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It's 42 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 5: always a joy into your homes. We loved you, We 43 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 5: pray for you every single day, and we're believing that 44 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 5: this year is going to be your best year. 45 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 3: So far, but thanks for tuning in. If you're ever 46 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 3: in our area, stop buy and see us. 47 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,399 Speaker 5: I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. 48 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 5: But God bless all of you today. I like to 49 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 5: start with something kind of funny. And I heard about 50 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 5: these three sons that left home, went out and prospered, 51 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 5: and they came back to talk about the gifts that 52 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 5: they gave their elderly mother. The first one said, I 53 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 5: bought mother a big, beautiful house. 54 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 3: The second son said, well, I bought her a brand new, 55 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 3: fancy car. 56 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 5: The third one said, well, since I know mother loves 57 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 5: to read the Bible and now she can barely see, 58 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 5: I got her a specially trained parent that can quote 59 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 5: the entire Bible. A few days later, they got a 60 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 5: letter from their mom said, Milton, the house you built 61 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 5: me was way too big. Gerald, the car you bought 62 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 5: me was way too small. But my dearest Donald, your 63 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 5: simple gift was my favorite. 64 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 3: The chicken was delicious. 65 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 5: Sun, God, hold up your bibles and say it like you, meaning, 66 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 5: this is my Bible. 67 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 3: I am what it says I am. I have what it. 68 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 5: Says I have, I can do what it says I 69 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 5: can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. 70 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 5: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 71 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 3: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 72 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 3: bless you. 73 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 5: I want to talk to you today about the legacy 74 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 5: that you're leaving. We need to learn to think more generationally. 75 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 5: The decisions that we make today, they don't just affect us. 76 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 5: They affect our children, our grandchildren, even generations to come. 77 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 3: And too often we just think about the here and now. Well, Joel, 78 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 3: it's my life. 79 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 5: I know I have some bad habits. I know I'm 80 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 5: kind of hot tempered. I know don't treat everybody right. 81 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 5: But that's okay. 82 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 3: I can handle it. 83 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 5: But the problem with that kind of thinking is it's 84 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 5: not just hurting you, it's going to make get more 85 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 5: difficult on those that come after you. The things that 86 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 5: we don't overcome, the issues we leave on the table, 87 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 5: so to speak, they get passed down for the next 88 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 5: generation to deal with. No man, no woman dies unto themselves. 89 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 5: The addictions, the bad attitudes, the wrong mindsets, they all 90 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 5: get passed down. But the good news is every right 91 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 5: decision we make, every time we resist temptation, every time 92 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 5: we honor God, not only are we going to come 93 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 5: up higher, but we're making it a little easier on 94 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 5: those that come after us. And each one of us 95 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 5: has a spiritual bank account. 96 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 3: And by the way we. 97 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 5: Live, we're either storing up equity or we're storing up iniquity. 98 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 5: Iniquity would be anything good, our integrity, our determination, our godliness. 99 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 5: That's storing up blessings. On the other hand, iniquity would 100 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 5: be our bad habits, addictions, selfishness, lack of disas scipline. 101 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 5: But all of these things, either good or bad, are 102 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 5: going to be passed down to future generations. And when 103 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 5: we think about our legacy, we need to see it 104 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 5: as being more than just our life. 105 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 3: A better way to look at it is our life 106 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 3: is just a. 107 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 5: Few laps in the marathon that our family line is running. 108 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 5: When I get done with my life, I'm gonna hand 109 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 5: that baton to my children. And in that baton it's 110 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 5: gonna be full of not only my physical DNA, my traits, 111 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 5: my hair, color, my size, my weight. It's gonna have 112 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 5: in it my spiritual and emotional DNA. It's gonna have 113 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 5: my tendencies, my attitudes, my habits, my mindsets. My children 114 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 5: will take the baton, run a few laps, hand it 115 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 5: to their children, and on and on, and every lap 116 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 5: that we run with purpose and passion and integrity is 117 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 5: one less lap for those that come after us. 118 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 3: And we need to think about the big picture. 