1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: Hope you're having a great summer. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 2: Know that we're praying for you, and we know God 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 2: has awesome things in store. 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: So great having you with us. Enjoy the message today. 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 2: Said God, bless you always a joy to come into 6 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 2: your homes. We love you, We know God has great 7 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 2: things in store for you. And if you're ever in 8 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 2: our area, I hope you'll stop buying be a part 9 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 2: of one of our services. I promise you we'll make 10 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 2: you feel right at home. But thanks so much for 11 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 2: tuning in today, and again thanks for coming out today 12 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 2: as well. And I like to get started with something 13 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: funny each week. And I heard about this little girl. 14 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 2: She asked her mom how the human race got started. 15 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 2: The mother explained how God created Adam and Eve and 16 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 2: they had children and on and on here we are today. 17 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 2: A few days later, she asked her father the same question. 18 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 2: He explained, how many years ago there were monkeys and 19 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 2: little by little they became more like people, and how 20 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 2: here we are. 21 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: Confused. 22 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 2: She went back to her mom and said, Mom, I 23 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 2: said God created people. Dad says we came from monkeys. 24 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: How can that be? 25 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: The mom said, oh, honey, that's easy. I told you 26 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 2: about my side of the family. 27 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: Dad told you about his. 28 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 2: All right, hold up your Bible, say it like you 29 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 2: mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it 30 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 2: says I am. I have what it says I have. 31 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 2: I can do what it says I can do. Today 32 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: I will be talked the word of God. I boldly confess. 33 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 2: My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. I will 34 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 2: never be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 35 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 2: I want to talk to you today about leaving a 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: legacy of faith. As we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, 37 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 2: one thing we see is how Jesus went before us 38 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: and paved the way for victory. He was crucified on 39 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: the cross. They buried him in the grave, but on 40 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 2: the third day he came out of that grave. He said, 41 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: because I live, you can live also. He won not 42 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 2: only so we could win, but so that we could 43 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: help others to win as well. The life we live, 44 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 2: the decisions we make, should make it easier on those 45 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: that come after us. 46 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: When we hear the. 47 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 2: Word legacy, a lot of times we think of how 48 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 2: we'll be remembered, our accomplishments, what we'll leave our family. 49 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 2: That's all important, but there's also something even more significant, 50 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 2: The scripture talks about how we can store up mercy 51 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 2: for our children and future generations. We can store up 52 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 2: blessings and favor by living a life of excellence and 53 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 2: integrity that will affect generations to come. I know I 54 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 2: am here today because I had parents that honored God. 55 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: I had grandparents that prayed for me and modeled a 56 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 2: life of excellence. Are where you are because somebody sacrificed, 57 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 2: somebody prayed, somebody served, and now God is honoring them 58 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 2: by releasing his goodness in your life. None of us 59 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 2: got to where we are on our own. The apostle 60 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 2: Paul said, Timothy, the faith I see in you first 61 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and then your mother Eunice, 62 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: and now I can see it in you. Paul was saying, Timothy, 63 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 2: what I see in you didn't start with you. It 64 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 2: started because you had a praying grandmother. That woman honored 65 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: God with her life. She stored up mercy and it 66 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 2: got passed down to your mother. 67 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: And now I can see it in you. 68 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 2: And the good news is it's not going to stop 69 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: with you, but it's going to keep going from generation 70 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: to generation. Now you say Joel not with me. I 71 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 2: don't have a godly heritage. My parents, my relatives, they 72 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 2: didn't give God the time of day. No, you wouldn't 73 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 2: be in church today, you wouldn't be watching right now 74 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 2: if somebody somewhere in your family. 75 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: Line didn't honor God. 76 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 2: It may have been one hundred years ago that you 77 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 2: had a cousin, a relative, a great great grandfather. They prayed, 78 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 2: they helped others. It was their faith, their life of 79 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: excellence that planted the seed. And now God is rewarding 80 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 2: them by helping you to live a life of victory. 