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Bless Our Families | Pastor Darren Palmer | Faith Church · Faith Church Podcast

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All right. Well, we're in Genesis chapter 12,
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and I'm here in Genesis 12 because in my devotions
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this morning, the Lord scrapped the message that
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I was going to preach, which was on prayer. I
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was going to finish our prayer and fasting teaching
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on prayer and fasting. Imagine that. Because
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God has been speaking to me and showing me things
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throughout this week, and I was going to relay
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those to you. I will hold that message from Acts
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chapter 6 and different places in the Word of
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God that call the church to prayer. Let me just
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give one point from that message. I believe that
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the single greatest verse for the church today
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is in Matthew chapter 6. And it's right before
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Jesus teaches us the Lord's Prayer. And He says
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this, and what the Father sees in secret, He
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will reward openly. And Jesus is calling all
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of us To personal, private, secret prayer. Now
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I love what happens when we gather because gathering
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is key as well. And it's part of the word that
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we gather together often. But that personal,
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private, secret place prayer, by and large, by
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believers, is neglected. And the Lord is calling
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you and I to personal prayer time. And so I'm
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going to preach that message at a later date.
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Take that and run with it. Meditate in Matthew
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6. There's a lot in Matthew 6, but the portion
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on prayer. Say, God, help me apply this to my
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life. Because discipleship is not about just
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knowing that Matthew 6 is in there and that the
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Lord's Prayer is there. Discipleship is about
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actually applying it to your life and doing it.
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Amen? Disciples do. Amen? Amen. Now, this morning
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early, I was reading, and a series of scriptures
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just flooded my heart. And I noticed this morning
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as we were praying that the sign that many of
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you flock to, in fact, there were more people
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at this sign during that five or seven minutes
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of prayer, there were more people at this sign
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than any other sign. What sign do you think it
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was? Family. The sign right down here. Family.
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And God began to speak to me this morning from
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this passage about family. Now this is the call.
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At this point his name is Abram. It was later
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changed to Abraham. Father Abraham. How many
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of you have heard of Father Abraham? And so he
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is the first patriarch of the nation of Israel.
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The people of Israel. God made a covenant with
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Abraham. Abram at this point. And in Genesis
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chapter 12, this is what the Lord spoke to Abram.
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Get out of your country, from your family, and
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from your father's house. And go to a land that
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I will show you. I will make you a great nation.
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I will bless you and make your name great. I
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will bless those who bless you and I will curse
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him who curses you. And in you, all the families
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of the earth shall be blessed. I want to read
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that last line one more time. And in you, all
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the families of the earth shall be blessed. Hallelujah.
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Now this covenant that God made with Abram, so
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what did Abram do? So Abram departed and he went
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just as the Lord had commanded and he obeyed
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God. And because he obeyed God, God did what
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he said he would do. Now, just as a side note,
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our blessing of the nation of Israel is important.
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It does not mean that everything that Israel
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does is right. It does not mean that every decision
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that Netanyahu and the people of Israel make
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is godly or good. It doesn't mean that. It doesn't
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mean that you have to personally agree with everything
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that the nation of Israel does. But the nation
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of Israel is God's chosen people. And the greatest
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blessing of Israel, the gift that God gave to
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us, as we're going to see as I preach through
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this message, is that our Messiah, Jesus, came
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through the nation of Israel. And so God gave
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Abram a blessing. At this point, he was childless.
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He had no children of his own. And God showed
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him, spoke to him, In you, all the families of
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the earth shall be blessed. Now, how many of
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you are part of a family? Now, your family might
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be, it just might be messed up. Some of you are
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laughing because if you don't laugh, you'll cry.
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Our families can get crazy. Our families can
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be broken. You are part of a family that you
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did not choose. I didn't choose my mom and dad.
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You didn't choose yours. I didn't choose my brothers
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and sisters. I have one sister. Sister. I didn't
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choose them. The only one I chose that's in my
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family is my wife. We wanted children, but we
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didn't even choose them. God chose them. God
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gave us kids. We don't choose the family that
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we're a part of. And for some of you, when I
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say that word family, it just automatically brings
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a lot of pain because it's messed up. The promise
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is still for your family. And in you, all the
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families of the earth shall be blessed. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. Are you with me so far? All the families
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of the earth shall be blessed. Three other times,
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God spoke a similar promise to Abraham. he substituted
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the word family with nations. Three other times
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God met with Abraham and said, in you all the
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nations of the earth shall be blessed. There
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was another time when God met with Abraham's
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grandson, Jacob, in a dream. And God spoke to
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Jacob in Genesis 28, 14 and said the same thing.
