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But here he goes. I heard about Bubba. 41 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 4: He was outside doing yard work with his weed eater 42 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 4: when he accidentally cut off his cat's tail. 43 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 3: The cat was in the bushes. Bubba didn't see him. 44 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 4: He felt so badly he grabbed the tail, grabbed the cat, 45 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 4: said to his friend, I'm going to Walmart. 46 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 3: His friend said Walmart. 47 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 4: While Walmart, Bubba said, Hello, They're the largest retailer in 48 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 4: the world. Paul cell number is seven to one three. 49 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 4: Come on, say it like you mean it. This is 50 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 4: my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 51 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 4: have what it says I have. I can do what 52 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 4: it says I can do. Today I will be taught 53 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 4: the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 54 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 4: my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 55 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 4: In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk 56 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 4: to you today about breaking negative cycles. Most of the 57 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 4: things we struggle with didn't start with us. They've been 58 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 4: passed down in our family line. You don't get to 59 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 4: choose your babbles. You didn't get to pick what you'll 60 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 4: have to deal with. Just as you inherit your parents' DNA, 61 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 4: which determines your eye color, how tall you'll be, what 62 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 4: kind of hair you'll have, you also inherit attitudes, habits, 63 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 4: and behavior from those that have gone before you. Research 64 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 4: shows how depression can be passed down, anger, low self esteem, addictions. 65 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 4: It was in your bloodline and it showed up with you. 66 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 4: The scripture calls this an iniquity that means a hereditary weakness. 67 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 4: I've seen families that can't get along, Parents arguing, cousins, 68 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 4: upset siblings, bitter grandparents said at odds, that's a spirit 69 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 4: of strife, a spirit of division that keeps getting passed down. 70 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 4: I knew this young man growing up. His father was 71 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,839 Speaker 4: indicted for fraud and went to prison. This young man 72 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 4: told me how his grandfather was the same way. 73 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 3: He was so upset with. 74 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 4: Them, couldn't understand why they'd make poor choices, why they'd 75 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 4: cheat people. Twenty years later, a friend called and said, 76 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 4: did you hear about so and so. He's in trouble 77 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 4: for fraud. He didn't choose it. It chose him. It 78 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 4: will continue to go from generation to generation until someone 79 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 4: rises up and says, I'm going to break this negative cycle. 80 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 3: It didn't start with you. The good news is it 81 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 3: can end with you. 82 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 4: You can be the one that affects generations to come. 83 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 4: You can make it easier on your children and grandchildren. 84 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 4: And it's good to look back at your family history 85 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 4: and see what are we good. 86 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 3: At, what do we excel in? 87 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 4: And what are the weaknesses? Where do I see a 88 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 4: pattern of mediocrity, compromise, and failure. When you understand those 89 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 4: same spirits are coming after you. 90 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 3: Then you can be on guard. You can be prepared. 91 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 3: Say no thanks, depression, You're not welcome here. No thanks. 92 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 4: I'm not giving into this addiction, this compromise. No thanks, 93 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 4: I'm not living inferior, insecure, angry, bitter. Don't let that 94 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 4: iniquity continue on. It's been in your family line. But 95 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 4: the reason you're hearing this is so that. 96 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,599 Speaker 3: You can put an end to it now. 97 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 4: I heard this phrase. It ran in my family until 98 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 4: it ran into me. You're the difference maker. You call 99 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 4: to set a new standard. You're the exception. Everyone in 100 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 4: your family was negative except you. Everyone was broke except you, 101 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 4: everyone addicted except you, everyone bitter except you. I am 102 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 4: looking at exceptional people, people that stand out, people that 103 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 4: defy the odds, people that break barriers numbers. Chapter twenty five. 104 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,280 Speaker 4: The Israelites had gotten off course. This false prophet named 105 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 4: Balm encouraged the Midianite women to lure the Israelites into 106 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 4: worshiping their idols, and they fell right into that trap. 107 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 4: They begin feasting with the Midianites worshiping the god Bail. 108 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 4: There were all kinds of immorality and compromise going on, and. 109 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 3: God was very displeased. 