81 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 2: In the Scripture, one time Joshua and the people of 82 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: Israel were in the midst of a great battle. Moses 83 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 2: was on a hill holding up the rod of. 84 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: God in the air. 85 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 2: And as long as Moses had his hands in the air, 86 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: Joshua and. 87 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: The people of Israel would win. 88 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 2: But when he got tired and put his hands down, 89 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 2: the enemy would start winning. Moses realized what was happening. 90 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 2: He got a couple men to help him keep his 91 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 2: hands in the air. But what I want you to 92 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 2: see is Joshua is down there winning the battle. He 93 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 2: doesn't realize the only reason and he's winning is because 94 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 2: Moses is on the hill holding up his hands. Without 95 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 2: Moses doing his part, Joshua. 96 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: And the people of Israel would have been defeated. And 97 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: it's easy to. 98 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 2: Think, well, I'm successful today, Joel, because I'm smart, I'm blessed, 99 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 2: because I'm a hard worker, because I'm talented. 100 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: That's why i have a great life. 101 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,040 Speaker 2: And yes, that may be true in part, but you 102 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 2: didn't get to where you are on your own. You 103 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 2: are smart because you have the wisdom of your father's 104 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 2: it's been passed down to you. You are talented because 105 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 2: your mother and grandmother worked hard to develop their gifts, 106 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 2: and then they took time to teach you and to 107 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 2: build your confidence. You got that good break not because 108 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: you were lucky, not because they just decided to offer 109 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:53,239 Speaker 2: you that position. No, somebody in your family line honored God. 110 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 2: Somebody that you can't see is holding up their hands. 111 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: They won so that you could win. 112 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 2: My challenge to us today is live your life in 113 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 2: such a way to cause others to win. 114 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: Every right decision you. 115 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: Make, you are holding up your hands. You're making it 116 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: easier on those that come after you. Every time you 117 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 2: resist temptation, you were winning for your children. Every time 118 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 2: you are kind and respectful, every time you help someone 119 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: in need, every time you come to church, serve, and give, 120 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 2: you are storing up mercy. It may be for your children, 121 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 2: your grandchildren, or even one hundred years from now, somebody 122 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 2: in your family line will experience God's goodness because of 123 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 2: the life that you've lived. It's interesting. In the Book 124 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 2: of Hebrews, it talks about a man by the name 125 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 2: of Levi. I don't know that I fully understand it, 126 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 2: but it says that Levi gave tithes and offerings while 127 00:06:56,520 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 2: he was still in his forefather's loins. In other words, 128 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 2: before he was born, before he showed up on planet Earth. 129 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 1: God credited tithes. 130 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 2: And offerings to him because one of his relatives was 131 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 2: a giver. What happened, somebody went before him and stored 132 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 2: up favor. When you give, God is not going to 133 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 2: just bless you, but he's going to credit that giving 134 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 2: to your. 135 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: Children and to future generations. 136 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 2: I have a little notebook of my grandfather's that he 137 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 2: kept of all of his giving. Granddaddy died when he 138 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 2: was ninety six, quite a few years ago, but for 139 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 2: over fifty years he wrote down every tithe every offering. 140 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: You can go back and look. 141 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 2: In July nineteen sixty three, seven dollars to the Lakewood 142 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 2: Building Fund, ten dollars to Central Baptist Church, On and on. 143 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 2: No wonder, I'm blessed today, No wonder, I'm seeing God's favor. 144 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: Somebody went before me. There was a giver. 145 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 2: God is honoring my grandfather by honoring me. David talked 146 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 2: about this in Psalm eighty nine. 147 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: He called it a covenant of mercy. 148 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: And just like a bank account, every one of us 149 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 2: has an account in heaven. By the life we live, 150 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 2: we can store up blessings, favor, mercy. How do we 151 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 2: make deposits into this account? By making choices that honor God. 152 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 2: When you come to church, you're storing up mercy. You 153 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 2: made a deposit into your heavenly account today. 154 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: When you forgive a wrong, when you. 155 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 2: Overlook an insult, you're not just helping yourself, but you're 156 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 2: making a deposit of mercy. Maybe you struggle with an addiction. 