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And said, also your descendants shall be as the
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dust of the earth. You shall spread abroad to
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the west and the east, to the north and the south.
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And in you and in your seed, all the families
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of the earth shall be blessed. Hallelujah. And
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so there's this promise. All the families of
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the earth shall be blessed. We need to be convinced
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of this. That God wants to bless my family. You
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need to be convinced of that. I need to be convinced
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of that. That God wants to bless my family. And
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so let's all say that together. God wants to
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bless my family. There are several stories in
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the Scriptures where God does not just bless
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individuals, but where God blesses entire families.
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And I began to think about that this morning,
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where God blessed Zacchaeus. And you remember
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when Jesus came, if you know the story where
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Jesus came to Zacchaeus, Zacchaeus was notable
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in the New Testament because he was a short man
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and he could not see through the crowd. And so
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he climbed a tree so that he could see Jesus
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in the crowd. And Jesus saw Zacchaeus climb the
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tree just so he could see him. And Jesus made
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a beeline for Zacchaeus and said, I'm coming
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to you. house. And the Bible says in Luke 19,
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9, that salvation has come to you, that salvation
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has come to your house. I love that. I love that.
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Later on in the book of Acts, after Jesus had
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ascended and Peter was given a dream by God,
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that he was not supposed to call unclean that
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which God had made clean. And then he was led
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to the household of Cornelius. And Cornelius,
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the unique thing about Cornelius is that he was
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not from the land of Israel. He was not a Jew.
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He was a Gentile like most of us in the room.
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And normally, Peter never would have... even
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talked to a Gentile, but God wanted to break
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down the wall between Jews and Gentiles, because
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salvation was not just for Jews. Salvation was
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also for Gentiles. And so Peter preached the
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message. Everybody that was there, which was
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Cornelius's family, Cornelius's servants, all
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the people that worked in Cornelius's house,
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everybody that was there gave the their life
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to Jesus, got filled with the Holy Spirit, and
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Peter was stunned that God would love the Gentiles
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too. And Cornelius and his whole household came
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to God. Wouldn't it be awesome if your whole
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household came to the Lord? Wouldn't it be awesome
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if your whole household came to the Lord? Now,
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there's one more that I want to turn to in Acts
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chapter 16. If you can turn there. Now, Paul,
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in Acts 16, Paul and Silas were put in jail for
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preaching the word, which is common today around
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the world. We live in a bubble called America.
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But around the world, people are being jailed
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and killed for their faith in Jesus Christ, even
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today. Paul and Silas were jailed for preaching
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the good news of Jesus Christ. And verse 25,
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let's pick it up there. At midnight they were
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praying and singing hymns to God and the prisoners
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were listening to them and suddenly there was
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a great earthquake so that the foundation of
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the prison were shaken and immediately all the
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doors were opened and everyone's chains were
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loosed and the keeper of the prison, awakening
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from sleep and seeing the prison doors opened,
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Supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword,
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and was about to kill himself. Because he knew
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what would happen to him if his bosses found
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out that the prisoners escaped on his watch.
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He would be tortured and killed. But Paul called
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with a loud voice. Saying, do yourself no harm
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for we are all here. Can I just say another aside
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here for a moment? Just because a door opens
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doesn't mean you should walk through it. The
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angel opened up the door. But Paul and Silas
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had a check in their heart. No. We've got to
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stay right here. And the prison guard woke up,
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was about to kill himself, and Paul screamed
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out, don't do it. We are all here. I just find
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this story stunning. And the prison guard called
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for a light, ran in and fell down trembling before
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Paul and Silas. He brought them out. Now they
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can walk through the door. He brought them out
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and said, sirs, what must I do to be saved? What
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must I do to give my life to the Lord? You've
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got something that I need and I want what you
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have. So they said to him, believe on the Lord
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Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your
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household. They spoke the word of the Lord to
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him and to all who were in his house. And he
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took them the same hour of the night and washed
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their stripes. And so now this guard that had
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participated in beating them, that had participated
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in putting them in the prison, now he's washing
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their wounds and bringing healing to them. Salvation
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has come to his house. And immediately he...
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and all his family were baptized. Isn't that
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an awesome story? God wants every single one
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of your family members to be saved. I've got
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family members that are not saved. Most of you.
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have family members that are not saved. Most
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of you, your salvation did not happen like this.