110 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 4: This plague broke out and twenty four thousand Israelites were killed. 111 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 3: Looked like that would continue on. 112 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 4: Moses warned the people that they needed to change, but 113 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 4: they weren't listening. One of the Israelites took a Midianite 114 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 4: woman into his tent in defiance. 115 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 3: Of what Moses said. 116 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 4: Everyone was standing around watching, wondering what was going to happen. 117 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 4: Then a young man named Phineas Rosa went into the 118 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 4: tent and put an end to it. The scripture says 119 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 4: Phineas had the courage to step in, and the plague 120 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 4: was stopped. 121 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 3: All this compromising mediocrity. 122 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 4: And one person stepped in and said, I'm going to 123 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,119 Speaker 4: honor God, I'm going to live with integrity. I'm gonna 124 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 4: do the right thing, and the plague ended. You can 125 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 4: stop the plague in your family. 126 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 3: You can be the Phineas. There may be. 127 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 4: Negative baggage, people, compromising addictions, mediocrity. It just takes one Phineas, 128 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 4: one man, one woman. 129 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 3: To break the cycle of defeat. 130 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 4: My prayer is, God, give us Phineases, give us people 131 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 4: who will rise up, not just accept the dysfunction, not 132 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 4: just live with the defeat, but will have the courage 133 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 4: to make a difference, to put an end to what's 134 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 4: limiting us. Phineas had to kill the compromise, kill the disrespect, 135 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 4: Kill the worshiping of idols was drastic, it was extreme. 136 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 3: But what you don't kill will end up killing you. 137 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 4: There are negative things in our family line that we 138 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 4: have to say you cannot live. 139 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 3: In my life. It's symbolic. 140 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 4: You have to kill the anger, kill the addiction, kill 141 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:45,119 Speaker 4: the unforgiveness. You can stop the plague, but as long 142 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 4: as you allow these things to live, it's going to 143 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 4: kill your dreams, kill your peace, kill your freedom, kill 144 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 4: your purpose. Now be a Phineas, have the courage to 145 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 4: step up. Our attitude should be. 146 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 3: This may have been passed down, but it's not going 147 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 3: to get past me. This is where it ends. 148 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 4: This is where the depression stops. This is where the addiction, 149 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 4: the low self esteem, the poverty mindset comes to an end. 150 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 4: Don't live with the dysfunction. Break the dysfunction. Well, nobody 151 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 4: in my family is successful. We just barely get by. 152 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 4: That's what was passed down to you. That's the way 153 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 4: it's been. But you're a Phineus. You're putting an end 154 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 4: to that. You'll call to rise higher. You're called to 155 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 4: put a stop to that plague. But Joe, everyone in my. 156 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 3: Family struggles with addictions. 157 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 4: We all compromise, we all have anger issues. That would 158 00:08:40,040 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 4: be a good excuse to stay that way if not 159 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 4: for one thing. You're a Phineus. You have the courage 160 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 4: to step in. God is destined you to break the 161 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 4: negative cycle, to set your family on a new course, 162 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 4: to reach levels that you've never seen. Now, don't miss 163 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 4: your chance. This is a window of opportunity, a door 164 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 4: that will not always be open. It may be difficult, 165 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 4: but God won't ask you to do something and not 166 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 4: give you the grace to do it. Your children are 167 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 4: counting on you, your great grandchildren. Their destinies hang in 168 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 4: the balance. Will they deal with the same things you do, 169 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 4: or will you put an end to it? Will you 170 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 4: be the one to break that negative cycle and stop 171 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 4: the plague? 172 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 3: I already know the answer. 