157 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: The temptation comes, but instead of giving in, you discipline 158 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 2: yourself to resist it. 159 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: You just made another deposit of mercy. 160 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 2: And God said to David, because you've stored up this 161 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 2: mercy because you've done your best to honor me. I 162 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 2: will always look favorably towards your children and future generations, 163 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 2: and even if they make mistakes, even if they get 164 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 2: off track, I will not give them what they deserve. 165 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 2: I will show them mercy because of the life that 166 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 2: you've lived. That's what God is saying to all of us. 167 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 2: Because you're making right choices, God is going to watch 168 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 2: after your children, your grandchildren, your nieces and your nephews, 169 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 2: and even if they get off course, God's going to 170 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 2: help them get back on course because of the life 171 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 2: that you're living now. 172 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: I don't know. 173 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: About you, but that helps me to sleep better at night. 174 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 2: I know that as long as I'm being my best, 175 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 2: as long as I'm keeping my mercy account full, God 176 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 2: is promised he'll not only show me mercy, but he'll 177 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 2: take it one step further, and he'll always look favorably 178 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 2: toward my children and grandchildren. I want you to understand, 179 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 2: you're not just come to church. You're storing up mercy. 180 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 2: You're not just being kind to that stranger. You're not 181 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 2: just overlooking an insult. You're not just forgiving a wrong. 182 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 2: You were making a deposit of mercy. Somebody says, are 183 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,600 Speaker 2: you still volunteering at the hospital. Aren't you tired of that? 184 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: Not at all. 185 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 2: I'm keeping my mercy account full. You mean you're still 186 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 2: going over to Lakewood, getting there early, singing in the choir, ushering, 187 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 2: being a greed or teaching the children. 188 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: Yes, I am. 189 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 2: I'm making deposits of mercy, and I know God promises 190 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 2: he will not only show me favor, but he will 191 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 2: be good to my children and future generations. When I 192 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 2: was growing up, I had a friend that was a 193 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 2: pastor's son like me. For a while, he started going 194 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 2: out and partying and doing all. 195 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 1: These things he knew he shouldn't be doing. 196 00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 2: He thought we were too stiff, and this other group 197 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 2: was having more fun, so he started hanging out with them. 198 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 2: He told me later, Joel, I was so miserable in 199 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 2: front of them. I acted like I was having fun, 200 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 2: but deep down I just couldn't stand it. I'd come 201 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 2: home at night almost sick to my stomach. I told him, 202 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 2: it's because you are ruined for doing wrong. Man, your 203 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 2: parents have stored up so much mercy. God is going 204 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 2: to make you miserable to you get back on the 205 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 2: right course today, he's the pastor of a very successful church. 206 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 1: But this is the way our God is. 207 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 2: Even if our children, our grandchildren, get off course, God's 208 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 2: going to make sure they're uncomfortable. He's going to give 209 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 2: them an unrest that will eventually stir them out of 210 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: those wrong places. It may not happen overnight, but God 211 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 2: will keep working on them and working on them all 212 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 2: because of the life of excellence that you have lived. 213 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 2: This is what happened with David's children. Twenty three years 214 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 2: after David died, his son Solomon was making very poor choices. 215 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 2: He'd married these foreign wives and now he was starting 216 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 2: to worship their idols and first kings. God said to him, Solomon, 217 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 2: normally I would take the kingdom away from you. 218 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: You've done wrong in my sight. 219 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 2: However, I will not do it for your father David's sake. 220 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 2: God was saying, Solomon, you deserve judgment. You've done wrong, 221 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 2: but I am a loyal God. And your father David, 222 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 2: even though he lived twenty three years ago, he stored 223 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 2: up mercy for you, and I'm not going to give 224 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 2: you what you deserve. I'm going to show favor on 225 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 2: you because of the life your father has lived. There's 226 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 2: no telling how many things we've been spared because somebody 227 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 2: in our family line made a deposit of mercy. All 228 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 2: of a sudden, we get a good break, a problem resolved, 229 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 2: and we. 230 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: Think, man, I sure was lucky. That could have turned 231 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 1: out bad. 232 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 2: No, luck didn't have anything to do with it. It 233 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 2: was because you had a grandmother that was praying, or 234 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 2: you had a great great uncle that you never even met. 235 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 2: He honored God, and now God is honoring him by 236 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,119 Speaker 2: helping you to get out of that trouble. Solomon eventually 237 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 2: died and his son took over the throne. 