1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,080 Hello, this is Brother Denny. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:05,580 Welcome to Charity Ministries. 3 00:00:06,620 --> 00:00:09,460 Our desire is that your life would be 4 00:00:09,460 --> 00:00:11,820 blessed and changed by this message. 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,940 This message is not copyrighted and is not 6 00:00:15,940 --> 00:00:16,920 to be bought or sold. 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:19,900 You are welcome to make copies for your 8 00:00:19,900 --> 00:00:20,780 friends and neighbors. 9 00:00:21,860 --> 00:00:25,060 If you would like additional messages, please go 10 00:00:25,060 --> 00:00:28,420 to our website for a complete listing at 11 00:00:28,420 --> 00:00:32,040 www.charityministries.org. 12 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,740 If you would like a catalog of other 13 00:00:34,740 --> 00:00:41,300 sermons, please call 1-800-227-7902 or 14 00:00:41,300 --> 00:00:45,760 write to Charity Ministries, 400 West Main Street, 15 00:00:46,140 --> 00:00:49,880 Suite 1, EFRA PA 17522. 16 00:00:50,980 --> 00:00:54,300 These messages are offered to all without charge 17 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:56,560 by the freewill offerings of God's people. 18 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,620 A special thank you to all who support 19 00:00:59,620 --> 00:01:00,440 this ministry. 20 00:01:02,810 --> 00:01:04,209 Let's stand for prayer. 21 00:01:05,710 --> 00:01:07,970 Our God and our Father, we ask you 22 00:01:07,970 --> 00:01:10,930 now in Jesus Christ's name that you will 23 00:01:10,930 --> 00:01:15,230 sanctify these two sessions with your presence. 24 00:01:15,630 --> 00:01:19,250 God, I pray that you will speak. 25 00:01:19,810 --> 00:01:23,570 Lord, out of your heart, from your throne 26 00:01:23,570 --> 00:01:27,270 in heaven, God, I pray that you will 27 00:01:27,270 --> 00:01:28,870 speak to our hearts, Father. 28 00:01:29,390 --> 00:01:32,850 You know how you feel about homes, Lord. 29 00:01:33,090 --> 00:01:35,170 Share your heart with us this morning. 30 00:01:35,730 --> 00:01:38,770 We pray, we plead with you for this, 31 00:01:39,130 --> 00:01:40,990 Father, and we ask it in the name 32 00:01:40,990 --> 00:01:42,570 of Jesus Christ, our Lord. 33 00:01:43,370 --> 00:01:43,770 Amen. 34 00:01:44,710 --> 00:01:45,870 You may be seated. 35 00:01:47,330 --> 00:01:50,870 This morning, we're going to begin with more 36 00:01:50,870 --> 00:01:52,170 pictures of promise. 37 00:01:52,170 --> 00:01:58,770 Too many beautiful, glorious pictures of promise in 38 00:01:58,770 --> 00:02:01,090 the Bible to fit into a 45-minute 39 00:02:01,090 --> 00:02:01,570 sermon. 40 00:02:02,950 --> 00:02:07,530 These are Spirit-inspired pictures of God's will 41 00:02:07,530 --> 00:02:09,650 for you and for your family. 42 00:02:10,470 --> 00:02:12,870 When we look into them, we see. 43 00:02:13,530 --> 00:02:18,310 As we see, God creates desire in the 44 00:02:18,310 --> 00:02:18,710 heart. 45 00:02:18,710 --> 00:02:22,330 With that desire in the heart, we begin 46 00:02:22,330 --> 00:02:25,310 to move in the direction of that which 47 00:02:25,310 --> 00:02:25,890 we see. 48 00:02:26,410 --> 00:02:30,850 That is how God uses vision to move 49 00:02:30,850 --> 00:02:33,590 His people from where they are to where 50 00:02:33,590 --> 00:02:34,950 He wants them to be. 51 00:02:35,490 --> 00:02:38,330 With that desire, the heart is opened up 52 00:02:38,330 --> 00:02:40,870 to instruction and correction. 53 00:02:41,290 --> 00:02:44,410 This is the reason why we are staying 54 00:02:44,410 --> 00:02:47,810 so long on the visionary aspect of our 55 00:02:47,810 --> 00:02:50,770 homes so that when we get down to 56 00:02:50,770 --> 00:02:53,390 the nuts and the bolts where instruction, where 57 00:02:53,390 --> 00:02:57,210 correction is given, our hearts will be willing 58 00:02:57,210 --> 00:03:01,190 and open to hear and receive deeply what 59 00:03:01,190 --> 00:03:02,270 we are being given. 60 00:03:02,870 --> 00:03:05,230 Sometimes that can be painful. 61 00:03:05,750 --> 00:03:08,710 Vision helps us to bear that pain because 62 00:03:08,710 --> 00:03:09,850 we see something. 63 00:03:10,170 --> 00:03:12,610 And because we see it and desire it 64 00:03:12,610 --> 00:03:14,790 and we want it, we are willing to 65 00:03:14,790 --> 00:03:18,210 bear the pain of facing our failures, and 66 00:03:18,210 --> 00:03:21,190 thus we will get the gain of taking 67 00:03:21,190 --> 00:03:23,330 steps forward in our homes. 68 00:03:23,630 --> 00:03:26,550 That's the purpose for all the emphasis on 69 00:03:26,550 --> 00:03:26,970 vision. 70 00:03:27,670 --> 00:03:31,210 Now let's read in Psalm 127 as we 71 00:03:31,210 --> 00:03:34,690 look at some more pictures of promise in 72 00:03:34,690 --> 00:03:35,190 the Bible. 73 00:03:35,930 --> 00:03:38,430 Psalm 127, starting in verse 3. 74 00:03:38,430 --> 00:03:45,150 Lo, children are inheritance of the Lord, and 75 00:03:45,150 --> 00:03:49,370 the fruit of the womb is His reward. 76 00:03:49,610 --> 00:03:49,990 Hallelujah. 77 00:03:50,550 --> 00:03:53,610 As arrows are in the hand of a 78 00:03:53,610 --> 00:03:58,770 mighty man, so are children of the youth. 79 00:03:59,150 --> 00:04:02,890 Happy is the man that hath his quiver 80 00:04:02,890 --> 00:04:04,430 full of them. 81 00:04:05,290 --> 00:04:09,690 They shall not be ashamed, but they shall 82 00:04:09,690 --> 00:04:13,450 speak with the enemies in the gates. 83 00:04:13,810 --> 00:04:14,370 Glory. 84 00:04:15,269 --> 00:04:17,110 We want to look this morning to begin 85 00:04:17,110 --> 00:04:21,430 with here at carefully prepared arrows. 86 00:04:22,310 --> 00:04:26,130 God begins with some lofty statements about our 87 00:04:26,130 --> 00:04:28,490 children as we have read here. 88 00:04:28,490 --> 00:04:33,170 Again, showing us the value, the precious value 89 00:04:33,170 --> 00:04:36,910 that He has placed upon children. 90 00:04:37,570 --> 00:04:41,310 And then He follows it with several analogies. 91 00:04:41,410 --> 00:04:43,110 And I would just like to make the 92 00:04:43,110 --> 00:04:46,170 comparisons here before we go any further. 93 00:04:46,570 --> 00:04:49,690 We see in this text a physical war, 94 00:04:50,010 --> 00:04:52,290 but we also, with the eyes of our 95 00:04:52,290 --> 00:04:55,970 heart, being New Testament Christians, we also see 96 00:04:55,970 --> 00:04:58,830 that there is a spiritual war. 97 00:04:59,110 --> 00:05:02,550 That spiritual war is more important than any 98 00:05:02,550 --> 00:05:05,050 physical war upon this earth. 