JOEL: GOD BLESS YOU.
IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU
TODAY. I HOPE YOU'LL
STAY CONNECTED WITH US
DURING THE WEEK, THROUGH
OUR DAILY PODCAST, OUR
YOUTUBE CHANNEL, SOCIAL
MEDIA. AND YOU CAN COME
VISIT US IN PERSON. WE'D
LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE A
PART OF ONE OF OUR SERVICES.
I LIKE TO START WITH
SOMETHING FUNNY.
MY BROTHER PAUL SENT
ME THIS ONE.
IT'S SO CORNY, I HAVEN'T
TOLD IT IN TEN YEARS,
THAT'S HOW BAD IT IS.
BUT HERE WE GO.
I HEARD ABOUT BUBBA.
HE WAS OUTSIDE DOING YARD
WORK WITH HIS WEED EATER,
WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY CUT
OFF HIS CAT'S TAIL.
THE CAT WAS IN THE BUSHES,
BUBBA DIDN'T SEE HIM. HE
FELT SO BADLY.
HE GRABBED THE TAIL,
GRABBED THE CAT, SAID TO
HIS FRIEND, “I'M GOING TO
WALMART.” HIS FRIEND SAID,
“WALMART? WHY WALMART?”
BUBBA SAID, “HELLO,
THEY'RE THE LARGEST
RE-TAILER IN THE WORLD.”
PAUL'S CELL NUMBER IS 713-.
COME ON, SAY IT LIKE YOU
MEAN IT. THIS IS MY
BIBLE. I AM WHAT IT SAYS
I AM. I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS
I HAVE. I CAN DO WHAT IT
SAYS I CAN DO. TODAY, I
WILL BE TAUGHT THE WORD
OF GOD. I BOLDLY CONFESS:
MY MIND IS ALERT.
MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE.
I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
IN JESUS' NAME.
GOD BLESS YOU.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
TODAY ABOUT BREAKING
NEGATIVE CYCLES.
MOST OF THE THINGS WE
STRUGGLE WITH DIDN'T
START WITH US.
THEY'VE BEEN PASSED DOWN
IN OUR FAMILY LINE.
YOU DON'T GET TO CHOOSE
YOUR BATTLES.
YOU DIDN'T GET TO PICK WHAT
YOU'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
JUST AS YOU INHERIT YOUR
PARENTS DNA, WHICH
DETERMINES YOUR EYE COLOR,
HOW TALL YOU'LL BE, WHAT
KIND OF HAIR YOU'LL HAVE,
YOU ALSO INHERIT ATTITUDES,
HABITS, AND BEHAVIORS FROM
THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE
YOU.
RESEARCH SHOWS HOW
DEPRESSION CAN BE PASSED
DOWN.
ANGER, LOW SELF-ESTEEM,
ADDICTIONS.
IT WAS IN YOUR BLOODLINE,
AND IT SHOWED UP WITH YOU.
THE SCRIPTURE CALLS THIS AN
INIQUITY.
THAT MEANS A HEREDITARY
WEAKNESS.
I'VE SEEN FAMILIES THAT
CAN'T GET ALONG.
PARENTS ARGUING, COUSINS
UPSET, SIBLINGS BITTER,
GRANDPARENTS AT ODDS.
THAT'S A SPIRIT OF STRIFE,
A SPIRIT OF DIVISION THAT
KEEPS GETTING PASSED DOWN.
I KNEW THIS YOUNG MAN
GROWING UP, HIS FATHER WAS
INDICTED FOR FRAUD.
HE WENT TO PRISON.
THIS YOUNG MAN TOLD ME HOW
HIS GRANDFATHER WAS THE
SAME WAY.
HE WAS SO UPSET WITH THEM,
COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
THEY WOULD MAKE POOR
CHOICES, WHY THEY CHEAT
PEOPLE.
TWENTY YEARS LATER, A
FRIEND CALLED AND SAID,
“DID YOU HEAR ABOUT SO AND
SO, HE'S IN TROUBLE FOR
FRAUD.” HE DIDN'T CHOOSE IT.
IT CHOSE HIM. IT WILL
CONTINUE TO GO FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION
UNTIL SOMEONE RISES UP AND
SAYS, “I'M GOING TO BREAK
THIS NEGATIVE CYCLE.” IT
DIDN'T START WITH YOU, THE
GOOD NEWS IS IT CAN END
WITH YOU.
YOU CAN BE THE ONE THAT
EFFECTS GENERATIONS TO COME.
YOU CAN MAKE IT EASIER ON
YOUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN.
IT'S GOOD TO LOOK BACK AT
YOUR FAMILY HISTORY AND
SEE, “WHAT ARE WE GOOD AT,
WHAT DO WE EXCEL IN, AND
WHAT ARE THE WEAKNESSES,
WHERE DO I SEE A PATTERN OF
MEDIOCRITY, COMPROMISE, AND
FAILURE?” WHEN YOU
UNDERSTAND THOSE SAME
SPIRITS ARE COMING AFTER
YOU, THEN YOU CAN BE ON
GUARD. YOU CAN BE PREPARED,
SAY, “NO THANKS, DEPRESSION
YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.
