1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Jorlan Victoria. Thanks so much for listening 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: to the podcast, and thanks for supporting the ministry. We 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,400 Speaker 1: believe you're going to have an awesome twenty twenty four, healthy, productive, 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: and favor filled. God bless you today and enjoy the message. Well, 5 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: God bless you. We're welcome you. It's always a joy 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,319 Speaker 1: to come into your homes. We love you, we pray 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: for you every single day, and we're believing that this 8 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: year is going to be your best year so far. 9 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: But thanks for tuning in. If you're ever in our area, 10 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: stop buy and see us. I promise you we'll make 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: you feel right at home. But God bless all of 12 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: you today. I like to start with something kind of funny, 13 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: and I heard about these three sons that left home, 14 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,160 Speaker 1: went out and prospered, and they came back to talk 15 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: about the gifts that they gave their elderly mother. The 16 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: first one said, I bought mother a big, beautiful house. 17 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: The second son said, well, I bought her a brand new, 18 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: fancy car. The third one said, well, since I know 19 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: mother loves to read the Bible and now she can 20 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: barely see, I got her a specially trained parent that 21 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: can quote the entire Bible. A few days later, they 22 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 1: got a letter from their mom said, Milton, the house 23 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: you built me was way too big. Gerald, the car 24 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: you bought me was way too small. But my dearest Donald, 25 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: your simple gift was my favorite. The chicken was delicious. Sunk. 26 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: All right, hold up your bibles and say it like 27 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what 28 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: it says I am. I have what it says I have. 29 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: I can do what it says I can do. Today 30 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess. 31 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 32 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 33 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you today about the legacy 34 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: that you're leaving. We need to learn to think more generationally. 35 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: The decisions that we make today, they don't just affect us. 36 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: They affect our children, our grandchildren, even generations to come. 37 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: And too often we just think about the here and now. Well, Joel, 38 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 1: it's my life. I know I have some bad habits. 39 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: I know I'm kind of hot tempered. I know it 40 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: don't treat everybody right. But that's okay. I can handle it. 41 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: But the problem with that kind of thinking is it's 42 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: not just hurting you, it's going to make it more 43 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: difficult on those that come after you. The things that 44 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: we don't overcome, the issues we leave on the table, 45 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: so to speak, they get passed down for the next 46 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: generation to deal with. No man, no woman dies unto themselves. 47 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 1: The addictions, the bad attitudes, the wrong mindsets, they all 48 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: get passed down. But the good news is every right 49 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: decision we make every time we resist temptation, every time 50 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: we honor God, not only are we going to come 51 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: up higher, but we're making it a little easier on 52 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: those that come after us. And each one of us 53 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: has a spiritual bank account. And by the way we live, 54 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: we're either storing up equity or we're storing up iniquity. 55 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: Iniquity would be anything good, our integrity, our determination, our godliness, 56 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 1: that's storing up blessings. On the other hand, iniquity would 57 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: be our bad habits, addictions, selfishness, lack of discipline. But 58 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: all of these things, either good or bad, are going 59 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: to be passed down to future generations. And when we 60 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: think about our legacy, we need to see it as 61 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: being more than just our life, a better way to 62 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: look at it is. Our life is just a few 63 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: laps in the marathon that our family line is running. 64 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: When I get done with my life, I'm gonna hand 65 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: that baton to my children. And in that baton, it's 66 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: gonna be full of not only my physical DNA, my traits, 67 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: my hair color, my size, my weight. It's gonna have 68 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: in it my spiritual and emotional DNA. It's gonna have 69 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: my tendencies, my attitudes, my habits, my mindset. My children 70 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: will take the baton, run a few laps, hand it 71 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: to their children, and on and on. And every lap 72 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: that we run with purpose and passion and integrity is 73 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: one less lap for those that come after us. And 74 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: we need to think about the big picture. I don't 75 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: know about you, but I want to leave my family 76 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: line better off than they were before. I don't want 77 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: to drag around being selfish with addictions, with bad habits. 