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I like 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.560 to start with something funny, and I heard about this 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:17.000 elderly lady that was close to death. She had never 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.040 been married, and she called her pastor over to talk 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:24.720 about her funeral. She said that she only wanted female pallbearers. 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.720 Pastor looked at her kind of strange and asked why. 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:29.760 She said. The men wouldn't take me out when I 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:31.560 was alive, and they're not going to take me out 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:32.079 when I'm dead. 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:35.720 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.320 I am what it says I am. I have what 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.840 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.560 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:47.640 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:52.000 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.880 God bless you. I want to talk to you today 0:02:55.880 --> 0:03:00.120 about rest from your enemies. We all have things as 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:02.400 that come against us and try to keep us from 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:06.880 our destiny. Most of what we struggle with didn't start 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:13.840 with us. It was passed down things like depression, addictions, anger, divorce. 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:18.400 Studies show how that can get passed from generation to generation. 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.840 If your mother was depressed, there's a good chance you'll 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:26.600 have to deal with depression. If your father was an alcoholic, 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:31.079 had anger issues, wasn't faithful to his wife, those are 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:35.000 traits that can affect you. Just like a lady that's 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.880 on drugs and gives birth to a baby. That baby 0:03:38.920 --> 0:03:42.120 can have the same addiction as the mother. There's no 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.960 fault of the babies, it's just life. The good news 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:49.080 is there is a way to put a stop to it. 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:52.640 What you're dealing with may not have started with you, 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.960 but it can stop with you. God wants to give 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:00.240 you rest from those enemies. He wants to put an 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:02.040 end to what's limiting you. 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:03.640 But there's something we. 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:08.119 Have to do. As long as we accept dysfunction as 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:12.360 the norm, it will never change. If you see that addiction, 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:16.840 that depression, that lack and struggle as your lot in life, 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.400 you'll not only get stuck, but you'll pass it on 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:23.280 to the next generation. And this is what the Israelites did. 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:27.680 In Judges fifteen, the Philistines had been ruling over them 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.560 for forty years. An angel appeared to a young lady 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.200 and said, you're going to have a son. You are 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:38.160 to name him Sampson. He's going to have supernatural strength. 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:42.680 He will deliver the Israelites from the Philistines. And as 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:46.200 he grew up, the Philistines could tell there was something 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:50.400 different about Sampson. Every time they tried to bind him, 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.840 he would break those cords. He was a huge threat 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:58.400 to them. So the Philistines circled the Israelites camp and 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:01.240 were about to attack. The men of Judah went out 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:03.880 and said, hey, why are you coming against us. 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:06.800 We're not bothering you. We're your slaves. 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.719 They said, we've come to get Samson. He's causing us trouble. 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.640 Instead of recognizing that Sampson had been raised up to 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:19.880 deliver them from the Philistines. Instead of saying, yes, this 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:23.799 is a new day. We're not living in mediocrity anymore. 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:28.480 We're done being ruled by this enemy, the Israelites were 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:33.400 so comfortable in dysfunction they went to Samson and tied 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.920 him up. He wasn't tied up by the enemy. He 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:41.320 was tied up by his friends. They said in verse eleven, Sampson, 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:45.599 don't you realize the Philistines rule over us? 