NO THANKS, I'M NOT GIVING
IN TO THIS ADDICTION, THIS
COMPROMISE.
NO THANKS I'M NOT LIVING
INFERIOR, INSECURE, ANGRY,
BITTER.” DON'T LET THAT
INIQUITY CONTINUE ON.
IT'S BEEN IN YOUR FAMILY
LINE, BUT THE REASON YOU'RE
HEARING THIS IS SO YOU CAN
PUT AN END TO IT.
I HEARD THIS PHRASE.
IT RAN IN MY FAMILY, UNTIL
IT RAN INTO ME.
YOU'RE THE DIFFERENCE MAKER.
YOU'RE CALLED TO SET A NEW
STANDARD. YOU'RE THE
EXCEPTION.
EVERYONE IN YOUR FAMILY WAS
NEGATIVE, EXCEPT YOU.
EVERYONE WAS BROKE, EXCEPT
YOU.
EVERYONE ADDICTED, EXCEPT
YOU.
EVERYONE BITTER, EXCEPT YOU.
I'M LOOKING AT EXCEPTIONAL
PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT STAND
OUT, PEOPLE THAT DEFY THE
ODDS, PEOPLE THAT BREAK
BARRIERS.
IN NUMBERS 25, THE
ISRAELITES HAD GOTTEN OFF
COURSE.
THIS FALSE PROPHET NAMED
BALAAM, ENCOURAGED THE
MIDIANITE WOMEN TO LURE THE
ISRAELITES INTO WORSHIPING
THEIR IDOLS.
THEY FELL RIGHT INTO THAT
TRAP.
THEY BEGAN FEASTING WITH
THE MIDIANITES AND
WORSHIPING THE GOD BAAL.
THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF
IMMORALITY AND COMPROMISE
GOING ON.
GOD WAS VERY DISPLEASED.
THIS PLAGUE BROKE OUT AND
TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND
ISRAELITES WERE KILLED.
IT LOOKED LIKE THAT WOULD
CONTINUE ON.
MOSES WARNED THE PEOPLE
THAT THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE
BUT THEY WEREN'T LISTENING.
ONE OF THE ISRAELITES TOOK
A MIDIANITE WOMAN INTO HIS
TENT, IN DEFIANCE OF WHAT
MOSES SAID.
EVERYONE WAS STANDING
AROUND WATCHING WONDERING
WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEN A YOUNG MAN NAMED
PHINEHAS, ROSE UP, WENT
INTO THE TENT AND PUT AN
END TO IT.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS,
“PHINEHAS HAD THE COURAGE
TO STEP IN AND THE PLAGUE
WAS STOPPED.” ALL THIS
COMPROMISING, MEDIOCRITY,
AND ONE PERSON STEPPED IN
AND SAID, “I'M GOING TO
HONOR GOD, I'M GOING TO
LIVE WITH INTEGRITY, I'M
GOING TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.” AND THE PLAGUE
ENDED.
YOU CAN STOP THE PLAGUE IN
YOUR FAMILY.
YOU CAN BE THE PHINEHAS.
THERE MAY BE NEGATIVE
BAGGAGE, PEOPLE
COMPROMISING, ADDICTIONS,
MEDIOCRITY.
IT JUST TAKES ONE PHINEHAS,
ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN TO BREAK
THE CYCLE OF DEFEAT.
MY PRAYER IS GOD GIVE US
PHINEHAS'.
GIVE US PEOPLE WHO WILL
RISE UP, NOT JUST ACCEPT
THE DYSFUNCTION, NOT JUST
LIVE WITH THE DEFEAT, BUT
WILL HAVE THE COURAGE TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TO PUT
AN END TO WHAT'S LIMITING
US.
PHINEHAS HAD TO KILL THE
COMPROMISE, KILL THE
DISRESPECT, KILL THE
WORSHIPPING OF IDOLS.
IT WAS DRASTIC, IT WAS
EXTREME.
BUT WHAT YOU DON'T KILL,
WILL END UP KILLING YOU.
THERE ARE NEGATIVE THINGS
IN OUR FAMILY LINE THAT WE
HAVE TO SAY, “YOU CANNOT
LIVE IN MY LIFE.” IT'S
SYMBOLIC.
YOU HAVE TO KILL THE ANGER,
KILL THE ADDICTION, KILL
THE UNFORGIVENESS.
YOU CAN STOP THE PLAGUE,
BUT AS LONG AS YOU ALLOW
THESE THINGS TO LIVE, IT'S
GOING TO KILL YOUR DREAMS,
KILL YOUR PEACE, KILL YOUR
FREEDOM, KILL YOUR PURPOSE.
BE A PHINEHAS.
HAVE THE COURAGE TO STEP UP.
OUR ATTITUDE SHOULD BE,
“THIS MAY HAVE BEEN PASSED
DOWN, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO
GET PAST ME.
THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS.
THIS IS WHERE THE
DEPRESSION STOPS.
