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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 5: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 5: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 5: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 5: put God's very best in your life. 38 00:01:58,040 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 6: God bless you. 39 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 5: It is a joy to come into your homes and 40 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 5: we're just believing that two thousand and six is going 41 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 5: to be a great year in your life. We're believing 42 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 5: you're gonna see God's favor like you've never seen it before. 43 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 5: So I hope you get that down in you and 44 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 5: let go of the negative things that happened last year 45 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 5: and just start this new year off afresh and anew. 46 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 5: And we're believing that for each one of you. So 47 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 5: glad you tuned in. If you're ever in our area, 48 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 5: stop buying see us. We'll make you feel right at home. 49 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,679 Speaker 5: But we're glad to have you. And I'd like to 50 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,679 Speaker 5: start each week with something kind of funny. And of 51 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 5: course these jokes, I tell most of them are not 52 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 5: doctrinely correct, especially this one, but just to make us laugh. 53 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:37,399 Speaker 6: Heard about this guy that was walking. 54 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 5: Along the beach and God said, son, you've been so faithful, 55 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 5: I'm gonna grant you one special wish. He said, Well, God, 56 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 5: I've always wanted to go to Hawaii, but I'm afraid 57 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 5: to fly. So my wish is that you would build 58 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 5: me a bridge across the ocean. God said, son, that's impossible. 59 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,839 Speaker 5: Think of the logistics of that. Now take some time 60 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 5: and wish again. He said, Okay, God, I've been mare 61 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,679 Speaker 5: maried four times and all my ex wives tell me 62 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 5: I'm so insensitive. So my wish is that I might 63 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 5: be able to understand a woman. I want to know 64 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 5: why they think like they think, why they feel like 65 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 5: they feel. I want to know how to truly make 66 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,520 Speaker 5: them happy. There was a long pause, and God said, 67 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 5: do you want two lanes or four lanes on that bridge? 68 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 6: All right, hold your bibles up, say it like you 69 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 6: mean it. 70 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 5: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 71 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 72 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 73 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 5: talked the word of God. How boldly confess. My mind 74 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 75 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 76 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,119 Speaker 5: to talk to you today about the choices that you're 77 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 5: making and the legacy that you're leaving a lot of 78 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 5: times when we hear the word legacy, we think about 79 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 5: our accomplishments, how we'll be remembered, and even the money 80 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 5: that we're leaving our family. But the Bible says we 81 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 5: can leave something even more significant than that. It talks 82 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 5: about how we can store up blessings of mercy or 83 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 5: curses of iniquity. 84 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 6: It all depends on how we live our lives. 85 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 5: If we choose to live a life of excellence, honoring God, 86 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 5: taking the high road, then not only are we going 87 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 5: to be blessed, but we are storing up mercy for 88 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 5: our children, for our grandchildren. The decisions we make today 89 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 5: are going to affect generations to come. We can either 90 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 5: make it easier on them or we can make it 91 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 5: more difficult. But the fact is, no person lives or 92 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 5: dies unto himself. You are affecting others by the way 93 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 5: you live, either good or bad. Your life can be 94 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 5: a stepping stone for your children to do greater things, 95 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 5: or it can be a stumbling block that causes him 96 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 5: to struggle and live in mediocrity. Every one of us 97 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 5: has an account in heaven. By the way we live, 98 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 5: we're either storing up these blessings of mercy or these 99 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 5: curses of iniquity. How do you store up mercy? By 100 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 5: making choices that honor God? Every time you come to church, 101 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 5: you're storing up mercy. You made a deposit in your 102 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 5: heavenly account today. When you overlook a wrong, you forgive 103 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 5: an offense, you're not just helping yourself. You're making a 104 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 5: deposit of mercy when you tithe your income, when you 105 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 5: help someone in need, when you resist that temptation, you 106 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 5: just made another deposit. On the other hand, when we 107 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 5: take the easy way out and compromise, go around with 108 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 5: bad attitudes, with unforgiveness, holding on to addictions. All we're 109 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 5: really doing is