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:47.719 Why are you making it even worse? 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:52.200 They were saying, this is our lot in life. Samson 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:54.800 has been this way for forty years. You really think 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:58.560 something's going to change? Just accept it? How many times 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:00.480 is God sending us a say Amsen? 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:04.080 But we think like the Israelites. I'll always be. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.839 Lonely, Joel. I've been this way for years. I'll never 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:11.200 break this addiction. I've had it a long time. I'll 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:15.000 never get out of debt. My family always struggles. As 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:19.080 long as you accept the dysfunction, and even when God 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.560 sends you away out, even when a Samson shows. 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:24.320 Up, you'll talk yourself out of it. 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:29.000 Because they were stuck in their thinking, they tied up 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:32.760 the one that was sent to deliver them. Are you 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:37.720 tying up your breakthrough, so to speak, tying up your healing. 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:39.039 Your promotion, your abundance. 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:44.080 Because the dysfunction is so familiar, it's been that way 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:49.880 so long, you think it's normal to live depressed, addicted, angry, lonely. 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.800 This is a new day. You may have been ruled 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:57.080 by those things for years. They may have been passed 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:01.320 down by previous generations, but that is not your destiny. 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:05.880 God sent me as a Samson. He's using my voice 0:07:05.880 --> 0:07:08.440 to tell you it's time to break free. 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:10.280 It's time to rise higher. 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:14.840 What's limited you in the past doesn't have to limit 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:15.800 you in the future. 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:20.360 You can break that addiction. You have the most powerful. 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:23.760 Force in the universe, breathing in your direction. You can 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:28.120 rise out of lack struggle, not heaven enough. You have 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:32.120 seeds of greatness. You were created to lend and not borrow. 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:37.520 You can be free from depression, low self esteem, insecurity. 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:41.400 God crowned you with favor. He put a robe of 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:45.560 honor on you. You have royal blood flowing through your veins. 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:50.400 Don't let limited thinking keep you from your destiny. You 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.360 can't think this is the way it's always going to be, 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.680 and expect to rise to the next level. And this 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:59.880 is where the Israelites missed it. They were so afraid 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.000 of the Philistines, so convinced they were going to rule 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:06.800 them their whole life. They went to Samson, their friend, 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:08.760 their deliverer, and. 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:09.560 Tied him up. 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:13.320 When the Philistines saw that he was bound, they went 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:17.320 over to get him, thought, finally we can relax. But 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:20.920 the spirit of the Lord came on Sampson. He broke 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:24.200 those cords like they were threads. He picked up the 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:28.400 jawbone of a donkey and wiped out over a thousand Philistines. 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:34.000 What's interesting is he broke the chains not of his enemies, 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:38.840 but of his friends. God was showing us Sometimes the 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:42.160 people closest to you, the ones that raised you, your 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:45.720 family and friends. They may tell you just settle where 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:49.520 you are. Don't you know these things rule over us. 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:53.439 You'll never get your degree, you'll never meet the right person, 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:58.480 You'll never break that addiction. Like Sampson, they cannot keep 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:02.200 you chained up. God has put a supernatural strength on 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:07.200 you to fulfill your destiny. Your family, your friends, your neighbors. 