 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 2: only so we could win, but so that we could 77 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 2: help others to win as well. The life we live, 78 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: the decisions we make, should make it easier on those 79 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 2: that come after us. When we hear the word legacy, 80 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 2: a lot of times we think of how we'll be remembered, 81 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: our accomplishments, what will leave our family. That's all important, 82 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 2: but there's also something even more significant. The scripture talks 83 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 2: about how we can store up mercy for our children 84 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 2: and future generations. We can store up blessings and favor 85 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: by living a life of excellence and integrity that will 86 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 2: affect generations to come. I know I am here today 87 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 2: because I had parents that honored God. I had grandparents 88 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 2: that prayed for me and modeled a life of excellence. 89 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 2: You are where you are because somebody sacrificed, somebody prayed, 90 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 2: somebody served, and now God is honoring them by releasing 91 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 2: his goodness in your life. None of us got to 92 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 2: where we are on our own. The apostle Paul said, Timothy, 93 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 2: the faith I see in you first dwelt in your 94 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: grandmother Lois, and then your mother Eunice, and now I 95 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 2: can see it in you. Paul was saying, Timothy, what 96 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 2: I see in you didn't start with you. It started 97 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 2: because you had a praying grandmother. That woman honored God 98 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 2: with her life. She stored up mercy and it got 99 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,719 Speaker 2: passed down to your mother. And now I can see 100 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 2: it in you. And the good news is it's not 101 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 2: going to stop with you, but it's going to keep 102 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 2: going from generation to generation. Now you say, Joel, not 103 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 2: with me. I don't have a godly heritage. My parents, 104 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 2: my relatives, they didn't give God the time of day. No, 105 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 2: you wouldn't be in church today, you wouldn't be watching 106 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,239 Speaker 2: right now. If somebody somewhere in your family line didn't 107 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 2: honor God. It may have been one hundred years ago 108 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: that you had a cousin, a relative, a great great grandfather. 109 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 2: They prayed, they helped others. It was their faith, their 110 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 2: life of excellence that planted the seed. And now God 111 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 2: is rewarding them by helping you to live a life 112 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: of victory. In the scripture, one time Joshua and the 113 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 2: people of Israel were in the midst of a great battle. 114 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 2: Moses was on a hill holding up the Rod of 115 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 2: God in the air, and as long as Moses had 116 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 2: his hands in the air, Joshua and the people of 117 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 2: Israel would win. But when he got tired and put 118 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 2: his hands down, the enemy would start winning. Moses realized 119 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 2: what was happening. He got a couple men to help 120 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 2: him keep his hands in the air. But what I 121 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,119 Speaker 2: want you to see is Joshua is down there winning 122 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 2: the battle. He doesn't realize the only reason he's winning 123 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 2: is because Moses is on the hill holding up his hands. 124 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 2: Without Moses doing his part, Joshua and the people of 125 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 2: Israel would have been defeated. And it's easy to think, well, 126 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 2: I'm successful today, Joel, because I'm smart, I'm blessed, because 127 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 2: I'm a hard worker, because I'm talented. That's why i 128 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 2: have a great life. And yes, that may be true 129 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 2: in part, but you didn't get to where you are 130 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 2: on your own. You are smart because you have the 131 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 2: wisdom of your father's it's been passed down to you. 132 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 2: You are talented because your mother and grandmother worked hard 133 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 2: to develop their gifts, and then they took time to 134 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 2: teach you and to build your confidence. You got that 135 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 2: good break not because you were lucky, not because they 136 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 2: just decided to offer you that position. No, somebody in 137 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 2: your family line honored God. Somebody that you can't see 138 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 2: is holding up their hands. They won so that you 139 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: could win. My challenge to us today is live your 140 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 2: life in such a way to cause others to win. 141 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 2: Every right decision you make, you are holding up your hands. 142 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 2: You're making it easier on those that come after you. 143 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 2: Every time you resist temptation, you were winning for your children. 