THIS IS WHERE THE
ADDICTION, THE LOW
SELF-ESTEEM, THE POVERTY
MINDSET COMES TO AN END.”
DON'T LIVE WITH THE
DYSFUNCTION, BREAK THE
DYSFUNCTION.
“NOBODY IN MY FAMILY IS
SUCCESSFUL.
WE JUST BARELY GET BY.”
THAT'S WHAT WAS PASSED DOWN
TO YOU.
THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BEEN
BUT YOU'RE A PHINEHAS.
YOU'RE PUTTING AN END TO
THAT.
YOU'RE CALLED TO RISE
HIGHER.
YOU'RE CALLED TO PUT A STOP
TO THAT PLAGUE.
“JOEL, EVERYONE IN MY
FAMILY STRUGGLES WITH
ADDICTIONS, WE ALL
COMPROMISE, WE ALL HAVE
ANGER ISSUES.” THAT WOULD
BE A GOOD EXCUSE TO STAY
THAT WAY IF NOT FOR ONE
THING, YOU'RE A PHINEHAS.
YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO
STEP IN. GOD HAS DESTINED
YOU TO BREAK THE NEGATIVE
CYCLE, TO SET YOUR FAMILY
ON A NEW COURSE, TO REACH
LEVELS THAT YOU'VE NEVER
SEEN.
NOW, DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE.
THIS IS A WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY, A DOOR THAT
WILL NOT ALWAYS BE OPEN.
IT MAY BE DIFFICULT, BUT
GOD WON'T ASK YOU TO DO
SOMETHING AND NOT GIVE YOU
THE GRACE TO DO IT.
YOUR CHILDREN ARE COUNTING
ON YOU.
YOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN,
THEIR DESTINIES HANG IN THE
BALANCE.
WILL THEY DEAL WITH THE
SAME THINGS YOU DO?
OR WILL YOU PUT AN END TO
IT?
WILL YOU BE THE ONE TO
BREAK THAT NEGATIVE CYCLE
AND STOP THE PLAGUE?
I ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER.
I'M LOOKING AT PHINEHAS'.
I'M LOOK AT LOOKING AT
BARRIER BREAKERS.
I'M LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO
ARE CALLED, EQUIPPED AND
ANOINTED.
THE POWER IN YOU IS GREATER
THAN ANY POWER THAT'S
TRYING TO STOP YOU.
YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL A NEW
SENSE OF COURAGE.
GOD'S FAVOR IS GOING TO BE
ON YOU IN A GREATER WAY.
THINGS YOU'VE STRUGGLED
WITH IN THE PAST ARE NOT
GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE
ANYMORE.
CHAINS THAT HAVE HELD YOU
BACK ARE BEING BROKEN.
STRONGHOLDS THAT HAVE KEPT
YOU CAPTIVE ARE COMING DOWN.
GOD IS GOING TO DO WHAT YOU
CAN'T DO ON YOUR OWN.
WHEN YOU STAND FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHEN YOU
REFUSE TO COMPROMISE, WHEN
YOU SAY, “NO, I'M NOT
HANGING AROUND THESE SAME
FRIENDS THAT ARE HOLDING ME
BACK”, WHEN YOU BREAK OUT
OF THAT NEGATIVE MINDSET
AND BELIEVE BIGGER, PRAY
BOLDER, DREAM LARGER,
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE
HAND OF GOD TURN THINGS
AROUND, BREAK ADDICTIONS,
BRING YOU OUT OF
DYSFUNCTION, PROMOTE YOU TO
LEVELS YOU NEVER THOUGHT
POSSIBLE.
THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE
PEOPLE LIVING WITH A
PLAGUE, AND ONE MAN ROSE UP
AND DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
ONE MAN BROKE THAT CYCLE
THAT HAD KILLED TWENTY-FOUR
THOUSAND PEOPLE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO LIVE BETTER OFF BECAUSE
YOU HAD THE COURAGE TO STEP
UP?
HOW MANY OF YOUR RELATIVES
WILL LOOK BACK AND SAY,
“WOW, THANK GOD FOR
PHINEHAS, THANK GOD FOR
JULIE, THANK GOD FOR UNCLE
ROBERT, THANK GOD FOR
MARCELA, NOW WE'RE FREE.
NOW WE'RE BLESSED.
NOW WE'RE CONFIDENT.
NOW WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.”
BECAUSE YOU'RE A PHINEHAS,
BECAUSE YOU KILLED WHAT
COULD HAVE KILLED YOU,
YOU'RE IMPACTING
GENERATIONS TO COME.
YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE HEROES
OF FAITH.
“JOEL, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT ME.
I'M NOT PHINEHAS, I STILL
STRUGGLE WITH AN ADDICTION,
I STILL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
MY TEMPER.
I'M STILL DEALING WITH
POVERTY AND LACK.” NO LET
ME ENCOURAGE YOU, PHINEHAS
IS IN YOU.
THE BARRIER BREAKER IS IN
YOU.
THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED
CHRIST FROM THE DEAD LIVES
ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
YES, THERE'S A BATTLE IN
YOUR BLOODLINE, BUT THE
GOOD NEWS IS YOU'RE GOING
TO WIN. THAT PHINEHAS
SPIRIT IS GOING TO RISE UP
IN A NEW WAY, AND YOU'RE
GOING TO PUT A STOP TO
WHAT'S STOPPING YOU.
THOSE WEAKNESSES THAT HAVE
BEEN PASSED DOWN, ARE JUST
WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.
THEY'RE WEAK.
THEY'RE NO MATCH FOR YOU.
A FRIEND OF MINE WAS RAISED
IN A GOOD FAMILY.
WHEN HE WAS A TODDLER, HIS
FATHER, IN HIS EARLY
TWENTIES, GOT A JOB AT THIS
LARGE TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY.
HE WAS AT AN ENTRY LEVEL
POSITION, OUT WASHING THE
VEHICLES.
HE WAS A HARD WORKER,
ALWAYS ON TIME, WENT THE
EXTRA MILE.
THOSE WERE THE GOOD THINGS
THAT HAD BEEN PASSED DOWN.
WE ALL HAVE THESE POSITIVE
ATTRIBUTES IN OUR FAMILY
LINE, PEOPLE THAT PASSED
DOWN COURAGE, TALENT, GOOD
ATTITUDES.
THE KEY IS TO TAKE THE
POSITIVE, BUILD ON THE GOOD
THINGS, AND LEAVE THE
NEGATIVE BEHIND.
THIS MAN'S PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS, THEY WERE
GOOD PEOPLE, BUT THEY
STRUGGLED WITH ALCOHOL.
OVER TIME, THEY BOTH ENDED
UP BECOMING ALCOHOLICS.
THAT WAS THE ENVIRONMENT HE
WAS RAISED IN. WELL, HE
RECEIVED PROMOTION AFTER
PROMOTION.
FROM OUT WASHING THE CARS
TO SUPERVISING THE
DEPARTMENT.
THEN HEAD OF OPERATIONS.
TEN YEARS LATER, HE WAS IN
SENIOR MANAGEMENT.
EVERYTHING WAS GOING GREAT.
HIS FAMILY WAS BLESSED, BUT
IN THIS NEW POSITION, THE
PEOPLE HE WORKED WITH WOULD
GO OUT SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK
AT LUNCH AND DRINK.
THEY CALLED IT LIQUID LUNCH.
HE NEVER TOUCHED ALCOHOL,
KNOWING WHAT HIS PARENTS
AND GRANDPARENTS STRUGGLED
WITH.
BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEEM
ODD, LIKE HE WAS TOO
SQUARE, SO HE STARTED
DRINKING.
JUST A FEW TIMES A WEEK, NO
BIG DEAL.
HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT
ALCOHOL GENE WAS LYING
DORMANT IN HIS DNA.
HE WAS PREDISPOSED TO
ALCOHOLISM, THAT WAS PASSED
DOWN TO HIM. HE MADE THE
MISTAKE OF WAKING UP THAT
GENE.
HE STARTED DRINKING MORE
AND MORE.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, “DON'T
GIVE THE ENEMY A FOOTHOLD.”
DON'T OPEN THE DOOR.
IF YOU CRACK IT A LITTLE,
HE'S GOING TO PUSH AND PUSH.
HE'D LOVE FOR ALL THAT
NEGATIVE BAGGAGE TO GO FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION.
BEFORE LONG, IT STARTED
AFFECTING THIS FATHER.
HE STARTED SHOWING UP LATE
TO WORK.
STARTED MISSING
APPOINTMENTS.
HE GOT TO WHERE SOME DAYS,
HE WOULDN'T COME HOME FROM
WORK, WASN'T WITH THE
FAMILY ANYMORE.
IT GOT SO BAD, HE LOST HIS
JOB, STARTED LIVING IN
SHELTERS.
MY FRIEND TOLD ME HOW THEY
WERE THE PERFECT FAMILY,
LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM
AND THEN ALCOHOLISM
DESTROYED THEIR LIFE.
MY FRIEND IS IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY NOW,
VERY SUCCESSFUL.
HE SAID, “JOEL, I DON'T
TOUCH ALCOHOL.
NOT BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS
REASONS, BUT I KNOW I'M
PREDISPOSED TO ALCOHOLISM.”
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK IN YOUR
FAMILY LINE, YOU SEE THINGS
THAT HAVE CAUSED HEARTACHE
AND PAIN, THINGS THAT HAVE
KEPT PEOPLE FROM THEIR
POTENTIAL, IT'S IMPORTANT
TO RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE
GENES ARE PASSED DOWN.
YOU'RE PREDISPOSED TO THAT.
BUT HERE'S THE BEAUTY, THAT
DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO
AUTOMATICALLY HAPPEN.
YOU GET TO CHOOSE WHETHER
YOU ACTIVATE THAT GENE, OR
WHETHER YOU LEAVE IT LYING
DORMANT.
HIS FATHER ACTIVATED IT,
AND IT RUINED HIS LIFE.