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.720 They don't know what's in you. They can't keep you 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:15.000 from rising higher. They may be good people, they're sincere, 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:19.760 but their vision is limited. Don't fall into that trap. 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:23.840 God has called you to be a Samson, to deliver 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:27.200 your people, to set a new standard for your family, 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:32.760 to break chains that have held you back. Sometimes it's 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.200 not our enemies that are limiting us. Our friends have 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:39.880 tied us up. Everyone close to you may not be 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:44.080 for you. They can say discouraging things, just settle. Their 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:48.160 depression runs in this family. Your dad was broke, your 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:51.600 granddad was broke. You're going to be broke to no offense. 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:54.640 But they're trying to tie you up. Are you going 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:58.640 to accept the dysfunction, settle for mediocrity, or are you 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.439 going to say I don't think think so. 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:01.800 I'm better than this. 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:05.319 I know the power that's in me is greater than 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:09.560 any before. It's trying to stop me. When God breathed 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:13.640 his life into you, he destined you to leave your mark. 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.920 He gave you the power to break chains that have 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:22.800 held your family back for generations. He anointed you as 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:28.240 a Samson to take new ground. Don't let mediocrity become 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:31.120 the norm. It may have been that way as far 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.440 back as you can see. You have to draw the 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.640 line in the sand and say the buck stops with me. 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:40.439 I'm not going to live tied up. My relatives may 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:44.199 have been bound. My friends may be fine with dysfunction, 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:49.400 my coworkers may be okay with living depressed, angry, addicted, 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.880 But not me. I'm going to be a Samson. I'm 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:56.400 going to break chains. I know I was born to 0:10:56.440 --> 0:11:00.400 make a difference. Somebody has to be the first one 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.920 in the family to not be addicted, to not get 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:07.600 a divorce, to not live paycheck to paycheck, to not 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:11.080 go around angry and defended. Why can't it be you? 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.600 Why can't you set a new standard. Why can't you 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:18.360 raise great children? Why can't you have an exceptional career? 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:22.160 You're a Samson. You've been equipped, you've been in power. 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:28.400 God has called you to deliver your people. Second Chronicles fourteen, 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:32.760 a young man named Asa became the new king of Israel. 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:37.000 His father had died, and now he took the throne. 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:41.559 He inherited a land that was filled with idols, pagan shrines, 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:50.160 monuments to different kinds of gods. His father passed down compromise, dysfunction, mediocrity. 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:53.760 That's what he had seen growing up. That was normal 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:57.439 to him. He could have continued it on thought, this 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:58.680 is the way it's always been. 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:04.040 Dad was with these idols. Everybody likes worshiping these different gods. 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:05.240 I'm not going to rock the boat. 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:10.640 But Asa understood this principle that just because something gets 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:14.680 passed down doesn't mean you have to continue it. Just 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:19.199 because somebody close to you has changed you, so to speak, 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:24.200 to compromise dysfunction doesn't mean you have to stay bound. 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:28.560 He knew he was anointed to be a Samson, that 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:31.600 he could break chains, that he could take new ground. 