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Oh God bless you. It is always a 42 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 5: joy to come into your homes. We love you and 43 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 5: we're praying that you're going to have a blessed, prosperous year. 44 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 5: If you're ever in our area. I hope that you'll 45 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 5: stop by and visit one of our services. I'll promise 46 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:11,959 Speaker 5: you we'll make you feel right at home. But thank 47 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 5: you so much for tuning in today. Now, I'd like 48 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 5: to get started each week with something funny, so listen 49 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 5: to this one. A minister bought a new horse and 50 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 5: trained it to respond to Praise the Lord meaning giddy up, 51 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 5: and Hallelujah meaning woe, and his. 52 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 4: Friends were so impressed. 53 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 5: He'd shout Praise the Lord, and he'd take off running 54 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 5: when he shouted hallelujah'd quickly stopped. 55 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:32,359 Speaker 4: Well. 56 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 5: One day, while out riding, the horse got spooked and 57 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 5: took off, running straight toward a cliff. 58 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 4: He frantically yelled woe, but nothing happened. 59 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 5: He then remembered he taught the horse something different, but 60 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 5: couldn't remember what it was. He shouted Amen, Glory, bless God. Finally, 61 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:50,119 Speaker 5: right before the edge of the cliff, he shouted Hallelujah, 62 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 5: and the horse came to a screeching halt. He breathed 63 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 5: a sigh of relief and said, Praise the Lord. All right, 64 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 5: hold your bibles up and say it like it ready, 65 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 5: this is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 66 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 67 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. Today I will be 68 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 5: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 69 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 70 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 5: the same. I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, 71 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 5: ever living seed of the Word of God. I'll never 72 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 5: be the same, never, never, never, I'll never be the same. 73 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 5: In Jesus' name, God bless you. You sound great as usual. 74 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 4: We've been talking about. 75 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 5: Breaking the strongholds of the past and how negative things 76 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,119 Speaker 5: can keep getting passed down from generation to generation. 77 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 4: The decisions that we make, they don't just. 78 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 5: Affect ourselves, They affect our children and their children, and 79 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 5: on and on. 80 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 4: And the Bible talks. 81 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 5: About how the iniquity of the fathers can be passed 82 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 5: down for three or four generations. That simply means bad habits, addictions, negativity, 83 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 5: wrong mindsets. Those are all iniquities that can be passed down. 84 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 5: And some of you are struggling in areas right now 85 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 5: because of the choices people have. 86 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 4: Made that have gone before you. 87 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 5: Many times you can look back and see it somewhere 88 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 5: in your family line, and it's so important that we 89 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 5: recognize what's happening and not just be passive and think, well, 90 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 5: this is just the way I am Joel. It's been 91 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 5: in my family for years and years. No, you need 92 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:33,280 Speaker 5: to rise up and. 93 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 4: Do something about it. 94 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 5: It may have been there for years, but the good 95 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 5: news is it doesn't have to stay there. 96 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 4: You can be the one to put a stop to it. 97 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 5: You can be the one to choose the blessing and 98 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 5: not the curse. There's been a lot of talk recently 99 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 5: in the news about all the research being done to 100 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 5: try to pinpoint certain genes, and now they're trying to 101 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:57,799 Speaker 5: find out why certain traits are being passed down, traits 102 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 5: like addictions, eating this, or even depression. 103 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 4: And these researchers can. 104 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 5: See a definite pattern, but they can't quite put their 105 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 5: finger on it. Is it genetic, is it environmental? Is 106 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 5: it hereditary? And sure all those things can play a role, 107 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 5: but I believe the major factor is a spiritual reason. 108 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 5: They call it having some family baggage, but the Bible 109 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 5: calls it an iniquity. We have to understand the negative 110 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 5: things in our family's bloodline will keep getting passed down 111 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 5: from generation to generation until somebody rises up and puts 112 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,480 Speaker 5: a stop to it. And it's interesting how it all 113 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 5: got started way back with Adam and Eve. They disobeyed, 114 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 5: and that decision didn't just affect themselves, it affected their children. 115 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 5: Do you know who the first murderer was in the Bible? 116 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 5: It was Adam's son King. Do you know who the 117 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 5: second murderer was? It was one of Kin's descendants, a 118 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 5: man by the name of Atlamk. That iniquity kept getting 119 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 5: passed down through generations of King's offspring. 