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You came alone. But God wants to bless entire
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families. I believe there are families out there,
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families out there that need the Lord, that are
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ripe. When Peter preached the first message,
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they asked the same question, what must we do?
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And Peter said, repent and let every one of you
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be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
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for the remission of sin and you shall receive
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the gift of the Holy Spirit for the promise is
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to you, your children, and to all who are afar
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off, as many as the Lord our God will call. You
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see, the blessing of Abraham was fulfilled in
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Jesus Christ, where salvation would be open to
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every family. God is in the business of turning
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around families. So what should I do, Pastor?
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The first thing that you need to do is this.
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Follow Jesus with your whole heart, even if your
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family does not. I want to read a tough scripture
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now. Matthew 10, verse 34. Jesus said this, Do
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not think that I came to bring peace on the earth.
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I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For
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I have come to set a man against his father,
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a daughter against her mother, a daughter -in
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-law against her mother -in -law, and a man's
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enemies will be those of his own household. He
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who loves father or mother more than me is not
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worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more
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than me is not worthy of me. He who does not
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take his cross and follow after me is not worthy
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of me. He who finds his life will lose it, but
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he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
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This is a tough scripture. What Jesus was saying
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is that he has got to have first place in your
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life. And again, around the world, In fact, in
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the religion of Islam, if one converts to Christianity,
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they are cut off from their family. Well, do
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you think that it's God's will for that person
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to come to Christ? Absolutely. Islam is a demonic
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religion leading people astray. The fastest growing
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religion in America right now. Drawing people
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away from God. And Jesus said this, you might
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have to pay a high price to follow me. But if
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you will pay the price, God will begin to work.
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And he will begin to move. Friend, the best thing
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that you can do for your family, even if your
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family does not understand you, even if they
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don't get it, even if they don't see, the best
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thing that you can do is follow Jesus with your
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whole heart, even if your family does not. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. I have seen again and again and again
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couples Backslide together. And so I believe
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that God wants couples to walk together in unity.
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Amen? I believe that God wants couples to be
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one in Christ. Hallelujah. But I'm telling you
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this. I said this a couple of months ago and
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I'll say it again today. That if I stray from
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Jesus, my wife is not going to follow me. And
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if she strays from Jesus, I am not going to follow
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her. I am not going to use my family as an excuse
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to stray from God. I have a son right now that
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we're believing for God to get a hold of his
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heart and get a hold of his life. We love him
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incredibly. But I will not compromise the truth
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of God's word for my son. I cannot do that. I
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cannot do that. The best thing that you can do
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is without compromise, devote your life wholly
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to Jesus. The second thing that you need to do
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is kind of like it. And that is this. Get rid
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of that secret sin. Go with me to Acts chapter
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3. And Peter and John are preaching. Peter again.
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And they had just seen the man at the gate beautiful
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healed. And they were explaining what had happened
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at that healing. May the church have to explain
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healing again as God does incredible things in
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our midst. And listen to what Peter says in verse
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19. Repent therefore and be converted that your
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sins might be blotted out so that times of refreshing
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might come from the Lord, from the presence of
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the Lord. And that he might send Jesus Christ
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who was preached to you before. whom heaven must
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receive until the times of restoration of all
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things, which God has spoken by the mouth of
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his holy prophets since the world began. And
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then he goes on, and then verse 25 says, you
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are sons of the prophets, and the covenant which
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God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham,
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this is where the message comes full circle,
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saying to Abraham, and in your seed, all the
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families of the earth shall be blessed. To you
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first, God having raised up His servant Jesus,
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sent Him to bless you in turning every one of
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you From your iniquities. Turning every one of
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you from your iniquities. So the blessing of
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God. Is opposed. To that secret sin. And that
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secret sin. Is opposed. To the blessing of God.
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Jesus wants to bless your family. But you've
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got to get rid of that secret sin. Jesus didn't
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die on the cross so that you could continue in
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your sin and just be forgiven every Sunday and
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live. Continue to live however you want. He shed
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his blood on Calvary not only to forgive you,
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but to set you free from it. So that it no longer
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has dominion in your life. We've got to confess
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that thing. And we've got to get it out of our
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heart. The greatest harm a father brings to a
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family is when he refuses to turn from secret
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sin. But the greatest blessing a father gives
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to his family is when he humbles himself before
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the Lord and says, God, I'm following you with
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my whole heart. And please, it's not about perfection.
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Because I've been walking with Jesus for 39 years.
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This summer it will be 40 years that I've been
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walking with Jesus. And last week, last week,
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God brought conviction to my heart about a sin.