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:39.000 The scripture says Asa removed the pagan shrines, he smashed 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:43.920 the sacred pillars. He's chopped down the asherer polls where 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:49.680 the people worshiped. ASA didn't accept the dysfunction. He didn't 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:55.760 let what was passed down limit his life. He took responsibility, said, 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:59.800 in effect, this compromise didn't start with me, but it 0:12:59.840 --> 0:13:03.480 is going to stop with me. He didn't make excuses 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:06.320 think that he had a reason to live that way. 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:08.400 He was a difference maker. 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.680 He wasn't passive. He didn't do it quietly. 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:15.760 He smashed the pagan shrines, he pulled up those altars. 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:20.440 He was serious about fulfilling his destiny. And because he 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:24.800 did this, Verse six says the Lord gave him rest 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:29.440 from his enemies. If you want rest from your enemies, 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.800 you have to do like he did and get rid 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:36.960 of negative things that have been passed down. As long 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:41.080 as you're accepting it, you're going to struggle the bad attitude, 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:45.160 the anger, the addiction. Most likely it didn't start with you. 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:49.600 Will you be the ASA and remove it? Will you 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.280 be the one to rise up and say, I am 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:55.440 not going to let this anger rule my life anymore. 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.319 I'm not going to accept lack and defeat and struggle 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:02.360 as my destiny. I'm not going to learn to live 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:06.320 with depression, anxiety, low self esteem. I'm going to be 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:10.200 an Asa. I'm going to smash those strongholds. I'm gonna 0:14:10.200 --> 0:14:14.719 pull down those wrong mindsets. If you will become an 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:18.880 Asa and not take what was passed down as your destiny, 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:20.400 God will give you. 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:21.960 Rest from those enemies. 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.400 I talked to a man that had been an alcoholic 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.760 for nearly thirty years. Twenty two years he had had 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:32.360 a drug addiction. These are the things that keep getting 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:36.640 passed down until someone rises up and decides to be 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:40.720 an Asa and do something about it. Studies show that 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:44.080 if your father was an alcoholic, you are ten times 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:48.360 more likely to become an alcoholic. That's a spirit going 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:52.560 from generation to generation. Ninety percent of the people in 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:58.080 prison one of their parents was incarcerated. Somebody has to 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.560 rise up and break the news. Negative psychle and the 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:05.040 reason people tell you that if your father struggled, you 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:09.320 will struggle is because they're looking at the wrong father. 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:13.440 When you gave your life to Christ, you became a 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:14.240 new creation. 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:17.800 There may be a lot. 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:21.840 Of negative baggage in your bloodline, but now you have 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:25.960 a heavenly father. You're not limited by the natural. You 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:31.040 have a supernatural force to help you overcome this. Gentleman, 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:35.240 wasn't a religious person. He wasn't raised in church. But 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:38.440 one day he got so low, he was so desperate, 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:42.080 he said, God, please help me. He went to a 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:45.320 bookstore to try to find a book on overcoming addictions, 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.200 and he pulled one off the shelf. This other book 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:49.600 fell on his foot. 0:15:50.160 --> 0:15:51.160 It's very strange. 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.600 He didn't know what caused it to fall. He picked 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:57.000 it up, and it was my book. He had never 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.920 seen me, he didn't know who I am. But start 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:04.320 flipping through it, reading some passages, and something began to 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:08.440 come alive on the inside. He took it home and 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.720 learned what I'm telling you, that just because something was 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:13.680 passed down doesn't. 