120 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:03,799 Speaker 4: It was in their family line. 121 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,240 Speaker 5: And many of the things we struggle with today, it's 122 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 5: because somebody somewhere in our family line gave into it 123 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 5: and now we're having to deal with it. 124 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 4: And no, we shouldn't use that as an excuse, but. 125 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 5: We should recognize what's happening, and we need to be 126 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 5: more determined than ever that we are going to be 127 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 5: the ones to put a stop to it. I was 128 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 5: talking to this young lady the other day, and she 129 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 5: struggles with anorexia, and she explained to me how her 130 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 5: mother had it, and her aunt's had it, and her 131 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 5: sisters had. 132 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 4: It, and cousins and on and on. 133 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 5: This one sickness was practically tearing this family apart. And listen, 134 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 5: that's not just a coincidence. That's a negative, destructive spirit 135 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 5: that keeps getting passed down and it will continue until 136 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 5: somebody makes the choice for the blessing and not the curse. 137 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 5: And that's not just a physical battle. That is a 138 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 5: spiritual battle as well. You've got to take authority over 139 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 5: those things in the name of Jesus. We've all heard 140 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 5: about the Kennedy curse. The media makes a big deal 141 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 5: about it, and it started way back, even before President 142 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 5: Kennedy was assassinated in nineteen sixty three. There were other 143 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 5: untimely deaths in that family, and of course recently it's 144 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 5: come to light with the death of his son, John F. 145 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,559 Speaker 5: Kennedy Junior. And I don't believe that that's just bad luck. 146 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 5: I don't believe that's just a coincidence. 147 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 4: That is a spiritual force that's trying to drag that 148 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 4: family down. 149 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 5: And I would encourage you to examine the areas in 150 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 5: your life where you constantly struggle, in the areas where 151 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 5: it seems like something's trying to drag your family down. 152 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 5: Maybe it's divorce, poverty, addictions, abused, depression, even sicknesses. I 153 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 5: have this friend and practically every male in his family 154 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 5: has had a heart attack and. 155 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 4: Died by the time they were fifty years old. 156 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:01,239 Speaker 5: And he's about forty eight right now. Imagine how uptight 157 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 5: and worried he is. But I told him, just what 158 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 5: I'm telling you today. You can be the one to 159 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 5: break that curse. I told him, don't you dare start 160 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 5: planning your funeral. Don't you dare start planning on having 161 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 5: that heart attack. 162 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 4: You stand against it. I said, you eat right. 163 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 5: You exercise, and you say every day with long life, 164 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 5: God is satisfying me and showing me his salvation. Friends, 165 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 5: you got to make the choice for. 166 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 4: The blessing and not the curse. 167 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 5: You got to recognize what's happening and do something about it. 168 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 4: Don't just keep passing it down from generation to generation. 169 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 5: And the truth is it may not have been from 170 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 5: any great wrong that was done. Sometimes these things can 171 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 5: come just because some event that has occurred where somebody 172 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 5: opened the door to the enemy. Maybe they opened the 173 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 5: door to fear, to anxiety, to worry. I heard an 174 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 5: interesting story about this young couple and their son was 175 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 5: just starting the first grade. 176 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 4: He was so excited about it. 177 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 5: It's very outgoing and energetic, had a bunch of friends. 178 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 5: But after a couple of months, he started having these 179 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 5: real bad panic attacks there at the school. He'd get 180 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 5: all upset and afraid that his parents weren't going to 181 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 5: come back and pick him up, and so they'd have 182 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 5: to get the parents on the phone and they would 183 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 5: tell him how much they loved him, and of course 184 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 5: they're going to be back as soon as school was over. 185 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 4: But they just could not calm him down. That didn't work, 186 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 4: and so time. 187 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 5: After time these parents would have to rush up to 188 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 5: the school and assure their child that everything was okay, 189 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 5: and this family was the most loving family you can imagine. 190 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 4: There was no. 191 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 5: Reason in the natural for the child to feel this way. 192 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 5: They had never left him any place before and never 193 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:43,079 Speaker 5: shown him anything except love and affection. But it continued 194 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 5: month after month, and it got so bad that when 195 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 5: the child was at home, he. 196 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 4: Would not leave his mother's side. 197 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 5: He would follow her from room to room, and she 198 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 5: went outside, he was right there, and if for some 199 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 5: reason he couldn't find her, he would just burst into 200 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:58,199 Speaker 5: another one of these panic attacks. 