Breaking Negative Cycles

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Make it count with Perdue Global produce online 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:59.720 University for working adults start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:04.080 Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:07.160 Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:07.880 the ministry. 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:10.320 If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:11.919 blessing and share it with a friend. 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.920 We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:16.080 your life. 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:18.160 God bless you. 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.440 It's great to be with you today, and I hope you'll. 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:22.880 Stay connected with us during. 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:26.520 The week through our daily podcast, our YouTube channel, social media, 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:28.880 and you can come visit us in person. 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:30.920 We'd love to have you be a part of one 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:31.960 of our services. 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:34.760 I'd like to start with something funny, and my brother 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:37.560 Paul sent me this one, and it's so corny. 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:39.759 I haven't told it in ten years, that's how bad 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:42.600 it is. But here he goes. I heard about Bubba. 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:45.600 He was outside doing yard work with his weed eater 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.640 when he accidentally cut off his cat's tail. 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:51.680 The cat was in the bushes. Bubba didn't see him. 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:55.040 He felt so badly he grabbed the tail, grabbed the cat, 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:57.400 said to his friend, I'm going to Walmart. 0:01:57.840 --> 0:01:59.040 His friend said Walmart. 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:03.480 While Walmart, Bubba said, Hello, They're the largest retailer in 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:08.280 the world. Paul cell number is seven to one three. 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:11.200 Come on, say it like you mean it. This is 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.200 my Bible. I am what it says I am. I 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.600 have what it says I have. I can do what 0:02:16.680 --> 0:02:19.440 it says I can do. Today I will be taught 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:23.600 the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.959 my heart is receptive. I will never be the same. 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:31.760 In Jesus's name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:36.120 to you today about breaking negative cycles. Most of the 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:39.639 things we struggle with didn't start with us. They've been 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:43.200 passed down in our family line. You don't get to 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.360 choose your babbles. You didn't get to pick what you'll 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:50.560 have to deal with. Just as you inherit your parents' DNA, 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:54.320 which determines your eye color, how tall you'll be, what 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:59.160 kind of hair you'll have, you also inherit attitudes, habits, 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:03.320 and behavior from those that have gone before you. Research 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:09.560 shows how depression can be passed down, anger, low self esteem, addictions. 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.800 It was in your bloodline and it showed up with you. 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:18.640 The scripture calls this an iniquity that means a hereditary weakness. 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:24.000 I've seen families that can't get along, Parents arguing, cousins, 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:28.560 upset siblings, bitter grandparents said at odds, that's a spirit 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:32.840 of strife, a spirit of division that keeps getting passed down. 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.240 I knew this young man growing up. His father was 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:39.839 indicted for fraud and went to prison. This young man 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.320 told me how his grandfather was the same way. 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:44.160 He was so upset with. 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:47.400 Them, couldn't understand why they'd make poor choices, why they'd 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:51.280 cheat people. Twenty years later, a friend called and said, 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:53.720 did you hear about so and so. He's in trouble 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:57.960 for fraud. He didn't choose it. It chose him. It 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:02.400 will continue to go from generation to generation until someone 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.840 rises up and says, I'm going to break this negative cycle. 