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:14.760 Mean you have to continue it. 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:17.880 He read that book in three days and said from 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:21.440 that day forward, he never touched another drug, never touched 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:26.640 the alcohol. He was set completely free. What happened he 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:31.920 became an ASA. He didn't accept the dysfunction as the norm. 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:36.480 When you make that decision that enough is enough, you're 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:40.240 not going to live addicted, angry, letting things rule you, 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:44.080 then God will help you overcome what you could not 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:48.600 overcome on your own. Joshua said it this way, you 0:16:48.640 --> 0:16:53.480 will not defeat your enemies until you remove these things. 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:57.800 Are there some things you need to remove. Asa had 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:01.640 to remove the idols that weren't please to God. This 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:04.840 man had to remove the alcohol, the drugs that were 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:08.960 destroying his life. My father had to remove a poverty 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:12.720 mindset that he was raised with. If he hadn't done that, 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:16.359 I wouldn't be standing here. You may need to remove 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:22.080 the anger, the jealousy, the regrets. When you say, like this, man, God, 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.280 I can't do this on my own. Help me break 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:29.520 this addiction. Help me resist this temptation. God, help me 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:33.800 get rid of this bitterness. When you humble yourself and 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:37.480 ask God to help you and then take bold steps 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:41.600 like Asa to remove what's holding you back, God will 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:44.240 make things happen that you could never make happen. 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:48.480 He will give you rest from those enemies. Here's the key. 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:52.680 What you don't put a stop to will eventually put 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:55.399 a stop to you. If you don't put a stop 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:58.639 to that bad attitude, it's going to stop you. If 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:01.200 you don't put a stop to the angler, the addiction, 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:06.040 the regrets, they will keep you from your destiny. If 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:09.280 Asa had not put a stop to the dysfunction, that 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:12.920 would pass down his life would have been a constant struggle. 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:19.720 Always uphill the message. Translation says asa cleaned house. Do 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:22.800 you need to do some house cleaning? Are you allowing 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.520 some things to stay that you know are not good? 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:29.520 My challenge is put a stop to it before it 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:34.120 stops you. Don't let a critical attitude keep you from 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:38.200 your purpose. Everybody in your family may be that way. 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:44.200 Recognize that's not normal. Don't learn to function in the dysfunction. 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:47.480 Remove it and God will take you to a new level. 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:53.440 Don't let a lack of mentality, a poverty mindset keep 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:57.399 you in mediocrity. Joel, I'll never have enough. Nobody in 0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:01.359 my family is successful. God wants to give you rest 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:05.639 from that enemy of lack, that enemy of not having enough. 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:09.560 If you will get rid of the limited thinking and 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:14.479 start having a prosperous, more than enough mindset, knowing that 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:18.200 favor is surrounding you like a shield, then God will 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:23.120 open the windows of heaven. He'll cause opportunity, blessing increase 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:27.160 to chase you down. But too often we think what's 0:19:27.200 --> 0:19:31.000 on the outside is stopping us. I believe if we'll 0:19:31.040 --> 0:19:34.320 look inside and get rid of what we know is 0:19:34.359 --> 0:19:37.919 not good, then we'll see God's favor in new ways. 