201 00:09:58,400 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 4: And the couple was so frustrated. 202 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 5: You know, really it is just breaking their heart. But 203 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 5: one day the father was talking to his father, the 204 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 5: child's grandfather, and as he explained the situation, it was 205 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 5: just like a light turned on in the grandfather's mind. 206 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 5: He said, son, I know exactly what's wrong with your child. 207 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 5: He said, When I was a little boy in the 208 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 5: first grade, my father suddenly died, and I was so 209 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 5: afraid and so scared that when my mother would try 210 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 5: to walk me to school, I would cry so hard, 211 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 5: thinking that she may not come back. Many times she'd 212 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 5: just turn around and take me back home. The point 213 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 5: I'm making is that fear didn't originate with that little boy. 214 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 5: It was passed down because of that traumatic event in 215 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 5: the grandfather's life. I'm not trying to get spooky and 216 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 5: scare anybody. The point I'm making is that things can 217 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 5: get passed down that we didn't have anything to do with, 218 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 5: and you can't just deal with it in the physical sense. 219 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,199 Speaker 5: You can't just try to use your sheer will power 220 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 5: to overcome that is a spiritual battle. This couple began 221 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 5: to really pray every day. They bound the stronghold of fear, 222 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 5: and they stood against that curse and today that young 223 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 5: man is completely for a living a normal, healthy life. 224 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 5: But that's why I encourage you to examine the areas 225 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:13,319 Speaker 5: in your life. 226 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 4: Where you continually struggle. 227 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 5: I know people today they are living under a spirit 228 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 5: of depression, and it keeps getting passed. 229 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 4: From generation to generation. 230 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 5: No joy, no victory, no enthusiasm. I've even seen it 231 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 5: in little children. All these other kids can be out laughing, playing, 232 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 5: having a good time, but this other child is over here, 233 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 5: serious and solemn, not even enjoying his childhood. That's a 234 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 5: spirit of depression. I've known men that have everything in 235 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 5: the world going for them, a great family, they make 236 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 5: plenty of money, they're accomplishing their dreams, but they're just 237 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 5: never really happy. 238 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 4: They're never fulfilled. 239 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 5: It's like something's always bugging them and just stealing their 240 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 5: joy and peace and victory. 241 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 4: Friends, that's not normal. 242 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 5: That is a spirit of defeat, a spirit of discouragement. 243 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 5: You've got to do like that young couple and rise 244 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 5: up and stand against it. You can be the one 245 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,719 Speaker 5: to break the curse in your family. Don't just sit 246 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 5: back and say, well, Joe, we've always been negative, or 247 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 5: I've always had this addiction, or everybody in my family 248 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,839 Speaker 5: gets married and divorced two or three, four different times. No, 249 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 5: why don't you be the one to say enough is enough. 250 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 5: I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. And 251 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 5: as for me and my family, we're choosing the blessing 252 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 5: and not the curse. Amen, why don't you be the 253 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 5: one to stand against the forces of darkness and to 254 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 5: break those strongholds that are keeping you in bondage? See 255 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 5: the scripture says they're in Proverbs twenty six to two 256 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 5: that the curse does not come without a cause. That 257 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 5: means when we have issues to deal with, addictions, bad habits, dysfunctions, 258 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 5: either we've made bad choices or somebody in our family 259 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 5: line has made some bad choices. But there's a reason 260 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 5: a child grows up to become an alcoholic. There's a 261 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 5: reason a child becomes an abusive parent. There's a reason 262 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 5: a young man is sent off to prison. Doesn't just 263 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 5: randomly happen. Somebody somewhere opened the door to the enemy. 264 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 5: If you're struggling with things today, that does not make 265 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 5: you a bad person. You should not go around guilty 266 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,959 Speaker 5: and condemned because you've got some things to overcome. Many 267 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 5: times wasn't even your fault. Somebody else made the poor 268 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 5: choices and now you're having to deal with it. But 269 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 5: I would challenge you, don't use that as an excuse 270 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 5: to stay the way you are. You've got to dig 271 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 5: your heels in and do something about it. And one 272 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:44,320 Speaker 5: of the first steps to overcoming is to recognize what 273 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 5: you're dealing with. 274 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 4: Identify it, don't ignore it. 275 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 5: Don't just try to sweep it under the rug and 276 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 5: hope that it's going to go away. 277 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 4: No, you've got to call a spade a spade. 