78 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 1: I want to make it easier on those that come 79 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 1: after me. And I realize you don't all have children, 80 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: but you're going to live on through the people you influence. 81 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: You have a family line, your habits, your attitudes, what 82 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: you stand for, that's going to all be passed down 83 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: it's transferred through our blood, and even medical science is 84 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: starting to confirm this. I read an interesting study the 85 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: other day. It was done in nineteen ninety three by 86 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: the United States military. Now I don't know that I 87 00:04:56,279 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: fully understand it all, but it's very fascinating. They were 88 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,919 Speaker 1: curious about what really does get passed down. We know 89 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: that our physical traits do, but what about emotional, mental, 90 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: spiritual characteristics. What about bad attitudes and addictions, or what 91 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 1: about integrity, compassion, godliness? Can that really be passed down? Well, 92 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 1: they took some white blood cells from a volunteer and 93 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: they carefully placed them in a test tube, and then 94 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: they put a probe from a light detector test down 95 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: in that test tube. And of course, the probe measures 96 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: a person's emotional response. And they had this same volunteer 97 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: go a couple of doors down and watch some very 98 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: violent scenes on television. It was an old war movie. 99 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 1: And when this man watched the scenes, even though the 100 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: blood that was being tested was in another room, when 101 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: he got all up tight and tense, that light detector 102 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: test shot off the page. It was detecting his emotional 103 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: response even though the blood was no longer in body. 104 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: They did this with person after person and had the 105 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: exact same results. Their final conclusion was the blood cells 106 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: seemed to remember where they came from. And I was 107 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: thinking about if sicknesses and addictions and wrong mindsets can 108 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: be passed down, how much more can God's blessings and 109 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: favor and good habits be passed down through our blood. 110 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: And it's good to understand the generational curse, but we 111 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: need to make sure that we understand the generational blessing. 112 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: And I know right how much of the favor and 113 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: blessing on my life I didn't accumulate all on my own. 114 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 1: It was because my father passed it down my mother. 115 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: They left me not just a physical inheritance, They left 116 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: me a spiritual inheritance. We build on the past. My 117 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: father put me forty years down the road when he 118 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 1: handed us this ministry, and my dream would be to 119 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: place my children far from down the road. And I'm 120 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: not talking about just financially. I'm talking about in their attitudes, 121 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: in their work, habits, in their character, in their walk 122 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: with God. And what I want us to see today 123 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: is it's all connected. You are so in seeds for 124 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: future generations. And whether you realize it or not, everything 125 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: you do counts. Every time you persevere, every time you're faithful, 126 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: every time you tithe your income, every time you serve others, 127 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 1: you are making a difference. You're storing up equity. And 128 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: it's easy in life to think, well, Joel, I'm just 129 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: a businessman. I'm just a housewife, or Joel, I'm just 130 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: a single mom raising my kids going to work. Don't 131 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: kid yourself. I'm not going to do anything great. Be realistic. 132 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: You've got to learn to think more generationally. The fact 133 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: that you're a hard worker, the fact that you're faithful, 134 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: the fact that you're giving it, you're all. You are 135 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: so in seeds for those that come after you. And 136 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: the truth is you may not see it all come 137 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: to pass in your lifetime. You may very well be 138 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: so in a seed for a child or for a 139 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: grandchild to do something great. Don't get discourage. It's your 140 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: family legacy. It's not just you, it's even generations to come. 141 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: I think about my grandmother on my father's side. She 142 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: was a very hard worker. My grandparents were cotton farmers 143 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 1: and they lost everything they had in the Great Depression. 