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:42.159 There was a grandfather that fell asleep one afternoon in 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:46.200 the family room. His grandchildren decided to play a trick 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:50.800 on him. They took some real strong smelling cheese. It's 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:55.080 very potent, smelled very bad. While he was sleeping, they 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:59.400 snuck over and they carefully rubbed it on his mustache, 0:19:59.520 --> 0:20:02.640 right under his nose. In a few minutes, he woke 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:06.680 up and thought, something really stinks in here. He left 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:09.480 that room and went into the kitchen and thought, boy 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:13.480 stinks in here too. Went to his bedroom, same thing. 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:17.840 Why does it smell so badly? Finally he went outside, 0:20:17.960 --> 0:20:20.880 hoping to get some relief from the stinking. He took 0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:23.600 a deep breath, shook his head, and said, man, the 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:29.000 whole world stinks. This is what happens when we hold 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:32.560 on to things that we should get rid of. If 0:20:32.600 --> 0:20:36.000 you'll remove the bad attitude, the stink will go away. 0:20:37.080 --> 0:20:41.159 If you'll remove the compromise giving it to temptation, the 0:20:41.240 --> 0:20:45.320 stink will lead. As long as you're allowing it to stay, 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:48.359 it's going to follow you everywhere you go. If you 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:53.600 live guilty in regrets, beating yourself up for past mistakes, 0:20:53.920 --> 0:20:57.400 that's going to stink up your office, stink up your attitude, 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:02.159 stink up your relationships. Don't you remove the regrets? Why 0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:04.480 don't you get rid of the guilt. You can't do 0:21:04.560 --> 0:21:07.879 anything about the past, but you can do something about 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:11.920 right now. Maybe you need to remove the self pity. 0:21:12.840 --> 0:21:16.440 You've had some tough breaks, went through a loss, somebody 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:20.200 did you wrong. If you stay focused on that, your 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:23.919 life is going to stink. You may not realize it, 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:27.960 but when you stink, other people can smell it. When 0:21:28.000 --> 0:21:31.920 you're offended, bitter, angry, nobody wants to be around you. 0:21:32.920 --> 0:21:34.680 That stink is going to push. 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:39.680 Away new relationships, new opportunities. Why don't you remove it 0:21:39.720 --> 0:21:42.560 may have been passed down, you have a good reason 0:21:42.600 --> 0:21:45.440 to feel the way you do. It soured your life 0:21:45.520 --> 0:21:49.439 long enough. Don't let it continue to sour you. The 0:21:49.480 --> 0:21:52.960 truth is we all have some stinky stuff, some dysfunction, 0:21:53.440 --> 0:21:57.080 some regrets. I've learned the people that keep moving forward, 0:21:57.600 --> 0:22:00.600 the people that keep enjoying their lives, are the people 0:22:00.840 --> 0:22:04.919 that are good at removing the stink. Complaining about the 0:22:05.000 --> 0:22:08.960 stink only makes it sink even more. If you stay 0:22:09.000 --> 0:22:11.919 focused on the stink, you're angry at the people that 0:22:12.040 --> 0:22:15.240 hurt you, always thinking about how they did you wrong. 0:22:15.640 --> 0:22:19.560 The problem is that seed can get in you. You 0:22:19.640 --> 0:22:23.520 can become the very thing that you don't like. When 0:22:23.560 --> 0:22:27.160 the scripture tells us to not take an offense, it's 0:22:27.200 --> 0:22:29.280 not just so we won't be offended. 0:22:28.880 --> 0:22:29.960 So we won't get sour. 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:33.800 If we take the offense, the seed will get in us. 0:22:34.359 --> 0:22:37.679 We can become what they are. That's why it's so 0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:41.359 important to remove it. Let it go. God will be 0:22:41.440 --> 0:22:44.680 your vindicator. God will make up for what you didn't get. 0:22:45.280 --> 0:22:48.200 How you were raised, what was passed down. That does 0:22:48.240 --> 0:22:51.360 not have to keep you from becoming who you were 0:22:51.400 --> 0:22:52.040 created to be. 0:22:53.119 --> 0:22:54.199 Friend of mine grew up in. 0:22:54.200 --> 0:22:57.480 A home where his father wasn't faithful to his mother. 0:22:58.000 --> 0:23:01.320 He saw his dad run around on his mom. This 0:23:01.480 --> 0:23:05.119 young man became very hurt and confused by it, and 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:08.480 over time he got to the point where he hated 0:23:08.520 --> 0:23:12.000 his father. He wouldn't be around him, wouldn't speak to him. 0:23:12.119 --> 0:23:14.240 He couldn't wait till he got old enough to leave 0:23:14.280 --> 0:23:18.080 the house. He went away to college and eventually got 0:23:18.119 --> 0:23:21.480 married and had several children of his own. A few 0:23:21.600 --> 0:23:25.960 years later, he started running around on his wife, doing 0:23:26.000 --> 0:23:29.199 the same thing to his kids that he hated so 0:23:29.400 --> 0:23:33.480 much about his father. That's what happens when we hold 0:23:33.520 --> 0:23:36.480 on to things that we should let go of. The 0:23:36.600 --> 0:23:39.520 seed can get in us. You have to do like 0:23:39.640 --> 0:23:43.000 Asa and say, I am removing it. I am not 0:23:43.119 --> 0:23:48.440 living angry, offended, letting this dysfunction affect me and my children. 0:23:48.840 --> 0:23:52.199 I'm going to be a difference maker. The buck is 0:23:52.240 --> 0:23:54.960 going to stop with me. There was a young man 0:23:54.960 --> 0:23:56.440 in the scripture named Levi. 0:23:57.080 --> 0:23:58.280 He had a lot of issues. 