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:09.640 It didn't start with you. The good news is it 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:11.440 can end with you. 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.480 You can be the one that affects generations to come. 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:18.400 You can make it easier on your children and grandchildren. 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:21.640 And it's good to look back at your family history 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:23.920 and see what are we good. 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:25.200 At, what do we excel in? 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.560 And what are the weaknesses? Where do I see a 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:33.960 pattern of mediocrity, compromise, and failure. When you understand those 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:35.960 same spirits are coming after you. 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.400 Then you can be on guard. You can be prepared. 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:43.960 Say no thanks, depression, You're not welcome here. No thanks. 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:48.160 I'm not giving into this addiction, this compromise. No thanks, 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:53.599 I'm not living inferior, insecure, angry, bitter. Don't let that 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:57.839 iniquity continue on. It's been in your family line. But 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:00.400 the reason you're hearing this is so that. 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.599 You can put an end to it now. 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:06.240 I heard this phrase. It ran in my family until 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:10.080 it ran into me. You're the difference maker. You call 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:14.800 to set a new standard. You're the exception. Everyone in 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:19.560 your family was negative except you. Everyone was broke except you, 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:24.920 everyone addicted except you, everyone bitter except you. I am 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:29.400 looking at exceptional people, people that stand out, people that 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:34.360 defy the odds, people that break barriers numbers. Chapter twenty five. 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:38.280 The Israelites had gotten off course. This false prophet named 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:43.039 Balm encouraged the Midianite women to lure the Israelites into 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:46.320 worshiping their idols, and they fell right into that trap. 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:50.520 They begin feasting with the Midianites worshiping the god Bail. 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.760 There were all kinds of immorality and compromise going on, and. 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:56.400 God was very displeased. 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:01.480 This plague broke out and twenty four thousand Israelites were killed. 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:03.359 Looked like that would continue on. 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.000 Moses warned the people that they needed to change, but 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:11.600 they weren't listening. One of the Israelites took a Midianite 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:14.800 woman into his tent in defiance. 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:15.440 Of what Moses said. 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:19.560 Everyone was standing around watching, wondering what was going to happen. 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.919 Then a young man named Phineas Rosa went into the 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:27.120 tent and put an end to it. The scripture says 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.640 Phineas had the courage to step in, and the plague 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:31.280 was stopped. 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.440 All this compromising mediocrity. 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.000 And one person stepped in and said, I'm going to 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.119 honor God, I'm going to live with integrity. I'm gonna 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:45.000 do the right thing, and the plague ended. You can 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:46.919 stop the plague in your family. 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.200 You can be the Phineas. There may be. 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:56.880 Negative baggage, people, compromising addictions, mediocrity. It just takes one Phineas, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.480 one man, one woman. 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:01.160 To break the cycle of defeat. 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:05.839 My prayer is, God, give us Phineases, give us people 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:10.000 who will rise up, not just accept the dysfunction, not 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.120 just live with the defeat, but will have the courage 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.960 to make a difference, to put an end to what's 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:21.000 limiting us. Phineas had to kill the compromise, kill the disrespect, 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:25.720 Kill the worshiping of idols was drastic, it was extreme. 