144 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 2: Every time you are kind and respectful, every time you 145 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 2: help someone in need, every time you come to church, 146 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 2: serve and give, you are storing up mercy. It may 147 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 2: be for your children, your grandchildren, or even one hundred 148 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 2: years from now, somebody in your family line will experience 149 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 2: God's goodness because of the life that you've lived. It's interesting. 150 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 2: In the Book of Hebrews, it talks about a man 151 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 2: by the name of Levi. I don't know that I 152 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 2: fully understand it, but it says that Levi gave tithes 153 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 2: and offerings while he was still in his forefather's loins. 154 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 2: In other words, before he was born, before he showed 155 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 2: up on planet Earth, God credited tithes and offerings to 156 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 2: him because one of his relatives was a giver. What happened, 157 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 2: somebody went before him and stored up favor. When you give, 158 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: God is not going to just bless you, but he's 159 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 2: going to credit that giving to your children and to 160 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 2: future generations. I have a little notebook of my grandfather's 161 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 2: that he kept of all of his giving. Granddaddy died 162 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 2: when he was ninety six, quite a few years ago, 163 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 2: but for over fifty years he wrote down every tithe, 164 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 2: every offering. You can go back and look. In July 165 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 2: nineteen sixty three, seven dollars to the Lakewood Building Fund, 166 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 2: ten dollars to Central Baptist Church, on and on. No 167 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 2: wonder I'm blessed today, No wonder, I'm seeing God's favor. 168 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 2: Somebody went before me that was a giver. Now God 169 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 2: is honoring my grandfather by honoring me. David talked about 170 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 2: this in Psalm eighty nine. He called it a covenant 171 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 2: of mercy. And just like a bank account, every one 172 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 2: of us has an account in heaven by the life 173 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 2: we live, we can store up blessings favor mercy. How 174 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 2: do we make deposits into this account? By making choices 175 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 2: that honor God. When you come to church, you're storing 176 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 2: up mercy. You made a deposit into your heavenly account today. 177 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 2: When you forgive a wrong, when you overlook an insult, 178 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 2: you're not just helping yourself, but you're making a deposit 179 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 2: of mercy. Maybe you struggle with an addiction. The temptation comes, 180 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 2: but instead of giving in, you discipline yourself to resist it. 181 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 2: You just made another deposit of mercy. God said to David. 182 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: Because you've stored up this mercy, because you've done your 183 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 2: best to honor me, I will always look favorably towards 184 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 2: your children and future generations. And even if they make mistakes, 185 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 2: even if they get off track, I will not give 186 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 2: them what they deserve. I will show them mercy because 187 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 2: of the life that you've lived. That's what God is 188 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 2: saying to all of us. Because you're making right choices. 189 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 2: God is going to watch after your children, your grandchildren, 190 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 2: your nieces and your nephews, and even if they get 191 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 2: off course, God's going to help them get back on course. 192 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 2: Because of the life that you're living now. I don't 193 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 2: know about you, but that helps me to sleep better 194 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 2: at night. I know that as long as I'm being 195 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 2: my best, as long as I'm keeping my mercy account full, 196 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 2: God is promised he'll not only show me mercy, but 197 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 2: he'll take it one step further, and he'll always look 198 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 2: favorably toward my children and grandchildren. I want you to understand, 199 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 2: you're not just coming to church. You're storing up mercy. 200 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 2: You're not just being kind to that stranger. You're not 201 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 2: just overlooking an insult. You're not just forgiving or wrong. 202 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 2: You're making a deposit of mercy, he says. Are you 203 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,599 Speaker 2: still volunteering at the hospital. Aren't you tired of that? 204 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,319 Speaker 2: Not at all. I'm keeping my mercy account full. You 205 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 2: mean you're still going over to Lakewood, getting there early, 206 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,839 Speaker 2: singing in the choir, ushering, being a greed or teaching 207 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 2: the children. Yes I am. I'm making deposits of mercy, 208 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 2: and I know God promises he will not only show 209 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 2: me favor, but he will be good to my children 210 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 2: and future generations. When I was growing up, I had 211 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 2: a friend that was a pastor's son like me. For 212 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 2: a while he started going out and partying, doing all 213 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 2: these things he knew he shouldn't be doing. He thought 214 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:38,400 Speaker 2: we were too stiff, and this other group was having 215 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 2: more fun, so he started hanging out with them. He 216 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 2: told me later, Joel, I was so miserable in front 217 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 2: of them. I acted like I was having fun, but 218 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 2: deep down I just couldn't stand it. I'd come home 219 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:54,199 Speaker 2: at night almost sick to my stomach. I told him, 220 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 2: it's because you are ruined for doing wrong. 