0:23:58.640 --> 0:24:03.960 He was angry, he was dishonest, He deceived people. One time, 0:24:04.080 --> 0:24:07.960 somebody took advantage of his sister. It was a big deal. 0:24:08.000 --> 0:24:11.120 He was very angry. He went to the city where 0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:14.640 it took place. He said to the leaders, everything will 0:24:14.680 --> 0:24:18.280 be fine. We'll forgive you if all of the men 0:24:18.520 --> 0:24:22.639 will be circumcised. Once you do that, then we'll make peace. 0:24:22.920 --> 0:24:25.480 Act like it never happened. They agreed. 0:24:25.800 --> 0:24:29.800 The men were circumcised while they were healing. When they 0:24:29.840 --> 0:24:33.840 couldn't defend themselves, Levi and his men came in and 0:24:33.880 --> 0:24:37.880 wiped out the whole town. He had deceived them. What's 0:24:37.920 --> 0:24:41.200 interesting is Levi's father was Jacob. 0:24:41.880 --> 0:24:43.520 You remember, Jacob. 0:24:43.320 --> 0:24:47.119 Was a deceiver. He cheated his brother out of his birthright, 0:24:47.800 --> 0:24:51.800 tricked him into trading his whole inheritance all for a 0:24:51.840 --> 0:24:56.920 bowl of soup. Now, Jacob's son Levi was just like him. 0:24:57.800 --> 0:25:01.840 But if you go back one generation, Jacob's mother, Rebeccah, 0:25:02.200 --> 0:25:03.080 was the same way. 0:25:04.040 --> 0:25:07.040 When her husband Isaac was near death. 0:25:06.960 --> 0:25:09.640 And about to give the blessing that belonged to their 0:25:09.720 --> 0:25:15.560 firstborn son, Esau, Rebecca loved Jacob more than Esau. She 0:25:15.720 --> 0:25:19.160 came up with the plan to trick Isaac. He couldn't see, 0:25:19.200 --> 0:25:22.920 he was almost blinded. She told Jacob to dress up 0:25:23.160 --> 0:25:26.439 like Esau. They made sure he smelled like his brother. 0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:29.760 Then she said, now Jacob, go in and tell your 0:25:29.840 --> 0:25:33.720 father that you are Esau. He did this and received 0:25:33.720 --> 0:25:37.680 the blessing that belonged to his brother. But the deception, 0:25:38.280 --> 0:25:42.399 the dishonesty, started back with Rebecca got passed down to 0:25:42.480 --> 0:25:46.000 her son Jacob. He was dishonest. Now Jacob's son Levi 0:25:46.480 --> 0:25:49.520 was the same way. Looked like that was going to 0:25:49.600 --> 0:25:53.399 continue to get passed down. But one day Moses was 0:25:53.520 --> 0:25:56.840 up on a mountain. He just received the ten commandments, 0:25:56.880 --> 0:25:59.679 and when he came down, the Israelites were having a 0:25:59.720 --> 0:26:02.879 while the party they had made a calf out of 0:26:02.960 --> 0:26:06.359 gold that they were worshiping. When Moses saw it, he 0:26:06.520 --> 0:26:10.000 was furious. Here God had just delivered them out of slavery, 0:26:10.359 --> 0:26:13.960 parted the Red Sea. Now these two million people were 0:26:14.000 --> 0:26:18.240 worshiping an idol. Moses pulled out his sword and said, 0:26:18.720 --> 0:26:22.080 who is on the Lord's side. Of all the people 0:26:22.119 --> 0:26:25.280 there that day, the leaders of the different tribes of 0:26:25.359 --> 0:26:29.400 Israel didn't say anything. Joshua didn't say anything, Eron didn't 0:26:29.400 --> 0:26:34.040 say anything. The scripture says the sons of Levi spoke 0:26:34.119 --> 0:26:37.560 up and said, Moses, we are on the Lord's side. 0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:40.320 They were saying, in effect, this is a new day. 0:26:41.080 --> 0:26:43.640 We are not going to be defined by our past. 0:26:44.240 --> 0:26:47.360 We're not going to let how our father lived, how 0:26:47.400 --> 0:26:50.879 our grandfather lived, what our great grud mother did. We 0:26:51.000 --> 0:26:54.240 are not going to pass that dysfunction down in our 0:26:54.280 --> 0:26:57.080 family line. We're going to take a stand and do 0:26:57.200 --> 0:27:02.240 what's right. That day they brought a generational curse and 0:27:02.320 --> 0:27:07.080 started a generational blessing. Because of that decision, God said, 0:27:07.119 --> 0:27:10.560 from now on, all of the priests will come through 0:27:10.640 --> 0:27:14.160 the tribe of Levi. In the Book of Genesis, they 0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:17.920 were cursed by their grandfather in the Book of Leviticus, 0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:21.840 they were the most blessed, honored people. This is what 0:27:21.960 --> 0:27:25.360 happens when you get rid of negative things. 0:27:25.119 --> 0:27:26.280 That have been passed down. 0:27:26.920 --> 0:27:29.960 You'll not only have rest from your enemies, but you'll 0:27:30.000 --> 0:27:31.840 set a new standard for your family. 0:27:32.680 --> 0:27:34.120 It all starts. 0:27:33.840 --> 0:27:37.040 When you remove what's holding you back. Do you need 0:27:37.080 --> 0:27:41.680 to remove anger, remove dishonesty, remove a wrong mindset. It 0:27:41.720 --> 0:27:44.679 may not have started with you, but it can stop 0:27:44.720 --> 0:27:47.760 with you. There may be a lot of negative baggage 0:27:47.760 --> 0:27:51.119 in your bloodline. God is saying today, who is on 0:27:51.200 --> 0:27:52.800 the Lord's side? 0:27:52.840 --> 0:27:54.560 If you'll rise up and say that's me. 0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:57.960 I'm a difference maker, and I believe and declare like 0:27:58.040 --> 0:27:59.240 the sons of Levi. 0:27:59.440 --> 0:28:01.719 God is to promote you and honor you. 0:28:02.280 --> 0:28:04.840 Like Samson, You're gonna break chains that have held your 0:28:04.880 --> 0:28:08.600 family back for generations. And like King Aesa, God's going 0:28:08.680 --> 0:28:12.080 to give you rest from your enemies in Jesus' name, 0:28:12.480 --> 0:28:14.240 And if you receive it, can you say it? 0:28:14.320 --> 0:28:14.439 Man? 0:28:14.480 --> 0:28:19.640 Today? We never like to close our broadcast without giving 0:28:19.720 --> 0:28:22.560 you an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:23.200 --> 0:28:27.560 Would you pray with me? 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