99 00:05:05,210 --> 00:05:07,950 Oh, that God's people would understand that. 100 00:05:08,090 --> 00:05:11,430 We also see an enemy in that war, 101 00:05:11,850 --> 00:05:17,890 and yea, we have our spiritual enemies also. 102 00:05:18,550 --> 00:05:21,430 There is a man in this war as 103 00:05:21,430 --> 00:05:22,530 we look at these verses. 104 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:26,730 And according to the scriptures, that man is 105 00:05:26,730 --> 00:05:29,030 a spiritual father. 106 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:34,150 And lastly, there are weapons in war. 107 00:05:34,930 --> 00:05:38,930 And the weapons in this spiritual war that 108 00:05:38,930 --> 00:05:42,690 we're speaking about, those weapons are our children. 109 00:05:42,910 --> 00:05:44,670 Don't forget that, brothers and sisters. 110 00:05:44,670 --> 00:05:46,250 There is a war. 111 00:05:46,690 --> 00:05:47,590 We have an enemy. 112 00:05:48,430 --> 00:05:49,810 We are in this war. 113 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:53,450 And those weapons are our children. 114 00:05:54,430 --> 00:05:58,030 We must understand life in Israel a bit 115 00:05:58,030 --> 00:06:00,470 to understand the depths of the meaning of 116 00:06:00,470 --> 00:06:02,190 these verses that we have read. 117 00:06:02,470 --> 00:06:06,150 In Israel, in Bible days, every able man 118 00:06:06,150 --> 00:06:08,470 was expected to go to war. 119 00:06:08,830 --> 00:06:10,990 And they prepared for it. 120 00:06:10,990 --> 00:06:14,470 Young men from the time they were boys 121 00:06:14,470 --> 00:06:18,630 prepared for the day when they could keep 122 00:06:18,630 --> 00:06:21,350 rank in the armies of Israel. 123 00:06:22,050 --> 00:06:22,710 Glory! 124 00:06:23,530 --> 00:06:28,070 Boys, they prepared for the day when they 125 00:06:28,070 --> 00:06:30,690 could keep rank in the armies of Israel. 126 00:06:31,470 --> 00:06:32,990 It was part of their responsibility. 127 00:06:33,710 --> 00:06:38,670 In Israel, arrows were a very effective weapon 128 00:06:38,670 --> 00:06:39,710 against the enemy. 129 00:06:39,710 --> 00:06:41,970 If you could just, you know, put your 130 00:06:41,970 --> 00:06:43,030 mind here for a minute. 131 00:06:43,330 --> 00:06:45,350 It's one thing to pull out a sword 132 00:06:45,350 --> 00:06:47,870 and stand face to face with the enemy. 133 00:06:48,250 --> 00:06:51,050 It's another thing to pull out an arrow 134 00:06:51,050 --> 00:06:53,690 and put it in a bow and stand 135 00:06:53,690 --> 00:06:55,950 back about a hundred feet and shoot. 136 00:06:56,690 --> 00:06:59,910 If you can do that, you have a 137 00:06:59,910 --> 00:07:03,870 very effective weapon at your hands. 138 00:07:03,870 --> 00:07:07,710 Now, in Israel's day, there were no factories 139 00:07:07,710 --> 00:07:09,410 where arrows were made. 140 00:07:09,970 --> 00:07:12,290 You couldn't go down to the local sporting 141 00:07:12,290 --> 00:07:14,810 goods store and buy arrows. 142 00:07:15,550 --> 00:07:19,150 Most of the time, the soldiers in Israel, 143 00:07:19,470 --> 00:07:21,130 they made their own arrows. 144 00:07:22,110 --> 00:07:24,950 Every young man was an expert in their 145 00:07:24,950 --> 00:07:26,850 weapons of war. 146 00:07:27,810 --> 00:07:29,810 Arrows were a big issue. 147 00:07:29,810 --> 00:07:33,090 These arrows needed to be straight. 148 00:07:34,090 --> 00:07:37,210 If an arrow is not straight, it will 149 00:07:37,210 --> 00:07:39,230 not go where you want it to go. 150 00:07:39,890 --> 00:07:42,870 So it was very important that the arrows 151 00:07:42,870 --> 00:07:44,170 would be straight. 152 00:07:45,210 --> 00:07:50,290 Those soldiers took great care at making straight, 153 00:07:50,910 --> 00:07:52,230 sharp arrows. 154 00:07:53,270 --> 00:07:55,210 Imagine how it was. 155 00:07:55,210 --> 00:07:58,550 There's a father sitting by the side of 156 00:07:58,550 --> 00:08:00,990 his house at a time when there was 157 00:08:00,990 --> 00:08:03,190 no war, making arrows. 158 00:08:03,830 --> 00:08:05,810 There he has his arrows in his hand. 159 00:08:06,410 --> 00:08:08,330 He's got his little knife in his hand 160 00:08:08,330 --> 00:08:10,870 and he's there working on these arrows. 161 00:08:11,390 --> 00:08:13,670 Where do you think his mind is at 162 00:08:13,670 --> 00:08:15,590 while he's working on these arrows? 163 00:08:16,330 --> 00:08:19,190 We all know where that soldier's mind is 164 00:08:19,190 --> 00:08:21,670 at while he's there working on that arrow. 165 00:08:21,670 --> 00:08:24,170 Holding it up there, eyeing it a bit, 166 00:08:24,510 --> 00:08:26,930 seeing it a little crooked right here, back 167 00:08:26,930 --> 00:08:28,150 down he goes again. 168 00:08:28,450 --> 00:08:30,710 His mind is on the enemy while he 169 00:08:30,710 --> 00:08:31,970 is working on that arrow. 170 00:08:32,210 --> 00:08:33,770 There's no question about it. 171 00:08:34,250 --> 00:08:37,830 He saw himself standing before the enemies of 172 00:08:37,830 --> 00:08:39,049 the God of Israel. 173 00:08:39,570 --> 00:08:42,309 And he would shave some off and hold 174 00:08:42,309 --> 00:08:43,570 it up to give it his eye. 175 00:08:44,050 --> 00:08:46,330 Shave a little more off and hold it 176 00:08:46,330 --> 00:08:47,470 up to give it his eye. 177 00:08:47,470 --> 00:08:50,550 This is the way he did, all the 178 00:08:50,550 --> 00:08:53,630 while thinking of where this arrow might go 179 00:08:53,630 --> 00:08:57,350 someday, and all the while planning that when 180 00:08:57,350 --> 00:09:00,090 the time comes, when he stands before the 181 00:09:00,090 --> 00:09:02,550 enemy and he reaches in to his quiver 182 00:09:02,550 --> 00:09:04,770 and pulls out one of those arrows and 183 00:09:04,770 --> 00:09:06,190 puts it in the bow and pulls it 184 00:09:06,190 --> 00:09:10,130 back, he knows this arrow must hit the 185 00:09:10,130 --> 00:09:10,510 mark. 186 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:13,750 Now, with these soldiers, hitting the mark was 187 00:09:13,750 --> 00:09:14,490 no problem. 188 00:09:14,870 --> 00:09:16,390 They were expert at it. 189 00:09:16,390 --> 00:09:19,170 The problem was not hitting the mark because 190 00:09:19,170 --> 00:09:20,030 of their ability. 191 00:09:20,470 --> 00:09:23,330 The problem was, I must have an arrow 192 00:09:23,330 --> 00:09:24,870 that will go straight. 193 00:09:25,130 --> 00:09:26,810 Because I know how to make it. 194 00:09:27,030 --> 00:09:28,350 I know how to aim it straight. 