144 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: They didn't have any money, any food, any future really 145 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: to speak of. And my grandmother worked twelve hours a day, 146 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: making ten cents an hour washing people's clothes, a dollar 147 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: twenty a day. But do you know grandmother never complained 148 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: about it. She didn't go around with a poor old 149 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: me mentality. She just kept doing her best, giving it 150 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: her all. She was determined, she was persistent. She may 151 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: not have realized it way back then, but she was 152 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: so in seeds for her children. She was passing down 153 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: hard work, determination, persistence, and my father was able to 154 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 1: build on those qualities, and not only that, he took 155 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: it one step further. Because grandmother laid the foundation, Daddy 156 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: was able to break out of that rud and he 157 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: took our family to a whole new level. And the 158 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: fact is, my grandmother never really enjoyed the blessings and 159 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: the favor that we're seeing today. But had she not 160 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: been willing to pay the price, I don't know that 161 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 1: I'd be standing here today. And a lot of times 162 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: we tend to get the credit, but we need to 163 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: learn to look back and say, you know what, somebody 164 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: gave me some help along the way. And I know 165 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: today I can see some of those same qualities that 166 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: she had in my life, and I'm not bragging. I 167 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 1: know I didn't get them on my own. She helped 168 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: to pass them down. And my grandmother, she didn't have 169 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 1: a lot of fanfare, she didn't get a lot of glory, 170 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: but I can tell you she ran some very important 171 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: laps in our family legacy. When she passed that baton down, 172 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: it had in it determination, persistence. I never give up attitude. 173 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: I can do mentality now. It's instilled in our blood, 174 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: and I believe four or five generations from now, people 175 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: in my family line are going to be better off 176 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: all because of grandmother o Stein. And in the same way, 177 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: when you get up early and work hard, when you 178 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: come to church, even though you didn't feel like it, 179 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: you dig your heels in and resist that temptation. Please 180 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: understand you are making a difference. Don't be so shortsighted 181 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: and so ingrown that if it doesn't happen right now, 182 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: you're not gonna be happy. No, you're so in seeds. 183 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: Hey you so, joel Man. I'm working hard trying to 184 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: send my kids to college and I'm so tired. Don't 185 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: complain about that. Keep being faithful. You don't know what 186 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 1: your child's gonna do. You don't know how God may 187 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: use them to impact the world. Somebody in your family 188 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: line is going to be a great businessman, a great leader, 189 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: a great teacher, a great minister, a great author. It 190 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,719 Speaker 1: may be this generation, or it may be four or 191 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: five generations, but you know what it's going to be 192 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: in part because you were willing to pay the price. 193 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 1: And anytime you see somebody that's successful, anytime you see 194 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: somebody that's accomplished something great, they may be smart, they 195 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: may be talented, but don't kid yourself. They didn't do 196 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: it all by themselves. Somebody along the way paid the price. 197 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: Somebody passed down those qualities that they needed. And when 198 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 1: you live your life with excellence, when you go the 199 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: extra mile, nobody else may be seeing it. It may 200 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 1: look like you're not reaping any of the benefits. But 201 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: know this, in your blood, be informed, in your DNA. 202 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: Is that fortitude, that strength, that excellent spirit, and it's 203 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: going to be passed down from generation to generation. You 204 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: are making a difference. I have a friend that pastors 205 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: a church in another state. He and his wife started 206 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: the church fourteen or fifteen years ago and they have 207 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: a couple of thousand people coming. It's a strong, healthy church. 208 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: But this friend has big dreams in his heart. He 209 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 1: wants to see his church grow to thousands and thousands. 210 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: He has a dream of writing books that will impact 211 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: the world, and on and on. And a few months back, 212 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: he was very discouraged. Things had kind of leveled off. 213 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 1: Not too much exciting was happening. The church wasn't growing 214 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: very much anymore. And on top of that, when he 215 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 1: drives to his church, he has to pass by another 216 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: very large church. And this other church has fifteen twenty 217 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: thousand people coming, big beautiful campus, all these buildings. Really, 218 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,199 Speaker 1: it's exactly what he's streaming for. And on this one 219 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: particular day, he was sitting there in traffic looking at 220 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: this big, beautiful campus and it was kind of like 221 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: rubbing salt in the wound. He was so discouraged, and 222 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 1: he said, God, it's just not fair here. I've poured 223 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 1: my heart and soul into this dream that you've given me, 224 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: but I don't think I'll ever measure up to this 225 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: man's success. Why I won't my church grow? He was 226 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: being very honest. He said, God, I feel like I'm 227 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: being lapped two or three times. I don't even know 228 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: if I should stay in the race. And he said. 229 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 1: God spoke something back to him, not out loud, but 230 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: right down in here. He said, son, what would you 231 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: think if your son saw your dream come to pass? 232 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: What would you think if your daughter wrote a book 233 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 1: that impacted the world. How would you feel if your 234 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,880 Speaker 1: children had the same success that you were longing for? 235 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: His eyes lit up. He said, God, that would be great. 