119 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 5: I don't know about you, but I want to leave 120 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 5: my family life line better off than they were before. 121 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 5: I don't want to drag around being selfish with addictions, 122 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 5: with bad habits. I want to make it easier on 123 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 5: those that come after me. And I realized, you don't 124 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 5: all have children, but you're going to live on through 125 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 5: the people you influence. 126 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 3: You have a family line. 127 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 5: Your habits, your attitudes, what you stand for, that's going to. 128 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 3: All be passed down. 129 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 5: It's transferred through our blood. And even medical science is 130 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 5: starting to confirm this. I read an interesting study the 131 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 5: other day. It was done in nineteen ninety three by 132 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 5: the United States military. Now I don't know that I 133 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 5: fully understand it all, but it's very fascinating. They were 134 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 5: curious about what really does get passed down. We know 135 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 5: that our physical traits do, but what about emotional, mental, 136 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 5: spiritual characteristics, What about bad attitudes and addictions, or what 137 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 5: about integrity, compassion, godliness? 138 00:06:57,880 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 3: Can that really be passed down. 139 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 5: Well, they took some white blood cells from a volunteer 140 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 5: and they carefully placed them in a test tube, and 141 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 5: then they put a probe from a light detector test 142 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 5: down in that test tube. 143 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 3: And of course, the probe. 144 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 5: Measures a person's emotional response. And they had this same 145 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 5: volunteer go a couple of doors down and watch some 146 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 5: very violent. 147 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 3: Scenes on television. It was an old war movie. 148 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 5: And when this man watched the scenes, even though the 149 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 5: blood that was being tested was in another room, when 150 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 5: he got all up tight and tense, that light detector 151 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 5: test shot off the page. It was detecting his emotional 152 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 5: response even though the blood was no longer in his body. 153 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 5: They did this with person after person and had the 154 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 5: exact same results. Their final conclusion was the blood cells 155 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 5: seemed to remember where they came from. And I was 156 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 5: thinking about if sicknesses and addictions and wrong mindsets can 157 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 5: be passed down, how much more can God's blessings and 158 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 5: favor and good habits be passed down through our blood. 159 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 5: And it's good to understand the generational curse, but we 160 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 5: need to make sure that we understand the generational blessing. 161 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 3: And I know right now. 162 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 5: Much of the favor and blessing on my life. I 163 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 5: didn't accumulate all on my own. It was because my 164 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 5: father passed it down my mother. They left me not 165 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 5: just a physical inheritance, they left me a spiritual inheritance. 166 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 5: We build on the past. My father put me forty 167 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 5: years down the road when he handed us this ministry. 168 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 5: And my dream would be to place my children far 169 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 5: far down the road. And I'm not talking about just financially. 170 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 5: I'm talking about in their attitudes, in their work habits, 171 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 5: in their character, in their walk with God. And what 172 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 5: I want us to see today is it's all connected. 173 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 5: You are so in seeds for future generations. And whether 174 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 5: you realize it or not, anything you do counts. Every 175 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 5: time you persevere, every time you're faithful, every time you 176 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 5: tie your income, every time you serve others, you are 177 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 5: making a difference. 178 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:12,839 Speaker 3: You're storing up equity. 179 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 5: And it's easy in life to think, well, Joel, I'm 180 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 5: just a businessman. I'm just a housewife, or Joel, I'm 181 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,839 Speaker 5: just a single mom raising my kids going to work. 182 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 5: Don't kid yourself, I'm not going to do anything great. 183 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 3: Be realistic. You've got to learn to think more generationally. 184 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 5: The fact that you're a hard worker, the fact that 185 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 5: you're faithful, the fact that you're giving it you're all. 186 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 3: You are sowing seeds for those that come after you. 187 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 5: And the truth is you may not see it all 188 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 5: come to pass in your lifetime. You may very well 189 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 5: be so in a seed for a child or for 190 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 5: a grandchild to do something great. 191 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 3: Don't get discouraged. It's your family legacy. It's not just. 192 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 5: You, it's even generations to come. I think about my 193 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 5: grandmother on my father's side. She was a very hard worker. 