making the wrong kind of deposit. We're 110 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 5: storing up curses of iniquity. And the sad thing is 111 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 5: our children and grandchildren will have to struggle with it. 112 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,239 Speaker 5: The Bible says equity of the Father can be passed 113 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 5: down for three or four generations. And some of you 114 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 5: are struggling with things right now that have been passed down, 115 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 5: and that will continue unless you rise up and. 116 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 6: Put a stop to it. 117 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 5: Why don't you be the one don't pass down curses 118 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 5: of iniquity by making poor choices. Now get that junk 119 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 5: out of your account and start passing down these blessings 120 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,440 Speaker 5: of mercy. I think about King David. He wasn't a 121 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 5: perfect man, but he did his best to live a 122 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 5: life that honored God. And in Psalm eighty nine it 123 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 5: talks about this covenant of mercy that David built up, 124 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 5: and God said, David, since you've served me, since you've 125 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 5: done your best to honor me, I will watch after 126 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 5: your seed, your children, your grandchildren, I will always look 127 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 5: favorably toward them. And God went on to say, even 128 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 5: if they make mistakes, even if they get off course, 129 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 5: I will not give them what they do deserve. I 130 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:04,840 Speaker 5: will show them mercy all because of the life that 131 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 5: you've lived. Notice God is saying when we make choices 132 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 5: that honor him, He's gonna watch after our children. He 133 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 5: will always look favorably toward them. And it's interesting. David 134 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 5: left his son Solomon millions and millions of dollars. And 135 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 5: it's great to leave your family money. But I believe 136 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 5: David left him something more valuable than that. He left 137 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 5: him this covenant of mercy. We can do the same thing. 138 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 5: What are you storing up for your family? Blessings are curses, 139 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 5: mercy or iniquity? Friends, Our children have enough to overcome 140 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 5: without having to overcome our poor choices. Don't be selfish 141 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 5: and just think about me, me, me, Your choices are 142 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 5: going to affect the generations to come. Well, man, I'm 143 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 5: too tired to come to church. I don't feel like giving. 144 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 5: I'm not going to forgive that guy. He hurt me 145 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 5: too badly. To dig your heels in and do the 146 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 5: right thing, even when it's hard. Understand, you're not just 147 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 5: coming to church, You're storing up mercy, You're not just 148 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 5: forgiving a wrong, You're not just resisting temptation. You are 149 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 5: making a deposit of mercy into your heavenly account. Somebody 150 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 5: says to you, you're still volunteering at the nursing home 151 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 5: every week, you still get up early and read your Bible. Man, 152 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 5: your answer should be, I sure do. I'm keeping my 153 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 5: mercy account full. Well, you've been through a lot of trouble. Man, 154 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 5: you've been through a lot of heartache. I thought for 155 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:34,719 Speaker 5: sure you'd be all negative, bitter. 156 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 6: Mad at God. No, I know God is still in control. 157 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,599 Speaker 6: I know God still got me in the palm of 158 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 6: his hand. 159 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 5: And see, when you have that kind of attitude, you're 160 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 5: making deposits not only for yourself but for your descendants. 161 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 6: Let me ask you today, what does your mercy account 162 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 6: look like? 163 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 4: Is it full? 164 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 6: Half full? 165 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 5: Or have you not made any deposits in a long time? 166 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 5: Why don't you start today? We all have areas where 167 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 5: we can come up higher. We have to learn to 168 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 5: lay aside the weights that are holding us back, get 169 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 5: out of those areas that are causing you to compromise, 170 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 5: make these changes, and then stay determined. And when you're 171 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 5: tired and you don't really feel like doing what's right. 172 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 5: You've got to remind yourself that you're making a deposit 173 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 5: of mercy. I'm not just coming to church. I'm not 174 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 5: just giving. I'm not just trying to beat this bad habit. No, 175 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 5: it's deeper than that. You are affecting generations to come 176 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 5: by your good choices. Others in your family line are 177 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 5: going to have it a whole lot easier. 