173 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 4: I'm looking at phineasis, I'm looking at barier breakers. I'm 174 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 4: looking at people who are called equipped and anointed. The 175 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 4: power in you is greater than any power that's trying 176 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:42,479 Speaker 4: to stop you. 177 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 3: You're going to feel a new sense of courage. 178 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 4: God's favor is going to be on you in a 179 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 4: greater way. Things you've struggled with in the past are 180 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 4: not going to be a struggle anymore. 181 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 3: Chains that have held you back are being broken. 182 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 4: Strongholds that have kept you captive are coming down. 183 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,839 Speaker 3: God's going to do what you can't do on your own. 184 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,599 Speaker 4: When you stand for righteousness, when you refuse to compromise, 185 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 4: when you say no, I'm not hanging around these same 186 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 4: friends that are holding me back. When you break out 187 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 4: of that negative mindset and believe bigger, pray bolder, dream larger, 188 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 4: you're going to see the hand of God turn things around, 189 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 4: break addictions, bring you out of dysfunction, promote you. 190 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 3: The levels that you never thought possible. 191 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 4: Think about all these people living with the plague, and 192 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 4: one man rose up and did something about it. One 193 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 4: man broke that cycle that had killed twenty four thousand people. 194 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 3: How many people. 195 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 4: Are going to live better off because you had the 196 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 4: courage to step up. 197 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 3: How many of your relatives will look back. 198 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 4: And say, Wow, thank God for Phineas, thank God for Julie, 199 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 4: thank God for Uncle Robert, thank God for Marcella. Now 200 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 4: we're free, Now we're blessed. Now we're confident now. We're 201 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 4: successful because you're a Phineas, because you killed what could 202 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 4: have killed you. 203 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 3: You're impacting generations to come. 204 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 4: You're one of those heroes of faith, Joel, I don't 205 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 4: think you're talking about me, man. I'm not Phineas. I 206 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 4: still struggle with an addiction. I still have a problem 207 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,559 Speaker 4: with my temper. I'm still dealing with poverty and lack. No, 208 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 4: let me encourage you. Phineas is in you, The barrier 209 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 4: breaker is in you. The same power that raised Christ 210 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 4: from the dead lives on the inside of you. And yes, 211 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 4: there's a battle in your bloodline. The good news is 212 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 4: you're going to win. 213 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 3: That Phineas spirit is going to rise up in a 214 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 3: new way. You're going to put a stop to what's 215 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 3: stopping you. 216 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 4: Those weaknesses that have been passed down are just what 217 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:53,439 Speaker 4: they're called. They're weak. They're no match for you. A 218 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 4: friend of mine was raised in a good family. When 219 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 4: he was a toddler, his father, in his early twenties 220 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 4: got a job at a large transportation company. He was 221 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 4: at an entry level position out washing the vehicles. He's 222 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 4: a hard worker, always on time, went the extra mile. 223 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 4: Those were the good things that had been passed down. 224 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 4: We all have these positive attributes in our family line. 225 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 4: People that passed down courage, talent, good attitudes. The key 226 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 4: is to take the positive, build on the good things, and. 227 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 3: Leave the negative behind. 228 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 4: This men's parents, grandparents, They were good people, but. 229 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 3: They struggled with alcohol. 230 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 4: Over time, they both ended up becoming alcoholics. That was 231 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 4: the environment he was raised in. 232 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 3: Well. He received promotion after promotion, from. 233 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 4: Out washing the cars to supervising the department, then head 234 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 4: of operations. Ten years later he was in senior management. 235 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 4: Everything was going great, his family was blessed. But in 236 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 4: this new position, the people he worked with would go 237 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 4: out several times a week at lunch and drink. They 238 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 4: called it liquid lunch. Now, he never touched alcohol. Knowing 239 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 4: what his parents and grandparents struggled with, he didn't want 240 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 4: to seem odd, like he was too square, so he 241 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 4: started drinking just a few times a week, no big deal. 242 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 4: He didn't realize that alcohol gene was lying dormant in 243 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 4: his DNA. He was predisposed to alcoholism that was passed 244 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 4: down to him. He made the mistake of waking up 245 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 4: that gene. He started drinking more and more. The scripture says, 246 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 4: don't give the enemy a foothold. 