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And I'll tell you what it was. I read of a pastor
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who had fallen. And was removed from the ministry.
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And in the back of my heart, I was feeling good
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about myself. Because I've not done that. And
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the Holy Spirit convicted me of that wickedness.
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Because it's not because of my own goodness that
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I am what I am. It is only because of the grace
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of God. And I had to confess that thing before
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the Lord. The greatest thing I can do for my
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family, for my church family, is to walk uprightly.
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And it doesn't mean perfection, but it does mean
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this. To respond to the conviction of the Holy
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Spirit. And it means that I am walking with Christ.
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And so I repented of that thing and I said, God,
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forgive me. Wash me and cleanse me. And get that
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thing out of my heart. Peter. Coupled the blessing
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that God spoke to Abraham with repentance from
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iniquity. And I want to call. Not because you're
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bad or I'm bad. You know, the Holy Spirit doesn't
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convict me of those things because I'm bad. He
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convicts me of those things because He wants
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to make me more like Jesus. And so I don't say
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that, I don't preach this part of the message
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to declare people that are bad and I want them
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to feel horrible. No, I want you to feel drawn
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to the Lord and to say, God, God, have your way
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in my heart and in my life. Amen. God, I'm doing
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my best to follow you. I know I've got a long
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way to go. But God, I want you to have your way
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in my life. And when you convict me, and when
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you speak to my heart, I want to respond. A teachable
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and moldable heart. If you want the blessing
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of God to come on your family, have a teachable
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and moldable heart. Hallelujah. Glory to God.
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And then the third thing is from Malachi chapter
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4. Malachi chapter 4. And this is the last verse
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of the Old Testament before Jesus came on the
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scene, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It's about
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300 years. between Malachi and the coming of
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Jesus. And this is what Malachi prophesied in
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verse 5 of Malachi 4. Behold, I will send you
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Elijah the prophet. That was John the Baptist.
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Before the coming of the great and dreadful day
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of the Lord, this is the judgment of God. And
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he will turn the hearts of the fathers. to the
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children, and the hearts of the children to their
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fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with
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a curse. Do you know when we are praying for
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end time harvest, I believe that many people
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are about to come into the kingdom of God. I
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believe that many people are going to turn to
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Jesus for salvation. And some of you are seeing
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that in your lives. You know of people who are
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getting hungry for God. Hallelujah. I talked
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with a young man yesterday who has known his
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whole life that God has been knocking on the
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door of his heart and is saying, I'm trying to
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respond to God in my life. And there are many
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people that are like that. And they don't really
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know what to do, but God is knocking on the door
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of their heart. One thing that happens when you
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meet the Lord is that your heart turns to your
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heavenly Father. And the book of Romans chapter
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8 says that when you come to Christ, that your
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heart will cry out, Abba. Father. And in response
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to that, as your heart turns to your heavenly
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Father, guess what happens? Your heart begins
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to turn in a new way to your family. Where before
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you could only think evil about your family,
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but now your heart is getting healed. God is
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healing all the hurt and the pain of your past,
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and now you're suddenly having thoughts that
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you didn't have before of affection and love
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for your family. It is not always natural for
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the hearts of children to turn to their fathers.
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It's not natural because of what that father
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might represent. But can I tell you this? It's
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supernatural. It doesn't mean that you're agreeing
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with everything that your father does. It doesn't
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mean that you like everything your father represents.
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It doesn't mean that you appreciate the past
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that you've had in your life. You might have
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walked through some hard things, but you have
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a heavenly father that is healing your heart.
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And you're beginning to have different emotions
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and different affections. And you're beginning
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to forgive people in your family. Woo! The heart
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of the father who's been separated from his kids.
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My kids have cut me off. And part of it might
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be my own heart. Oh, but... You've given your
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life to Jesus. And your father has begun to heal
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you. And you're beginning to repent of your own
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iniquity towards your kids. And you're starting
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to have feelings again. That you didn't have
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before. And your heart. Is turning towards your
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sons and daughters. Do you know what this is?
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This is revival. This is the moving of God's
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spirit. And you begin to pray differently. And
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you begin to say, God, I don't deserve it. But
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would you give me a relationship with my kids
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again? Would you give me an opportunity because
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there's no way they'll listen to me right now?
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But would you somehow open the door for us to
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just even talk again? And the hearts of the fathers
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turn to the children. And the hearts of the children
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turn to the fathers. And God heals a family.
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This is what he does. I believe in 2026. that
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some of your families are going to turn around.