238 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: Reaboem. This was David's grandson. 239 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,440 Speaker 2: You would have thought he had learned to do what's right, 240 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 2: but he didn't honor God. He was in the midst 241 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 2: of all this turmoil. This was fifty seven years after 242 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 2: David's death. God basically said the same thing to him. 243 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 2: Re Aboem, I should send judgment for the wrong that 244 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,959 Speaker 2: you've done. Nevertheless, for my servant David's sake. 245 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:34,079 Speaker 1: I will not do it. 246 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 2: Notice how this mercy is being passed from generation to generation, 247 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 2: all because one man chose to honor God. You can 248 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 2: be that man, you can be that woman, You can 249 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 2: be that young person that. 250 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: Will affect generations to come. 251 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 2: I can't think of anything I'd rather leave my children 252 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 2: more than the blessings and favor of God, and living 253 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 2: a life of excellence and integrity is worth more than 254 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 2: leaving your children houses and cars and money. 255 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: The Scripture puts it this way. 256 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 2: A godly heritage is better than a heritage of great wealth. 257 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: Let me challenge you. Keep being your best. 258 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 2: Each day you are sowing seeds for future generations. Keep 259 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 2: doing the right thing even when it's hard. Keep serving, 260 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 2: keep giving, keep loving. You are storing up blessings and 261 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 2: favor not only for you, but for generations to come. 262 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 1: Think about this. 263 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 2: Three hundred and five years after David was dead, one 264 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 2: of his great great great grandchildren was on the throne. 265 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 2: His name was King Hezekiah. A huge army had surrounded Jerusalem. 266 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 2: It looked like Hezekiah and the people were doomed. 267 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: Looked like they didn't have a chance. 268 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 2: But all of a sudden, the Angel of the Lord 269 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 2: showed up and in a split second, destroyed one hundred 270 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 2: and eighty thousand of the enemy troops. Hezekiah's life and 271 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 2: city was fair. Not long after that, Heekiah said God, 272 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 2: What did we do to deserve this favor in such 273 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 2: a way? God said, in effect, Hezekiah, there's a man 274 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 2: that's been in the grave three hundred and five years. 275 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 2: He honored me, he loved me, and I'm a faithful God. 276 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 2: And yes, Hezekiah, I love you. But I'm not doing 277 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 2: this for your sake. I'm doing it because a man 278 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 2: named David established a covenant of mercy, and I will 279 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 2: always watch after his seed. That's the promise God makes 280 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 2: to us. 281 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: If we will keep. 282 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 2: Him first, he will make sure that our seed is 283 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 2: taken care of. We may not even be around, but 284 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 2: I love to think about the fact the decisions I 285 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 2: make today can affect my descendants. 286 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: For the good for years and years to come. 287 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 2: I want God to be able to say to my 288 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 2: relatives that may need help many years from that, I'm 289 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:04,480 Speaker 2: not doing this for your sake. But way back in 290 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 2: twenty ten, there was a young, good looking minister that lived. 291 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 2: He did his best to honor me, and because of 292 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 2: the life he lived, I'm going to show you mercy, 293 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 2: not for your sake, but for his sake. How that 294 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 2: ought to stir us up to make our lives count. 295 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 2: The scripture talks about how an iniquity can be passed 296 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 2: down for three or four generations. An iniquity is something destructive. Addictions, 297 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 2: bad habits, sicknesses, low self esteem, depression. Those things can 298 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:42,800 Speaker 2: get passed down three or four generations. But it says 299 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 2: in Deuteronomy seventy nine, God will keep his covenant of 300 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 2: mercy with those that love him for a thousand generations. 301 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 2: That means the fact that you're in church today, the 302 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 2: fact that you're watching right now, a thousand generations from now, 303 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 2: God will not forget about this. You are making a 304 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 2: lasting difference. 305 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: This one thing. 306 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 2: To leave your family material resources, and that's good, But 307 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 2: let me challenge it. To leave them something greater than money, 308 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 2: greater than houses, greater than cars. Leave them this covenant 309 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,959 Speaker 2: of mercy, leave them a legacy of faith. 