247 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 3: Don't open the door. 248 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 4: If you crack it a little, he's gonna push and push. 249 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 4: He'd love for all that negative baggage to go from 250 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 4: generation to generation. Before long, it started affecting this father. 251 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 4: He started showing up late for work, started missing appointments. 252 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 4: He got to where some days he wouldn't come home 253 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 4: from work, wasn't with the family anymore. God so bad 254 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 4: he lost his job, started living in shelters. My friend 255 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 4: told me how they were the perfect family, living the 256 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 4: American dream, and then alcoholism destroyed their life. My friend 257 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 4: is in the entertainment industry now, and he's very successful, 258 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 4: he said, Joel. I don't touch alcohol, not because of 259 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 4: religious reasons, but I know I'm predisposed to alcoholism. When 260 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 4: you look back in your family line and you see 261 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 4: things that have caused heartache and pain, things that have 262 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 4: kept people from their potential, it's important to recognize that 263 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 4: those genes are passed down. 264 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 3: You're predisposed to that. But here's the beauty. 265 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 4: That doesn't mean it's going to automatically happen. You get 266 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 4: to choose whether you activate that gene or whether you 267 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 4: leave it lying dormant. His father activated it and it 268 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 4: ruined his life. His son chose to leave it dormant, 269 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 4: and he's living a blessed, free, favor filled life. Alcoholism 270 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 4: ran in his family until it ran into him. He 271 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 4: was a phineas he had the courage to step up 272 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 4: and put an end to it. His attitude was this 273 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 4: alcoholism didn't start with me, but it's going to stop 274 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 4: with me. I'm the difference maker. I know some of 275 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 4: you thinking, well, Joe, it's. 276 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 3: Too late for me. 277 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 4: I've already activated that gene. No, you can deactivate it. 278 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 4: You have the power to turn it off. You can 279 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 4: be the one to break the negative cycle. Now it 280 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 4: may not be alcohol for you, may be bitterness, low 281 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 4: self esteem, anger, There's a gene line dormant. 282 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 3: Don't wake it up. Don't open the door. You're going 283 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 3: to be tempted. 284 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 4: My friend told how in the entertainment industry, practically every event, every. 285 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 3: Meeting, there's alcohol. People expect him to drink. Ask him 286 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 3: how he dealt with it, he said, Joel, I'm bold 287 00:15:58,680 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 3: about it. 288 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 4: When pressure me, I say, listen. I come from a 289 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 4: family of alcoholics. I've seen it ruin their life. And 290 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 4: I'm not going to let it ruin mine. When you 291 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 4: look back at your history, there may be things that 292 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 4: are fine for other people, but you know you shouldn't 293 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,240 Speaker 4: do it because you've been predisposed to it. 294 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 3: You don't want to wake up that gene. Be aware 295 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 3: and be diligent. Don't play with fire. 296 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 4: Don't think you can compromise just a little, be dishonest, 297 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 4: just a little, run with the wrong crowd, just a little. 298 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 3: It's not worth a chance. What are you going to 299 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 3: wake up? What genes are you going to activate? 300 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 4: God told Phineas, because you had the courage to step 301 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 4: up and stop this plague, I'm going to make a 302 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 4: covenant of peace with you. You and your descendants will be 303 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 4: priests for all time. Look at how God works when 304 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 4: you step up and put an end to the plague, 305 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 4: when you stop the negative baggage. 306 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 3: The addiction, the depression, the lack. 307 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 4: God says, I'm not only going to honor you and 308 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 4: your family, but I'm going to show favor to your descendants. 