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I believe that in this year, some of your kids,
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God is going to answer your prayer. I believe
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that God is going to move mightily in our messed
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up families. I want to close with a verse I've
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been meditating in. I shared it at the funeral
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for Catherine's sister yesterday, the celebration
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of life. And I want to close with 1 Peter 4 and
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verse 7. And I want you to think about society.
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I want you to think about what's been happening
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in the news, in Minneapolis. In Portland, in
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hard places. It has been crazy, hasn't it? And
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then we hear the words of Peter. 1 Peter 4, 7.
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But the end of all things is at hand. How many
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of you can sense that? The end of all things
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is at hand. And so then he gives some instruction.
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What should we do now that we know that, now
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that we see that? We're reading the end of all
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things in the news every day. Therefore, be serious
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and watchful in your prayers. And then verse
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8. And above all things. Everybody say all things.
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Above all things. Have fervent love for one another.
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For love will cover a multitude of sins. Whoo!
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Hallelujah. Do you know what the news is trying
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to steal from you? Your love for people. Do you
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know how the world responds right now? If you
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don't agree with me, get out of my life. That's
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what the world does. Friends, that's not Jesus.
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They do that to their own families. If you don't
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agree with me, get out of my life. That's not
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the response of the believer. You be careful.
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You be careful as you watch the news. You be
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careful that you filter it well because if you
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don't, it will harden your heart. It will harden
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your heart and you will not be able to love people
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that do not agree with you. But Peter... commands
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us, Peter's in my message a lot, and here's in
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his letter that he's written here, 1 Peter chapter
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4 and verse 7, he commands us that in these end
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times, we need to do something above everything,
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and that is this, guard our ability to love one
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another. Guard our ability to love one another.
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What did Jesus say? They will know that you are
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my disciples because you go to church on Sunday.
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No. Now that's important, but that's not what
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Jesus said. They will know you are my disciples
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because you sing so beautifully. They will know
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that you are my disciples because you love one
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another. Love one another. If your relationship
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to God does not affect the people around you,
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what are we doing? For your family member just
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might cover a multitude of sins. Just might cause
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them to want what you have. Just might bring
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them near. Hallelujah. We have a prayer wall
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back here in the corner. You see if you turn
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your head and look, you see things stuck to it.
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Those are prayer requests from people in our
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church. We call that our prayer circle, that
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carpet back there. My wife posted a prayer need
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on there. Last night I was back there just praying
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over the needs in this body. You can write the
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name of your family member on a card, and they're
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going to get prayed over. You can write a need
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on that card. In fact, Kathy's going to be back
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there after the service to help you if you want
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a card and you want to write down a prayer need.
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You can do that. The body will be praying for
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you. God spoke to Abraham and said, in you all
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the families of the earth will be blessed. And
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I want to remind God of that every day as I pray
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over my sons and daughters, as I allow Him to
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work in me. Have your way, God. That's why I
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sang that song this morning because I knew what
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I would be preaching about. That song said that...
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The enemy has no authority in my family. Because
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God has designed my family for blessing. Amen?
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Amen. How many of you would say, I want this
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to be a part of my family? Just lift up your
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hand. Oh, come on. I feel like God wants to do
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something right now. Most of you raised your
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hand. Because you know the hidden parts of your
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family that you won't tell anybody. And you want
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God to do a work. You know that you can't straighten
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it out because if you could, it would be straightened
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out already. You need God to do it. You need
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God to do it. There's Goliaths in your family.
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You need God to help you slay. David didn't do
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that on his own. He came in the name of the Lord
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God of Israel. There's healing in brokenness.
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And here's what I want you to stand for. Don't
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stand yet. Here's what I want you to stand for.
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If you have a conviction in your heart, that
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God really will work in your family. I want you
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to take a moment. I don't want you to just respond.
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I want you to take a moment. And if you have
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a conviction that in 2026, God will really work
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in my family, then I want you to respond by standing.
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In faith. Because this is not an empty promise.
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This is the whole reason Jesus came. To bring
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families near to him. Sons and daughters, moms
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and dads. All of it. Healing. And restoration.
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He is working. He is moving. Hallelujah. Father,
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I just ask that you would put faith in the hearts
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of your people. Grandparents. Believing for their
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grandsons and granddaughters. People here believing
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for their moms and dads. People here believing
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for their sons and daughters and spouses. God,
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I am declaring over this house that 2026 is a
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year of healing for the family. Blessing for
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the family. In Jesus' mighty name.