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.400 But what you don't kill will end up killing you. 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:33.240 There are negative things in our family line that we 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:35.560 have to say you cannot live. 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.560 In my life. It's symbolic. 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:40.960 You have to kill the anger, kill the addiction, kill 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:45.119 the unforgiveness. You can stop the plague, but as long 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.800 as you allow these things to live, it's going to 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.160 kill your dreams, kill your peace, kill your freedom, kill 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:54.800 your purpose. Now be a Phineas, have the courage to 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.280 step up. Our attitude should be. 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:00.600 This may have been passed down, but it's not going 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:03.320 to get past me. This is where it ends. 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:06.920 This is where the depression stops. This is where the addiction, 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:11.560 the low self esteem, the poverty mindset comes to an end. 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:16.880 Don't live with the dysfunction. Break the dysfunction. Well, nobody 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:20.080 in my family is successful. We just barely get by. 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.400 That's what was passed down to you. That's the way 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.840 it's been. But you're a Phineus. You're putting an end 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:30.120 to that. You'll call to rise higher. You're called to 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.679 put a stop to that plague. But Joe, everyone in my. 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:35.760 Family struggles with addictions. 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:40.000 We all compromise, we all have anger issues. That would 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.760 be a good excuse to stay that way if not 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.680 for one thing. You're a Phineus. You have the courage 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:50.160 to step in. God is destined you to break the 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:53.680 negative cycle, to set your family on a new course, 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:57.520 to reach levels that you've never seen. Now, don't miss 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:02.160 your chance. This is a window of opportunity, a door 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:05.559 that will not always be open. It may be difficult, 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.640 but God won't ask you to do something and not 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.760 give you the grace to do it. Your children are 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:16.360 counting on you, your great grandchildren. Their destinies hang in 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.440 the balance. Will they deal with the same things you do, 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.840 or will you put an end to it? Will you 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:26.080 be the one to break that negative cycle and stop 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:26.800 the plague? 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:28.760 I already know the answer. 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:33.240 I'm looking at phineasis, I'm looking at barier breakers. I'm 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:37.360 looking at people who are called equipped and anointed. The 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:41.080 power in you is greater than any power that's trying 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:42.479 to stop you. 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:44.760 You're going to feel a new sense of courage. 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:47.320 God's favor is going to be on you in a 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:51.280 greater way. Things you've struggled with in the past are 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:52.960 not going to be a struggle anymore. 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.040 Chains that have held you back are being broken. 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:59.720 Strongholds that have kept you captive are coming down. 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.839 God's going to do what you can't do on your own. 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:07.599 When you stand for righteousness, when you refuse to compromise, 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.880 when you say no, I'm not hanging around these same 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:14.160 friends that are holding me back. When you break out 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:19.600 of that negative mindset and believe bigger, pray bolder, dream larger, 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.800 you're going to see the hand of God turn things around, 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:26.960 break addictions, bring you out of dysfunction, promote you. 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.400 The levels that you never thought possible. 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:33.280 Think about all these people living with the plague, and 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:36.640 one man rose up and did something about it. One 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:40.520 man broke that cycle that had killed twenty four thousand people. 