278 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 5: If you're lazy and undisciplined, don't make excuses. Just admit 279 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,079 Speaker 5: it and say, you know what, I'm gonna deal with this. 280 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 5: If you've got an anger problem, or if you're loosing 281 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 5: your morals, or maybe you don't treat people right, don't 282 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 5: try to convince yourself that you do. 283 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 4: Admit it and deal with it. 284 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 5: The scripture says in James five point sixteen, confess your 285 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 5: faults one to another, and pray for one another that 286 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 5: you may be healed. Notice, you've got to be honest 287 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 5: enough with yourself to confess your faults. And sometimes you're 288 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 5: gonna have to find a good Christian friend and say, 289 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 5: you know what, I need your help. I'm struggling in 290 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 5: this area and I need you to pray with me. 291 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 4: So often we do just the opposite. 292 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 5: We think, Man, I'm not gonna tell anybody about this, 293 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 5: what would they think of me. 294 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 4: I'd be embarrassed. 295 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 5: No, swallow your pride and get the help you need 296 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 5: so you can be free. I know this man, and 297 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 5: he came out of a very violent, angry home, and 298 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 5: he ended up getting hooked on drugs and selling drugs himself, 299 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 5: and he was just living a very angry life altogether. 300 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 5: But to make a real long story short, one day 301 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 5: he gave his life to the Lord and he started 302 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 5: pastoring this urn and he was doing great. It was 303 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 5: growing and growing. He was well respected in the community, 304 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 5: going all over the place sharing his story how God 305 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 5: had really changed his life. But what people did not 306 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 5: know was that he still had a very serious anger problem. 307 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:28,280 Speaker 5: God had delivered him from all these other bad habits, addictions, drugs, alcoholism, 308 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 5: but he still really struggled with this anger and he 309 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 5: would never show it in public, but if something went 310 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 5: wrong at home, he'd just go into a fit of rage. 311 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 5: I mean, it wasn't normal. He was violent, and he 312 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 5: told how he could not control it. Many times the smallest, 313 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 5: most insignificant things would just set him off and he 314 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,800 Speaker 5: would erupt, and he was very abusive to his wife 315 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 5: physically and verbally. He would throw things and just treat 316 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 5: her so bad, and really it was a very dangerous situation. 317 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 5: If he would finally calm down, she would say to him, honey, 318 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 5: we have got to go get some help. We've got 319 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 5: to go talk to somebody about this problem. But he 320 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 5: told how he was too embarrassed. He said, Man, I'm 321 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 5: the pastor of the church. I'm supposed to be the example. 322 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 5: How could I ever tell anybody I've got this terrible problem. 323 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 5: But see the scripture says confess your faults so you 324 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 5: can be healed. And some of you today I don't 325 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 5: mean this wrong, but you will never overcome what you're 326 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 5: struggling with all by yourself. You've got to find a friend, 327 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 5: a mentor, a pastor, a counselor, find somebody that will 328 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 5: stand with you, find somebody that will pray with you, 329 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 5: find somebody that will hold you accountable. And the thing 330 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 5: you've got to understand is just because you've got some 331 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:48,280 Speaker 5: things you're dealing with. 332 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 4: That doesn't mean that you're a bad person. 333 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 5: And we have to get past this misconception that because 334 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 5: we love God, we come to church and people look 335 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 5: up to us and man, we're supposed to be perfect. 336 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 4: No, it doesn't always work that way. 337 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 5: And if you have an anger problem today, or if 338 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 5: you have a problem watching things that you shouldn't, maybe 339 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 5: you've got some kind of hidden addiction, or maybe you're 340 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 5: in a relationship you know you shouldn't be in, let 341 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 5: me challenge you. Don't try to beat that on your own, 342 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 5: and don't hide it because you're too embarrassed. Find a 343 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 5: good Christian person that will stand in faith with you. 344 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 5: And I'm not saying that you have to announce it 345 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 5: to the world, but you need to find one person 346 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,879 Speaker 5: that you can really trust, and as you do your part, 347 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 5: God will help you. 348 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 4: To overcome this. 349 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 5: Pastor told how the reason that he wouldn't tell anybody 350 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 5: for a long time was because he thought something was 351 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 5: wrong with him. He couldn't understand how God had delivered 352 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 5: him from all these other bad addictions, but he still 353 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 5: had this serious anger problem. And he told how when 354 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 5: he was enraged, even when he was out of control. 