178 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 6: And not only that. When you establish this covenant of. 179 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 5: Mercy, then in your time of need, you can call 180 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 5: in all those seeds that have been sown. A few 181 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,599 Speaker 5: years ago, we were going through a difficult situation and 182 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 5: I was praying one day and this just came up 183 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,959 Speaker 5: out of me. I said, God, you've seen all the 184 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 5: seeds that my parents have sown, seen the seeds that 185 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,479 Speaker 5: my grandparents have sown. You've seen their life of integrity, 186 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 5: the people they've tried to help, and God, I'm just 187 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 5: calling in those seeds. I'm asking for your favor, not 188 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 5: just for the life I've lived, but for those that 189 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 5: have gone before me. You remember, back in the Bible days, 190 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 5: they used to pray to the God of Abraham, the 191 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 5: God of Isaac, the God of Jacob. It's a powerful 192 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 5: thing to be able to look back and say, God, 193 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 5: you remember how much my father loved you. You remember 194 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 5: how my grandfather serves you. The Bible says a godly 195 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 5: heritage is more valuable than a heritage of great wealth. 196 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 5: And when you have God's mercy, in God's favor on 197 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 5: your life, it will take you further than all the 198 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 5: money in the world. And if you don't have that today, 199 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,839 Speaker 5: don't get discouraged, because you can be the one to 200 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 5: start it. 201 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 6: You can be the one to change your blood life. 202 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 5: And you may look back in your family history you 203 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 5: just see a bunch of mediocrity, addictions, bad attitudes. 204 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 6: But thank God, the buck can stop with you. And 205 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 6: I believe that. 206 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 5: I believe that there is a special reward for being 207 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 5: a first generation believer. See I had it easy. My parents, 208 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 5: my grandparents, they paid the price. And if you had 209 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 5: godly parents, you should thank God every single day because, 210 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 5: whether you realize it or not, your life is a 211 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 5: whole lot. 212 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 6: Better because of the seeds of mercy that they've sown. 213 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 5: They may not have been perfect people, but they did 214 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 5: you a great favor by living a life that honored God. 215 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 5: Paul said in second Timothy, the faith I see in you, Timothy, 216 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 5: it first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and in your 217 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 5: mother Eunice, and now I can see it in you. 218 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,839 Speaker 5: Paul was saying, Timothy, you're a third generation believer. And 219 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 5: what I see in you, it didn't start with you. 220 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 5: It started because you had a praying grandmother. It started 221 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 5: because that woman honored me with her life. She stored 222 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 5: up mercy, and it got passed down to your mother. 223 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 5: Now I can see it on you, and the good 224 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,079 Speaker 5: news it's not gonna stop with you. It's gonna keep 225 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 5: going from generation to generation. 226 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 6: I think about my father. 227 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 5: Daddy went to be with the Lord seven years ago 228 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 5: this month, and I know much of the favor, much 229 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:19,599 Speaker 5: of the goodness of God that I'm seeing in my 230 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,319 Speaker 5: own life didn't start with me. 231 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 6: It started with my father. 232 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 5: Daddy stored up a covenant of mercy for our family. 233 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 5: See before my father, in our family line, there was 234 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 5: just a bunch of poverty, a bunch of defeat, a 235 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 5: bunch of mediocrity. But thank God, Daddy put a stop 236 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 5: to all of that junk. He changed our bloodlight by 237 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 5: the decisions he made, by the way he honored God 238 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 5: with his life. Now my children, my grandchildren will all 239 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 5: have it so much easier. 240 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 6: See, it makes a difference to store up this covenant 241 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 6: of mercy. 242 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 3: You may. 243 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 5: You may be here today and like my father, everybody 244 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:02,719 Speaker 5: around you is not doing right. But I would just 245 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 5: challenge you to don't let them drag you down, dig 246 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 5: your heels in, and make a decision that you're going 247 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 5: to honor God with your life anyway. I think about 248 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 5: King Saul. 249 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 6: He had every. 250 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 5: Opportunity in the world to do what's right, but he 251 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 5: just wouldn't do it. He wouldn't honor God with his life, 252 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 5: and eventually God had to take the throne away from him. 253 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 5: But Saul's son Jonathan, refused to fall in his father's footsteps. 254 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 6: And I'm sure it was difficult. 