194 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 5: My grandparents were cotton farmers and they lost everything they 195 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 5: had in the Great Depression. They didn't have any money, 196 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 5: any food, any future really to speak of. And my 197 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 5: grandmother worked twelve hours a day, making ten cents an 198 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 5: hour washing people's clothes, a dollar twenty a day. But 199 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 5: do you know, grandmother never complained about it. She didn't 200 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 5: go around with a poor old me mentality. She just 201 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 5: kept doing her best, giving it her all. She was determined, 202 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 5: she was persistent, and she may not have realized it 203 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 5: way back then, but she was so in seeds for 204 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 5: her children. She was passing down hard work, determination, persistence, 205 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 5: and my father was able to build on those qualities, 206 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 5: and not only that, he took it one step further. 207 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,559 Speaker 5: Because grandmother laid the foundation, Daddy was able to break 208 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 5: out of that rud and he took our family to 209 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 5: a whole new level. And the fact is, my grandmother 210 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 5: never really enjoyed the blessings and the favor that we're 211 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 5: seeing today. But had she not been willing to pay 212 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 5: the price, I don't know that I'd be standing here today. 213 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 5: And a lot of times we tend to get the credit, 214 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 5: but we need to learn to look back and say, 215 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 5: you know what, somebody gave me some help along the way. 216 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 3: Now I know today I can see some of those same. 217 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 5: Qualities that she had in my life. And I'm not bragging. 218 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 5: I know I didn't get them on my own. She 219 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 5: helped to pass them down. 220 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 3: And my grandmother, she didn't. 221 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,199 Speaker 5: Have a lot of fanfare, she didn't get a lot 222 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 5: of glory, but I can tell you she ran some 223 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 5: very important laps in our family legacy. When she passed 224 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 5: that baton down, it had in it determination, persistence, I 225 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 5: never give up, attitude, I can do mentality now, it's 226 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 5: instilled in our blood. And I believe four or five 227 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 5: generations from now, people in my family line are going 228 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 5: to be better off all because of grandmother Oa Steine. 229 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,559 Speaker 5: And in the same way, when you get up early 230 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 5: and work hard, when you come to church, even though 231 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 5: you didn't feel like it, you dig your heels in 232 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 5: and resist that temptation. Please understand you are making a difference. 233 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 5: Don't be so shortsighted and so ingrown that if it 234 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 5: doesn't happen right now, you're not gonna be happy. 235 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,439 Speaker 3: No, you're so in seeds. Hey you so, Joe Man. 236 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 5: I'm working hard trying to send my kids to college 237 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 5: and I'm so tired. Don't complain about that. Keep being faithful. 238 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 5: You don't know what your child's gonna do. You don't 239 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 5: know how God may use them to impact the world. 240 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 5: Somebody in your family line is going to be a 241 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 5: great businessman, a great leader, a great teacher, a great minister, 242 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 5: a great author. 243 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 3: It may be this generation, or it may be four 244 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 3: or five. 245 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 5: Generations, but you know what it's going to be, in 246 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 5: part because you were willing to pay the price. And 247 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 5: anytime you see somebody that's successful, anytime you see somebody 248 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 5: that's accomplished something great, they may be smart they may 249 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 5: be talented, but don't kid yourself. They didn't do it 250 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 5: all by themselves. Somebody along the way paid the price. 251 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 5: Somebody passed down those qualities that they needed. And when 252 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 5: you live your life with excellence, when you go the 253 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,719 Speaker 5: extra mile, nobody else may be seeing it. It may 254 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 5: look like you're not reaping any of the benefits. But 255 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 5: know this in your blood, be informed. In your DNA. 256 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 5: Is that fortitude, that strength, that excellent spirit, and it's 257 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 5: going to be passed down from generation to generation. 258 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 3: You were making a difference. 259 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 5: I have a friend that pastors a church in another state. 260 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 5: He and his wife started the church fourteen or fifteen 261 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 5: years ago and they have a couple of thousand people coming. 262 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 5: It's a strong, healthy church. But this friend has big dreams. 263 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 3: In his heart. 264 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 5: He wants to see his church grow to thousands and thousands. 