HIS SON CHOSE TO LEAVE IT
DORMANT AND HE'S LIVING A
BLESSED, FREE, FAVOR FILLED
LIFE.
ALCOHOLISM RAN IN HIS
FAMILY, UNTIL IT RAN INTO
HIM. HE WAS A PHINEHAS.
HE HAD THE COURAGE TO STEP
UP AND PUT AN END TO IT.
HIS ATTITUDE WAS, “THIS
ALCOHOLISM DIDN'T START
WITH ME, BUT IT'S GOING TO
STOP WITH ME.
I'M THE DIFFERENCE MAKER.”
I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE
THINKING, “JOEL, IT'S TOO
LATE FOR ME.
I'VE ALREADY ACTIVATED THAT
GENE.” NO, YOU CAN
DEACTIVATE IT.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO TURN
IT OFF.
YOU CAN BE THE ONE TO BREAK
THE NEGATIVE CYCLE.
NOW, IT MAY NOT BE ALCOHOL
FOR YOU, IT MAY BE
BITTERNESS, LOW
SELF-ESTEEM, ANGER.
THERE'S A GENE LYING
DORMANT.
DON'T WAKE THAT UP.
DON'T OPEN THE DOOR.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE TEMPTED.
MY FRIEND TOLD HOW IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY,
PRACTICALLY EVERY EVENT,
EVERY MEETING, THERE'S
ALCOHOL.
PEOPLE EXPECT HIM TO DRINK.
I ASKED HIM HOW HE DEALT
WITH IT.
HE SAID, “JOEL, I'M BOLD
ABOUT IT.
WHEN PEOPLE PRESSURE ME, I
SAY LISTEN I COME FROM A
FAMILY OF ALCOHOLICS, I'VE
SEEN IT RUIN THEIR LIFE,
AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET IT
RUIN MINE.” WHEN YOU LOOK
BACK AT YOUR HISTORY, THERE
MAY BE THINGS THAT ARE FINE
FOR OTHER PEOPLE, BUT YOU
KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT
BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
PREDISPOSED TO IT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP
THAT GENE.
BE AWARE AND BE DILIGENT.
DON'T PLAY WITH FIRE.
DON'T THINK YOU CAN
COMPROMISE JUST A LITTLE,
BE DISHONEST JUST A LITTLE,
RUN WITH THE WRONG CROWD
JUST A LITTLE.
IT'S NOT WORTH THE CHANCE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WAKE
UP?
WHAT GENES ARE YOU GOING TO
ACTIVATE?
GOD TOLD PHINEHAS, “BECAUSE
YOU HAD THE COURAGE TO STEP
UP AND STOP THIS PLAGUE,
I'M GOING TO MAKE A
COVENANT OF PEACE WITH YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY.
YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE
PRIESTS FOR ALL TIME.” LOOK
AT HOW GOD WORKS.
WHEN YOU STEP UP AND PUT AN
END TO THE PLAGUE, WHEN YOU
STOP THE NEGATIVE BAGGAGE,
THE ADDICTION, THE
DEPRESSION, THE LACK.
GOD SAYS, “I'M NOT ONLY
GOING TO HONOR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY, BUT I'M GOING TO
SHOW FAVOR TO YOUR
DESCENDANTS.
I'M GOING TO PLACE A
LASTING BLESSING ON YOUR
FAMILY LINE.” I KNOW TODAY
I'M WALKING IN FAVOR
BECAUSE OF THOSE THAT WENT
BEFORE ME.
I'M WALKING IN BLESSINGS
BECAUSE I HAD PEOPLE THAT
HONORED GOD.
MY FATHER BROKE THE
NEGATIVE CYCLE OF POVERTY
IN OUR FAMILY.
HE WAS RAISED VERY POOR,
DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
MANY TIMES, THEY DIDN'T
HAVE MONEY FOR FOOD AND
CLOTHING.
IT LOOKED LIKE THAT POVERTY
SPIRIT, THAT LACK
MENTALITY, THAT DEFEAT
MINDSET WOULD BE PASSED
DOWN TO HIM. BUT AT
SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD, WHEN
HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO CHRIST,
THE FIRST ONE IN HIS
FAMILY, SOMETHING ROSE UP
IN HIM. HE SAID, “MY
CHILDREN WILL NEVER BE
RAISED IN THE POVERTY AND
DEFEAT THAT I'M RAISED IN."
THAT GENE WAS THERE BUT HE
DEACTIVATED IT.
HE WAS A PHINEHAS.
HE SAID, "THIS PLAGUE IS
STOPPING WITH ME." HE
DIDN'T JUST SIT BACK; HE
TOOK STEPS OF FAITH.
HE HAD TO HITCHHIKE.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A CAR, BUT
HE WENT OUT AND STARTED
MINISTERING.
GOD OPENED DOORS, MADE WAYS.
MY FATHER LEFT OUR FAMILY
BLESSED, SUCCESSFUL, NOT
JUST WITH RESOURCES, BUT
WITH A NEW MINDSET.