355 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 5: Deep down on the inside, he would be saying to him, 356 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 5: why am I doing this? 357 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 4: Why can't I stop? What is wrong with me? 358 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 5: The problem was that anger had been in his family 359 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 5: line a long time. It wasn't as easy to overcome 360 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 5: as some of those other habits, and he had to 361 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 5: get past the fact of what everybody was gonna think 362 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 5: of him. 363 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 4: And he went and got some help, And. 364 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 5: As he confessed his faults, and as he stood against 365 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 5: the forces of darkness, God set him free completely. Today 366 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 5: he's one of the most kind, gentle people you will 367 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 5: ever meet. And in the same way, you can beat 368 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 5: anything that's come against you, doesn't. 369 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:34,479 Speaker 4: Matter what it is. 370 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 5: There's no addiction that's too hard for our God. There's 371 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 5: no stronghold that he can't set you free from. Doesn't 372 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 5: matter how long you've had it, doesn't matter how many 373 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 5: times you've tried and failed. 374 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 4: Today is a new day. 375 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 5: And if you will be honest with yourself and recognize 376 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 5: what you're dealing with and find somebody to hold you accountable, 377 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 5: then you too can start living under the blessing and 378 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,919 Speaker 5: not the curse. You can break that junk off of 379 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 5: you and off of your descendants. You may be here today, 380 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,400 Speaker 5: and you were raised in a home just like this man, 381 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 5: where it was violent, angry, negative, abusive. Maybe all you 382 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 5: saw a model growing up were bad habits, addictions, and abuse. 383 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,239 Speaker 5: But don't use that as an excuse to stay the 384 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 5: way you are. You may have been dealt a very 385 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 5: tough hand in life to deal with. Maybe the way 386 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 5: you were raised is the reason you act a certain way, 387 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 5: may be the reason you get angry and you really struggle, 388 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 5: But thank God, you don't have to stay that way. 389 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 4: Let me challenge you to take. 390 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 5: Responsibility for your actions. God has given you your own 391 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 5: free will. You can choose to change. You can choose 392 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 5: to set the new standard, and every right choice you 393 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 5: make you start to overturn. 394 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 4: The wrong choices that other people have made. 395 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 5: Every time you resist that temptation, you are one step 396 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 5: closer to your victory. You may have a very negative 397 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 5: history tread behind you, but you don't have to perpetuate it. 398 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 5: We can't change the past, but we can change the 399 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 5: future by making right choices today. But the sad thing is, 400 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 5: most of the time, hurting people end up hurting other people. 401 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 5: You would think when we come out of a negative environment, 402 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 5: we would be so quick to change. 403 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 4: You hear people say it all the time. 404 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 5: Well, man, I'm never gonna raise my kids like that, 405 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 5: or I'll never treat my wife the way my father 406 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 5: treated my mother. But the truth is, more often than not, 407 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 5: we end up doing exactly what we said we'd never do. 408 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 5: It's because that spirit is being passed down. If you 409 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 5: were raised in an angry, violent home, unless you rise 410 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 5: up and break that thing, there's a real good chance 411 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 5: you will treat your children the same exact way. I 412 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 5: know people that were abused physically and verbally growing up, 413 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 5: and you would think, since they suffered so much and 414 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 5: went through all that pain, they would stay far away 415 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 5: from it. But all the studies tell us people that 416 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 5: have been abused are the most likely to become abusers. 417 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 4: Why is that. 418 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,199 Speaker 5: It's not because they want to they know how destructive 419 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 5: it is. It's because that negative spirit keeps getting passed 420 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 5: down from generation to generation. But thank God, you and 421 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 5: I can do something about it. The Scripture says in 422 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 5: Ephesians that our fight is not against flesh and blood, 423 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 5: but we fight in the spiritual realm. 424 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 4: It is a spiritual battle. 