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:42.679 How many people. 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:44.960 Are going to live better off because you had the 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:46.079 courage to step up. 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.199 How many of your relatives will look back. 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:53.160 And say, Wow, thank God for Phineas, thank God for Julie, 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:56.680 thank God for Uncle Robert, thank God for Marcella. Now 0:10:56.720 --> 0:11:00.640 we're free, Now we're blessed. Now we're confident now. We're 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:05.960 successful because you're a Phineas, because you killed what could 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:07.160 have killed you. 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.280 You're impacting generations to come. 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:13.120 You're one of those heroes of faith, Joel, I don't 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:16.160 think you're talking about me, man. I'm not Phineas. I 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:19.160 still struggle with an addiction. I still have a problem 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:22.559 with my temper. I'm still dealing with poverty and lack. No, 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:26.120 let me encourage you. Phineas is in you, The barrier 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.559 breaker is in you. The same power that raised Christ 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:33.160 from the dead lives on the inside of you. And yes, 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:37.000 there's a battle in your bloodline. The good news is 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:38.160 you're going to win. 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.640 That Phineas spirit is going to rise up in a 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:44.480 new way. You're going to put a stop to what's 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:45.160 stopping you. 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:49.240 Those weaknesses that have been passed down are just what 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:53.439 they're called. They're weak. They're no match for you. A 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:56.400 friend of mine was raised in a good family. When 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:59.880 he was a toddler, his father, in his early twenties 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:03.320 got a job at a large transportation company. He was 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:06.959 at an entry level position out washing the vehicles. He's 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:10.440 a hard worker, always on time, went the extra mile. 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:13.800 Those were the good things that had been passed down. 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.880 We all have these positive attributes in our family line. 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:22.800 People that passed down courage, talent, good attitudes. The key 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:26.760 is to take the positive, build on the good things, and. 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:28.080 Leave the negative behind. 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:33.160 This men's parents, grandparents, They were good people, but. 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:34.559 They struggled with alcohol. 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:39.440 Over time, they both ended up becoming alcoholics. That was 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:41.120 the environment he was raised in. 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:45.040 Well. He received promotion after promotion, from. 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:49.280 Out washing the cars to supervising the department, then head 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:53.360 of operations. Ten years later he was in senior management. 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:57.880 Everything was going great, his family was blessed. But in 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:01.280 this new position, the people he worked with would go 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:04.840 out several times a week at lunch and drink. They 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:09.000 called it liquid lunch. Now, he never touched alcohol. Knowing 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:12.640 what his parents and grandparents struggled with, he didn't want 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.720 to seem odd, like he was too square, so he 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:19.320 started drinking just a few times a week, no big deal. 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:24.120 He didn't realize that alcohol gene was lying dormant in 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:29.000 his DNA. He was predisposed to alcoholism that was passed 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:32.240 down to him. He made the mistake of waking up 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:36.760 that gene. He started drinking more and more. The scripture says, 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.000 don't give the enemy a foothold. 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:40.839 Don't open the door. 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.120 If you crack it a little, he's gonna push and push. 