221 00:12:58,080 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 4: Man. 222 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 2: Your parents have stored up so much mercy. God is 223 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 2: going to make you miserable to you get back on 224 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 2: the right course. Today. He's the pastor of a very 225 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 2: successful church. But this is the way our God is. 226 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 2: Even if our children, our grandchildren, get off course, God's 227 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 2: going to make sure they're uncomfortable. He's going to give 228 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 2: them an unrest that will eventually stir them out of 229 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 2: those wrong places. It may not happen overnight, but God 230 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 2: will keep working on them and working on them all 231 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 2: because of the life of excellence that you have lived. 232 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 2: This is what happened with David's children. Twenty three years 233 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 2: after David died, his son Solomon was making very poor 234 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 2: choices he'd married these foreign wives, and now he was 235 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 2: starting to worship their idols and first kings. God said 236 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 2: to him, Solomon, normally I would take the kingdom away 237 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 2: from you. You've done wrong in my sight. However, I 238 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 2: will not do it for your father David's sake. God 239 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 2: was saying, Solomon, you deserve judgment. You've done wrong, but 240 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 2: I am a loyal God. And your father David, even 241 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 2: though he lived twenty three years ago, he stored up 242 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 2: mercy for you, and I'm not going to give you 243 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 2: what you deserve. I'm going to show favor on you 244 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 2: because of the life your father has lived. There's no 245 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 2: telling how many things we've been spared because somebody in 246 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 2: our family line made a deposit of mercy. All of 247 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 2: a sudden, we get a good break, a problem resolved, 248 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 2: and we think, man, I sure was lucky. That could 249 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 2: have turned out bad. No, luck didn't have anything to 250 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 2: do with it. It was because you had a grandmother 251 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 2: that was praying, or you had a great great uncle 252 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 2: that you never even met. He honored God, and now 253 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 2: God is honoring him by helping you to get out 254 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 2: of that trouble. Solomon eventually died and his son took 255 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 2: over the throne Reaboeen. This was David's grandson. You would 256 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,040 Speaker 2: have thought he had learned to do what's right. He 257 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 2: didn't honor God. He was in the midst of all 258 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 2: this turmoil. This was fifty seven years after David's death. 259 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 2: God basically said the same thing to him, Ria Boem, 260 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 2: I should send judgment for the wrong that you've done. Nevertheless, 261 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 2: for my servant David's sake, I will not do it. 262 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 2: Notice how this mercy is being passed from generation to generation, 263 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 2: all because one man chose to honor God. You can 264 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 2: be that man, You can be that woman. You can 265 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 2: be that young person that will affect generations to come. 266 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 2: I can't think of anything I'd rather leave my children 267 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 2: more than the blessings and favor of God. And living 268 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 2: a life of excellence and integrity is worth more than 269 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 2: leaving your children houses and cars and money. The Scripture 270 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 2: puts it this way. A godly heritage is better than 271 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 2: a heritage of great wealth. Let me challenge you. Keep 272 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 2: being your best each day. You were so in seeds 273 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:06,360 Speaker 2: for future generations. Keep doing the right thing even when 274 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 2: it's hard, Keep serving, keep giving, keep loving. You are 275 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 2: storing up blessings and favor, not only for you, but 276 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 2: for generations to come. Think about this. Three hundred and 277 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 2: five years after David was dead, one of his great 278 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 2: great great grandchildren was on the throne. His name was 279 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 2: King Hezekiah. A huge army had surrounded Jerusalem. It looked 280 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 2: like Hezekiah and the people were doomed, looked like they 281 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 2: didn't have a chance. But all of a sudden, the 282 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 2: Angel of the Lord showed up and in a split second, 283 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 2: destroyed one hundred and eighty thousand of the enemy troops. 