310 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 1: When times get tough and. 311 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 2: You think, oh, man, I don't feel like going to church, 312 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 2: I don't feel like being good to these people. 313 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: They're aggravating me. 314 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 2: I don't even feel like trying to overcome this addiction. 315 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 2: I don't see anything happening. No, you have to keep 316 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 2: reminding yourself. You are storing up mercy every time you 317 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 2: leave this building. You should say to yourself, I just made. 318 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: Another deposit of mercy. My account got a little bit fuller. 319 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 2: Every time you get up early to read your Bible 320 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 2: and pray, every time you're kind to someone, every time 321 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 2: you resist temptation, you're not only making it easier for yourself, 322 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 2: but you're making it easier for generations to come. You 323 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 2: are affecting your bloodline, and some of you today needs 324 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 2: some new blood. There are things you're dealing with right 325 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 2: now that keep getting passed from generation to generation. And 326 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 2: if you don't draw the line in the sand and 327 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 2: say no more, this is a new day. 328 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 1: I'm gonna break these addictions. 329 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna live negative, bitter, angry, upset. 330 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: If you don't put a stop to it, it'll. 331 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:32,160 Speaker 2: Continue to linger in your family line for generations and generations. 332 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 2: One time in the Old Testament, God told King Saul 333 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 2: to go and totally destroy the Amalekites. 334 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: Saul went out and. 335 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 2: Defeated the enemy, but he spared the king King Agag. 336 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:48,959 Speaker 2: He captured him, and when he brought him back, the 337 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:50,400 Speaker 2: prophet Samuel saw it. 338 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: He says, Saul, what in the world have you done? 339 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 2: God gave you the power to totally defeat this enemy, 340 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 2: but you've spared the king. Fast forward now, hundreds of 341 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 2: years later, Esther is in the palace. There's a man 342 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 2: by the name of Haman that is trying to get rid. 343 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 1: Of her and all of her people. 344 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 2: The scripture says that Hayman was an Agite, and Agite 345 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 2: was a descendant of King Agag. 346 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 1: Here's my point. 347 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 2: If Saul would have taken care of the enemy when 348 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 2: God gave him the power to do it, Estra wouldn't 349 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 2: be having this problem five hundred years later. Could it 350 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 2: be that there are issues that you're dealing with right 351 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 2: now that if you don't rise up and put a 352 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 2: stop to it, someone in your family line will still 353 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 2: be struggling with it five hundred years from now. God 354 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 2: is saying, this is your time, this is your moment. 355 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 1: Your destiny is calling out to you. 356 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 2: You can either put up with it, let it conquer you, 357 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 2: and like Saul, let good enough be good enough, or. 358 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: You can put your foot down and say no way. 359 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 2: The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is 360 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 2: on the inside of me. 361 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: I am going to totally defeat this enemy. 362 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 2: I'm gonna conquer this addiction, this anger, this low self esteem, 363 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 2: this depression. I am not going to let it linger 364 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 2: in my family line any longer. Frince, you got to 365 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 2: rise up and fight the good fight of faith. You 366 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 2: are anointed, you are equipped, you are empowered. The forces 367 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 2: that are for you are greater than the forces that 368 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,959 Speaker 2: are against you. My declaration is, we are putting a 369 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 2: stop to every negative thing in our family line. 370 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: Every curse is being broken. 371 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 2: No sickness, no addictions, no bad habits, no depression, no 372 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 2: low self esteem is going to be passed any further. 373 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: Today the tide of the battle is turning. I read 374 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 2: a story about our Capone's lawyer. 375 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 1: His name was easy Eddie. 