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.440 He'd love for all that negative baggage to go from 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:51.800 generation to generation. Before long, it started affecting this father. 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:56.120 He started showing up late for work, started missing appointments. 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.040 He got to where some days he wouldn't come home 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:03.000 from work, wasn't with the family anymore. God so bad 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:07.320 he lost his job, started living in shelters. My friend 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:10.400 told me how they were the perfect family, living the 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:15.839 American dream, and then alcoholism destroyed their life. My friend 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:19.240 is in the entertainment industry now, and he's very successful, 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.640 he said, Joel. I don't touch alcohol, not because of 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:28.000 religious reasons, but I know I'm predisposed to alcoholism. When 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.720 you look back in your family line and you see 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.760 things that have caused heartache and pain, things that have 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:38.360 kept people from their potential, it's important to recognize that 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.080 those genes are passed down. 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:43.640 You're predisposed to that. But here's the beauty. 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:48.200 That doesn't mean it's going to automatically happen. You get 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:52.040 to choose whether you activate that gene or whether you 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:56.200 leave it lying dormant. His father activated it and it 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:59.800 ruined his life. His son chose to leave it dormant, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:04.840 and he's living a blessed, free, favor filled life. Alcoholism 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:08.560 ran in his family until it ran into him. He 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.760 was a phineas he had the courage to step up 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:15.280 and put an end to it. His attitude was this 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.760 alcoholism didn't start with me, but it's going to stop 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:22.320 with me. I'm the difference maker. I know some of 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:23.320 you thinking, well, Joe, it's. 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:23.760 Too late for me. 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:27.480 I've already activated that gene. No, you can deactivate it. 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.240 You have the power to turn it off. You can 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:34.880 be the one to break the negative cycle. Now it 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:38.440 may not be alcohol for you, may be bitterness, low 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:42.120 self esteem, anger, There's a gene line dormant. 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:45.440 Don't wake it up. Don't open the door. You're going 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:46.160 to be tempted. 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:52.320 My friend told how in the entertainment industry, practically every event, every. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:56.280 Meeting, there's alcohol. People expect him to drink. Ask him 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:58.640 how he dealt with it, he said, Joel, I'm bold 0:15:58.680 --> 0:15:59.160 about it. 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.440 When pressure me, I say, listen. I come from a 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:06.240 family of alcoholics. I've seen it ruin their life. And 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:09.080 I'm not going to let it ruin mine. When you 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:12.720 look back at your history, there may be things that 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.880 are fine for other people, but you know you shouldn't 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:18.240 do it because you've been predisposed to it. 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:21.880 You don't want to wake up that gene. Be aware 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:24.720 and be diligent. Don't play with fire. 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:28.760 Don't think you can compromise just a little, be dishonest, 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:31.520 just a little, run with the wrong crowd, just a little. 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:34.200 It's not worth a chance. What are you going to 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:37.040 wake up? What genes are you going to activate? 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.800 God told Phineas, because you had the courage to step 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:43.680 up and stop this plague, I'm going to make a 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:48.120 covenant of peace with you. You and your descendants will be 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:52.000 priests for all time. Look at how God works when 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.440 you step up and put an end to the plague, 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:57.520 when you stop the negative baggage. 