195 00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:30,670 But I must have an arrow that when 196 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:32,530 I put it in that bow, it will 197 00:09:32,530 --> 00:09:34,390 go right to the place where I want 198 00:09:34,390 --> 00:09:34,830 it to go. 199 00:09:35,690 --> 00:09:38,270 This is the illustration that we see right 200 00:09:38,270 --> 00:09:38,650 here. 201 00:09:39,070 --> 00:09:40,170 It's powerful, isn't it? 202 00:09:40,230 --> 00:09:42,550 That arrow must hit the mark. 203 00:09:42,710 --> 00:09:45,250 If it doesn't, it's useless. 204 00:09:45,250 --> 00:09:48,810 What good is a bunch of arrows in 205 00:09:48,810 --> 00:09:50,890 the back, in your quiver, if when you 206 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:52,770 pull them out and you aim over here, 207 00:09:52,950 --> 00:09:53,850 it goes over there? 208 00:09:54,870 --> 00:09:55,910 No value at all. 209 00:09:56,590 --> 00:10:00,050 The practical applications, if we can just remember 210 00:10:00,050 --> 00:10:01,390 the four comparisons. 211 00:10:01,950 --> 00:10:04,590 A godly father is a man, a spiritual 212 00:10:04,590 --> 00:10:05,030 man. 213 00:10:05,170 --> 00:10:06,970 He sees into the eternal. 214 00:10:07,550 --> 00:10:12,130 He sees a spiritual war over righteousness and 215 00:10:12,130 --> 00:10:13,290 the souls of men. 216 00:10:13,290 --> 00:10:16,130 This war has high stakes. 217 00:10:16,550 --> 00:10:17,690 He sees an enemy. 218 00:10:18,110 --> 00:10:19,910 The enemy is a wicked king. 219 00:10:20,350 --> 00:10:22,130 This enemy has a wicked kingdom. 220 00:10:22,470 --> 00:10:25,610 And this enemy is fighting against God and 221 00:10:25,610 --> 00:10:29,070 against righteousness and against anybody who is standing 222 00:10:29,070 --> 00:10:30,350 for God or righteousness. 223 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:33,030 This is the godly father. 224 00:10:34,110 --> 00:10:36,450 And lastly, he sees his children. 225 00:10:37,430 --> 00:10:42,050 These, my children, they are the weapons that 226 00:10:42,050 --> 00:10:45,190 are in his hand, which are sent forth 227 00:10:45,190 --> 00:10:48,330 to hit a mark in the enemy's camp. 228 00:10:48,910 --> 00:10:49,990 That is the illustration. 229 00:10:50,810 --> 00:10:54,790 These weapons are spiritual youth prepared with care 230 00:10:54,790 --> 00:10:55,870 for battles. 231 00:10:56,650 --> 00:11:00,490 Note that they are not prepared with care 232 00:11:00,490 --> 00:11:03,150 so you can sit them beside your house. 233 00:11:03,830 --> 00:11:07,330 They are prepared with care for battle. 234 00:11:07,330 --> 00:11:09,670 There is a big difference between those two 235 00:11:09,670 --> 00:11:10,170 goals. 236 00:11:12,290 --> 00:11:15,470 Joy fills the heart of this godly father 237 00:11:15,470 --> 00:11:18,750 as he dreams of the day when he 238 00:11:18,750 --> 00:11:21,470 will have his quiver full of these kind 239 00:11:21,470 --> 00:11:21,950 of arrows. 240 00:11:22,450 --> 00:11:25,310 His heart fills with joy as he dreams 241 00:11:25,310 --> 00:11:25,710 of that. 242 00:11:26,030 --> 00:11:29,110 And together with his wife, they rise up 243 00:11:29,110 --> 00:11:31,890 with their whole heart to raise a quiver 244 00:11:31,890 --> 00:11:34,970 full of arrows that will hit the mark. 245 00:11:34,970 --> 00:11:38,670 Brothers and sisters, that's what we need to 246 00:11:38,670 --> 00:11:39,010 do. 247 00:11:39,430 --> 00:11:42,190 We need to rise up with our wives 248 00:11:42,190 --> 00:11:45,350 and with all of our heart prepare a 249 00:11:45,350 --> 00:11:47,990 quiver full of children who will hit the 250 00:11:47,990 --> 00:11:50,930 mark when God decides to shoot them somewhere. 251 00:11:52,030 --> 00:11:54,930 This is no little endeavor, by the way. 252 00:11:55,430 --> 00:11:59,190 It takes this husband and wife 40 years 253 00:11:59,190 --> 00:12:00,330 to do this. 254 00:12:00,570 --> 00:12:01,710 But that's alright. 255 00:12:01,710 --> 00:12:04,650 When you shoot one of these arrows, they 256 00:12:04,650 --> 00:12:06,530 do all kinds of damage. 257 00:12:06,930 --> 00:12:11,150 It's worth a 40-year investment, no doubt 258 00:12:11,150 --> 00:12:11,970 about it. 259 00:12:12,370 --> 00:12:15,730 They take special care in everything they do. 260 00:12:16,130 --> 00:12:18,710 Each one of these, my children, must hit 261 00:12:18,710 --> 00:12:19,390 the mark. 262 00:12:19,850 --> 00:12:21,990 God has a plan for every one of 263 00:12:21,990 --> 00:12:22,630 my children. 264 00:12:22,950 --> 00:12:24,250 I don't know what it is. 265 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:26,130 I don't know where God's going to shoot 266 00:12:26,130 --> 00:12:26,270 them. 267 00:12:26,430 --> 00:12:28,290 But I know that every one of them 268 00:12:28,290 --> 00:12:30,950 must be prepared so that when God picks 269 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:32,770 it up and shoots it, it will hit 270 00:12:32,770 --> 00:12:35,530 the mark and do damage to Satan's kingdom 271 00:12:35,530 --> 00:12:37,730 and bring glory and honor to God. 272 00:12:38,330 --> 00:12:40,230 That's what God has in His heart. 273 00:12:40,630 --> 00:12:43,650 Oh, happy is the man that has his 274 00:12:43,650 --> 00:12:46,430 quiver full of arrows that will hit the 275 00:12:46,430 --> 00:12:48,770 mark when He pulls it out and shoots 276 00:12:48,770 --> 00:12:49,050 it. 277 00:12:49,810 --> 00:12:51,410 I don't know about you. 278 00:12:52,190 --> 00:12:54,830 I don't know where you're at in your 279 00:12:54,830 --> 00:12:58,330 own heart, how deep your vision or your 280 00:12:58,330 --> 00:13:01,410 dedication or your determination goes. 281 00:13:01,790 --> 00:13:04,670 But as for me and my house, we 282 00:13:04,670 --> 00:13:06,570 are making arrows. 283 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:10,270 We're shaving them off and holding them up 284 00:13:10,270 --> 00:13:11,190 to look at the eye. 285 00:13:11,530 --> 00:13:14,090 And we're shaving them off and we're holding 286 00:13:14,090 --> 00:13:15,410 them up to give them a good eye 287 00:13:15,410 --> 00:13:16,630 to see if they're straight. 288 00:13:16,670 --> 00:13:18,450 And we're going to shave them off a 289 00:13:18,450 --> 00:13:20,410 bit more and hold them up there so 290 00:13:20,410 --> 00:13:21,590 that we can look at them with our 291 00:13:21,590 --> 00:13:21,910 eye. 292 00:13:21,910 --> 00:13:26,470 We are making arrows at our house that 293 00:13:26,470 --> 00:13:28,710 will hit the mark, brothers and sisters. 294 00:13:29,570 --> 00:13:30,350 With purpose! 295 00:13:30,690 --> 00:13:31,630 With determination! 