376 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,880 Speaker 2: Of course, our Capone was the leader of the mafia 377 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 2: in Chicago many many years ago, and Easy Eddie had 378 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,720 Speaker 2: no integrity. He did whatever he had to to keep 379 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 2: Capone out of jail. He was extremely successful and compensated 380 00:21:06,359 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 2: greatly for it. 381 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: But Easy Eddie had a young son. 382 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 2: Even though with all of his wealth and influence he 383 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,439 Speaker 2: could give his boy the houses and cars and the 384 00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 2: best of everything, there were two things he could not 385 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 2: give his young son, and it really bothered him. He 386 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,119 Speaker 2: could not give him a good name or a good example, 387 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 2: he got to where he couldn't live with himself, although 388 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 2: he knew the consequences would be extreme. One day he 389 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 2: went to the authorities and he told everything he knew 390 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 2: about Capone, and he confessed to all the wrong that 391 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 2: he had done. He was trying, in some way to 392 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 2: salvage his reputation and to teach his young boy that 393 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 2: integrity and honor and excellence was so important. He ended 394 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 2: up having to testify against the mob, and, as most 395 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 2: people expected, within a year, his life ended in a 396 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 2: hell of gunfire outside his home. Many years later, during 397 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 2: World War II, there was a young US airmen flying 398 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 2: his fighter plane on a mission in the South Pacific. 399 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 2: Not long after takeoff, he realized someone had forgotten to 400 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 2: fill his fuel tanks. He couldn't complete the mission. He 401 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 2: dropped out of formation headed back to the mother ship. 402 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 2: On the way, he saw a squadron of enemy planes 403 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 2: speeding toward his fleet, the one he just left without him. 404 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 2: His fleet was totally defenseless. He had no way to 405 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 2: contact them. The only thing he could do was to 406 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,920 Speaker 2: try to distract these planes and keep them from going 407 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 2: after his friends. Even though he was outnumbered ten to one, 408 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 2: he charged toward them, darting in and out like a madman. 409 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,560 Speaker 2: He dove at their wings and tried to clip their tails, 410 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 2: doing everything he could. The whole time he was being 411 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 2: hit with bullets, Smoke was everywhere, looked like he didn't 412 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 2: have a chance. At one point, these enemy pilots got 413 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 2: so confused and so frustrated they turned around, gave up, 414 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 2: and went back. He spared his fleet all by himself. 415 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 2: For this incredible act of bravery, he became the Navy's 416 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 2: first pilot to receive the Medal of Honor award for 417 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 2: the highest act. 418 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: Of bravery and heroism. 419 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:28,479 Speaker 2: A year later, this young man, Butch O'Hare was killed 420 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:32,719 Speaker 2: in aerial combat at the age of twenty nine. His 421 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 2: hometown city would not let his heroics be forgotten. Today 422 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 2: O'Hare Airport in Chicago is named after him. But what 423 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 2: makes this story more significant is Butch O'Hare was easy 424 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 2: Eddie's son. 425 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: He was the young man. 426 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 2: That Easy Eddie changed his life for. Do you see 427 00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 2: the difference one person can make in a family line, 428 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 2: When one man, when one woman, When one young person 429 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 2: rises up and says, you know what, I'm going to 430 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 2: live a life that honors God. I'm going to be 431 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,359 Speaker 2: a person of excellence and integrity. I'm not going to compromise. 432 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 2: I'm not going to take the easy way out. When 433 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 2: you make an effort to honor God like that, when 434 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 2: you do what you can to make things right, you 435 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 2: are starting this covenant of mercy. God will not only 436 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 2: honor you, he will honor your children. This family went 437 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:32,080 Speaker 2: from no reputation, no integrity, no respect, one generation later 438 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 2: to incredible respect, honor, and admiration. Some of you today 439 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 2: are one generation away from seeing God honor your family 440 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,919 Speaker 2: like you've never even dreamed of. 441 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: It may not be to have your name on. 442 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 2: Something big, but God is going to honor your children 443 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 2: with incredible success, with amazing opportunities. God is going to 444 00:24:54,800 --> 00:25:00,040 Speaker 2: show you and Ephesians three twenty decade exceedingly abundantly. 445 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: Above and beyond. 446 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 2: You may have some things in your past, like easy 447 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 2: eddy that you're not proud of, but God is not 448 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 2: interested in where you've been. He's interested in where you're going. 449 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 2: Today can be a new day. You can be the 450 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 2: one to set a new standard. You can be the 451 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 2: one to fill your account of mercy full. You may 452 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 2: come from what we call these long lines of generational curses. 453 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,199 Speaker 2: But the good news is there's something else called a 454 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 2: generational blessing. And just as sicknesses and addictions can be 455 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 2: passed down, how much more can faith, integrity, favor be 456 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 2: passed down. Now I've learned this, the blessing will always 457 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 2: override the curse. As we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, 458 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 2: one promise we can stand on is that Christ has 459 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 2: redeemed us from the curse of the law. Let that 460 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 2: inspire you to rise higher, to break every bondage, and 461 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 2: to become everything God's created you to be. 462 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: Jesus won the victory. 