284 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 2: Hezekiah's life and city was fair. Not long after that, 285 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 2: Hezekiah said, God, what did we do to deserve this 286 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 2: favor in such a way? God said, in effect, Hezekiah, 287 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 2: there's a man that's been in the grave three hundred 288 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 2: and five years. He honored me, he loved me, and 289 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 2: I'm a faithful God. And yes, Hezekiah, I love you. 290 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 2: But I'm not doing this for your sake. I'm doing 291 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:15,959 Speaker 2: it because a man named David established a covenant of mercy, 292 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 2: and I will always watch after his seed. That's the 293 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 2: promise God makes to us. If we will keep him first, 294 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 2: he will make sure that our seed is taken care of. 295 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 2: We may not even be around. But I love to 296 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 2: think about the fact the decisions I make today can 297 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 2: affect my descendants for the good for years and years 298 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 2: to come. I want God to be able to say 299 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 2: to my relatives that may need help many years from now, 300 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 2: I'm not doing this for your sake, But way back 301 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 2: in twenty ten, there was a young, good looking minister 302 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 2: that lived. He did his best to honor me, and 303 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 2: because of the life he lived, I'm gonna show you mercy, 304 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 2: not for your sake, but for his sake. How that 305 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 2: ought to stir us up to make our lives count. 306 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 2: The scripture talks about how an iniquity can be passed 307 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 2: down for three or four generations. An iniquity is something destructive, addictions, 308 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 2: bad habits, sicknesses, low self esteem, depression. Those things can 309 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 2: get passed down three or four generations. But it says 310 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 2: in Deuteronomy seventy nine, God will keep his covenant of 311 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:37,400 Speaker 2: mercy with those that love him for a thousand generations. 312 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 2: That means the fact that you're in church today, the 313 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 2: fact that you're watching right now, a thousand generations from now, 314 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 2: God will not forget about this. You are making a 315 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 2: lasting difference. This one thing to leave your family material resources, 316 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 2: and that's good, but let me challenge it. To leave 317 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,959 Speaker 2: them something greater than money, greater than houses, greater than cars. 318 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 2: Leave them this covenant of mercy, Leave them a legacy 319 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 2: of faith. When times get tough and you think, oh, man, 320 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 2: I don't feel like going to church, I don't feel 321 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 2: like being good to these people. They're aggravating me. I 322 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 2: don't even feel like trying to overcome this addiction. I 323 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 2: don't see anything happening. No, you have to keep reminding yourself. 324 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:25,959 Speaker 2: You are storing up mercy. Every time you leave this building. 325 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 2: You should say to yourself, I just made another deposit 326 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 2: of mercy. My account got a little bit fuller. Every 327 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 2: time you get up early to read your Bible and pray, 328 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 2: every time you're kind to someone, every time you resist temptation, 329 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 2: you're not only making it easier for yourself, but you're 330 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 2: making it easier for generations to come. You are affecting 331 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,479 Speaker 2: your bloodline, and some of you today need some new blood. 332 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 2: There are things you're dealing with right now that keep 333 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 2: getting passed from generation to generation. And if you don't 334 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 2: draw the line in the sand, and say no more. 335 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 2: This is a new day. I'm gonna break these addictions. 336 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna live negative, bitter, angry, upset. If you 337 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 2: don't put a stop to it, it'll continue to linger 338 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 2: in your family line for generations and generations. One time 339 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 2: in the Old Testament, God told King Saul to go 340 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 2: and totally destroy the Amalekites. Saul went out and defeated 341 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 2: the enemy, but he spared the king, King Agag. He 342 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 2: captured him, and when he brought him back, the prophet 343 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 2: Samuel saw it. He says, Saul, what in the world 344 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 2: have you done? God gave you the power to totally 345 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,959 Speaker 2: defeat this enemy, but you've spared the king. Fast forward now, 346 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 2: hundreds of years later, Esther is in the palace. There's 347 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 2: a man by the name of Haman that is trying 348 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 2: to get rid of her and all of her people. 