296 00:13:32,790 --> 00:13:34,290 With a goal in mind. 297 00:13:34,990 --> 00:13:36,470 It takes a lot of time and effort 298 00:13:36,470 --> 00:13:38,090 to make arrows like that. 299 00:13:38,850 --> 00:13:42,090 But these arrows must hit the mark. 300 00:13:42,690 --> 00:13:43,770 They must hit the mark. 301 00:13:44,770 --> 00:13:49,570 The mark is the enemy and his territory. 302 00:13:49,570 --> 00:13:54,450 The mark is some place of service in 303 00:13:54,450 --> 00:13:57,330 this old world to build God's kingdom. 304 00:13:57,850 --> 00:13:58,850 That's the mark. 305 00:13:59,150 --> 00:14:02,690 A statement I hear many times, it troubles 306 00:14:02,690 --> 00:14:02,990 me. 307 00:14:03,590 --> 00:14:05,730 I probably don't hear it as much anymore. 308 00:14:06,290 --> 00:14:07,430 They wouldn't say it around me. 309 00:14:07,570 --> 00:14:08,250 But I hear it. 310 00:14:08,710 --> 00:14:12,510 I hear people say, well, my children will 311 00:14:12,510 --> 00:14:13,370 turn out all right. 312 00:14:13,810 --> 00:14:16,170 I think my children will turn out all 313 00:14:16,170 --> 00:14:16,450 right. 314 00:14:17,330 --> 00:14:18,430 They'll make it somehow. 315 00:14:18,890 --> 00:14:19,890 It'll be okay. 316 00:14:20,510 --> 00:14:23,730 Well, this statement lacks much purpose and vision, 317 00:14:23,850 --> 00:14:24,510 if you ask me. 318 00:14:25,230 --> 00:14:27,230 I don't want children that just turn out 319 00:14:27,230 --> 00:14:27,690 all right. 320 00:14:28,130 --> 00:14:29,890 I don't want just children that will fit 321 00:14:29,890 --> 00:14:31,470 into a church somewhere and sit on a 322 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:33,250 bench somewhere and that's where they'll be for 323 00:14:33,250 --> 00:14:34,650 the next 20 or 30 years. 324 00:14:35,070 --> 00:14:36,630 That's not what I'm aiming at. 325 00:14:37,090 --> 00:14:39,110 Bless God, I'd rather see them there than 326 00:14:39,110 --> 00:14:40,390 out into the heathen world. 327 00:14:40,450 --> 00:14:41,970 But I want more than that for my 328 00:14:41,970 --> 00:14:42,270 children. 329 00:14:42,630 --> 00:14:44,010 I don't want them to just turn out 330 00:14:44,010 --> 00:14:44,450 all right. 331 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:45,830 I want them to be one of those 332 00:14:45,830 --> 00:14:47,790 arrows that God can look down at someday 333 00:14:47,790 --> 00:14:50,350 and say, there's one breach out of that. 334 00:14:50,470 --> 00:14:51,410 Pull it out of that quiver. 335 00:14:51,770 --> 00:14:53,830 Put it in His bow and shoot it 336 00:14:53,830 --> 00:14:54,210 somewhere. 337 00:14:54,950 --> 00:14:57,650 My sights are set higher than all right. 338 00:14:58,170 --> 00:15:00,310 The fields are white and the labors are 339 00:15:00,310 --> 00:15:02,150 few, brothers and sisters, and the Lord will 340 00:15:02,150 --> 00:15:03,850 use every arrow that He can find. 341 00:15:03,930 --> 00:15:04,850 You can be sure of it. 342 00:15:05,210 --> 00:15:06,770 He'll use every one that He can find. 343 00:15:07,030 --> 00:15:09,230 Every one that has been prepared to hit 344 00:15:09,230 --> 00:15:11,730 the mark, God will pick it up and 345 00:15:11,730 --> 00:15:12,470 God will use it. 346 00:15:13,510 --> 00:15:18,230 The next portrait, a many generation foundation. 347 00:15:18,690 --> 00:15:20,710 Just to give a little short background here, 348 00:15:21,450 --> 00:15:23,950 Isaiah chapter 58 is one of the most 349 00:15:23,950 --> 00:15:26,170 powerful chapters in the Bible, by the way. 350 00:15:26,610 --> 00:15:29,890 It's a chapter about fasting, biblical fasting. 351 00:15:30,570 --> 00:15:32,830 It is an Old Testament example of a 352 00:15:32,830 --> 00:15:34,470 New Testament spirit-filled life. 353 00:15:34,850 --> 00:15:37,530 It has hidden within it all the secrets 354 00:15:37,530 --> 00:15:40,730 and all the requirements for revival in your 355 00:15:40,730 --> 00:15:43,870 life, whether it's personally, whether it's corporately, whether 356 00:15:43,870 --> 00:15:44,730 it's in your family. 357 00:15:44,970 --> 00:15:46,690 It has all those things hidden in it, 358 00:15:46,890 --> 00:15:49,510 this one chapter in Isaiah chapter 58. 359 00:15:49,950 --> 00:15:54,330 It is a beautiful example of what New 360 00:15:54,330 --> 00:15:56,910 Testament reality is all about. 361 00:15:57,410 --> 00:16:00,830 In here, we see that God is a 362 00:16:00,830 --> 00:16:02,010 covenant-keeping God. 363 00:16:02,390 --> 00:16:04,950 God says, if you will do this, then 364 00:16:04,950 --> 00:16:06,130 I will do this. 365 00:16:06,130 --> 00:16:09,090 And because God is a covenant-keeping God, 366 00:16:09,350 --> 00:16:12,170 you'll find these words often in the Bible 367 00:16:12,170 --> 00:16:15,210 in the middle of this covenant-keeping God's 368 00:16:15,210 --> 00:16:15,590 words. 369 00:16:15,910 --> 00:16:18,650 You'll find the big little word, if, and 370 00:16:18,650 --> 00:16:20,510 you'll also find the word, then. 371 00:16:20,870 --> 00:16:24,270 God says, if you will do this, then 372 00:16:24,270 --> 00:16:25,590 I will do this. 373 00:16:25,770 --> 00:16:27,930 And God never lies. 374 00:16:28,370 --> 00:16:28,590 Amen? 375 00:16:29,210 --> 00:16:31,490 He is a covenant-keeping God. 376 00:16:31,490 --> 00:16:35,150 His integrity will cause Him to do what 377 00:16:35,150 --> 00:16:37,130 He said He will do every time. 378 00:16:37,650 --> 00:16:38,050 Hallelujah. 379 00:16:38,510 --> 00:16:39,430 I'm glad for that. 380 00:16:40,070 --> 00:16:42,630 Let's read in Isaiah chapter 58. 381 00:16:42,910 --> 00:16:46,410 In verse 9, God says, Then, that's after 382 00:16:46,410 --> 00:16:48,330 a few ifs that we haven't read here, 383 00:16:49,110 --> 00:16:53,910 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall 384 00:16:53,910 --> 00:16:54,350 answer. 385 00:16:54,910 --> 00:16:57,290 Now that's worth something, isn't it? 386 00:16:57,390 --> 00:16:59,510 When you call, and the Lord answers. 387 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:04,130 Thou shalt cry, and He shall say, He, 388 00:17:04,450 --> 00:17:07,450 the Lord, He shall say, Here I am. 389 00:17:08,630 --> 00:17:11,710 If thou take away from the midst of 390 00:17:11,710 --> 00:17:14,150 thee the yoke, the putting forth of the 391 00:17:14,150 --> 00:17:17,730 finger, and speaking vanity, and if thou draw 392 00:17:17,730 --> 00:17:20,390 out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy 393 00:17:20,390 --> 00:17:25,010 the afflicted soul, then, then shall thy light 394 00:17:25,010 --> 00:17:30,010 rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as 395 00:17:30,010 --> 00:17:30,890 the noonday. 