1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Hey, it's so great to have you with us on 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: the podcast today. We love you, guys, were praying for 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: you and just believe you'll be blessed and encouraged. So 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: all the best to you. God bless you. It is 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: a joy to come into your homes. And we're just 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 1: believing that two thousand and six is gonna be a 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: great year in your life. We're believing you're gonna see 8 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: God's favor like you've never seen it before. So I 9 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: hope you get that down in you and let go 10 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: of the negative things that happened last year and just 11 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: start this new year off afresh and a new and 12 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: we're believing that for each one of you. So glad 13 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: you tuned in. If you're ever in our area, stop 14 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: buying see us. We'll make you feel right at home. 15 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: But we're glad to have you. I'd like to start 16 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,160 Speaker 1: each week with something kind of funny. And of course 17 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: these jokes, I tell most of them are not doctrinally correct, 18 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: especially this one, but just to make us laugh. And 19 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: I heard about this guy that was walking along the 20 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: beach and God said, son, you've been so faithful, I'm 21 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: gonna grant you one special wish He said, well, God, 22 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: I've always wanted to go to but I'm afraid to fly. 23 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: So my wish is that you would build me a 24 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: bridge across the ocean. God said, son, that's impossible. Think 25 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: of the logistics of that. Now take some time and 26 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: wish again. He said, okay, God, I've been married four 27 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: times and all my ex wives tell me I'm so insensitive. 28 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: So my wish is that I might be able to 29 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: understand a woman. I want to know why they think 30 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: like they think, why they feel like they feel. I 31 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: want to know how to truly make them happy. There 32 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: was a long pause, and God said, do you want 33 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 1: two lanes or four lanes on that bridge? All right, 34 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: hold your bibles up, say it like you mean it. 35 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 36 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: I have what it says I have. I can do 37 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: what it says I can do. Today I will be 38 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 39 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 40 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 41 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: to talk to you today about the choices that you're 42 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: making and the legacy that you're leaving a lot of 43 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: times when we hear the word legacy, we think about 44 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: our accomplishments, how we'll be remembered, and even the money 45 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: that we're leaving our family. But the Bible says we 46 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: can leave something even more significant than that. It talks 47 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: about how we can store up blessings of mercy or 48 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: curses of iniquity. It all depends on how we live 49 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: our lives. If we choose to live a life of excellence, 50 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: honoring God, taking the high road, then not only are 51 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: we going to be blessed, but we are storing up 52 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: mercy for our children, for our grandchildren. The decisions we 53 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: make today are going to affect generations to come. We 54 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: can either make it easier on them or we can 55 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: make it more difficult. But the fact is no person 56 00:02:55,280 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: lives or dies unto himself. You are affecting others by 57 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: the way you live, either good or bad. Your life 58 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: can be a stepping stone for your children to do 59 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: greater things, or it can be a stumbling block that 60 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: causes him to struggle in live in mediocrity. And every 61 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: one of us has an account in heaven. By the 62 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: way we live, we're either storing up these blessings of 63 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: mercy or these curses of iniquity? How do you store 64 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: up mercy by making choices that honor God? Every time 65 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: you come to church, you're storing up mercy. You made 66 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: a deposit in your heavenly account today. When you overlook 67 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: a wrong, you forgive an offense, You're not just helping yourself. 68 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: You're making a deposit of mercy when you tide your income, 69 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: when you help someone in need, when you resist that temptation, 70 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: you just made another deposit. On the other hand, when 71 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 1: we take the easy way out and compromise, go around 72 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: with bad attitudes, with unforgiveness, holding on to addiction, all 73 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: we're really doing is making the wrong kind of deposit. 