265 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 5: He has a dream of writing books that will impact 266 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 5: the world, and on and on. And a few months back, 267 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 5: he was very discouraged. Things had kind of leveled off. 268 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 5: Not too much exciting was happening. The church wasn't growing 269 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 5: very much anymore. And on top of that, when he 270 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 5: drives to his church, he has to pass by another 271 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 5: very large church, and this other church has fifteen twenty 272 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 5: thousand people coming, big beautiful campus, all these buildings. Really, 273 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 5: it's exactly what he's streaming for now. On this one 274 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 5: particular day, he was sitting there in traffic looking at 275 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 5: this big, beautiful campus and it was kind of like 276 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 5: rubbing salt in the wound. He was so discouraged, and 277 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 5: he said, God, it's just not fair here. I've poured 278 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 5: my heart and soul into this dream that you've given me, 279 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 5: but I don't think I'll ever measure up to this 280 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 5: man's success. 281 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 3: Why won't my church grow? He was being very honest. 282 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 5: He said, God, I feel like I'm being lapped two 283 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 5: or three times. I don't even know if I should 284 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 5: stay in the race. 285 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 3: And he said. 286 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 5: God spoke something back to him, not out loud, but 287 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 5: right down in here. He said, son, what would you 288 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 5: think if your son saw your dream come to pass? 289 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 5: What would you think if your daughter wrote a book 290 00:14:56,960 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 5: that impacted the world. How would you feel children had 291 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:04,280 Speaker 5: the same success that you were longing for. His eyes 292 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 5: lit up. He said, God, that would be great. That 293 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 5: would be a dream come true. And this changed his perspective. 294 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 5: He began to think more generationally. He began to think, 295 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 5: maybe I'm sowing the seeds for my children. Maybe I'm 296 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 5: laying the groundwork for my grandchildren to do something great. Remember, 297 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 5: every lap that we run is one less lap for 298 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 5: those that come after us. Every day you stay faithful, 299 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 5: every test you pass, every obstacle you overcome, you're not 300 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 5: only coming. 301 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 3: Up higher, but you're storing up equity. You're storing up blessings. 302 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 5: You're making it easier on your children, on your grandchildren. Now, 303 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 5: I believe what God was saying to him and to 304 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 5: us is never give us. Keep pressing forwards. You got 305 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 5: big dreams. It may not come to pass exactly like 306 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 5: you would have thought, but you don't know the seeds 307 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 5: that you're sowing for your sons and your daughters. 308 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:00,040 Speaker 3: The interesting thing is. 309 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 5: He's the pastor of the church where this man had 310 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 5: to pass the big church. He was a fourth generation pastor. 311 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 5: His father, his grandfather, and his great grandfather all had 312 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 5: smaller churches, a few hundred people. Why did all of 313 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 5: a sudden this man have such a large church making 314 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 5: such an impact. I believe it's because somebody paid the price. Yes, 315 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 5: he's talented, he's gifted, but his forefathers, those. 316 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 3: That went before him. 317 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,880 Speaker 5: They stored up the equity, and now the favors being 318 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 5: released on him. 319 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 3: Now he's receiving the benefits. 320 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 5: Let me ask you today, are you willing to pay 321 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 5: the price so that your children, your grandchildren, generations to come, 322 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 5: can go up higher. 323 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 3: And accomplish more. 324 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 5: I know, if you're like me, there's nothing that would 325 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 5: make you any happier than to see your children go 326 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 5: further than you thought possible, or to see your grandchildren 327 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 5: go further than you ever even dreamed of. So my 328 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,719 Speaker 5: message to you is to stay faithful, keep pressing forward 329 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 5: because you're so in sieved for those things that come 330 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 5: to pass, and don't get frustrated if you don't see 331 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 5: it all come to pass in your lifetime. I found 332 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 5: many times you're gonna see further than you're going to go. 333 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 3: God's going to put something bigger in you than you 334 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 3: can accomplish on your own. 335 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 5: And don't be surprised if your children or your grandchildren 336 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 5: don't come along and finish what you started. I heard 337 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 5: somebody say, nothing truly great can ever be accomplished in 338 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:39,479 Speaker 5: just one lifetime. I think about even with my father, 339 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 5: many times he said, one day, we're going to build 340 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 5: an auditorium for twenty thousand people. One day we're going 341 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 5: to have a big place where we can all come 342 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 5: together and worship. Well, Daddy had the vision, but God 343 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 5: used his children to complete it. And had Daddy not 344 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 5: stayed faithful, had he not stayed determined and just kept 345 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 5: that e slint spirit, then I don't believe it would 346 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 5: have ever come to pass. He had to sow the seeds, 347 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 5: he had to pave the way. And I know you've 348 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 5: got big dreams in your heart. I know you've got 349 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 5: a big vision. Keep pressing toward it, stay faithful. 