236 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: That would be a dream come true. And this changed 237 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: his perspective. He began to think more generationally. He began 238 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: to think, maybe I'm so in the seeds for my children. 239 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: Maybe I'm laying the groundwork for my grandchildren to do 240 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: something great. Remember, every lap that we run is one 241 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: less lap for those that come after us. Every day 242 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: you stay faithful, every test you passed, every obstacle you overcome, 243 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: you're not only coming up higher, but you're storing up equity. 244 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: You're making it easier on your children, on your grandchildren. Now, 245 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,520 Speaker 1: I believe what God was saying to him and to 246 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: us is never give up, keep pressing forwards. You got 247 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 1: big dreams. It may not come to pass exactly like 248 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: you would have thought, but you don't know the seeds 249 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: that you're sowing for your sons and your daughters. The 250 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: interesting thing is the pastor of the church where this 251 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: man had to pass the big church. He was a 252 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: fourth generation pastor. His father, his grandfather, and his great 253 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: grandfather all had smaller churches, a few hundred people. Why 254 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 1: did all of a sudden this man have such a 255 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: large church making such an impact. I believe it's because 256 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: somebody paid the price. Yes, he's talented, he's gifted, but 257 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: his forefathers, those that went before him, they stored up 258 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: the equity, and now the favors being released on him. 259 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: Now he's receiving the benefits. Let me ask you today, 260 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: are you willing to pay the price? Children, your grandchildren, 261 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: generations to come, can go up higher and accomplish more. 262 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: I know, if you're like me, there's nothing that would 263 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: make you any happier than to see your children go 264 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: further than you thought possible, or to see your grandchildren 265 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: go further than you ever even dreamed of. So my 266 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: message to you is to stay faithful, keep pressing forward 267 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: because you're so inceived for those things that come to pass, 268 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: and don't get frustrated if you don't see it all 269 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: come to pass. In your lifetime. I've found many times 270 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: you're going to see further than you're going to go. 271 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: God's going to put something bigger in you than you 272 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: can accomplish on your own. And don't be surprised if 273 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: your children or your grandchildren don't come along and finish 274 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: what you started. I heard somebody say, nothing truly great 275 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: can ever be accomplished in just one lifetime. I think 276 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: about even with my father. Many times he said, one 277 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: day we're gonna build an auditorium for twenty thousand people. 278 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: One day we're gonna have a big place where we 279 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: can all come together and worship. Well, Daddy had the vision, 280 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: but God used his children to complete it. And had 281 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: Daddy not stayed faithful, had he not stayed determined and 282 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: just kept that excellent spirit, then I don't believe it 283 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: would have ever come to pass. He had to sow 284 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: the seeds, he had to pave the way. And I 285 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: know you've got big dreams in your heart. I know 286 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: you've got a big vision. Keep pressing toward it, stay 287 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: faithful in the natural. You may not see how it 288 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: could ever come to pass, but you don't know. God 289 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: may have put that in you to get it started, 290 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: and your children, your grandchildren are gonna come and take 291 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 1: it further than you ever even thought possible. I love 292 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: something that our son Jonathan said one day when he 293 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: was just about four or five years old. He and 294 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: I were driving on the freeway right here in front 295 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: of the Compact Center, and I slowed down and I pointed. 296 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: I said, look, Jonathan, there's a Compact Center one day 297 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: that it's going to be yours. One day you're going 298 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: to be in their ministry. Without missing a beat, he said, no, Daddy, 299 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: when I get old enough, I'm gonna get the reliant stadium. 300 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 1: I thought, he's got a big vision. But keep pressing forward. 301 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: You're sowing seeds for that to come to pass. You 302 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: remember David, he had a dream to build the temple. 