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.440 The addiction, the depression, the lack. 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.080 God says, I'm not only going to honor you and 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:06.760 your family, but I'm going to show favor to your descendants. 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:11.679 I'm going to place a lasting blessing on your family line. 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:15.000 I know today I'm walking in favor because of those 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:15.879 that went before me. 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:18.640 I'm walking in blessings because I. 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:23.280 Had people that honored God. My father broke the negative 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:27.120 cycle of poverty in our family. He was raised very 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:30.199 poor during the Great Depression. Many times they didn't have 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:34.320 money for food or clothing. Looked like that poverty spirit, 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:39.400 that lack mentality, that defeat mindset would be passed down 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:40.199 to him. 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:42.240 But it's seventeen years old. 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.440 When he gave his life to Christ, the first one 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:48.240 in his family, something rose up in him. 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:52.000 He said, my children will never be raised in the 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:56.159 poverty and defeat that I'm raised in. That gene was there, 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:59.879 but he deactivated it. He was a phineas he. 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:03.080 Said, this plague is stopping with me. He didn't just 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:06.640 sit back. He took steps of faith. He had to hitchhike. 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:08.960 He didn't have a car, but he went out and 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:14.520 started ministering. God opened doors made ways. My father left 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:19.719 our family blessed, successful, not just with resources, but with 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:24.080 a new mindset that our God is all powerful, that when. 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.720 We believe, he can take you where you've never dreamed. 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.800 That when you honor him, he'll open doors that no 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:33.520 person can shut, that'll give you compact centers, that'll heal 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:37.359 you from cancer. Now our children have enough negative things 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:41.000 to deal with. I don't want them predisposed to doubt, 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:44.600 predisposed to fear, addictions, compromise. 0:18:45.119 --> 0:18:45.840 I want them. 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:52.640 Predisposed to faith, predisposed to blessings, predisposed to godliness, to integrity, 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:57.080 to generosity. I want them to succeed because of me, 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:01.560 and not in spite of me. The scripture, Isaac was 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:04.680 very old and about the pass, and he was nearly blind, 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.920 and he said word for his son Esau to come in, 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:10.159 and he was going to give him the blessing that 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:11.720 belonged to the firstborn son. 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:16.520 Well. His wife, Rebecca loved their son Jacob more than Esau. 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:20.199 She told Jacob to dress up like Esau, go in 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:22.760 there and pretend to be his brother so he could 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:26.600 get the best blessing. Esau was very hairy, so she 0:19:26.720 --> 0:19:29.480 made Jacob some animal skin to put on his arms. 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:33.120 Jacob went in, tricked their father and received the blessing. 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:37.800 It wasn't just the mother that was deceitful. Jacob had 0:19:37.800 --> 0:19:42.080 that same spirit. He was dishonest. Remember how earlier he 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:43.920 tricked his brother out of his birthright. 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:48.320 It didn't stop there. His uncle Lavin was dishonest. He tricked. 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:50.840 Jacob said he was going to give him one daughter 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:54.520 in marriage. But when Jacob woke up the morning after 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:56.920 the wedding, he looked over in bed and it was 0:19:56.960 --> 0:19:57.760 the other sister. 0:19:58.400 --> 0:19:58.920 Surprise. 0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:09.320 Now, notice how that same spirit traveled through the family line. Deceit, manipulation, dishonesty, 0:20:09.760 --> 0:20:11.040 I start a coincidence. 