349 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 2: The scripture says that Hayman was an Agite, and Agite 350 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 2: was a descendant of King Agag. Here's my point. If 351 00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 2: Saul would have taken care of the enemy when God 352 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 2: gave him the power to do it, Estra wouldn't be 353 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 2: having this problem five hundred years later. Could it be 354 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 2: that there are issues that you're dealing with right now, 355 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,200 Speaker 2: that if you don't rise up and put a stop 356 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 2: to it, someone in your family line will still be 357 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 2: struggling with it five hundred years from now. God is saying, 358 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 2: this is your time, this is your moment. Your destiny 359 00:21:32,119 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 2: is calling out to you. You can either put up 360 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 2: with it, let it conquer you, and like Saul, let 361 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 2: good enough be good enough, or you can put your 362 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,399 Speaker 2: foot down and say no way. The same power that 363 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 2: raised Jesus from the dead is on the inside of me. 364 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 2: I am going to totally defeat this enemy. I'm going 365 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 2: to conquer this addiction, this anger, this low self esteem, 366 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 2: this depression. I Am not going to let it linger 367 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 2: in my family line any longer. Friends, you've got to 368 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,639 Speaker 2: rise up and fight the good fight of faith. You 369 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 2: are anointed, you are equipped, you are empowered. The forces 370 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 2: that are for you are greater than the forces that 371 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 2: are against you. My declaration is we are putting a 372 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 2: stop to every negative thing in our family line. Every 373 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 2: curse is being broken. No sickness, no addictions, no bad habits, 374 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 2: no depression, no low self esteem is going to be 375 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 2: passed any further. Today. The tide of the battle is turning. 376 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 2: I read a story about our Capone's lawyer. His name 377 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 2: was Easy Eddie. Of course, our Capone was the leader 378 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 2: of the mafia in Chicago many many years ago, and 379 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 2: Easy Eddie had no integrity. He did whatever he had 380 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 2: to to keep Capone out of jail. He was extremely 381 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 2: successful and compensated greatly for it. But Easy Eddie had 382 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 2: a young son. Even though with all of his wealth 383 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 2: and influence he could give his boy the houses and 384 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 2: cars and the best of everything, there were two things 385 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 2: he could not give his young son, and it really 386 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 2: bothered him. He could not give him a good name 387 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 2: or a good example. He got to where he couldn't 388 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 2: live with himself, although he knew the consequences would be extreme. 389 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 2: One day he went to the authorities and he told 390 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,760 Speaker 2: everything he knew about Capone, and he confessed to all 391 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 2: the wrong that he had done. He was trying, in 392 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 2: some way to salvage his reputation and to teach his 393 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 2: young boy that integrity and honor and excellence was so important. 394 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 2: He ended up having to testify against the mob, and, 395 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 2: as most people expected, within a year, his life ended 396 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 2: in a hell of gunfire outside his home. Many years later, 397 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,640 Speaker 2: during World War II, there was a young US airman 398 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 2: flying his fighter plane on a mission in the South Pacific. 399 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 2: Not long after takeoff, he realized someone had forgotten to 400 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,920 Speaker 2: fill his fuel tanks. He couldn't complete the mission. He 401 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 2: dropped out of formation headed back to the mother ship. 402 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 2: On the way, he saw a squadron of enemy planes 403 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:17,160 Speaker 2: speeding toward his fleet, the one he just left without him. 404 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 2: His fleet was totally defenseless. He had no way to 405 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 2: contact them. The only thing he could do was to 406 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 2: try to distract these planes and keep them from going 407 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 2: after his friends. Even though he was outnumbered ten to one, 408 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 2: he charged toward them, darting in and out like a madman. 409 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 2: He dove at their wings and tried to clip their tails, 410 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 2: doing everything he could. The whole time he was being 411 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 2: hit with bullets, Smoke was everywhere. Looked like he didn't 412 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 2: have a chance. At one point, these enemy pilots got 413 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 2: so confused and so frustrated they turned around, gave up 414 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 2: and went back. He spared his fleet all by himself. 