303 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: He even gathered the supplies, he brought in the big 304 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: cedars of Lebanon. But do you know he was never 305 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: allowed to build it. His son Solomon built the temple. 306 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 1: That's just the way that God had it planned out. 307 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: And if everything's not happening in your timing the way 308 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 1: you want, again, just keep doing your best, keep staying faithful. 309 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,520 Speaker 1: God's still in control. And as you keep living that 310 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: life of excellence and sowing those seeds. Know this, you 311 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: are making a difference, and in God's perfect timing, it's 312 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 1: all going to come to pass. Now. I know some 313 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: of you today. You have a lot of negative things 314 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: to overcome. You weren't raised by parents like mine, and 315 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: in your family line you've been passed down all kinds 316 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 1: of defeat, mediocrity, addictions, negativity. But thank God, you can 317 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: start a new family line. Don't you dare sit back 318 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: and just settle for a life of mediocrity. Don't keep 319 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: storing up that iniquity. Get out from under the curse 320 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: and make a decision that you're gonna start living under 321 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,959 Speaker 1: the blessing. The best thing you can do for your 322 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: family line is to live a life of integrity, stay 323 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: on the high road, do the right thing, even when 324 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: it's difficult. When you do that, you're making a difference, 325 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: not only for yourself, but for generations to come. There's 326 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 1: a scripture in First Chronicles four, verse forty. It says 327 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: that the people left the place better off than it 328 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: was before. That should be the goal of every one 329 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,680 Speaker 1: of us. Our attitude should be, I'm not gonna leave 330 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 1: my family a bunch of junk to deal with. I'm 331 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: not gonna leave them the same place right where they are. No, 332 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,239 Speaker 1: I'm gonna leave them better off. I'm gonna leave them 333 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: with more integrity, with more joy, with more faith, with 334 00:18:57,119 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: more favor, with more victory. I'm gonna leave them free 335 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 1: from bondages, closer to God. See, it's easy to get 336 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: stuck in a rut in life. It's easy to sit 337 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 1: back and think, Well, everybody in my family's negative, everybody's 338 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: addicted in my family, Joel, nobody's marriage lasts past two years, 339 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: nobody's successful, nobody's healthy. No, please get that junk out 340 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: of your mind. Don't allow that to become a stronghold. 341 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,679 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what anybody has or hasn't done. You 342 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: are a child of the most tied God. You do 343 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,920 Speaker 1: not have to live under the curse. You've already been 344 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: set free. And it may not have happened in the past, 345 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: but thank god, it can happen right now. The power 346 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: in you is greater than any obstacle that you're facing. 347 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: You can be the one to set a new standard. 348 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: But here's the key. Somebody has to be willing to 349 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: pay the price. Somebody has to step up and take 350 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: the junk off the table. It may have been in 351 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: your bloodline, but it doesn't have to stay in your bloodline. 352 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 1: All it takes is for one person to rise up 353 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 1: and start making better choices. Every right choice you make 354 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: begins to overturn the wrong choices of those that have 355 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,679 Speaker 1: gone before you. Nobody else may have done it. But 356 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: if you'll dig your heels in and overcome that habit, 357 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,120 Speaker 1: if you'll forgive the wrongs, if you'll dream bigger dreams, 358 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 1: then one day people in your family line will look 359 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: back and say, you know what it was because of 360 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: this man. It was because of this lady. They were 361 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: the turning point. We were all defeated up to here, 362 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: we were all addicted up to here. But look what 363 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: happened when they came along. Everything changed, We came up higher. 364 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: What really happened. The curse was broken and the blessings began. 365 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: That's what you can do for your family. And I 366 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: know I am where I am today because somebody prayed, 367 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: somebody took a stand for righteousness, Somebody stuck with their commitments, 368 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: somebody lived a life of integrity. Seeds have been sown 369 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: into my life. Ah you say, Joe Man, you just 370 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,439 Speaker 1: got some lucky breaks. Now, there's no such thing as 371 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: a lucky break. It's because somebody was praying, somebody persevered, 372 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: somebody honored God. And if you have godly parents, godly grandparents, 373 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: you should be extremely grateful because you have advantages today. 