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:13.840 That's a spirit that keeps getting passed down. 0:20:14.720 --> 0:20:17.960 It just needs a phineas for someone to rise up 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:21.600 and say, no, we're not living like this. I recognize 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:24.399 what's happening. I'm going to live as a person of honor, 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:29.040 true to my word, with integrity. One time Abraham had 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:32.120 to travel to a new city and his wife, Sarah. 0:20:31.880 --> 0:20:33.840 Was very beautiful, and he was. 0:20:33.800 --> 0:20:36.320 Afraid that the people would kill him so they could 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:40.400 have her. So he lied and told King Abimelech that 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:43.760 Sarah was his sister, that they weren't married. The king 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:48.320 later found out the truth. Eventually Abraham passed. Years later, 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:52.560 his son Isaac was traveling through the same city. His wife, 0:20:52.560 --> 0:20:56.000 Rebecca was very beautiful. Isaac was afraid they would get 0:20:56.080 --> 0:20:59.040 rid of him to have her. He told King Abimelech, 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:02.639 the same king, that Rebecca was his sister. 0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:03.639 And not his wife. 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:08.640 It's interesting how these negative traits keep getting passed down. 0:21:09.119 --> 0:21:12.040 It's the same way today. It can be a spirit 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:16.080 of low self esteem. Everyone in your family feels unworthy, 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:18.400 not good enough, not attractive. 0:21:18.760 --> 0:21:20.320 Do yourself a favor. 0:21:20.160 --> 0:21:23.320 Be a pheneus. Put an end to it. You're made 0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:26.520 in the image of God. You have royal blood flowing 0:21:26.560 --> 0:21:31.240 through your veins. Turn off that unworthy, inferior gene. Let 0:21:31.280 --> 0:21:35.399 it stay dormant. Maybe it's a spirit of mediocrity. No 0:21:35.480 --> 0:21:38.679 one in your family can get ahead. You're not expecting 0:21:38.720 --> 0:21:42.159 anything good, Joe, We're just average people. You have to 0:21:42.200 --> 0:21:45.720 get rid of that spirit. It's been passed down long enough. 0:21:46.080 --> 0:21:48.639 It ran in your family. The good news is it 0:21:48.720 --> 0:21:49.960 ran into you. 0:21:49.960 --> 0:21:51.040 You're the Phineas. 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:55.320 Get your passion back, Start expecting to rise higher, Start 0:21:55.359 --> 0:21:59.400 declaring God's promises over your life. It's good to ask yourself, 0:21:59.800 --> 0:22:02.040 why how do I struggle in this area? 0:22:02.160 --> 0:22:03.920 Why do I feel I'm not good enough? 0:22:04.560 --> 0:22:08.080 Why am I drawn to compromise to addictions, to manipulation. 0:22:08.840 --> 0:22:12.639 Those are battles you didn't choose, Battles that didn't start 0:22:12.720 --> 0:22:16.480 with you. They were passed down, but they can stop 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:17.640 with you. 0:22:16.760 --> 0:22:19.000 You can be the Phineas. 0:22:19.560 --> 0:22:22.440 It may not be easy, but if you'll make a move, 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:25.480 God will make a move. If you'll take a step 0:22:25.480 --> 0:22:27.919 of faith, God will give you the grace to do 0:22:28.400 --> 0:22:31.320 what you can't do on your own. He's just waiting 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:34.800 for you to rise up. That may mean to forgive, 0:22:35.400 --> 0:22:38.320 to get rid of the bitterness. It may mean to 0:22:38.320 --> 0:22:41.719 get help with that addiction, to attend our freedom class. 0:22:42.040 --> 0:22:45.399 It may mean, like my father, to have a new mindset, 0:22:45.760 --> 0:22:49.760 to not accept defeat and mediocrity as your destiny, to 0:22:49.840 --> 0:22:52.720 have a new vision, to believe that you can leave 0:22:52.760 --> 0:22:57.320 your mark. You have to deactivate those negative traits that. 0:22:57.320 --> 0:23:00.439 Have been passed down. You didn't have anything to do 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:00.960 with it. 0:23:00.960 --> 0:23:05.159 It's an iniquity, something you inherited, but God wouldn't have 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:07.480 allowed it if it was going to keep you from 0:23:07.480 --> 0:23:11.679 your destiny. You can break that negative cycle and be 0:23:11.800 --> 0:23:14.560 the one to set your family on a new course. 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:18.480 In the Old Testament, God told Saul to go and 0:23:18.680 --> 0:23:23.159 kill all the Amalekites, to not spare anyone or anything. 0:23:23.720 --> 0:23:27.200 Saul went out and defeated the enemy, but he spared 0:23:27.320 --> 0:23:28.119 King Agag. 0:23:28.920 --> 0:23:30.360 When he returned home, the. 0:23:30.320 --> 0:23:33.800 Prophet Samuel came, says Saul, God told you to destroy 0:23:33.880 --> 0:23:38.040 the entire army, but you've spared the king. Fast forward 0:23:38.119 --> 0:23:41.840 hundreds of years later, Estra was in the palace. A 0:23:41.880 --> 0:23:44.440 man by the name of Hayman was trying to get 0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:46.120 rid of her and all the Jews. 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:48.160 It says that Hayman was an. 0:23:48.080 --> 0:23:52.360 Agite, and Agite was a descendant of King a gag. 0:23:53.200 --> 0:23:56.240 If Saul would have taken care of his enemy when 0:23:56.280 --> 0:23:59.120 God gave him the power to do it, then Esther 0:23:59.320 --> 0:24:02.160 wouldn't have this problem five hundred years later. 