THAT OUR GOD IS ALL
POWERFUL, THAT WHEN WE
BELIEVE HE CAN TAKE YOU
WHERE YOU NEVER DREAMED.
THAT WHEN YOU HONOR HIM,
HE'LL OPEN DOORS THAT NO
PERSON CAN SHUT, THAT HE'LL
GIVE YOU COMPAQ CENTERS,
THAT HE'LL HEAL YOU FROM
CANCER.
OUR CHILDREN HAVE ENOUGH
NEGATIVE THINGS TO DEAL
WITH.
I DON'T WANT THEM
PREDISPOSED TO DOUBT,
PREDISPOSED TO FEAR,
ADDICTIONS, COMPROMISE.
I WANT THEM PREDISPOSED TO
FAITH, PREDISPOSED TO
BLESSINGS, PREDISPOSED TO
GODLINESS, TO INTEGRITY, TO
GENEROSITY.
I WANT THEM TO SUCCEED
BECAUSE OF ME AND NOT IN
SPITE OF ME.
IN THE SCRIPTURE, ISAAC WAS
VERY OLD AND ABOUT TO PASS.
HE WAS NEARLY BLIND.
HE SENT WORD FOR HIS SON
ESAU TO COME IN AND HE WAS
GOING TO GIVE HIM THE
BLESSING THAT BELONGED TO
THE FIRST-BORN SON.
HIS WIFE REBECCA LOVED
THEIR SON JACOB MORE THAN
ESAU.
SHE TOLD JACOB TO DRESS UP
LIKE ESAU, GO IN THERE AND
PRETEND TO BE HIS BROTHER,
SO HE COULD GET THE BEST
BLESSING.
ESAU WAS VERY HAIRY.
SO SHE MADE JACOB SOME
ANIMAL SKIN TO PUT ON HIS
ARMS. JACOB WENT IN AND
TRICKED THEIR FATHER AND
RECEIVED THE BLESSING.
IT WASN'T JUST THE MOTHER
THAT WAS DECEITFUL, JACOB
HAD THAT SAME SPIRIT.
HE WAS DISHONEST. REMEMBER
HOW EARLIER HE TRICKED HIS
BROTHER OUT OF HIS
BIRTHRIGHT.
IT DIDN'T STOP THERE.
HIS UNCLE LABAN WAS
DISHONEST. HE TRICKED
JACOB, SAID HE WAS GOING TO
GIVE HIM ONE DAUGHTER IN
MARRIAGE, BUT WHEN JACOB
WOKE UP THE MORNING AFTER
THE WEDDING, HE LOOKED OVER
IN BED AND IT WAS THE OTHER
SISTER.
SURPRISE.
NOTICE HOW THAT SAME SPIRIT
TRAVELED THROUGH THE FAMILY
LINE.
DECEIT, MANIPULATION,
DISHONESTY.
THAT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE.
THAT'S A SPIRIT THAT KEEPS
GETTING PASSED DOWN.
IT JUST NEEDS A PHINEHAS,
FOR SOMEONE TO RISE UP AND
SAY, “NO, WE'RE NOT LIVING
LIKE THIS.
I RECOGNIZE WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
I'M GOING TO LIVE AS A
PERSON OF HONOR, TRUE TO MY
WORD, WITH INTEGRITY.”
ONE TIME ABRAHAM HAD
TRAVELED TO A NEW CITY.
HIS WIFE SARAH WAS VERY
BEAUTIFUL.
HE WAS AFRAID THE PEOPLE
WOULD KILL HIM SO THEY
COULD HAVE HER.
SO, HE LIED AND TOLD KING
ABIMELECH THAT SARAH WAS
HIS SISTER, THAT THEY
WEREN'T MARRIED.
THE KING LATER FOUND OUT
THE TRUTH.
EVENTUALLY ABRAHAM PASSED.
YEARS LATER, HIS SON ISAAC
WAS TRAVELING THROUGH THE
SAME CITY.
HIS WIFE REBECCA WAS VERY
BEAUTIFUL.
ISAAC WAS AFRAID THEY WOULD
GET RID OF HIM TO HAVE HER.
HE TOLD KING ABIMELECH, THE
SAME KING, THAT REBECCA WAS
HIS SISTER AND NOT HIS WIFE.
IT'S INTERESTING HOW THESE
NEGATIVE TRAITS KEEP
GETTING PASSED DOWN.
IT'S THE SAME WAY TODAY.
IT CAN BE A SPIRIT OF LOW
SELF-ESTEEM. EVERYONE IN
YOUR FAMILY FEELS UNWORTHY,
NOT GOOD ENOUGH, NOT
ATTRACTIVE.
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, BE A
PHINEHAS.
PUT AN END TO IT.
YOU'RE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF
GOD.
YOU HAVE ROYAL BLOOD
FLOWING THROUGH YOUR VEINS.
TURN OFF THAT UNWORTHY,
INFERIOR GENE OFF.
LET IT STAY DORMANT.
MAYBE IT'S A SPIRIT OF
MEDIOCRITY.
NO ONE IN YOUR FAMILY CAN
GET AHEAD.