74 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: We're storing up curses of iniquity. And the sad thing 75 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: is our children and grandchildren will have to struggle with it. 76 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: The Bible says the iniquity of the Father can be 77 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: passed down for three or four generations. And some of 78 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 1: you are struggling with things right now that have been 79 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: passed down and that will continue unless you rise up 80 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: and put a stop to it. Why don't you be 81 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: the one don't pass down curses of iniquity by making 82 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: poor choices now get that junk out of your account 83 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: and start passing down these blessings of mercy. I think 84 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: about King David. He wasn't a perfect man, but he 85 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: did his best to live a life that honored God. 86 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 1: And in Psalm eighty nine, it talks about this covenant 87 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: of mercy that David built up, and God said, David, 88 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: since you've served me, since you've done your best to 89 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,720 Speaker 1: honor me, I will watch after your seed, your children, 90 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: your grandchildren. I will always look favorably toward them. And 91 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: God went on to say, even if they make mistakes, 92 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: even if they get off course, I will not give 93 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: them what they deserve. I will show them mercy all 94 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: because of the life that you've lived. Notice God is saying, 95 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: when we make choices that honor him, He's going to 96 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 1: watch after our children. He will always look favorably toward them. 97 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,479 Speaker 1: And it's interesting. David left his son Solomon millions and 98 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: millions of dollars. And it's great to leave your family money, 99 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: but I believe David left him something more valuable than that. 100 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: He left him this covenant of mercy. We can do 101 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 1: the same thing. What are you storing up for your family? 102 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: Blessings are curses, mercy or iniquity. Friends, our children have 103 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: enough to overcome without having to overcome our poor choices. 104 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: Don't be self and just think about me, me, me, 105 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: Your choices are going to affect the generations to come. Well, man, 106 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: I'm too tired to come to church. I don't feel 107 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: like giving. I'm not going to forgive that guy. He 108 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: hurt me too badly. You've got to dig your heels 109 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: in and do the right thing, even when it's hard. Understand, 110 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: you're not just coming to church. You're storing up mercy. 111 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: You're not just forgiving a wrong. You're not just resisting temptation. 112 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: You are making a deposit of mercy into your heavenly account. 113 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: Somebody says to you, you're still volunteering at the nursing 114 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 1: home every week. You still get up early and read 115 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: your Bible. Man, your answer should be, I sure do. 116 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: I'm keeping my mercy account full. Well, you've been through 117 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: a lot of trouble. Man, you've been through a lot 118 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 1: of heartache. I thought for sure you'd be all negative, bitter, 119 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 1: mad at God. No, I know God is still in control. 120 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: I know God still got me in the palm of 121 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: his hand. And see When you have that kind of attitude, 122 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: you're making deposit not only for yourself but for your descendants. 123 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,239 Speaker 1: Let me ask you today, what does your mercy account 124 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: look like? Is it full, half full? Or have you 125 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: not made any deposits in a long time? Why don't 126 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: you start today? We all have areas where we can 127 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: come up higher. We have to learn to lay aside 128 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: the weights that are holding us back, get out of 129 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: those areas that are causing you to compromise, make these changes, 130 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: and then stay determined. And when you're tired and you 131 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: don't really feel like doing what's right, you've got to 132 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: remind yourself that you're making a deposit of mercy. I'm 133 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: not just coming to church, I'm not just giving. I'm 134 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: not just trying to beat this bad habit. No, it's 135 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: deeper than that. You are affecting generations to come by 136 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: your good choices. Others in your family line are going 137 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: to have it a whole lot easier. And not only that. 138 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: When you establish this covenant of mercy, then in your 139 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: time of need, you can call in all those seeds 140 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: that have been sown. A few years ago, we were 141 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 1: going through a difficult situation and I was praying one 142 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: day and this just came up out of me. I said, God, 143 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: you've seen all the seeds that my parents have sown. 144 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: You've seen the seeds that my grandparents have sown. You've 145 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 1: seen their life of integrity, the people they've tried to help, 146 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: And God, I'm just calling in those seeds. I'm asking 147 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: for your favor, not just for the life I've lived, 148 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: but for those that have gone before me. You remember, 149 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: back in the Bible days, they used to pray to 150 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 1: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God 151 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: of