309 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:11,679 Speaker 4: I'm going to place a lasting blessing on your family line. 310 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 4: I know today I'm walking in favor because of those 311 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 4: that went before me. 312 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 3: I'm walking in blessings because I. 313 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 4: Had people that honored God. My father broke the negative 314 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:27,120 Speaker 4: cycle of poverty in our family. He was raised very 315 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 4: poor during the Great Depression. Many times they didn't have 316 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 4: money for food or clothing. Looked like that poverty spirit, 317 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 4: that lack mentality, that defeat mindset would be passed down 318 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:40,199 Speaker 4: to him. 319 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 3: But it's seventeen years old. 320 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 4: When he gave his life to Christ, the first one 321 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 4: in his family, something rose up in him. 322 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 3: He said, my children will never be raised in the 323 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:56,159 Speaker 3: poverty and defeat that I'm raised in. That gene was there, 324 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 3: but he deactivated it. He was a phineas he. 325 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 4: Said, this plague is stopping with me. He didn't just 326 00:18:03,119 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 4: sit back. He took steps of faith. He had to hitchhike. 327 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 4: He didn't have a car, but he went out and 328 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 4: started ministering. God opened doors made ways. My father left 329 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:19,719 Speaker 4: our family blessed, successful, not just with resources, but with 330 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 4: a new mindset that our God is all powerful, that when. 331 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 3: We believe, he can take you where you've never dreamed. 332 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 4: That when you honor him, he'll open doors that no 333 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 4: person can shut, that'll give you compact centers, that'll heal 334 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 4: you from cancer. Now our children have enough negative things 335 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 4: to deal with. I don't want them predisposed to doubt, 336 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 4: predisposed to fear, addictions, compromise. 337 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 3: I want them. 338 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 4: Predisposed to faith, predisposed to blessings, predisposed to godliness, to integrity, 339 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 4: to generosity. I want them to succeed because of me, 340 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 4: and not in spite of me. The scripture, Isaac was 341 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 4: very old and about the pass, and he was nearly blind, 342 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 4: and he said word for his son Esau to come in, 343 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 4: and he was going to give him the blessing that 344 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 4: belonged to the firstborn son. 345 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 3: Well. His wife, Rebecca loved their son Jacob more than Esau. 346 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 4: She told Jacob to dress up like Esau, go in 347 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 4: there and pretend to be his brother so he could 348 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 4: get the best blessing. Esau was very hairy, so she 349 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 4: made Jacob some animal skin to put on his arms. 350 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:33,120 Speaker 4: Jacob went in, tricked their father and received the blessing. 351 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 4: It wasn't just the mother that was deceitful. Jacob had 352 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 4: that same spirit. He was dishonest. Remember how earlier he 353 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 4: tricked his brother out of his birthright. 354 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 3: It didn't stop there. His uncle Lavin was dishonest. He tricked. 355 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 4: Jacob said he was going to give him one daughter 356 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 4: in marriage. But when Jacob woke up the morning after 357 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 4: the wedding, he looked over in bed and it was 358 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 4: the other sister. 359 00:19:58,400 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 3: Surprise. 360 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 4: Now, notice how that same spirit traveled through the family line. Deceit, manipulation, dishonesty, 361 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 4: I start a coincidence. 362 00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 3: That's a spirit that keeps getting passed down. 363 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 4: It just needs a phineas for someone to rise up 364 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 4: and say, no, we're not living like this. I recognize 365 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 4: what's happening. I'm going to live as a person of honor, 366 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 4: true to my word, with integrity. One time Abraham had 367 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 4: to travel to a new city and his wife, Sarah. 368 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 3: Was very beautiful, and he was. 369 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 4: Afraid that the people would kill him so they could 370 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 4: have her. So he lied and told King Abimelech that 371 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 4: Sarah was his sister, that they weren't married. The king 372 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 4: later found out the truth. Eventually Abraham passed. Years later, 373 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 4: his son Isaac was traveling through the same city. His wife, 374 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 4: Rebecca was very beautiful. Isaac was afraid they would get 375 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 4: rid of him to have her. He told King Abimelech, 376 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 4: the same king, that Rebecca was his sister. 