350 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 3: In the natural. You may not see how it could 351 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 3: ever come to pass, but you don't know. God may 352 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 3: have put that in you to get it started. 353 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 5: And your children, your grandchildren are gonna come and take 354 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 5: it further than you ever even thought possible. I love 355 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 5: something that our son Jonathan said one day when he 356 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 5: was just about four or five years old. He and 357 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 5: I were driving on the freeway right here in front 358 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 5: of the Compact Center, and I slowed down and I pointed, 359 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 5: I said, look, Jonathan, there's a Compact Center one day 360 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 5: that's gonna be yours. One day, you're gonna be in 361 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 5: their ministry without missing a beat. He said, no, Daddy, 362 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 5: when I get old enough, I'm gonna get the reliant stadium. 363 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 5: I thought he's got a big vision. But keep pressing forward. 364 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,720 Speaker 5: You're sowing seeds for that to come to pass. You 365 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,720 Speaker 5: remember David, he had a dream to build the temple. 366 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 5: He even gathered the supplies, he brought in the big 367 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 5: cedars of Lebanon. But do you know he was never 368 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 5: allowed to build it. His son Solomon built the temple. 369 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 5: That's just the way that God had it planned out. 370 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 5: And if everything's not happening in your timing the way 371 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 5: you want again, just keep doing your best, keep staying faithful. 372 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 5: God's still in control. And as you keep living that 373 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,479 Speaker 5: life of excellence and sowing those seeds, know this, you 374 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 5: are making a difference. And in God's perfect timing, it's 375 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,239 Speaker 5: all going to come to pass. And I know some 376 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 5: of you today you have a lot of negative things 377 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 5: to overcome. You weren't raised by parents like mine, and 378 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 5: in your family line you've been passed down all kinds 379 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 5: of defeat, mediocrity, addictions, negativity. But thank God, you can 380 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 5: start a new family line, don't you dare sit back 381 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 5: and just settle for a life of mediocrity. Don't keep 382 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 5: storing up that iniquity. Get out from under the curse 383 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 5: and make a decision that you're going to start living 384 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 5: under the blessing. The best thing you can do for 385 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 5: your family line is to live a life of integrity, 386 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 5: stay on the high road, do the right thing, even 387 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 5: when it's difficult. When you do that, you're making a 388 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 5: difference not only for yourself, but for generations to come. 389 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 3: There's a scripture in First Chronicles four, verse forty. 390 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 5: It says that the people left the place better off 391 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 5: than it was before. That should be the goal of 392 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 5: every one of us. Our attitude should be, I'm not 393 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 5: gonna leave my family a bunch of junk to deal with. 394 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna leave them the same place right where 395 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 5: they are. No, I'm gonna leave them better off. I'm 396 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 5: gonna leave them with more integrity, with more joy, with 397 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 5: more faith, with more favor, with more victory. I'm gonna 398 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 5: leave them free from bondages, closer to God. See, it's 399 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 5: easy to get stuck in a rut in life. It's 400 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 5: easy to sit back and think, well, everybody in my 401 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 5: family's negative. Everybody's addicted in my family, Joel, nobody's marriage 402 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:58,120 Speaker 5: lasts past two years, nobody's successful, nobody's healthy. No, please 403 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 5: get that junk out of your mind. Don't allow that 404 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 5: to become a stronghold. It doesn't matter what anybody has 405 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 5: or hasn't done. You are a child of the most 406 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 5: tied God. You do not have to live under the curse. 407 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 5: You've already been set free. And it may not have 408 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:15,040 Speaker 5: happened in the past, but. 409 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 3: Thank god, it can happen right now. 410 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 5: The power in you is greater than any obstacle that 411 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 5: you're facing. You can be the one to set a 412 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 5: new standard. 