Jacob. And it's a powerful thing to be able 152 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: to look back and say, God, you remember how much 153 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: my father loved you. You remember how my grandfather served you. 154 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: The Bible says a godly heritage is more valuable than 155 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: a heritage of great wealth. And when you have God's mercy, 156 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: in God's favor on your life, it will take you 157 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: further than all the money in the world. And if 158 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: you don't have that today, don't get discouraged, because you 159 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: can be the one to start it. You can be 160 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: the one to change your bloodlight. And you may look 161 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: back in your family history you just see a bunch 162 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: of mediocrity addictions, bad attitudes, but thank God, the buck 163 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 1: can stop with you. And I believe that. I believe 164 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 1: that there is a special reward for being a first 165 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: generation believer. See I had it easy. My parents, my grandparents, 166 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: they paid the price. And if you had godly parents, 167 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: you should thank God every single day because, whether you 168 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: realize it or not, your life is a whole lot 169 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: better because of the seeds of mercy that they've sown. 170 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 1: They may not have been perfect people, but they did 171 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: you a great favor by living a life that honored God. 172 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: Paul said in second Timothy, the faith I see in you, Timothy, 173 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: it first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and in your 174 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: mother Eunice, and now I can see it in you. 175 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: Paul was saying, TIMI you're a third generation believer. And 176 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,719 Speaker 1: what I see in you, it didn't start with you. 177 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: It started because you had a praying grandmother. It started 178 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: because that woman honored me with her life. She stored 179 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 1: up mercy and it got passed down to your mother. 180 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: Now I can see it on you, and the good 181 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: news it's not gonna stop with you. It's gonna keep 182 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: going from generation to generation. I think about my father 183 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: Daddy went to be with the Lord seven years ago 184 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: this month. And I know much of the favor, much 185 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: of the goodness of God that I'm seeing in my 186 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 1: own life didn't start with me. It started with my father. 187 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 1: Daddy stored up a covenant of mercy for our family. See, 188 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: before my father, in our family line, there was just 189 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: a bunch of poverty, a bunch of defeat, a bunch 190 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: of mediocrity. But thank God, Daddy put a stop to 191 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: all of that. Jump He changed our bloodline by the 192 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: decisions he made, by the way he honored God with 193 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: his life. Now my children, my grandchildren will all have 194 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: it so much easier. See, it makes a difference to 195 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:09,319 Speaker 1: store up this covenant of mercy. 196 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 2: You may. 197 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: Be here today and like my father, everybody around you 198 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: is not doing right. But I would just challenge you 199 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: to don't let them drag you down, dig your heels in, 200 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 1: and make a decision that you're going to honor God 201 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: with your life. Anyway. I think about King Saul. He 202 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: had every opportunity in the world to do what's right, 203 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: but he just wouldn't do it. He wouldn't honor God 204 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: with his life, and eventually God had to take the 205 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: throne away from him. But Saul's son Jonathan, refused to 206 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,719 Speaker 1: fall in his father's footsteps. And I'm sure it was difficult. 207 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of pressure when everybody around you, 208 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: especially your own family, is compromising and taking the easy 209 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: way out. But Jonathan, he refused to give in. He 210 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: just dug his heels in and he said, I'm want 211 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: to live a life of exiles in spite of what 212 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: I see my father doing. And I don't know about you, 213 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: but I don't want my family to have to serve 214 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: God in spite of me. I want them to serve 215 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 1: God because of me. I want to be a good example. 216 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: I want to encourage them in the faith. And Jonathan 217 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: just stayed on that high road. Well, one day he 218 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: and his father Saw were killed in a battle. Many 219 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: years later, David was sitting around thinking about his friend Jonathan. 