377 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 3: And not his wife. 378 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 4: It's interesting how these negative traits keep getting passed down. 379 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 4: It's the same way today. It can be a spirit 380 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:16,080 Speaker 4: of low self esteem. Everyone in your family feels unworthy, 381 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,400 Speaker 4: not good enough, not attractive. 382 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 3: Do yourself a favor. 383 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 4: Be a pheneus. Put an end to it. You're made 384 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 4: in the image of God. You have royal blood flowing 385 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 4: through your veins. Turn off that unworthy, inferior gene. Let 386 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 4: it stay dormant. Maybe it's a spirit of mediocrity. No 387 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 4: one in your family can get ahead. You're not expecting 388 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 4: anything good, Joe, We're just average people. You have to 389 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 4: get rid of that spirit. It's been passed down long enough. 390 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 4: It ran in your family. The good news is it 391 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 4: ran into you. 392 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 3: You're the Phineas. 393 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 4: Get your passion back, Start expecting to rise higher, Start 394 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 4: declaring God's promises over your life. It's good to ask yourself, 395 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 4: why how do I struggle in this area? 396 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:03,920 Speaker 3: Why do I feel I'm not good enough? 397 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 4: Why am I drawn to compromise to addictions, to manipulation. 398 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 4: Those are battles you didn't choose, Battles that didn't start 399 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 4: with you. They were passed down, but they can stop 400 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 4: with you. 401 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 3: You can be the Phineas. 402 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 4: It may not be easy, but if you'll make a move, 403 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 4: God will make a move. If you'll take a step 404 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,919 Speaker 4: of faith, God will give you the grace to do 405 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 4: what you can't do on your own. He's just waiting 406 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 4: for you to rise up. That may mean to forgive, 407 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 4: to get rid of the bitterness. It may mean to 408 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,719 Speaker 4: get help with that addiction, to attend our freedom class. 409 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 4: It may mean, like my father, to have a new mindset, 410 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 4: to not accept defeat and mediocrity as your destiny, to 411 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 4: have a new vision, to believe that you can leave 412 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 4: your mark. You have to deactivate those negative traits that. 413 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,439 Speaker 3: Have been passed down. You didn't have anything to do 414 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 3: with it. 415 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 4: It's an iniquity, something you inherited, but God wouldn't have 416 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 4: allowed it if it was going to keep you from 417 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 4: your destiny. You can break that negative cycle and be 418 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 4: the one to set your family on a new course. 419 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 4: In the Old Testament, God told Saul to go and 420 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 4: kill all the Amalekites, to not spare anyone or anything. 421 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,200 Speaker 4: Saul went out and defeated the enemy, but he spared 422 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 4: King Agag. 423 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 3: When he returned home, the. 424 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 4: Prophet Samuel came, says Saul, God told you to destroy 425 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 4: the entire army, but you've spared the king. Fast forward 426 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 4: hundreds of years later, Estra was in the palace. A 427 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 4: man by the name of Hayman was trying to get 428 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 4: rid of her and all the Jews. 429 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 3: It says that Hayman was an. 430 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 4: Agite, and Agite was a descendant of King a gag. 431 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 4: If Saul would have taken care of his enemy when 432 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 4: God gave him the power to do it, then Esther 433 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 4: wouldn't have this problem five hundred years later. 434 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 3: Could it be? 435 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 4: If you don't rise up and put a stop to 436 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 4: what's hindering you, then hundreds of years from now your 437 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 4: family will still be struggling with it. God is saying, 438 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 4: this is your time, this is your moment. Your destiny 439 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 4: is calling out. You can either put up with it 440 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 4: and let it conquer you, or you can put your 441 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 4: foot down and say no, I'm going to be a phineas. 