413 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 3: But here's the key. Somebody has to be willing to 414 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 3: pay the price. 415 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 5: Somebody has to step up and take the junk off 416 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 5: the table. It may have been in your bloodline, but 417 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 5: it doesn't have to stay in your bloodline. All it 418 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 5: takes is for one person to rise up and start 419 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 5: making better choices. 420 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 3: Every right choice you make begins. 421 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 5: To overturn the wrong choices of those that have gone 422 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 5: before you. Nobody else may have done it, But if 423 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 5: you'll dig your heels in and overcome that habit, if 424 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 5: you'll forgive the wrongs if you'll dream bigger dreams, then 425 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 5: one day people in your family line will look back 426 00:21:57,920 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 5: and say, you know what it was because of this man. 427 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 5: It was because of this lady. They were the turning point. 428 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:05,520 Speaker 5: We were all defeated up to here, we were all 429 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 5: addicted up to here. But look what happened when they 430 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 5: came along. Everything changed, We came up higher. What really happened, 431 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 5: The curse was broken and the blessings began. 432 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:17,719 Speaker 3: That's what you can do for your family. 433 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 5: And I know I am where I am today because 434 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 5: somebody prayed, Somebody took a stand for righteousness. Somebody stuck 435 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 5: with their commitments, Somebody lived a life of integrity. Seeds 436 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 5: have been sown into my life. You say, Joe, man, 437 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 5: you just got some lucky breaks. Now, there's no such 438 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 5: thing as a lucky break. It's because somebody was praying, somebody. 439 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 3: Persevered, somebody honored God. 440 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:46,120 Speaker 5: And if you have godly parents, godly grandparents, you should 441 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 5: be extremely grateful because you have advantages today. You have 442 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 5: more of God's favor, more of his blessings because of 443 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 5: what they've done. 444 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 3: They paid the price. 445 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 5: When you have this godly heritage, you will stumble in 446 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 5: the blessings, great things will happen. 447 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:03,919 Speaker 3: You can't even figure out why. 448 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 5: Supernatural doors open don't make sense. You got the promotion 449 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 5: and you didn't deserve it. That's not a lucky break. 450 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 5: It's because that grandmother was praying. It's because your parents 451 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 5: lived a life of excellence for I don't know, maybe 452 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 5: some great grandparents. 453 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 3: They so to all those seeds. 454 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 5: The Bible talks about when we have this heritage of faith, 455 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 5: we will live in houses that we didn't build. We'll 456 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 5: enjoy vineyards that we didn't plant. God's blessings will chase 457 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 5: us down and overtake us. I thank God every day 458 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 5: for my parents, my grandparents, because of what they've done. 459 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 5: I know I'm not living under a generational curse. I'm 460 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 5: living under a generational blessing. 461 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 3: That's what you can do for your family. 462 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 1: Now. 463 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 5: I can't think of anything that I'd rather leave my 464 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 5: children and my grandchildren than the blessings in favor of God. 465 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 3: Money, houses, cars, that's all great. 466 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 5: But living a life of integrity and excellence that honors 467 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 5: God is worth more than all of that. Now, what 468 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 5: I'm saying today is don't take the easy way out. 469 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 5: Keep doing your best, even when it's difficult, keep loving, 470 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 5: keep giving, keep serving. Your faithfulness is not going unnoticed. 471 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,959 Speaker 5: You are storing up equity, not just for yourself, but 472 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 5: for generations to come. First Samuel, chapter twenty five. There's 473 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,959 Speaker 5: a story about David. He and his men had been 474 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 5: out protecting the family and the workers of a man 475 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 5: by the name of Nabel, And one day David sent 476 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 5: his men to ask Nabel for some food and supplies. 477 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 5: And David thought for sure that Nabel would be grateful 478 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 5: for what they were doing, they were protecting them from 479 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 5: their enemies, that he'd freely give them what they'd asked for. 480 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 5: But when those men got there, Nabel treated them very 481 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 5: rude and disrespectfully. He basically said, you know, I don't 482 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 5: even know who you are. I never asked you to 483 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:54,360 Speaker 5: do any of this, so just be on your way. 484 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 3: Don't bother me with this. And when those men got 485 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 3: back and. 486 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 5: Told David how bad they'd been treated, David was furious. 