220 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: The Bible says the memory of the righteous is blessed, 221 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: and David thought, I want to do something good for 222 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: Jonathan's family. I loved him, he helped me in I 223 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: want to pay his family back in some way. Well, 224 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 1: wonder why David thought that. I believe it was because 225 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: of the Covenant of mercy that Jonathan had established. When 226 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: you make decisions that honor God, God will cause people 227 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: to want to be good to your children, to want 228 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: to be good to your descendants. And David said that 229 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: his servants is or anyone from the house of Jonathan 230 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 1: that I can bless. Notice he didn't say, is there 231 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: anyone from the house of Saul. Saul didn't have that 232 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: covenant of mercy stored up, Saul didn't live a life 233 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:16,079 Speaker 1: that honored God. And the servants said, yes, David, Jonathan 234 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: has a young son. He's crippled, he's not able to walk, 235 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: but he's still alive. David said, well, I want you 236 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: to go find him and bring him back to the palace. 237 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: I want him to live with us, to eat with us, 238 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: to be a part of our family. Now, this young 239 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: man was living in extreme poverty in one of the 240 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: worst places of that day, but now he's being brought 241 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: to the palace to live in royalty. Now I can 242 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: imagine he sits down to eat dinner one night and 243 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,959 Speaker 1: he says, King David, why are you showing me this favor? 244 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: Why have you taken me in and treated me like 245 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: your own son? What did I ever do to deserve this, 246 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: David says, no offense to you, but you didn't do 247 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: anything to deserve this. I'm doing this because of your father, Jonathan. 248 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: Your father was like a brother to me. Your father 249 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,839 Speaker 1: treated me with kindness even when your grandfather was trying 250 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: to kill me. Your father lived a life of excellence. 251 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: That's why you were sitting at my table today. Friends. 252 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: It makes a difference to live a godly life, makes 253 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: a difference to stay on the high road, to not compromise, 254 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: and sometimes it's more difficult. You may have people that 255 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: are trying to pull you down. But if you'll dig 256 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: your heels in and do it anyway, the reward will 257 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: be well worth it. And even if you don't do 258 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: it for yourself, you should do it for your children. 259 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: Think about this young man. He had no future to 260 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: speak of. All the odds were against him. He was crippled, 261 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: his parents had been killed, He had no money, no education. 262 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: He looked like the least likely one to ever be 263 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: able to make it out. Know, when somebody has stored 264 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: up that covenant of mercy, doesn't matter what the circumstances 265 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: look like, God will find a way to take care 266 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: of your children. I don't know about you, but this 267 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: makes it easier for me to sleep at night. Our 268 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: children have so much to overcome. There's so many areas 269 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 1: we could worry about if we allowed ourselves to. But 270 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: we can know that because we're doing our best, because 271 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: we're keeping God first, coming to church, serving and giving 272 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: than Just like David, we have established that covenant of mercy, 273 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: and God has promised he's going to watch over our children, 274 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: our grandchildren, our descendants to come. The scripture says, the 275 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: seed of the righteous will be mighty on the earth. 276 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: That means my children, your children, they're not going to 277 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: just barely get by. But because of your faithfulness, because 278 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: you come to church even when you may not feel 279 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: like it, because you stand strong and resistant temptation, because 280 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: you're not selfish and you reach out to others, God says, 281 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: your children are not going to barely get by. Your 282 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: seed will be mighty on the earth. That means your 283 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 1: children are gonna be leaders, They're gonna excel, They're gonna 284 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: fulfill their God given destiny. And I realize you don't 285 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: all have children, but you have relatives, you have nieces 286 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: and nephews, and you can claim this same promise that 287 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: because of the life that you are living, your seed 288 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,520 Speaker 1: is gonna be mighty on the earth. You're gonna have 289 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: this covenant of mercy. And what I'm saying today is, 290 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: don't get discouraged in doing what's right. A lot of 291 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: times it's easy to think, well, man, I've been coming 292 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: to church and I don't see too much good happening 293 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: in my life. I've been giving, but I'm not seeing increase. 