396 00:17:31,690 --> 00:17:35,550 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and 397 00:17:35,550 --> 00:17:39,330 satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat 398 00:17:39,330 --> 00:17:42,230 thy bones, and thou shalt be like a 399 00:17:42,230 --> 00:17:45,790 watered garden, and like a spring of water, 400 00:17:46,050 --> 00:17:47,950 whose waters fail not. 401 00:17:48,330 --> 00:17:51,350 And they that shall be of thee shall 402 00:17:51,350 --> 00:17:52,930 build the old waste places. 403 00:17:52,930 --> 00:17:55,970 Thou shalt raise up the foundations of many 404 00:17:55,970 --> 00:17:56,650 generations. 405 00:17:57,190 --> 00:17:59,550 And thou shalt be called the repairer of 406 00:17:59,550 --> 00:18:02,790 the breach, and the restorer of paths to 407 00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:03,290 dwell in. 408 00:18:03,770 --> 00:18:05,730 Now in this text, there are three major 409 00:18:05,730 --> 00:18:07,710 truths that I would like for us to 410 00:18:07,710 --> 00:18:09,390 look at here for just a few moments. 411 00:18:10,310 --> 00:18:11,790 The first one is simply this. 412 00:18:12,170 --> 00:18:14,830 In this whole chapter, God says to us, 413 00:18:15,070 --> 00:18:17,470 we must be rightly related to Him. 414 00:18:17,750 --> 00:18:18,950 That's the first thing. 415 00:18:19,110 --> 00:18:20,990 That's the truth that comes out of Isaiah 416 00:18:20,990 --> 00:18:21,470 58. 417 00:18:21,470 --> 00:18:23,230 They were wanting to fast. 418 00:18:23,510 --> 00:18:25,490 They were trying to twist God's arm, make 419 00:18:25,490 --> 00:18:27,350 God do what they wanted Him to do, 420 00:18:27,530 --> 00:18:29,050 because they were going without eating. 421 00:18:29,310 --> 00:18:30,710 And God was trying to help them to 422 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:32,810 see, you don't twist My arm and make 423 00:18:32,810 --> 00:18:35,110 Me do something by just going without eating. 424 00:18:35,410 --> 00:18:37,630 You must be rightly related to Me. 425 00:18:38,530 --> 00:18:40,070 We see that so clearly here. 426 00:18:40,410 --> 00:18:42,610 We must be rightly related to God through 427 00:18:42,610 --> 00:18:46,330 brokenness and repentance, turning away from sins of 428 00:18:46,330 --> 00:18:49,210 commission, and also sins of omission. 429 00:18:49,210 --> 00:18:50,690 And you'll see them both in there, by 430 00:18:50,690 --> 00:18:51,030 the way. 431 00:18:51,870 --> 00:18:53,670 The purpose of the fast is to draw 432 00:18:53,670 --> 00:18:54,510 nigh to God. 433 00:18:55,030 --> 00:18:58,950 Then, when the upward look is right, principle 434 00:18:58,950 --> 00:19:04,430 number two, God's flow of grace begins to 435 00:19:04,430 --> 00:19:05,970 happen in your life. 436 00:19:06,450 --> 00:19:09,490 This experience is described in clear words in 437 00:19:09,490 --> 00:19:10,110 our text. 438 00:19:10,470 --> 00:19:13,670 We see the outshining of God upon this 439 00:19:13,670 --> 00:19:15,930 individual who has gotten right with Him. 440 00:19:16,270 --> 00:19:19,670 We see so clearly God's voice leading them. 441 00:19:19,870 --> 00:19:21,650 That's the Spirit-filled life, by the way. 442 00:19:21,950 --> 00:19:22,670 This is the way. 443 00:19:22,790 --> 00:19:23,490 Walking in it. 444 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:25,930 Walk after the dictates of the Spirit, not 445 00:19:25,930 --> 00:19:27,730 after the dictates of the flesh, it says 446 00:19:27,730 --> 00:19:29,190 in the New Testament, Romans 8. 447 00:19:30,030 --> 00:19:31,810 God's clear voice leading us. 448 00:19:32,110 --> 00:19:33,070 We see water. 449 00:19:33,370 --> 00:19:33,890 Amen. 450 00:19:34,670 --> 00:19:36,850 Overflowing water in these verses. 451 00:19:37,150 --> 00:19:39,030 And it's not talking about the kind that 452 00:19:39,030 --> 00:19:40,650 I have in my cup up here this 453 00:19:40,650 --> 00:19:40,970 morning. 454 00:19:41,210 --> 00:19:44,490 Bless God, it's talking about the fountain of 455 00:19:44,490 --> 00:19:46,410 living water, which is God. 456 00:19:46,410 --> 00:19:49,070 And also it speaks about a healthy body 457 00:19:49,070 --> 00:19:49,430 there. 458 00:19:49,990 --> 00:19:53,330 Let's go for this, my brothers and sisters, 459 00:19:53,770 --> 00:19:56,210 with all of our hearts this week. 460 00:19:56,590 --> 00:19:59,610 And I do have confidence that that's exactly 461 00:19:59,610 --> 00:20:01,410 what you're doing this week. 462 00:20:01,570 --> 00:20:03,710 You're going for it with all of your 463 00:20:03,710 --> 00:20:04,190 hearts. 464 00:20:04,830 --> 00:20:08,010 Number three, once we get rightly related to 465 00:20:08,010 --> 00:20:11,470 God, then God's grace begins to flow into 466 00:20:11,470 --> 00:20:12,230 our life. 467 00:20:12,370 --> 00:20:14,410 And all of these beautiful things happen. 468 00:20:14,410 --> 00:20:16,570 But one thing that we want to focus 469 00:20:16,570 --> 00:20:18,890 on here is that after the flow of 470 00:20:18,890 --> 00:20:21,370 God's grace comes in, then there is an 471 00:20:21,370 --> 00:20:23,270 outflow of God's grace. 472 00:20:23,450 --> 00:20:25,410 And this is where ministry happens. 473 00:20:25,910 --> 00:20:30,230 In fact, if there's no outflow or inflow 474 00:20:30,230 --> 00:20:32,670 into your life, you will have no ministry. 475 00:20:33,330 --> 00:20:34,750 You may be able to make noise. 476 00:20:34,950 --> 00:20:36,250 You may be able to do things. 477 00:20:36,430 --> 00:20:37,630 You may be able to have lots of 478 00:20:37,630 --> 00:20:38,130 activity. 479 00:20:38,210 --> 00:20:41,490 But until there is an inflow and an 480 00:20:41,490 --> 00:20:44,270 outflow of the grace of God, you have 481 00:20:44,270 --> 00:20:46,550 no ministry whatsoever. 482 00:20:47,970 --> 00:20:49,010 Mark that down. 483 00:20:50,290 --> 00:20:53,110 So, God begins to focus on that in 484 00:20:53,110 --> 00:20:55,410 verse 12, where the ministry begins. 485 00:20:56,030 --> 00:20:57,870 And God describes it in verse 12. 486 00:20:58,030 --> 00:20:59,430 And it's the whole verse. 487 00:20:59,630 --> 00:21:01,030 But I would like for us just to 488 00:21:01,030 --> 00:21:02,070 notice the one. 489 00:21:02,650 --> 00:21:07,030 One of the fruits of this powerful, Spirit 490 00:21:07,030 --> 00:21:11,370 -filled life is a many-generation foundation. 491 00:21:11,370 --> 00:21:14,130 A many-generation foundation. 492 00:21:14,550 --> 00:21:17,610 Or a foundation in your home that is 493 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:20,350 so strong, that is so powerful, that is 494 00:21:20,350 --> 00:21:23,850 so influential that many generations come forth out 495 00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:24,150 of it. 496 00:21:25,070 --> 00:21:28,190 The foundation of your life becomes an impetus 497 00:21:28,190 --> 00:21:31,550 for righteousness in many generations to come. 498 00:21:32,210 --> 00:21:32,350 Whoo! 499 00:21:32,690 --> 00:21:33,250 Glory! 