425 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 5: You've got to rise up and say I'm taking authority 426 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 5: over this thing, and I am not going to live 427 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 5: this way. And always remember, greater is he that's in 428 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 5: you than he that's in the world. That means you 429 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 5: can do what you need to do. Don't just sit 430 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 5: back and accept the status quo. No, rise up and 431 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 5: do something about it. We can't change the events of 432 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,119 Speaker 5: the past, but we can change our futures. 433 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 2: Now. 434 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,199 Speaker 5: I don't know about you, but I want to make 435 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 5: it easier on my children. 436 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 4: I want to make it better. 437 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 5: For my grandchildren and for future generation. What I find 438 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 5: interesting is women that were raised in abusive environments where 439 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 5: they weren't treated by their father or by the men 440 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,959 Speaker 5: in their life, when they grow up, most of the time, 441 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 5: they will be attracted to a man just like that, 442 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 5: somebody that continues to abuse and mistreat them. Studies tell 443 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,679 Speaker 5: us that women very often will marry somebody just like 444 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 5: their father. And that's why it's so important fathers that 445 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 5: we go out of our way to love and respect 446 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 5: our wives. Our children should see us being kind and courteous. 447 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 5: You should open the car door for your wife, do 448 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 5: everything you can, knowing there's a very good chance your 449 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 5: daughter is going to gravitate to somebody that's just like you. 450 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 5: I know Victoria's father, he treated her like a queen. 451 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 5: I mean when she was going up, he was so 452 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 5: kind and considerate and loving. 453 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 4: He still is to this day. 454 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 5: When she used to live at home, he'd go get 455 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:57,679 Speaker 5: her car filled up with gas ford, bring her breakfast 456 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,439 Speaker 5: in bed, anything she needed. 457 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 4: He was all there. And I know I'm not perfect. 458 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 4: I'm probably not like that. 459 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 5: But I hear Victoria saying all the time, Julie is 460 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 5: just like my father. But see, that's what I want 461 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,439 Speaker 5: my children to see. I want them to see me 462 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 5: being good to my wife, loving her, respecting her, going out. 463 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 4: Of my way to her. 464 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 5: I know that is planning a seed in their heart. 465 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,679 Speaker 5: I know that's what my daughter is going to expect 466 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,880 Speaker 5: out of a man. That's what I want to pass 467 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 5: down to future generations. But really, when we hear a 468 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 5: message like this today, we've got to be careful that 469 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 5: we don't get out of balance and just blame everything 470 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 5: on the past. Well, you know, it's not my fault, 471 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 5: it's how I was raised. No, don't fall into that trap. 472 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 5: So many people play the blame game today. Well I'm 473 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 5: depressed because my mother was depressed, or I can't break 474 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,439 Speaker 5: these addictions because everybody in my family has these addictions. No, 475 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 5: take responsibility for your actions. You may have had some 476 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 5: unfair things in the past that have made it more difficult, 477 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 5: but your attitude should be I'm not gonna sit around 478 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 5: and moan and complain about how I was raised or 479 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 5: about how. 480 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 4: Somebody treated me. 481 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 5: No, this is the life God has given me, and 482 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 5: I'm gonna make the very most of it. 483 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 4: I'm gonna start making. 484 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:19,200 Speaker 5: Good choices starting today. I have never seen a day 485 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 5: when people pass the blame as much as they do today. 486 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 5: You hear excuses all the time. Well I'm angry because 487 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 5: you made me angry, or I didn't pay my bills 488 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 5: last month because I didn't get that raise I was expecting, 489 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 5: or ladies, have you ever heard this one? I'm irritable 490 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 5: today because it's my time of the month. I've got PMS. 491 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 5: What does that stand for? Pretty mean, sister. But please 492 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 5: understand the message today is not about passing the blame. Well, 493 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 5: I always knew something was wrong with me. Jeel told 494 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 5: me it's my parents' fault. 495 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 4: No, that may be part of it. 496 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,399 Speaker 5: But what I'm also telling you is, if you can 497 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 5: do something about it. And we've heard a whole lot 498 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,639 Speaker 5: about the generational curse. But what's just as important is 499 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 5: our generational choice. We don't have to stay the way 500 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 5: we are. And some of you today, all you've seen 501 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 5: model growing up was defeat and mediocrity, people that didn't 502 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 5: pay their bills, arguing in strife, abuse and addictions. 503 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 4: And if you're not careful, you'll just. 504 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 5: Think that's the norm and you'll do the same thing. 