294 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: I'm trying to beat this bad habit, but it just 295 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: keeps getting me down. I might as well not even 296 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: try now. Don't ever give up, because every time you 297 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: even try, you're making a deposit of mercy. Every time 298 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: you get in that car and drive to church, you're 299 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: making another deposit. Every time you reach out and help 300 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: that friend in need. Your account is getting more and 301 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: more full. I want you to see it in a 302 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: new light today. You're not just coming to church. You're 303 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:07,720 Speaker 1: not just doing a good deed. You are making an 304 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: eternal deposit that can affect generations to come. Eleven years 305 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: after David died, his son Solomon had just finished building 306 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 1: the Temple, and as Solomon was praying this dedication prayer, 307 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: the last thing that he said was Oh, God, remember 308 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,959 Speaker 1: the mercies of my father David. And at that moment 309 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: the glory of God filled the temple. It was so 310 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: strong that they all had to bow down. They couldn't 311 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: remain standing. When you think about it, eleven years after 312 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: David had been gone, when his son Solomon simply reminded 313 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: God of the mercies his father had stored up, supernatural 314 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 1: things began to happen. No doubt, he touched the heartstrings 315 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: of God when he said, God, you remember how my 316 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 1: father David lived. Some of you today me you are 317 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 1: being blessed in part because somebody went before you and 318 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: paid the price. A parent, a grandparent, an aunt, an uncle. 319 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: Somebody stored up mercy for you, and now your life 320 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: is much easier. Now God's showing you more of his favor. 321 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: You said, Joe, I don't know if my life's that easy, 322 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: But no, who knows. You may not even be sitting 323 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,240 Speaker 1: here today if it were not for somebody in your 324 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: family line that prayed, somebody that took us hand for 325 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: what's right. You may have a few problems, but think 326 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: about where you could be without the mercy of God. 327 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: Think about where you might be if you didn't have 328 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: that grandmother that went to church every Sunday when you 329 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: were growing up. No doubt every one of us here 330 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: today had somebody somewhere in our family line that made 331 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: a deposit of mercy. I don't know. It could have 332 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: been one hundred, two hundred years ago, but somebody got 333 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: down on their knees and prayed to the God of Abraham, 334 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: Isaac and Jacob. And now we're seeing the effects of it. See, 335 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:07,399 Speaker 1: David paid the price and his son Solomon reaped the benefits. 336 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: Why don't you be the David in your family? Or 337 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: maybe you come from a family kind of like King Saul, 338 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 1: where nobody will do right. Why don't you be the 339 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: Jonathan in that family. As I said, there's a special 340 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: reward for being a first generation believer. All the odds 341 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: may be against you, the easy thing is to just 342 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: settle for mediocrity. I'm challenging you today to take a 343 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: stand for what's right. Make sure you're storing up mercy 344 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: for you and your family, even in little things. You know, 345 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:38,680 Speaker 1: somebody cheat you out of a promotion at work, somebody 346 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: manipulates things, Well, just let it go, don't hang on 347 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: to it. Take the high road and you're making a 348 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: deposit of mercy. Your friends want you to go out 349 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: and compromise, do things that you know are not right. No, 350 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: take a stand, Just tell no, that's not for me. 351 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: Make a deposit into your mercy account. Or you get 352 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 1: up and it's time to go to church and you think, man, 353 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: I need to sleep, I'm tired. I need to break Now, 354 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: dig your heels in and make an eternal deposit. Really, 355 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: our attitude should be too much is at stake. I 356 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 1: may not feel like doing it, but I'm gonna do 357 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: it for my children. I'm gonna do it for my grandchildren. 358 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make sure I've got my mercy account for See. 359 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: It's one thing to take care of myself, to believe 360 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: the best for me. But when it comes to God 361 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:28,320 Speaker 1: watching over my children, when it comes to their success, 362 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: their safety, God's showing them favor, that's a different story. 363 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 1: Makes it easy to get up early and spend time 364 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: with God. Knowing that I'm making a deposit of mercy 365 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 1: for my children, makes it easier to resist temptation to 366 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 1: go the extra mile, knowing that those decisions are going 367 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 1: to affect my descendants. For the good friends, we're all 368 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: storing up something. We're either leaving blessings of mercy or 369 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: curses of iniquity. Twenty three years after David died, Solomon, 370 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: his son, wasn't in very good choices. He had married 371 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: all these foreign women and now he was worshiping their idols. 