374 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: You have more of God's favor, more of his blessings 375 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 1: because of what they've done. They paid the price, and 376 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 1: when you have this godly heritage, you will stumble into blessings. 377 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: Great things will happen. You can't even figure out why 378 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: supernatural doors open don't make sense. You got the promotion 379 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 1: and you didn't deserve it. That's not a lucky break. 380 00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 1: It's because that grandmother was praying. It's because your parents 381 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 1: lived a life of excellence for I don't know, maybe 382 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: some great grandparents. They so to all those seeds. The 383 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: Bible talks about when we have this heritage of faith, 384 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: we will live in houses that we didn't build. We'll 385 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: enjoy vineyards that we didn't plant. God's blessings will chase 386 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: us down and overtake us. I thank God every day 387 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: for my parents, my grandparents, because of what they've done. 388 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 1: I know I'm not living under a generational curse. I'm 389 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: living under a general generational blessing. That's what you can 390 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: do for your family. Now, I can't think of anything 391 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: that I'd rather leave my children and my grandchildren than 392 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 1: the blessings in favor of God. Money, houses, cars, that's 393 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: all great. But living a life of integrity and excellence 394 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: that honors God is worth more than all of that. Now, 395 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: what I'm saying today is, don't take the easy way out. 396 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,919 Speaker 1: Keep doing your best even when it's difficult. Keep loving, 397 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 1: keep giving, keep serving. Your faithfulness is not going unnoticed. 398 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 1: You are storing of equity, not just for yourself, but 399 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: for generations to come. First Samuel, chapter twenty five, there's 400 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 1: a story about David. He and his men had been 401 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: out protecting the family and the workers of a man 402 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: by the name of Nabel, and one day David sent 403 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: his men to ask Nabel for some food and supplies. 404 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 1: And David thought for sure that Nabel would be grateful 405 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,239 Speaker 1: for what they were doing, they were protecting them from 406 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 1: their enemies, that he'd freely give them what they had 407 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 1: asked for. But when those men got there, Nabel treated 408 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: them very rude and disrespectfully. He basically said, you know, 409 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: I don't even know who you are. I never asked 410 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: you to do any of this, So just be on 411 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: your way. Don't bother me with this. And when those 412 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: men got back and told David how bad they had 413 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 1: been treated, David was furious. He said, all right, men, 414 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: get your swords. We're gonna go take care of Nabel. 415 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 1: We're just gonna wipe him out. But on the way there, 416 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:31,680 Speaker 1: Nabel's wife stopped David. She had heard what had happened, 417 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: and she brought all these gifts and supplies and foods, 418 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: and she said, David, my husband is a very rude 419 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: and an ungrateful man, and I know he shouldn't have 420 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: treated you like this. And in verse twenty eight, she said, 421 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: but David, if you will just forgive this wrong, I 422 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: know that God will give you an enduring house. And 423 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: I like that phrase and enduring house. She was saying, David, 424 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: I know you have a right to be angry. I 425 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: know my husband paid you back evil for your good. 426 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: But if you can just dare overlook it and take 427 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: the high road and let it go, I know God 428 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: will bless you for generations to come. I know he'll 429 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: give you an enduring house. And she convinced David. He 430 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: swallowed his pride, he walked away, he let it go. 431 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 1: And throughout life we're all going to have situations like that. Well, 432 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 1: we can find some reason to be angry, some reason 433 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: to be bitter. You may be here today and you say, Joel, 434 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 1: I got a good reason to walk out of my marriage. 435 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: I've been treated wrong. I got a good reason to 436 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: live life with a chip on my shoulder. I've had 437 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: so much unfair I got a good reason to have 438 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: these addictions. Everybody in my family has it. But I'm 439 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: asking you to do like David and take the high road. 440 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,360 Speaker 1: You may have a good reason, but don't give into it. 441 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: That junk can get into your blood. It can be 442 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: passed down. And our children, our grandchildren, they already have 443 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: enough to overcome without us adding our pile of junk 444 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: on top of it. It may be difficult, but know this, 445 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:10,479 Speaker 1: You have the power to overcome. And every wrong that 446 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: you forgive, every bad habit you break, every victory you win, 447 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: that's one less lap for those that come after you. 448 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 1: And even if you don't do it for yourself, I'm 449 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,959 Speaker 1: asking you today, do it for your children, Do it 450 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 1: for your grandchildren, Do it so you can have an 451 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: enduring house. I heard somebody say your blood always speaks. 