YOU'RE NOT EXPECTING
ANYTHING GOOD.
“JOEL, WE'RE JUST AVERAGE
PEOPLE.” YOU HAVE TO GET
RID OF THAT SPIRIT.
IT'S BEEN PASSED DOWN LONG
ENOUGH.
IT RAN IN YOUR FAMILY, THE
GOOD NEWS IS, IT RAN INTO
YOU.
YOU'RE THE PHINEHAS.
GET YOUR PASSION BACK.
START EXPECTING TO RISE
HIGHER.
START DECLARING GOD'S
PROMISES OVER YOUR LIFE.
IT'S GOOD TO ASK YOURSELF,
“WHY DO I STRUGGLE IN THIS
AREA?
WHY DO I FEEL I'M NOT GOOD
ENOUGH?
WHY AM I DRAWN TO
COMPROMISE, TO ADDICTIONS,
TO MANIPULATION?” THOSE ARE
BATTLES YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE;
BATTLES THAT DIDN'T START
WITH YOU.
THEY WERE PASSED DOWN, BUT
THEY CAN STOP WITH YOU.
YOU CAN BE THE PHINEHAS.
IT MAY NOT BE EASY, BUT IF
YOU'LL MAKE A MOVE, GOD
WILL MAKE A MOVE.
IF YOU'LL TAKE A STEP OF
FAITH, GOD WILL GIVE YOU
GRACE TO DO WHAT YOU CAN'T
DO ON YOUR OWN.
HE'S JUST WAITING FOR YOU
TO RISE UP.
THAT MAY MEAN TO FORGIVE,
TO GET RID OF THE
BITTERNESS.
IT MAY MEAN TO GET HELP
WITH THAT ADDICTION, TO
ATTEND OUR FREEDOM CLASS.
IT MAY MEAN, LIKE MY
FATHER, TO HAVE A NEW
MINDSET.
TO NOT ACCEPT DEFEAT AND
MEDIOCRITY AS YOUR DESTINY,
TO HAVE A NEW VISION, TO
BELIEVE YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR
MARK.
YOU HAVE TO DEACTIVATE
THOSE NEGATIVE TRAITS THAT
HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN.
YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH IT.
IT'S AN INIQUITY, SOMETHING
YOU INHERITED.
BUT GOD WOULDN'T HAVE
ALLOWED IT IF IT WAS GOING
TO KEEP YOU FROM YOUR
DESTINY.
YOU CAN BREAK THAT NEGATIVE
CYCLE AND BE THE ONE TO SET
YOUR FAMILY ON A NEW COURSE.
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, GOD
TOLD SAUL TO GO AND KILL
ALL THE AMALEKITES, TO NOT
SPARE ANYONE OR ANYTHING.
SAUL WENT OUT AND DEFEATED
THE ENEMY, BUT HE SPARED
KING AGAG.
WHEN HE RETURNED HOME, THE
PROPHET SAMUEL CAME AND
SAID, “SAUL, GOD TOLD YOU
TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE ARMY,
BUT YOU'VE SPARED THE
KING.” FAST FORWARD
HUNDREDS OF YEARS LATER,
ESTHER WAS IN THE PALACE
AND A MAN BY THE NAME OF
HAMAAN WAS TRYING TO GET
RID OF HER AND ALL THE JEWS.
IT SAYS HAMAAN WAS AN AGITE.
AN AGITE WAS A DESCENDANT
OF KING AGAG.
IF SAUL WOULD HAVE TAKEN
CARE OF HIS ENEMY WHEN GOD
GAVE HIM THE POWER TO DO
IT, THEN ESTHER WOULDN'T
HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIVE
HUNDRED YEARS LATER.
COULD IT BE IF YOU DON'T
RISE UP AND PUT A STOP TO
WHAT'S HINDERING YOU, THEN
HUNDREDS OF YEARS FROM NOW,
YOUR FAMILY WILL STILL BE
STRUGGLING WITH IT?
GOD IS SAYING, “THIS IS
YOUR TIME.
THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.” YOUR
DESTINY IS CALLING OUT.
YOU CAN EITHER PUT UP WITH
IT AND LET IT CONQUER YOU
OR YOU CAN PUT YOUR FOOT
DOWN AND SAY, “NO, I'M
GOING TO BE A PHINEHAS.
I'M GOING TO PUT A STOP TO
WHAT'S HOLDING US BACK.
I'M GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS
ADDICTION, THIS ANGER, THIS
COMPROMISE, THIS DEPRESSION.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET MY
HISTORY KEEP ME FROM MY
DESTINY.”
YES, WE ALL HAVE NEGATIVE
THINGS IN OUR FAMILY LINE,
BUT WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE
TO CHRIST, YOU BECAME A NEW
CREATION.
HE PUT SOME NEW GENES IN
YOU.
THERE IS STRENGTH IN YOUR
GENES, THERE'S FREEDOM IN
YOUR GENES, THERE'S HEALTH,
ABUNDANCE, VICTORY IS IN
YOUR GENES.