372 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: And God said in First Kings eleven, Solomon, normally I 373 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: would take this throne away from you. You've done evil 374 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 1: in my sight. However, I will not do it for 375 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: your father David's sake. God was saying, in effect, Solomon, 376 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: you deserve judgment. You've done wrong, but I am a 377 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: loyal God. And your father David, even though he lived 378 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: twenty three years ago, he stored up mercy for you, 379 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: and I'm not going to give you what you deserve 380 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: because of the life he lived. I'm gonna show you mercy. 381 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: Solomon eventually died and his son, Jeroboam took over the 382 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: throne David's grandson, and you would have thought he learned 383 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: his lesson, but he did the same thing. He didn't 384 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: honor God. And this was fifty seven years after David's death, 385 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: and God basically said the same thing to him. He said, Jeroboam, 386 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:03,119 Speaker 1: I should send judgement for all the wrong things you're doing. Nevertheless, 387 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: for my servant David's sake, I will not do it. 388 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: Notice how this mercy is being passed down from generation 389 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: to generation, all because one man chose to honor God. 390 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 1: Three hundred and five years after David's death, one of 391 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: his great great great grandchildren was on the throne of Israel, 392 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: a man by the name of Hezekiah. And this evil 393 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: king had surrounded Jerusalem, and it looked like Hezekiah and 394 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: his people were doomed, looked like they didn't have a 395 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: way out. Hezekiah didn't know what to do, so he 396 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: just prayed. To make a long story short, an angel 397 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,959 Speaker 1: of the Lord showed up, and in a split second, 398 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: that angel wiped out one hundred and eighty thousand of 399 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: those enemy troops, and Heekiah's life and city and people 400 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: were spared. And when it was all said and done, 401 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: Hezekiah said, God, why did you do this for us? 402 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,639 Speaker 1: Why did you show us such favor? And God said, well, Hezekiah, 403 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,439 Speaker 1: it was a man. He's been gone for three hundred 404 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 1: and five years, but this man loved me, he honored me, 405 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: he served me, And I am a faithful God, and 406 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 1: God said, in effect, Hezekiah, I'm not doing this because 407 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,479 Speaker 1: of you. I love you, but I'm doing this because 408 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 1: of a man by the name of David. He established 409 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: this covenant of mercy, and I promised him that I 410 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 1: would always honor his seed. Friends, that's the same promise 411 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 1: that God makes to you and I. If we will 412 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 1: keep him first place, he will make sure that our 413 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: seed is always taken care of. We may not even 414 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: be around, but I love thinking about the fact that 415 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 1: the life that I live, the decisions I make this year, 416 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 1: can affect my descendants for the good for years and 417 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: years to come. And I want God to be able 418 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: to say to my relatives even one hundred two hundred 419 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: years from now that need help. I'm not doing this 420 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,920 Speaker 1: for your sake. But way back in the year two 421 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: thousand and six, there was this young, good looking minister 422 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: that lived. I'm calling it by faith, this tall, handsome 423 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: young man, and God says, you know what, he wasn't perfect, 424 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: but he did his best to honor me. And you 425 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 1: know what, I'm not going to do this for your sake. 426 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: I'm doing it for his sake. How that ought to 427 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: stir us up to make our lives count well, you say, Joel, 428 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: You said, Joel man, I came today wanted to hear 429 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,239 Speaker 1: about how I can get blessed. Not my family, not 430 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: my relatives. No, listen, you can't have one without the other. 431 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: You live a life of integrity and excellence, and you 432 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: will be blessed. When you honor God. His blessings will 433 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:46,199 Speaker 1: chase you down and overtake you. We talked about how 434 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 1: an iniquity can be passed down for three or four generations. 