505 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 5: The problem is the culture you were raised in was 506 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 5: not right. That culture was negative. You can't just sit 507 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 5: back and accept it. You got to set a news standard. 508 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 5: You got to take responsibility for your actions and don't 509 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 5: just do things because that's all you've ever seen done. 510 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 5: I heard about this couple that just recently had gotten married, 511 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 5: and the young man noticed that when his wife would 512 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,640 Speaker 5: cook a ham, she would always cut the ends off 513 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 5: the hem, and he thought that was so strange, and 514 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 5: he wondered why she was waste than that part of 515 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 5: the ham. And one day he got his nerve up 516 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 5: and he asked her, honey, why do you cut the 517 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 5: ends off the ham? And she said, well, my mother 518 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 5: made the best hands in all the world, and she 519 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 5: always cut the ends off the hand. 520 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 4: He said, well, I understand, but do you know why 521 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 4: she didn't? She said no. He said, well, let's call your. 522 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,239 Speaker 5: Mom up and ass So they called her up and said, hey, 523 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 5: you know what. My wife cuts the ends off the 524 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 5: ham and she said she does it because you did it. 525 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:21,719 Speaker 4: Why do you do it? 526 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 5: And she said, well, my mother made the best hands 527 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 5: in all the world, and she always cut the ends 528 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 5: off the hand. 529 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 4: He said why, I understand that, but do you know 530 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 4: why she did? She said no, I have no idea. 531 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 5: He said, let's call up grandmother, and so they call 532 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 5: the grandmother up and he explained it all. My wife 533 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 5: cuts the ends off because your daughter does. 534 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 4: And she said she does it because you do it. 535 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 5: Can you please tell us why did you always cut 536 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 5: the ends off the hand? Grandmother laughed and said that's 537 00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 5: easy because my pen was too little. 538 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:53,159 Speaker 4: The point I'm. 539 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 5: Making is, don't just do what you've seen people do before. 540 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 5: Find out why you doing things. If you can get 541 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 5: serious one more minute. Some of you today you're allowing 542 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 5: strife and discord in your home. There's always this arguing 543 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 5: in fighting, and it's because it's the way you were raised. 544 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 5: But understand that's not God's best. Why don't you set 545 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 5: a new standard. Some of you don't pay your bills 546 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 5: on time. You don't have the integrity you should, and 547 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,120 Speaker 5: it's because nobody in your family did. But please, don't 548 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 5: just do the same thing. Why don't you raise the bar. 549 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,080 Speaker 5: Some of you always negative and critical, and it's simply because. 550 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 4: You came out of such a negative environment. 551 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 5: You don't know any better. But no, don't pass that 552 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:36,240 Speaker 5: junk down. You've got to choose the blessing and not 553 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 5: the curse. So my message to you today is dig 554 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 5: your heels in and put a stop to any of 555 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 5: the negative. 556 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 4: Junk that's in your family's bloodline. 557 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 5: May have been there for years and years, but today 558 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 5: is a new day and you can be the one 559 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 5: to make a difference. And remember this is a spiritual battle. 560 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 5: You've got to take authority over all the strongholds that 561 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 5: are keeping. 562 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 4: You in bondage. 563 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 5: One of the first things you got to do is 564 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 5: recognize what it is, identified, get it out in the open, 565 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 5: and deal with it. Friends, God has a place of 566 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 5: victory in store for every one of you. 567 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 4: And you may come from. 568 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 5: A long line of negative things, but always know this. 569 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 4: Every right choice you make. 570 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 5: You are turning around the wrong choices other people had made. 571 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 5: So pass down only good things. Take responsibility for your actions. 572 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,159 Speaker 5: If you do that, you'll see God's blessings in favor 573 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 5: and you'll experience the victories He has in store. 574 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 4: Amen, how many of you receive it this morning? 575 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 5: Would we never like to close our broadcast without giving 576 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,359 Speaker 5: you an opportunity. 577 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 4: To make Jesus the lord of your life. 578 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 5: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 579 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 5: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 580 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 5: you my Lord and savior. Friends, if you prayed that 581 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 5: simple prayer, we believe you got born again. 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