463 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 2: Now let's take the power the authority He's given us 464 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,919 Speaker 2: and not only win for ourselves, but let's help someone 465 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 2: else win. Let's make decisions that honor God and make 466 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 2: it easier on those that come after us. After all, 467 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 2: I don't want my relatives to serve God in spite 468 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 2: of me. I want them to serve God because of me. 469 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 2: I want them to be challenged by my faith, inspired 470 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 2: by the excellence and integrity that they see. Remember, none 471 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 2: of us got to where we are by ourselves. Somebody 472 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 2: went before us to make it easier. Somebody held up 473 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,719 Speaker 2: their hands like Moses did for Joshua. I'm asking you 474 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 2: today to hold up your hands and help somebody else 475 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 2: win lead this legacy of faith. 476 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: If you do this, you are storing up mercy. 477 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 2: And God promises he will not only be good to 478 00:26:56,680 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 2: your family line for a thousand generations, but God will 479 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 2: be good to you. He'll pour out his blessings in favor. 480 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 2: And I believe in declare you will become everything God's 481 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 2: created you to be, and you will see an Ephesians three, 482 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,360 Speaker 2: twenty decade exceedingly abundantly above and beyond. 483 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,479 Speaker 1: Amen and amen. Do you receive that today? 484 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 2: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 485 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:21,679 Speaker 2: an opportunity to make. 486 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: Jesus the lord of your life. Would you pray with me? 487 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 2: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent of my sins. Come 488 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 2: into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. Friends, 489 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,400 Speaker 2: if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got 490 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:37,000 Speaker 2: born again. 491 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 1: Get in a good Bible based church. Keep God first place. 492 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: He's going to take your places that you've never dreamed of. 493 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,160 Speaker 3: Our negative thinking can short circuit God's power and blessing 494 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 3: in our lives. When you say I always seem to worry. 495 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 3: I can't forgive what was done to me. I pray, 496 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,439 Speaker 3: but it feels like God doesn't hear. I won't have 497 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 3: enough to provide for me in my fafe family. How 498 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 3: do you overcome this type of negative thinking that limits 499 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 3: you from God's best? 500 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: Our thinking sets the limits for our life. 501 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 2: Every morning, you have to power up your mind, get 502 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 2: it going in the right direction, but dwelling on what 503 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 2: God says about you. When you think thoughts of faith, hope, 504 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 2: and victory, you'll tap into blessing and favor that belongs 505 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 2: to you. 506 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: Now, I'd love to send you my newest book. It's 507 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: called Power Up. 508 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 2: I'll show you how to delete negative thoughts and focus 509 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 2: on the promises rather than the problems. 510 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 3: You can discover God's unprecedented power in your life. As 511 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 3: our way of saying thank you for your gift of 512 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 3: any amount to the ministry, this month, Joel and Victoria 513 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 3: would like to send you this life altering resource, power Up, 514 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 3: a twenty one day action plan to transformative thinking. God 515 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 3: wants to power up every area of your life, your relationships, career, finances, health. 516 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 3: He wants to bless it all, But sometimes negative thinks 517 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 3: can short circuit the truth. This resource reconnects those power lines, 518 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 3: providing the free flow of God's eternal promises. Remember, wherever 519 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 3: you're at, whatever you're facing, you can make the choice 520 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 3: to power up and access God's promises. 521 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 2: When your mind is going in the right direction, your 522 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 2: life will go in the right direction. Start powering up 523 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 2: each day and watch what God will do. Vitory and 524 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 2: I want you to know that we pray for you 525 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 2: and your family. We appreciate your prayer and support. Your 526 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 2: generosity is impacting so many lives. Remember you can watch 527 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 2: the services live online every Sunday morning, download our daily podcast, 528 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 2: watch our YouTube channel, listen on Serious Exam. But until 529 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 2: we meet again, may the Lord bless you and keep you. 530 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 3: Be sure to request your copy of power Up, a 531 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 3: twenty one day action plan to transformative thinking today. Visit 532 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 3: Joeloustein dot com or call us toll free.