500 00:21:34,110 --> 00:21:34,790 Do you see it? 501 00:21:35,190 --> 00:21:36,230 Do you see that? 502 00:21:36,810 --> 00:21:37,370 It's awesome. 503 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:40,710 Everyone knows that the foundation is the true 504 00:21:40,710 --> 00:21:41,710 strength of any house. 505 00:21:41,770 --> 00:21:42,010 Amen? 506 00:21:42,770 --> 00:21:44,030 I mean, you have to dig deep if 507 00:21:44,030 --> 00:21:45,370 you want a good, strong house. 508 00:21:45,750 --> 00:21:48,610 With the skyscrapers, it's very clear you know 509 00:21:48,610 --> 00:21:49,370 what they're doing. 510 00:21:49,590 --> 00:21:50,810 When they're ready to build one of these 511 00:21:50,810 --> 00:21:53,830 buildings, you know, 30, 40, 50 stories high, 512 00:21:54,190 --> 00:21:57,330 they dig way down into the ground because 513 00:21:57,330 --> 00:22:00,610 they know they need a strong foundation to 514 00:22:00,610 --> 00:22:02,890 hold a big, high structure. 515 00:22:03,310 --> 00:22:05,950 Brothers and sisters, it is the same with 516 00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:07,610 the house that we build. 517 00:22:08,310 --> 00:22:10,690 There must be a deep and a strong 518 00:22:10,690 --> 00:22:13,970 foundation if you want a beautiful structure to 519 00:22:13,970 --> 00:22:16,570 come up and grow for many generations. 520 00:22:17,250 --> 00:22:18,290 It must be that way. 521 00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:19,870 The question is this. 522 00:22:20,690 --> 00:22:22,450 Hear the practical lessons this morning. 523 00:22:23,530 --> 00:22:26,710 What kind of house do you want? 524 00:22:27,610 --> 00:22:30,190 What kind of house do you want? 525 00:22:31,010 --> 00:22:34,190 What kind of foundation are you laying? 526 00:22:34,630 --> 00:22:38,210 A one-story slab house needs three or 527 00:22:38,210 --> 00:22:40,310 four inches of concrete and that's all you 528 00:22:40,310 --> 00:22:41,530 need and you put a little house on 529 00:22:41,530 --> 00:22:42,090 the top of it. 530 00:22:42,170 --> 00:22:42,830 No big deal. 531 00:22:43,630 --> 00:22:46,310 What kind of house do you want? 532 00:22:46,650 --> 00:22:47,610 That is the question. 533 00:22:48,190 --> 00:22:51,630 How many generations do you want your foundation 534 00:22:51,630 --> 00:22:52,270 to hold? 535 00:22:53,270 --> 00:22:53,910 One? 536 00:22:55,430 --> 00:22:56,490 One half? 537 00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:57,830 Two? 538 00:22:58,530 --> 00:22:58,950 Four? 539 00:23:00,450 --> 00:23:03,610 What kind of house do you want? 540 00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:05,830 That is the challenge this morning. 541 00:23:05,830 --> 00:23:07,190 It's a practical challenge. 542 00:23:08,210 --> 00:23:11,330 God says, if you will love Me with 543 00:23:11,330 --> 00:23:13,530 all your heart and walk in My ways, 544 00:23:13,790 --> 00:23:16,350 I will pour out My Spirit upon you 545 00:23:16,350 --> 00:23:19,410 and thou shalt raise up the foundations of 546 00:23:19,410 --> 00:23:20,550 many generations. 547 00:23:21,070 --> 00:23:24,090 Remember we gave the illustration of William Booth 548 00:23:24,090 --> 00:23:26,610 and his home and Hudson Taylor's home and 549 00:23:26,610 --> 00:23:29,190 I focused in on many, many of these 550 00:23:29,190 --> 00:23:31,630 homes in the Home Histories, in the Remnant 551 00:23:31,630 --> 00:23:34,530 Magazine, but in every one of those situations 552 00:23:34,530 --> 00:23:37,490 they are an example of this verse right 553 00:23:37,490 --> 00:23:37,830 here. 554 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,110 There was a father and a mother who 555 00:23:40,110 --> 00:23:42,690 loved God with all their heart, soul, mind 556 00:23:42,690 --> 00:23:45,470 and strength and they followed God with all 557 00:23:45,470 --> 00:23:47,470 their zeal and with all their love and 558 00:23:47,470 --> 00:23:49,730 there were children who lived in their house. 559 00:23:50,110 --> 00:23:54,250 Those children cannot help but be affected by 560 00:23:54,250 --> 00:23:57,410 living with parents who are on fire for 561 00:23:57,410 --> 00:23:57,770 God. 562 00:23:57,950 --> 00:23:59,650 They cannot help it. 563 00:24:00,070 --> 00:24:01,610 I mean, here they are, they're open, they're 564 00:24:01,610 --> 00:24:02,690 innocent little children. 565 00:24:02,690 --> 00:24:03,430 There they are. 566 00:24:03,510 --> 00:24:04,490 They're in this atmosphere. 567 00:24:04,870 --> 00:24:05,810 They're in this home. 568 00:24:06,070 --> 00:24:07,970 They're wide open to be taught anything. 569 00:24:08,490 --> 00:24:10,930 If they live in a house where there's 570 00:24:10,930 --> 00:24:13,650 a fanatic father and a fanatic mother, and 571 00:24:13,650 --> 00:24:16,290 by that I mean somebody who loves God 572 00:24:16,290 --> 00:24:21,270 extravagantly, those children will be affected by that. 573 00:24:21,510 --> 00:24:22,690 No question about it. 574 00:24:23,190 --> 00:24:28,490 Consider with me, you are the foundation of 575 00:24:28,490 --> 00:24:29,770 the next generation. 576 00:24:30,530 --> 00:24:31,310 You are. 577 00:24:32,890 --> 00:24:35,730 And they are the foundation of the next. 578 00:24:36,390 --> 00:24:37,170 And on it goes. 579 00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:39,990 The next generation of children will grow up 580 00:24:39,990 --> 00:24:43,270 on you, who you really are in the 581 00:24:43,270 --> 00:24:43,590 Lord. 582 00:24:43,950 --> 00:24:46,190 Not who you put on to be on 583 00:24:46,190 --> 00:24:48,970 Sunday morning when you're with everybody else and 584 00:24:48,970 --> 00:24:50,170 you know what you're supposed to do and 585 00:24:50,170 --> 00:24:53,270 say, but who you really are in the 586 00:24:53,270 --> 00:24:53,610 Lord. 587 00:24:53,950 --> 00:24:57,270 That is the foundation for the next generation 588 00:24:57,270 --> 00:24:58,590 in your household. 589 00:24:58,590 --> 00:24:59,950 Awesome words. 590 00:25:00,490 --> 00:25:01,390 Sobering words. 