“WELL, JOEL, THIS IS
ENCOURAGING BUT EVERYONE IN
MY FAMILY GETS DIVORCED.
EVERYONE HAS ADDICTIONS.
EVERYONE STRUGGLES IN THEIR
FINANCES.” HERE'S THE CATCH.
YOU'RE NOT EVERYONE.
YOU'RE THE EXCEPTION.
YOU'RE A PHINEHAS.
YOU HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE
THAN THEY HAD.
THE FAVOR ON YOUR LIFE IS
STRONGER, THE BLESSING IS
GREATER, THE ANOINTING IS
MORE POWERFUL.
THEY MAY HAVE LIVED WITH
IT, BUT YOU WERE RAISED UP
TO PUT AN END TO IT.
YOU'RE THE DIFFERENCE MAKER.
YOU CAN BREAK THAT NEGATIVE
CYCLE.
IN 1874, A MEMBER OF THE
NEW YORK PRISON BOARD
NOTICED THAT SIX PEOPLE
FROM THE SAME FAMILY WERE
SERVING IN ONE OF THE
PRISONS.
HE WAS INTRIGUED BY IT AND
DID A STUDY.
HE TRACED THEIR FAMILY LINE
BACK TO A MAN BY THE NAME
OF MAX JUKES.
HE WAS BORN IN 1720.
HE WAS KNOWN IN THE TOWN AS
THE TROUBLEMAKER, A HEAVY
DRINKER WITH NO INTEGRITY.
HE MARRIED A WOMAN JUST
LIKE HIM AND THEY HAD SIX
DAUGHTERS AND TWO SONS.
1200 OF THEIR DESCENDANTS
WERE STUDIED, OF THOSE 310
WERE HOMELESS, 180
ALCOHOLICS, 160 WERE DRUG
ADDICTS, 150 BECAME
CRIMINALS THAT SERVED TIME
IN PRISON.
ANOTHER FAMILY WAS STUDIED
THAT LIVED AROUND THAT SAME
TIME.
HIS NAME WAS JONATHAN
EDWARDS.
HE WAS A FAMOUS THEOLOGIAN
AND THE PRESIDENT OF
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.
HE MARRIED HIS WIFE, SARAH,
THEY HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN.
HE WAS A DEVOTED FAMILY MAN
THAT HONORED GOD.
1400 OF THEIR DESCENDANTS
WERE STUDIED.
AMONG THEM 13 WERE COLLEGE
PRESIDENTS, 65 WERE
PROFESSORS, 100 WERE
LAWYERS, 66 WERE
PHYSICIANS, 85 WERE AUTHORS
OF CLASSIC BOOKS, 32 WERE
STATE JUDGES, 80 WERE
HOLDERS OF PUBLIC OFFICE
INCLUDING THREE U.S.
SENATORS, 3 GOVERNORS AND
ONE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHAT
YOU'RE PASSING DOWN.
YOUR CHOICES WILL AFFECT
GENERATIONS TO COME.
YOU MAY HAVE THINGS IN YOUR
FAMILY LINE THAT HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR GENERATIONS,
ADDICTIONS, POVERTY,
DIVORCE, COMPROMISE.
IT'S GOING TO STAY THERE
UNTIL SOMEONE RISES UP AND
PUTS A STOP TO IT.
I'M SAYING YOU'RE THE
PHINEHAS.
YOU'RE THE ONE GOD HAS
RAISED UP TO BREAK THE
NEGATIVE CYCLE.
THIS IS NOT AN OPTION.
YOU HAVE TO KILL IT, OR IT
WILL KILL YOUR DREAMS, IT
WILL KILL YOUR POTENTIAL,
IT WILL KILL YOUR PURPOSE.
THERE'S A BATTLE IN YOUR
BLOODLINE.
YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE IT, BUT
YOU CAN WIN IT.
THE FORCES THAT ARE FOR YOU
ARE GREATER THAN FORCES
THAT ARE AGAINST YOU.
IF YOU'LL RISE UP AND BE A
PHINEHAS, I BELIEVE AND
DECLARE, LIKE GOD DID FOR
HIM, THERE'S GOING TO BE A
BLESSING ON YOUR FAMILY
LINE.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FAVOR
THAT YOU'VE NEVER SEEN.
ADDICTIONS ARE BEING
BROKEN, DEPRESSION, STRIFE,
LOW SELF-ESTEEM. YOU'RE
GOING TO RISE HIGHER, AND
BECOME ALL YOU WERE CREATED
TO BE, IN JESUS' NAME.
IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU
SAY AMEN?
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS
THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
JUST SAY, “LORD JESUS, I
REPENT OF MY SINS.
COME INTO MY HEART. I MAKE
YOU MY LORD AND SAVIOR.” IF
YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE
PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOT
BORN AGAIN. WE'D LOVE TO
SEND YOU SOME INFORMATION
ON YOUR NEW WALK WITH THE
LORD. YOU CAN TEXT THE
NUMBER OR GO TO THE WEBSITE.
I HOPE YOU'LL GET INTO A
GOOD BIBLE-BASED CHURCH AND
KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE.
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