255 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 5: I mean, there's a lot of pressure when everybody around you, 256 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 5: especially your own family, is compromising and taking the easy 257 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 5: way out. 258 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:42,079 Speaker 6: But Jonathan, he refused. 259 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 7: To give in. 260 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 5: He just dug his heels in and he said, I 261 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 5: want to live a life of excellence in spite of 262 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 5: what I see my father doing. Now. I don't know 263 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 5: about you, but I don't want my family to have 264 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 5: to serve God in spite of me. I want them 265 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 5: to serve God because of me. I want to be 266 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 5: a good example. I want to incur them in the faith. 267 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 5: And Jonathan just stayed on that high road. Well, one 268 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 5: day he and his father Saul were killed in a battle. 269 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 5: Many years later, David was sitting around thinking about his 270 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 5: friend Jonathan. The Bible says the memory of the righteous 271 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 5: is blessed, and David thought, I want to do something 272 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 5: good for Jonathan's family. I loved him, he helped me 273 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 5: in I want to pay his family back in some way. Well, 274 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 5: wonder why David thought that. I believe it was because 275 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 5: of the covenant of mercy that Jonathan had established. When 276 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 5: you make decisions that honor God, God will cause people 277 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 5: to wanna be good to your children, to wanna be 278 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 5: good to your descendants. And David said to his servants, 279 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 5: is there anyone from the house of Jonathan that I 280 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 5: can bless Notice he didn't say, is there anyone from 281 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 5: the house of Saul. Saul didn't have that covenant of 282 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 5: mercy stored up. Saul didn't live a life that honored God. 283 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 5: And the servants said, yes, Jonathan has a young son. 284 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 5: He's crippled he's not able to walk, but he's still alive. 285 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 5: David said, well, I want you to go find him 286 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 5: and bring him back to the palace. I want him 287 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 5: to live with us, to eat with us, to be 288 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 5: a part of our family. Now, this young man was 289 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 5: living in extreme poverty in one of the worst places 290 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 5: of that day, but now he's being brought. 291 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 6: To the palace to live in royalty. 292 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 7: Now. 293 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 5: I can imagine he sits down to eat dinner one 294 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 5: night and he says, King David, why are you showing 295 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 5: me this favor? Why have you taken me in and 296 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 5: treated me like your own son. What did I ever 297 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 5: do to deserve this? David says, no offense to you, 298 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 5: but you didn't do anything to deserve this. I'm doing 299 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 5: this because of your father, Jonathan. Your father was like 300 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 5: a brother to me. Your father treated me with kindness 301 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 5: even when your grandfather was trying to kill me. Your 302 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 5: father lived a life of excellence. That's why you were 303 00:15:58,680 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 5: sitting at my table today. 304 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 6: Friends. 305 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 5: It makes a difference to live a godly life, makes 306 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 5: a difference to stay on the high road, to not compromise, 307 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 5: and sometimes it's more difficult. You may have people that 308 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 5: are trying to pull you down. But if you'll dig 309 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 5: your heels in and do it anyway, the reward will 310 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 5: be well worth it. And even if you don't do 311 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 5: it for yourself, you should do it for your children. 312 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 5: Think about this young man. He had no future to 313 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 5: speak of. All the odds were against him. He was crippled, 314 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 5: his parents had been killed, He had no money, no education. 315 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 5: He looked like the least likely one to ever be 316 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 5: able to make it out. Know when somebody has stored 317 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 5: up that covenant of mercy, doesn't matter what the circumstances 318 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 5: look like. God will find a way to take care 319 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 5: of your children. I don't know about you, but this 320 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 5: makes it easier for me to sleep at night. Our 321 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 5: children have so much to overcome. There's so many areas 322 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 5: we could worry about if we allowed our else to. 323 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 5: But we can know that because we're doing our best, 324 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 5: because we're keeping God first, coming to church, serving and giving. Then, 325 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 5: just like David, we have established that covenant of mercy, 326 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 5: and God has promised He's gonna watch over our children, 327 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 5: our grandchildren, our descendants to come. The scripture says the 328 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 5: seed of the righteous will be mighty on the earth. 