591 00:25:02,570 --> 00:25:05,470 Who you really are in convictions, in character, 592 00:25:05,990 --> 00:25:10,030 who you are behind closed doors is the 593 00:25:10,030 --> 00:25:13,890 foundation for the next generation of children that 594 00:25:13,890 --> 00:25:14,910 come forth from you. 595 00:25:15,910 --> 00:25:17,270 This can only be done in the Lord, 596 00:25:17,470 --> 00:25:20,570 but in the Lord it can be done. 597 00:25:21,010 --> 00:25:21,790 Let's believe it. 598 00:25:22,030 --> 00:25:23,010 Let's believe it. 599 00:25:23,570 --> 00:25:26,210 Now let's examine our foundations a bit. 600 00:25:26,210 --> 00:25:29,150 Let's just share a little of our testimony, 601 00:25:29,610 --> 00:25:30,230 Jackie and I. 602 00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:33,530 Twenty some years ago, it began to dawn 603 00:25:33,530 --> 00:25:36,410 on us as God was opening our eyes 604 00:25:36,410 --> 00:25:39,010 to all of what we're saying here this 605 00:25:39,010 --> 00:25:39,330 week. 606 00:25:39,870 --> 00:25:42,250 Twenty some years ago, it began to dawn 607 00:25:42,250 --> 00:25:45,230 on us that something was wrong in many 608 00:25:45,230 --> 00:25:46,010 of the homes. 609 00:25:46,950 --> 00:25:49,230 I noticed in the churches that I knew 610 00:25:49,230 --> 00:25:52,090 that many were losing their children. 611 00:25:52,090 --> 00:25:57,110 These were the best evangelical churches that I 612 00:25:57,110 --> 00:25:57,670 knew of. 613 00:25:58,130 --> 00:26:01,110 They were losing many of their children to 614 00:26:01,110 --> 00:26:01,690 the world. 615 00:26:02,510 --> 00:26:06,970 Now, my observations covered several denominations, but obviously 616 00:26:06,970 --> 00:26:10,170 not all of them, but Bible churches, Christian 617 00:26:10,170 --> 00:26:12,750 Missionary Alliance, Baptist, Charismatic. 618 00:26:13,270 --> 00:26:14,890 Those were the ones that I was familiar 619 00:26:14,890 --> 00:26:15,270 with. 620 00:26:15,370 --> 00:26:17,950 And I looked around with a discerning eye 621 00:26:17,950 --> 00:26:20,650 and I looked and I said, something is 622 00:26:20,650 --> 00:26:21,110 wrong. 623 00:26:21,670 --> 00:26:24,770 All these children, whoosh, are going out into 624 00:26:24,770 --> 00:26:25,290 the world. 625 00:26:25,810 --> 00:26:26,790 They live like the world. 626 00:26:27,030 --> 00:26:27,990 They act like the world. 627 00:26:28,270 --> 00:26:29,370 They talk like the world. 628 00:26:29,650 --> 00:26:30,750 They look like the world. 629 00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:31,770 They're worldly. 630 00:26:33,470 --> 00:26:34,290 Something's wrong. 631 00:26:34,610 --> 00:26:35,210 What's wrong? 632 00:26:35,470 --> 00:26:37,190 I had to begin to ask myself. 633 00:26:37,810 --> 00:26:39,850 The youth did not rise up and serve 634 00:26:39,850 --> 00:26:41,950 the Lord with their whole hearts and with 635 00:26:41,950 --> 00:26:42,650 their whole life. 636 00:26:42,930 --> 00:26:44,630 Now, many of them stayed in church, but 637 00:26:44,630 --> 00:26:45,450 they were lukewarm. 638 00:26:45,670 --> 00:26:46,430 They were worldly. 639 00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:48,670 They were the Sunday morning type, you know, 640 00:26:48,890 --> 00:26:50,410 show up there, praise the Lord. 641 00:26:50,530 --> 00:26:50,970 Hallelujah. 642 00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:53,410 Go live my own selfish life the rest 643 00:26:53,410 --> 00:26:53,990 of the week. 644 00:26:54,650 --> 00:26:57,190 By the way, there's something wrong if that's 645 00:26:57,190 --> 00:26:57,790 all you got. 646 00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:00,270 You got about a one quarter foundation right 647 00:27:00,270 --> 00:27:00,530 there. 648 00:27:00,990 --> 00:27:02,550 That's all you got if you got them 649 00:27:02,550 --> 00:27:03,090 to do that. 650 00:27:03,570 --> 00:27:05,470 Others of them, they just went out into 651 00:27:05,470 --> 00:27:07,750 the world whole hog to the pain of 652 00:27:07,750 --> 00:27:10,250 their parents and the shame of their parents 653 00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:12,270 and the embarrassment of their parents. 654 00:27:12,550 --> 00:27:14,170 They just went out into the world whole 655 00:27:14,170 --> 00:27:14,490 hog. 656 00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:15,970 I saw this. 657 00:27:16,710 --> 00:27:19,570 The girls, all the girls, they were wearing 658 00:27:19,570 --> 00:27:22,790 sensuous attire and they had their makeup on 659 00:27:22,790 --> 00:27:24,770 and, I mean, the dating game was in 660 00:27:24,770 --> 00:27:27,850 full swing in these churches and these dangerous 661 00:27:27,850 --> 00:27:31,850 practices brought fornication and other moral failures into 662 00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:33,210 the lives of the young people. 663 00:27:33,410 --> 00:27:35,150 And I looked at that and with a 664 00:27:35,150 --> 00:27:37,510 discerning eye, I said, if I hang around 665 00:27:37,510 --> 00:27:39,390 here, that's what's going to happen to my 666 00:27:39,390 --> 00:27:39,950 young people. 667 00:27:40,230 --> 00:27:42,050 I'm not going to hang around here. 668 00:27:42,130 --> 00:27:43,890 I will not have that with mine. 669 00:27:44,610 --> 00:27:45,910 That was my heart. 670 00:27:46,530 --> 00:27:48,590 Now, it wasn't this way in all of 671 00:27:48,590 --> 00:27:49,110 them, please. 672 00:27:49,210 --> 00:27:50,350 I don't want to be too hard. 673 00:27:50,810 --> 00:27:52,910 But it was enough that way to alert 674 00:27:52,910 --> 00:27:56,730 any discerning father and mother something has gone 675 00:27:56,730 --> 00:27:57,370 awray. 676 00:27:57,850 --> 00:28:00,130 The foundation wasn't very deep. 677 00:28:00,690 --> 00:28:03,330 Many times it could not hold even one 678 00:28:03,330 --> 00:28:04,030 generation. 679 00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:07,990 Some of the parents said, well, that's just 680 00:28:07,990 --> 00:28:09,190 the way it is today. 681 00:28:09,670 --> 00:28:12,990 But as I began to study and study, 682 00:28:12,990 --> 00:28:16,310 I realized they have already given up. 683 00:28:16,930 --> 00:28:19,570 After careful study in these texts that we've 684 00:28:19,570 --> 00:28:22,030 been looking at, I said, God has a 685 00:28:22,030 --> 00:28:23,230 better way for mine. 686 00:28:23,730 --> 00:28:25,050 God has a better way. 687 00:28:25,470 --> 00:28:27,530 I said in my own heart, this is 688 00:28:27,530 --> 00:28:28,750 not normal. 689 00:28:29,210 --> 00:28:32,330 Normal is youth who love God and serving 690 00:28:32,330 --> 00:28:35,170 in purity all the days of their youthful 691 00:28:35,170 --> 00:28:35,410 life. 692 00:28:35,610 --> 00:28:36,490 That's normal! 693 00:28:38,410 --> 00:28:41,190 Brothers and sisters, let us free ourselves and 694 00:28:41,190 --> 00:28:43,550 our children from this generational curse. 695 00:28:45,790 --> 00:28:48,390 I hadn't made the connection back then that 696 00:28:48,390 --> 00:28:51,150 I know now, the connection that is between 697 00:28:51,150 --> 00:28:52,350 the parents and the children. 