0:24:03.160 --> 0:24:03.879 Could it be? 0:24:04.320 --> 0:24:06.919 If you don't rise up and put a stop to 0:24:07.000 --> 0:24:11.000 what's hindering you, then hundreds of years from now your 0:24:11.080 --> 0:24:15.000 family will still be struggling with it. God is saying, 0:24:15.240 --> 0:24:19.040 this is your time, this is your moment. Your destiny 0:24:19.160 --> 0:24:22.240 is calling out. You can either put up with it 0:24:22.440 --> 0:24:25.159 and let it conquer you, or you can put your 0:24:25.160 --> 0:24:27.760 foot down and say no, I'm going to be a phineas. 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:30.920 I'm going to put a stop to what's holding us back. 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:35.480 I'm gonna deal with this addiction, this anger, this compromise, 0:24:35.600 --> 0:24:39.320 this depression. I'm not going to let my history keep 0:24:39.359 --> 0:24:42.600 me from my destiny. And yes, we all have negative 0:24:42.600 --> 0:24:45.360 things in our family line. But when you gave your 0:24:45.400 --> 0:24:48.960 life to Christ, you became a new creation. He puts 0:24:49.040 --> 0:24:52.840 some new genes in you. There is strength in your genes. 0:24:53.320 --> 0:24:57.920 There is freedom in your genes. There's health, abundance, victory 0:24:58.080 --> 0:24:59.000 is in your genes. 0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:01.159 Oh, this is encouraging. 0:25:01.200 --> 0:25:05.640 But everybody in my family gets divorced. We all have addictions. 0:25:05.840 --> 0:25:10.080 Everyone struggles in their finances. Here's the catch. You're not everyone. 0:25:10.760 --> 0:25:14.880 You're the exception. You're a Foeneus. You have more knowledge 0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:18.240 than they had. The favor on your life is stronger, 0:25:18.560 --> 0:25:20.240 the blessing is greater. 0:25:20.280 --> 0:25:22.200 The anointing is more powerful. 0:25:23.040 --> 0:25:25.399 They may have lived with it, but you were raised 0:25:25.480 --> 0:25:28.560 up to put an end to it. You're the difference maker. 0:25:28.920 --> 0:25:33.720 You can break that negative cycle. Eighteen seventy four, a 0:25:33.800 --> 0:25:36.960 member of the New York Prison Board noticed that six 0:25:37.160 --> 0:25:39.720 people from the same family were serving in one of 0:25:39.800 --> 0:25:42.800 the prisons. He was intrigued by it and decided to 0:25:42.840 --> 0:25:43.960 do a study. 0:25:44.000 --> 0:25:44.800 He traced their. 0:25:44.760 --> 0:25:47.320 Family line back to a man by the name of 0:25:47.400 --> 0:25:51.359 Max Jukes. He was born in seventeen twenty. He was 0:25:51.440 --> 0:25:54.880 known in the town as the troublemaker, a heavy drinker, 0:25:55.200 --> 0:25:58.400 no integrity, He married a woman just like him. 0:25:58.640 --> 0:26:00.200 They had six daughters. 0:26:00.000 --> 0:26:04.879 Two sons. Twelve hundred of their descendants were studied. Of those, 0:26:05.200 --> 0:26:09.440 three hundred and ten were homeless, one hundred and eighty alcoholics, 0:26:09.640 --> 0:26:12.600 one hundred and sixty were drug addicts. One hundred and 0:26:12.600 --> 0:26:17.399 fifty became criminals that served time in prison. Another family 0:26:17.520 --> 0:26:20.159 was studied that lived the wrong that same time. His 0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:24.640 name was Jonathan Edwards. He was a famous theologian, the 0:26:24.680 --> 0:26:29.320 president of Princeton University. He married his wife Sarah. They 0:26:29.359 --> 0:26:32.639 had eleven children. He was a devoted family man that 0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:37.960 honored God. Fourteen hundred of their descendants were studied. Among them, 0:26:38.320 --> 0:26:43.439 thirteen were college presidents, sixty five were professors, one hundred 0:26:43.440 --> 0:26:47.920 were lawyers, sixty six were physicians, eighty five were authors 0:26:47.960 --> 0:26:51.920 of classic books, thirty two were state judges. Eighty were 0:26:51.960 --> 0:26:56.800 holders of public office, including three US senators, three governors, 0:26:56.880 --> 0:27:00.760 and one vice president of the United States. It makes 0:27:00.800 --> 0:27:05.640 a difference what you're passing down. Your choices will affect 0:27:05.680 --> 0:27:09.200 generations to come. You may have things in your family 0:27:09.240 --> 0:27:14.040 line that have been there for generations. Addictions, poverty, divorce, compromise. 0:27:14.560 --> 0:27:18.080 It's going to say there until someone rises up and 0:27:18.119 --> 0:27:19.200 puts a stop to it. 0:27:19.800 --> 0:27:23.400 I'm saying you're the Phineas. You're the one. 0:27:23.240 --> 0:27:26.640 God is raised up to break the negative cycle. This 0:27:26.680 --> 0:27:29.760 is not an option. You have to kill it or 0:27:29.800 --> 0:27:32.840 it will kill your dreams. It will kill your potential, 0:27:33.119 --> 0:27:36.919 it will kill your purpose. There's a battle in your bloodline. 0:27:36.960 --> 0:27:39.960 You didn't choose it, but you can win it. The 0:27:40.000 --> 0:27:43.399 forces that are for you are greater than forces that 0:27:43.440 --> 0:27:44.119 are against you. 0:27:44.880 --> 0:27:46.160 If you will rise up. 0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:49.760 And be a Phineas I believe and declare like God 0:27:49.800 --> 0:27:52.439 did for him, there's going to be a blessing on 0:27:52.480 --> 0:27:55.960 your family line. You're gonna see favor that you've never seen. 0:27:56.520 --> 0:28:01.119 Addictions are being broken, Depression stripe, low self esteem. 0:28:01.480 --> 0:28:04.320 You're going to rise higher and become all you were 0:28:04.359 --> 0:28:05.040 created to be. 0:28:05.680 --> 0:28:09.639 In Jesus' name, if you receive it, can you say amen? 0:28:11.680 --> 0:28:14.280 I'd like to give you an opportunity to make Jesus 0:28:14.359 --> 0:28:15.399 the lord of your life. 0:28:15.760 --> 0:28:16.760 Would you pray with me? 0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:23.080 Just say, Lord, Jesus, I repent of my sins. 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