487 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 5: He said, all right, men, get your swords, we're gonna 488 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 5: go take care of neighbor. We're just gonna wipe him out. 489 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 5: But on the way there, Nabel's wife stopped David. She 490 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 5: had heard what had happened, and she brought all these 491 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 5: gifts and supplies and foods, and she said, David, my 492 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 5: husband is a very rude and an ungrateful man, and 493 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 5: I know he shouldn't. 494 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 3: Have treated you like this. 495 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 5: And in verse twenty eight, she said, but David, if 496 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 5: you will just forgive this wrong, I know that God 497 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 5: will give you an enduring house. And I like that phrase, 498 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,520 Speaker 5: an enduring house. She was saying, David, I know you 499 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 5: have a right to be angry. I know my husband 500 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 5: paid you back evil for your good. But if you 501 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 5: can just dare overlook it and take the high road 502 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,679 Speaker 5: and let it go, I know God will bless you 503 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,160 Speaker 5: for generations to come. I know he'll give you an 504 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 5: enduring house. And she convinced David. He swallowed his pride, 505 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 5: He walked away, He let it go out life, We're 506 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 5: all going to have situations like that. Well, we can 507 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 5: find some reason to be angry, some reason to be bitter. 508 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 5: You may be here today and you say, Joel, I 509 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 5: got a good reason to walk out of my marriage. 510 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,239 Speaker 5: I've been treated wrong. I got a good reason to 511 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 5: live life with a chip on my shoulder. 512 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 3: I've had so much unfair I got a. 513 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 5: Good reason to have these addictions. Everybody in my family 514 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 5: has it. But I'm asking you to do like David 515 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 5: and take the high road. You may have a good reason, 516 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 5: but don't give into it. That junk can get into 517 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 5: your blood. It can be passed down and our children, 518 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 5: our grandchildren, they already have enough to overcome without us adding. 519 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 3: Our pile of junk on top of it. 520 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 5: It may be difficult, but know this, you have the 521 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 5: power to overcome. And every wrong that you forgive, every 522 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 5: bad habit you break, every victory you win, that's one. 523 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 3: Less lap for those that come after you. 524 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 5: And even if you don't do it for yourself, I'm 525 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,280 Speaker 5: asking you today, do it for your children, do it 526 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 5: for your grandchildren. 527 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 3: Do it so you can have an enduring house. 528 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 5: I heard somebody saying your blood always speaks. What they 529 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 5: meant is your blood is charged with your experiences. It 530 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 5: remembers like that study where it's come from. Now, one 531 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 5: hundred years from now, your blood is still going to 532 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 5: be talking in some way, shape or form. It's going 533 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 5: to be affecting others in your family life. Let me 534 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 5: ask you, what's your blood going to be saying? Defeat 535 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 5: mediocrity unforgiveness, bitterness. No, I believe your blood's going to 536 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 5: be saying determination, persistence, integrity, godliness, generosity, favor, faith and victory. 537 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 5: Let me challenge again, pass down a godly heritage, leave. 538 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 3: Your family a legacy of good things. 539 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 5: You may have a lot of negative in the past, 540 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 5: but thank God, today is a new day. Why don't 541 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 5: you draw the line in the sand and say I 542 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 5: am done. 543 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 3: With the generational curse. 544 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,120 Speaker 5: As for me and my family, we're going to live 545 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 5: under the generational blessing. 546 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 3: And remember this, everything you do counts. 547 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 5: You may not see it all come to pass in 548 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 5: your lifetime, but don't get discouraged. You're so in seeds 549 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 5: for those that come after you. Stay passionate about your life. 550 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,920 Speaker 5: Don't lose your enthusiasm, Get up every day and give 551 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 5: it your very very best. And if you do that, 552 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 5: not only will you rise higher, not only will. 553 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 3: You accomplish more. But God has promised. 554 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 5: Your seed, your family line for up to a thousand generations, 555 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 5: is going to have the blessings and the favor of 556 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 5: God all because of the life that you've lived. 557 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 3: Amen, do you receive it today? 558 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 5: And we never like to close on broadcast without giving 559 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 5: you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 560 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me, Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 561 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. 562 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 3: Come into my heart. 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