415 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:01,400 Speaker 2: For this incredible act of bravery, he became the Navy's 416 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 2: first pilot to receive the Medal of Honor award for 417 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 2: the highest act of bravery and heroism. A year later, 418 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 2: this young man, Butch O'Hare, was killed in aerial combat 419 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,359 Speaker 2: at the age of twenty nine. His hometown city would 420 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 2: not let his heroics be forgotten. Today O'Hare Airport in 421 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 2: Chicago is named after him. But what makes this story 422 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 2: more significant is Butch O'Hare was easy Eddie's son. He 423 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 2: was the young man that Easy Eddie changed his life for. 424 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 2: Do you see the difference one person can make in 425 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: a family line, When one man, when one woman, when 426 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 2: one young person rises up and says, you know what, 427 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 2: I'm gonna live a life that honors God. I'm going 428 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 2: to be a person of excellence and integrity. I'm not 429 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 2: gonna compromise. I'm not gonna take the easy way out. 430 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 2: When you make an effort to honor God like that, 431 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 2: when you do what you can to make things right, 432 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 2: you are starting this covenant of mercy. God will not 433 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 2: only honor you, he will honor your children. This family 434 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 2: went from no reputation, no integrity, no respect, one generation 435 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 2: later to incredible respect, honor, and admiration. Some of you 436 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 2: today are one generation away from seeing God honor your 437 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 2: family like you've never even dreamed of. It may not 438 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 2: be to have your name on something big, but God 439 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:37,159 Speaker 2: is going to honor your children with incredible success, with 440 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 2: amazing opportunities. God is going to show you an Ephesians three, 441 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 2: twenty decade exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. You may have 442 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 2: some things in your past, like easy eddy that you're 443 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 2: not proud of, but God is not interested in where 444 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 2: you've been. He's interested in where you're going. Today can 445 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 2: be a new day. You can be the one to 446 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 2: set a new standard. You can be the one to 447 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 2: fill your account of mercy full. You may come from 448 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 2: what we call these long lines of generational curses. But 449 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 2: the good news is there's something else called a generational blessing. 450 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 2: And just as sicknesses and addictions can be passed down, 451 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 2: how much more can faith, integrity, favor be passed down. 452 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 2: Now I've learned this, the blessing will always override the curse. 453 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 2: As we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, one promise we 454 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 2: can stand on is that Christ has redeemed us from 455 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 2: the curse of the law. Let that inspire you to 456 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 2: rise higher, to break every bondage, and to become everything 457 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 2: God's created you to be. Jesus won the victory. Now 458 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 2: let's take the power the authority he's given us and 459 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 2: not only win for ourselves, but let's help someone else win. 460 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 2: Let's make decisions that honor God and make it easier 461 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 2: on those that come after us. After all, I don't 462 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 2: want my relatives to serve God in spite of me. 463 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 2: I want them to serve God because of me. I 464 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 2: want them to be challenged by my faith, inspired by 465 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 2: the excellence and integrity that they see. Remember, none of 466 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 2: us got to where we are by ourselves. Somebody went 467 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: before us to make it easier. Somebody held up their hands, 468 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 2: like Moses did for Joshua. I'm asking you today to 469 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 2: hold up your hands and help somebody else win lead 470 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 2: this legacy of faith. If you do this, you are 471 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 2: storing up mercy. And God promises he will not only 472 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 2: be good to your family line for a thousand generations, 473 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 2: but God will be good to you. He'll pour out 474 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 2: his blessings in favor. And I believe in declare you 475 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 2: will become everything God's created you to be, and you 476 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,719 Speaker 2: will see an Ephesians three, twenty decade exceedingly abundantly above 477 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 2: and beyond. Amen and Amen, do you receive that today? 478 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 2: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 479 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 480 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 2: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord Jesus, I'll 481 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 2: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 482 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 2: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 483 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 2: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 484 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 2: a good Bible based church. 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