329 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 5: That means my children, Your children, they're not gonna just 330 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 5: barely get by. But because of your faithfulness, because you 331 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 5: come to church even when you may not feel like it, 332 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 5: because you stand strong and resistant temptation, because you're not 333 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 5: selfish and you reach out to others. God says, your 334 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 5: children are not gonna barely get by. Your seed will 335 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 5: be mighty on the earth. That means your children are 336 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 5: gonna be leaders, They're gonna excel, They're gonna fulfill their 337 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 5: God given destiny. And I realize you don't all have children, 338 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 5: but you have relatives, you have nieces and nephews, and 339 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 5: you can claim this same promise that because of the 340 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 5: life that you are living, your seed is gonna be 341 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 5: mighty on the earth. 342 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 6: You're going to have this covenant of mercy. 343 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 5: And what I'm saying today is, don't get discouraged in 344 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 5: doing what's right. A lot of times it's easy to think, well, man, 345 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 5: i've been coming to church and I don't see too 346 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,680 Speaker 5: much good happening in my life. I've been giving, but 347 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 5: I'm not seeing increase. I'm trying to beat this bad habit, 348 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 5: but it just keeps getting me down. I might as 349 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 5: well not even try. No, don't ever give up, because 350 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 5: every time you even try, you're making a deposit of mercy. 351 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 5: Every time you get in that car and drive to church, 352 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 5: you're making another deposit. Every time you reach out and 353 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,239 Speaker 5: help that friend in need. Your account is getting more 354 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 5: and more full. I want you to see it in 355 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 5: a new light today. You're not just coming to church. 356 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 5: You're not just doing a good deed. You are making 357 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 5: an eternal deposit that can affect generations to come. Eleven 358 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 5: years after David, his son Solomon had just finished building 359 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 5: the Temple, and as Solomon was praying this dedication prayer, 360 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 5: the last thing that he said was, Oh, God, remember 361 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 5: the mercies of my father David. And at that moment, 362 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 5: the glory of God filled the temple. It was so 363 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,119 Speaker 5: strong that they all had to bow down. They couldn't 364 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 5: remain standing. And you think about it, eleven years after 365 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:30,360 Speaker 5: David had been gone, when his son Solomon simply reminded 366 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 5: God of the mercies his father had stored up, supernatural 367 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 5: things began to happen. No doubt, he touched the heartstrings 368 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 5: of God when he said, God, you remember how my 369 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:46,159 Speaker 5: father David lived. Some of you today, just like me, 370 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 5: you are being blessed in part because somebody went before 371 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 5: you and paid the price. A parent, a grandparent, an aunt, 372 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 5: an uncle. Somebody stored up mercy for you. And now 373 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 5: your life is much easier now, God showing you more 374 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 5: of his favor. You said, Joe, I don't know if 375 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 5: my life's that easy, But no, who knows. You may 376 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 5: not even be sitting here today if it were not 377 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 5: for somebody in your family line that prayed, somebody that 378 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 5: took us tand for what's right. You may have a 379 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 5: few problems, but think about where you could be without 380 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 5: the mercy of God. Think about where you might be 381 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 5: if you didn't have that grandmother that went to church 382 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 5: every Sunday when you were growing up. No doubt every 383 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 5: one of us here today had somebody somewhere in our 384 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 5: family line that made a deposit of mercy. 385 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 6: I don't know. 386 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 5: It could have been one hundred, two hundred years ago, 387 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 5: but somebody got down on their knees and prayed to 388 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,360 Speaker 5: the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and now we're 389 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 5: seeing the effects of it. See, David paid the price 390 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 5: and his son Solomon reaped the benefits. Why don't you 391 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 5: be the David in your family, or maybe you come 392 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 5: from a family kind of like King Saul, where nobody 393 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 5: will do Why don't you be the Jonathan in that family? 394 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 5: As I said, there's a special reward for being a 395 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 5: first generation believer. All the odds may be against you. 396 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 5: The easy thing is to just settle for mediocrity. I'm 397 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,120 Speaker 5: challenging you today to take a stand for what's right. 