452 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: What they meant is your blood is charged with your experiences. 453 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: It remembers like that study where it's come from. Now, 454 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 1: one hundred years from now, your blood is still going 455 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: to be talking in some way, shape or form. It's 456 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 1: going to be affecting others in your family life. Let 457 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: me ask you, what's your blood going to be saying defeat, mediocrity, unforgiveness, bitterness. No, 458 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: I believe your blood's going to be saying determination, persistence, integrity, godliness, generosity, favor, faith, 459 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: and victory. Let me challenge you again, pass down a 460 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: godly heritage, leave your family a legacy of good things. 461 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: You may have a lot of negative in the past, 462 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: but thank God, today is a new day. Why don't 463 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: you draw the line in the sand and say I 464 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: am done with the generational curse. As for me and 465 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 1: my family, we're going to live under the generational blessing. 466 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: And remember this, everything you do counts. You may not 467 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 1: see it all come to pass in your lifetime, but 468 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: don't get discouraged. You're so in seeds for those that 469 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: come after you. Stay passionate about your life. Don't lose 470 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: your enthusiasm. Get up every day and give it your 471 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: very very best. And if you do that, not only 472 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: will you rise higher, not only will you accomplish more. 473 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: But God has promised your seed, your family line for 474 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,439 Speaker 1: up to a thousand generations is going to have the 475 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: blessings and the favor of God, all because of the 476 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 1: life that you've lived. Amen, do you receive it today? 477 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: We never like to close on broadcast without giving you 478 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 479 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 1: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 480 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 481 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 482 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,119 Speaker 1: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. Get in 483 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,280 Speaker 1: a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's 484 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: going to take you places that you've never dreamed of. 485 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 2: Sometimes the stresses of life can feel like you're just 486 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:40,359 Speaker 2: getting by. God wants to bless us, But how do 487 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 2: you move from barely enough to just enough to more 488 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 2: than enough? 489 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 1: We all face difficulties and people that are hard to 490 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,879 Speaker 1: deal with. You can't eliminate all the stress, but if 491 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: you'll handle it the right way you don't have to 492 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: live stressed out. Much of our frustration is we're trying 493 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 1: to control things that we can't control, letting things stress 494 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: us that don't have to. I'd love to send you 495 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: by new book, fifty five Ways to be Blessed and 496 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 1: Not Stressed. I'll show you practical things you can do 497 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 1: to live more peaceful and enjoy each day. 498 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 2: You can move from stressed to blessed and fully realize 499 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 2: God's goodness, favor and blessings. As our way of saying 500 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 2: thank you for your gift of any amount to the ministry, 501 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 2: this month, Joel and Victoria would like to send you 502 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 2: this powerful life transforming resource, fifty five Ways to be 503 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 2: Blessed and not Stressed. With this book, you'll not just 504 00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 2: see one pathway forward, but fifty five powerful life changing 505 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 2: ways to kill the stress and give life to a 506 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,959 Speaker 2: life of blessing. These fifty five promises will open God's 507 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 2: floodgates and release double the impact of his divine direction, 508 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 2: opportunity and blessing every day. Now expect, declare, and receive 509 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 2: a blessed not stressed. Over the top outpouring in your life. 510 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 1: How much time are you spending worried, upset, and frustrated. 511 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: Life is too short to live stressed. If you'll make 512 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: some simple adjustments, you can live blessed and not stressed. 513 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: Victory and I want you to know we're praying for 514 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: you that you'll experience peace and joy and see your 515 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: dreams come to pass. Thank you so much for your 516 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: prayers and support. Your generosity is impacting lives all over 517 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 1: the world. Remember you can watch the services online Sunday mornings, 518 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 1: download our daily podcast, listen on Serious XM YouTube social media. 519 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: But until we meet again, let the Lord bless you 520 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: and keep you. 521 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of fifty five Ways 522 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 2: to be Blessed and not Stressed today. Visit Joelostein dot 523 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 2: com or call eight eight eight five six seven Joel