442 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 4: I'm going to put a stop to what's holding us back. 443 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 4: I'm gonna deal with this addiction, this anger, this compromise, 444 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 4: this depression. I'm not going to let my history keep 445 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 4: me from my destiny. And yes, we all have negative 446 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,360 Speaker 4: things in our family line. But when you gave your 447 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 4: life to Christ, you became a new creation. He puts 448 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 4: some new genes in you. There is strength in your genes. 449 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 4: There is freedom in your genes. There's health, abundance, victory 450 00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 4: is in your genes. 451 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 3: Oh, this is encouraging. 452 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,640 Speaker 4: But everybody in my family gets divorced. We all have addictions. 453 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 4: Everyone struggles in their finances. Here's the catch. You're not everyone. 454 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 4: You're the exception. You're a Foeneus. You have more knowledge 455 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 4: than they had. The favor on your life is stronger, 456 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 4: the blessing is greater. 457 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 3: The anointing is more powerful. 458 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 4: They may have lived with it, but you were raised 459 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 4: up to put an end to it. You're the difference maker. 460 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 4: You can break that negative cycle. Eighteen seventy four, a 461 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 4: member of the New York Prison Board noticed that six 462 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 4: people from the same family were serving in one of 463 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 4: the prisons. He was intrigued by it and decided to 464 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 4: do a study. 465 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 3: He traced their. 466 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 4: Family line back to a man by the name of 467 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 4: Max Jukes. He was born in seventeen twenty. He was 468 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,880 Speaker 4: known in the town as the troublemaker, a heavy drinker, 469 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 4: no integrity, He married a woman just like him. 470 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 3: They had six daughters. 471 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 4: Two sons. Twelve hundred of their descendants were studied. Of those, 472 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 4: three hundred and ten were homeless, one hundred and eighty alcoholics, 473 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 4: one hundred and sixty were drug addicts. One hundred and 474 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 4: fifty became criminals that served time in prison. Another family 475 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 4: was studied that lived the wrong that same time. His 476 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 4: name was Jonathan Edwards. He was a famous theologian, the 477 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 4: president of Princeton University. He married his wife Sarah. They 478 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 4: had eleven children. He was a devoted family man that 479 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 4: honored God. Fourteen hundred of their descendants were studied. Among them, 480 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 4: thirteen were college presidents, sixty five were professors, one hundred 481 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 4: were lawyers, sixty six were physicians, eighty five were authors 482 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 4: of classic books, thirty two were state judges. Eighty were 483 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 4: holders of public office, including three US senators, three governors, 484 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 4: and one vice president of the United States. It makes 485 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 4: a difference what you're passing down. Your choices will affect 486 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 4: generations to come. You may have things in your family 487 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 4: line that have been there for generations. Addictions, poverty, divorce, compromise. 488 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 4: It's going to say there until someone rises up and 489 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 4: puts a stop to it. 490 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 3: I'm saying you're the Phineas. You're the one. 491 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,640 Speaker 4: God is raised up to break the negative cycle. This 492 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 4: is not an option. You have to kill it or 493 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 4: it will kill your dreams. It will kill your potential, 494 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,919 Speaker 4: it will kill your purpose. There's a battle in your bloodline. 495 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 4: You didn't choose it, but you can win it. The 496 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 4: forces that are for you are greater than forces that 497 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 4: are against you. 498 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 3: If you will rise up. 499 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 4: And be a Phineas I believe and declare like God 500 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 4: did for him, there's going to be a blessing on 501 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 4: your family line. You're gonna see favor that you've never seen. 502 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 4: Addictions are being broken, Depression stripe, low self esteem. 503 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 3: You're going to rise higher and become all you were 504 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:05,040 Speaker 3: created to be. 505 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 4: In Jesus' name, if you receive it, can you say amen? 506 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 4: I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 507 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 4: the lord of your life. 508 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 3: Would you pray with me? 509 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 4: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 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