398 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 5: Make sure you're storing up mercy for you and your family, 399 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 5: even in little things. You know, somebody cheat you out 400 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 5: of a promotion at work, somebody manipulates things. Well, just 401 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 5: let it go, don't hang on to it. Take the 402 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 5: high road, and you're making. 403 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 6: A deposit of mercy. 404 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 5: Your friends want you to go out and compromise, do 405 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 5: things that you know are not right. Take a stand, 406 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 5: just tell no, that's not for me. Make a deposit 407 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 5: into your mercy account. Or you get up and it's 408 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,640 Speaker 5: time to go to church, and you think, man, I need. 409 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,359 Speaker 6: To sleep in. I'm tired. 410 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 5: I need to break no, dig your heels in and 411 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 5: make an eternal deposit. And really, our attitude should be 412 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 5: too much is at stake. I may not feel like 413 00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 5: doing it, but I'm gonna do it for my children. 414 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 5: Do it for my grandchildren. I'm gonna make sure I've 415 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 5: got my mercy account for See. It's one thing to 416 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,359 Speaker 5: take care of myself, to believe the best for me. 417 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 5: But when it comes to God watching over my children, 418 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 5: when it comes to their success, their safety, God's showing 419 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 5: them favor, that's a different story. Makes it easy to 420 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 5: get up early and spend time with God. Knowing that 421 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 5: I'm making a deposit of mercy for my children, makes 422 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 5: it easier to resist temptation to go the extra mile, 423 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 5: knowing that those decisions are going to affect my descendants. 424 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,880 Speaker 5: For the good friends, we're all storing up something. We're 425 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 5: either leaving blessings of mercy or curses of iniquity. Twenty 426 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 5: three years after David died, Solomon, his son, wasn't making 427 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 5: very good choices. He had married all these foreign women, 428 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 5: and now he was worshiping their idols. And God said 429 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 5: in First Kings eleven Solomon, normally I would take this 430 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 5: throne away from you. You've done evil in my sight. However, 431 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 5: I will not do it for your father David's sake. 432 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 5: God was saying, in effect, Solomon, you deserve judgment. You've 433 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 5: done wrong, But I am a loyal God, and your 434 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 5: father David, even though he lived twenty three years ago, 435 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 5: he stored up mercy for you, and I'm not gonna 436 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 5: give you what you deserve because of the life he lived. 437 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 6: I'm gonna show you mercy. 438 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,719 Speaker 5: Solomon eventually died and his son, Jeroboam took over the throne, 439 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,879 Speaker 5: David's grandson, and you would have thought he learned his lesson, 440 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 5: but he did the same thing. He didn't honor God. 441 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 5: And this was fifty seven years after David's death, and 442 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 5: God basically said the same thing to him. He said, Jeroboam, 443 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 5: I should send judgment for all the wrong things you're doing. 444 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 6: Nevertheless, for my servant David's sake, I will not do it. 445 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 5: Notice how this mercy is being passed down from generation 446 00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 5: to generation, all because one man chose to honor God. 447 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 5: Three hundred and five years after David's death, one of 448 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 5: his great great great grandchildren was on the throne of Israel, 449 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 5: a man by the name of Hezekiah. And this evil 450 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 5: king had surrounded Jerusalem, and it looked like Hezekiah and 451 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 5: his people were doomed, looked like they didn't have a 452 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 5: way out. 453 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 6: Heekiah didn't know what to do, so he just prayed. 454 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 5: To make a long story short, an angel of the 455 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 5: Lord showed up, and in a split second, that angel 456 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 5: wiped out one hundred and eighty thousand of those enemy 457 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,679 Speaker 5: troops and Isekiah's life and. 458 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 6: City and people were spared. 459 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 5: And when it was all said and done, Heekiah said, God, 460 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 5: why did you do this for us? Why did you 461 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 5: show us such favor? And God said, well, Hezekiah, there 462 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 5: was a man. He's been gone for three hundred and. 463 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 6: Five years, but this man loved me, he honored me. 464 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 5: He served me, and I am a faithful God. And 465 00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 5: God said, in effect, Hezekiah, I'm not doing this because 466 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 5: of you. I love you, but I'm doing this because 467 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 5: of a man by the name of David. He established 468 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,119 Speaker 5: this covenant of mercy. And I promised him that I 469 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:15,440 Speaker 5: would always honor his seed. Friends, that's the same promise 470 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 5: that God makes to you and I. If we will 471 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 5: keep him first place, he will make sure that