435 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:52,399 Speaker 1: But look there in Deuteronomy seven, verse nine, it says 436 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: God is a faithful God, and he will keep his 437 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 1: covenant of mercy with those that love him for up 438 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 1: to a thousand generations. That means the decisions you make 439 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: this year, the fact that you even came today, the 440 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 1: fact that you're watching a thousand generations from now. God's 441 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: not gonna forget that you're making any eternal difference. And 442 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 1: it's one thing to leave our family money, that's great, 443 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: but let me challenge you to leave them something more 444 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: valuable than cars and houses in real estate. Leave them 445 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 1: a covenant of mercy, leave them a godly heritage. And 446 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: when you're tired and you kind of don't feel like 447 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:32,120 Speaker 1: reading your Bible. I don't feel like serving, I don't 448 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: feel like coming to church. You got to remind yourself 449 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: that you're storing up mercy. And every time you leave 450 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,640 Speaker 1: this auditorium, you should say to yourself, I just made 451 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,719 Speaker 1: another deposit of mercy. If you time, you get up 452 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,360 Speaker 1: early to read your Bible, every time you help somebody 453 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 1: you need, you should feel better right down in here 454 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: knowing that you made it a little bit easier on 455 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 1: those that are coming after you. You are affecting your 456 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: bloodline and some of you know you need some new blood. 457 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 1: You need some mercy. And that's why I'm challenging you 458 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: to live a real life of excellence. Remember, you never 459 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:08,199 Speaker 1: live your life unto yourself. You are affecting others, and 460 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: there's more to life than just building a career. That's great, 461 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: but there's more to life than making money. Are you 462 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: storing up any mercy? Are you taking time for your 463 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: spiritual life? Come into church, serving, giving, helping others, make 464 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: sure you got your priorities in order and friends. If 465 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: you will do like David and establish this covenant of mercy, 466 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 1: God promises you'll not only be blessed, but your seed 467 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,680 Speaker 1: will be mighty on the earth. Your children, your grandchildren, 468 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: up to one thousand generations will experience more of God's 469 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,960 Speaker 1: favor because of the life that You've chosen to live. 470 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 1: Do you receive it today? I know you do. We 471 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,479 Speaker 1: never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 472 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 1: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 473 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:58,439 Speaker 1: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent 474 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: of my sins. Come into my heart. I make you 475 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:07,240 Speaker 1: my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, 476 00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: we believe you got born again. Get in a good 477 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: Bible based church. Keep God first place. He's going to 478 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: take your places that you've never dreamed of. 479 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 2: When God created the world, he did it specifically with 480 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 2: you in mind. He used his words. He spoke everything 481 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 2: into existence, light, oceans and dry land, plants, sun and stars, animals, 482 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 2: man and woman. Your words have that same creative power. 483 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: If you want to know what you're going to be 484 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: like five years from now, listen to what you're saying 485 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:50,159 Speaker 1: about yourself. You are prophesying your future, and too often 486 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 1: we don't realize we're defeating ourselves with our words. I'll 487 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: never get healthy, I'm not attractive. This dream's impossible. Instead 488 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 1: of limiting your future, why don't you start blessing your future. 489 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: If you'll change your words, you can change your world. 490 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 1: I have a new book called Speak the Blessing. You 491 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: want to help you to speak positive, faith filled words. 492 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: There are declarations in it that you can make over 493 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: your family, your health, your finances, and your future. When 494 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: you get your words aligned with what God says, you'll 495 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: see his favor in greater ways. 496 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 2: As our thank you for your gift of any amount 497 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,640 Speaker 2: to the ministry this month, we want to send you 498 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 2: Speak the Blessing. Send your words in the direction you 499 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,200 Speaker 2: want your life to go. You can begin to enjoy 500 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 2: a life filled with freedom, joy, health, success, and creativity 501 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 2: as you discover the authority and power of speaking God's word. Yes, 502 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 2: Speak the Blessing will unlock life changing possibilities that are unlimited. 503 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: When you declare what God says about you, I'm strong, 504 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 1: I'm healthy, I'm favored. You are blessing your life. I 505 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,239 Speaker 1: hope you'll request your copy to day. Remember you can 506 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 1: watch the services live online every Sunday, download our daily podcast, 507 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: watch on YouTube, listen on Serious ExM. We'll keep you 508 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: encouraged and inspired. 509 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,960 Speaker 2: Be sure to request your copy of Speak the Blessing today. 510 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 2: Visit Joelousiene dot com or call eighty eight five six 511 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 2: seven Joel. 512 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: Our homecoming weekend is this Saturday and Sunday. Some of 513 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 1: you have never been to Lakewood. This is a perfect time. 514 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: We'd love to meet you. We'd be honored to have 515 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 1: you and your family.