our 472 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 5: seed is always taken care of. We may not even 473 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 5: be around, But I love thinking about the fact that 474 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 5: the life that I live, the decisions I make this 475 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 5: year can affect my descendants for the good. For years 476 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 5: and years to come, and I want God to be 477 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 5: able to say to my relatives even one hundred two 478 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 5: hundred years from now that need help. 479 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,400 Speaker 6: I'm not doing this for your sake. 480 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 5: But way back in the year two thousand and six, 481 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 5: there was this young, good looking minister that lived. I'm 482 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 5: calling it by faith, this tall, handsome young man. And 483 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 5: God says, you know what, he wasn't perfect, but he 484 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 5: did his best to honor me. And you know what, 485 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,160 Speaker 5: I'm not gonna do this for your sake. I'm doing 486 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 5: it for his sake. How that ought to stir us 487 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 5: up to make our lives comp well, you said, Joel, 488 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 5: He said, Joel Man. I came today wanted to hear 489 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 5: about how I can get blessed. Not my family, not 490 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 5: my relatives. Now listen, you can't have one without the other. 491 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 5: You live a life of integrity and excellence, and you 492 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 5: will be blessed. 493 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 6: When you honor God. His blessings will chase you down 494 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 6: and overtake you. 495 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 5: We talked about how iniquity can be passed down for 496 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,720 Speaker 5: three or four generations. But look there in Deuteronomy seven, 497 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 5: verse nine, it says God is a faithful god, and 498 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 5: he will keep his covenant of mercy with those that 499 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 5: love him for up to a thousand generations. That means 500 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 5: the decisions you make this year, the fact that you 501 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 5: even came today, the fact that you're watching a thousand 502 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 5: generations from now. God's not gonna forget that you're making 503 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,679 Speaker 5: any eternal difference. And it's one thing to leave our 504 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 5: family money, that's great, but let me challenge you to 505 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 5: leave them something more valuable than cars and houses in 506 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 5: real estate. Leave them a covenant of mercy, leave them 507 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 5: a godly heritage. And when you're tired and you kind 508 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 5: of don't feel like reading your Bible, I don't feel 509 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 5: like serving, I don't feel like coming to church, you 510 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 5: got to remind yourself that you're storing up mercy. And 511 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 5: every time you leave this auditorium, you should say to yourself, 512 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 5: I just made another deposit of mercy. Every time you 513 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 5: get up early to read your Bible, every time you 514 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 5: help somebody you need, you should feel better right down 515 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 5: in here knowing that you made it a little bit 516 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 5: easier on those that are coming after you. You are 517 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,920 Speaker 5: affecting your bloodline, and some of you know you need 518 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 5: some new blood. You need some mercy and That's why 519 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,959 Speaker 5: I'm challenging you to live a real life of excellence. 520 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 6: Remember, you never live your life unto yourself. 521 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 5: You are affecting others, and there's more to life than 522 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 5: just building a career. That's great, but there's more to 523 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 5: life than making money. Are you stored any mercy? Are 524 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 5: you taking time for your spiritual life? Come into church, serving, giving, 525 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 5: helping others. Make sure you got your priorities in order 526 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 5: and friends, if you will do like David and established 527 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 5: his covenant of mercy, God promises you'll not only be blessed, 528 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 5: but your seed will be mighty on the earth. Your children, 529 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 5: your grandchildren, up to one thousand generations will experience more 530 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 5: of God's favor because of the life that You've chosen 531 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 5: to live. 532 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 6: Do you receive it today? 533 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 7: I know you do. 534 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 535 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 536 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 6: Would you pray with me? 537 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 5: Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 538 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,920 Speaker 6: Come into my heart. I make you my Lord and savior. 539 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 540 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 5: got born again. Get in a good Bible based church, 541 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 5: Keep God first place. He's going to take your places 542 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 5: that you've never dreamed of. 543 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to the joel Ostein podcast. Help 544 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 3: us continue to share the message of hope with those 545 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 3: all over the world. 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