698 00:28:52,730 --> 00:28:55,210 I didn't realize back then that the reason 699 00:28:55,210 --> 00:28:57,510 why all these children are going out into 700 00:28:57,510 --> 00:29:00,550 the world is because their parents are fakes. 701 00:29:01,750 --> 00:29:03,150 I didn't realize it. 702 00:29:03,330 --> 00:29:05,610 I just looked at it and said, this 703 00:29:05,610 --> 00:29:07,710 doesn't look good to me and I don't 704 00:29:07,710 --> 00:29:09,070 think I want to go this way. 705 00:29:09,230 --> 00:29:10,490 I'm bailing out. 706 00:29:11,030 --> 00:29:13,730 But now I know the reason why all 707 00:29:13,730 --> 00:29:15,890 those children were doing all those things that 708 00:29:15,890 --> 00:29:17,710 they were doing and going off into the 709 00:29:17,710 --> 00:29:21,010 world and playing Sunday Christianity is because that's 710 00:29:21,010 --> 00:29:22,810 what they got from their father and mother. 711 00:29:23,730 --> 00:29:25,950 That was the reality of it all. 712 00:29:26,330 --> 00:29:28,670 And oh, those are sobering words to us 713 00:29:28,670 --> 00:29:32,090 when we consider how many generation foundation do 714 00:29:32,090 --> 00:29:35,670 we have if we measure the measure of 715 00:29:35,670 --> 00:29:37,710 who we really are in the Lord. 716 00:29:37,830 --> 00:29:39,310 Every one of us that is here. 717 00:29:40,210 --> 00:29:44,290 Brothers and sisters again, let us free ourselves 718 00:29:44,290 --> 00:29:47,090 and our children from this generational curse. 719 00:29:48,230 --> 00:29:49,310 Let us repent. 720 00:29:49,870 --> 00:29:51,110 Let us repent. 721 00:29:51,490 --> 00:29:55,110 Because they will be where we are, like 722 00:29:55,110 --> 00:29:55,690 it or not. 723 00:29:56,770 --> 00:29:59,690 What kind of foundation are we laying this 724 00:29:59,690 --> 00:30:00,030 morning? 725 00:30:00,970 --> 00:30:03,450 That's the question that every one of us 726 00:30:03,450 --> 00:30:04,710 need to ask. 727 00:30:05,730 --> 00:30:07,910 Let's look at America 200 years ago. 728 00:30:07,910 --> 00:30:11,190 Years ago, I read an article in a 729 00:30:11,190 --> 00:30:12,210 homeschool magazine. 730 00:30:12,670 --> 00:30:14,570 It was a challenging article on the goals 731 00:30:14,570 --> 00:30:16,630 and dreams of education in our land. 732 00:30:17,170 --> 00:30:19,810 It was very revealing to my modern mind. 733 00:30:20,370 --> 00:30:22,270 I realized as I read it, oh, how 734 00:30:22,270 --> 00:30:24,030 far we have fallen. 735 00:30:24,910 --> 00:30:26,470 And it is good for us to consider 736 00:30:26,470 --> 00:30:29,690 in light of laying a foundation that supports 737 00:30:29,690 --> 00:30:31,050 many generations. 738 00:30:31,870 --> 00:30:34,050 Note the high points of this article. 739 00:30:34,570 --> 00:30:37,010 America 200 years ago. 740 00:30:37,010 --> 00:30:39,990 Children began to learn Greek and Hebrew at 741 00:30:39,990 --> 00:30:43,710 the age of six, so they could study 742 00:30:43,710 --> 00:30:45,650 the Bible when they were older. 743 00:30:46,150 --> 00:30:48,550 At the age of 10, the children had 744 00:30:48,550 --> 00:30:51,330 put off silly mindedness and were preparing for 745 00:30:51,330 --> 00:30:52,210 real life. 746 00:30:52,830 --> 00:30:55,410 Young men entered Bible colleges to study and 747 00:30:55,410 --> 00:30:58,030 prepare for the ministry at age 12. 748 00:30:59,510 --> 00:31:01,210 These young men, in order to get into 749 00:31:01,210 --> 00:31:03,950 these Bible colleges, they had to be able 750 00:31:03,950 --> 00:31:05,810 to diagram a paragraph. 751 00:31:05,810 --> 00:31:09,190 That means divided up, noun, verb, adverb, adjective, 752 00:31:09,350 --> 00:31:11,890 preposition, all of that in Greek, Hebrew and 753 00:31:11,890 --> 00:31:12,250 Latin. 754 00:31:13,110 --> 00:31:15,170 They had to be able to parse all 755 00:31:15,170 --> 00:31:18,310 those verses in Greek, Hebrew and Latin. 756 00:31:18,770 --> 00:31:19,510 Age 12. 757 00:31:20,310 --> 00:31:22,150 I was awestruck when I read it. 758 00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:24,370 This was part of the entrance exam for 759 00:31:24,370 --> 00:31:27,030 these Bible colleges, you know, like Yale and 760 00:31:27,030 --> 00:31:28,170 Princeton and Harvard. 761 00:31:29,190 --> 00:31:31,430 Things sure have changed, haven't they? 762 00:31:32,450 --> 00:31:34,630 It was normal 200 years ago. 763 00:31:34,630 --> 00:31:36,690 It was normal for a 12-year-old 764 00:31:36,690 --> 00:31:39,270 boy to be able to operate his father's 765 00:31:39,270 --> 00:31:41,190 business while he slipped away for a day 766 00:31:41,190 --> 00:31:41,730 or two. 767 00:31:42,890 --> 00:31:45,450 The land was full of young ladies who 768 00:31:45,450 --> 00:31:47,810 could guide their homes in every area while 769 00:31:47,810 --> 00:31:49,490 Mom was away for a day or two. 770 00:31:49,730 --> 00:31:51,870 Twelve-year-old girls who could run their 771 00:31:51,870 --> 00:31:52,490 whole house. 772 00:31:53,490 --> 00:31:54,490 It was normal. 773 00:31:55,050 --> 00:31:57,190 Everywhere you went, you saw it that way. 774 00:31:57,630 --> 00:31:59,550 Everywhere you went, there were fathers who could 775 00:31:59,550 --> 00:32:01,410 slip away from their business, and there was 776 00:32:01,410 --> 00:32:03,650 a fine 12-year-old boy who stepped 777 00:32:03,650 --> 00:32:05,690 up and took his dad's place and started 778 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:06,630 making things happen. 779 00:32:06,750 --> 00:32:07,090 Hallelujah! 780 00:32:07,410 --> 00:32:08,570 God, do it again! 781 00:32:08,930 --> 00:32:09,910 Do it again! 782 00:32:10,590 --> 00:32:11,690 Oh, how we've fallen! 783 00:32:12,910 --> 00:32:15,170 200 years ago, America had three books to 784 00:32:15,170 --> 00:32:15,430 read. 785 00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:18,810 The Bible, Pilgrim's Progress, and Fox's Book of 786 00:32:18,810 --> 00:32:19,270 Martyrs. 787 00:32:19,290 --> 00:32:19,530 Amen? 788 00:32:20,370 --> 00:32:21,830 Unless you lived in this area, then they 789 00:32:21,830 --> 00:32:22,710 had Martyr's Mirror. 790 00:32:23,290 --> 00:32:25,550 But bless God, they weren't feeding on all 791 00:32:25,550 --> 00:32:27,850 this nonsense that the young people and the 792 00:32:27,850 --> 00:32:29,910 children are feeding on in America today, and 793 00:32:29,910 --> 00:32:32,550 I guarantee you it's not turning out the 794 00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:33,990 same kind of fruit either. 795 00:32:35,030 --> 00:32:36,690 Now, it's easy for us to say, oh, 796 00:32:36,790 --> 00:32:39,490 how far education has fallen in, but what 797 00:32:39,490 --> 00:32:42,390 about our own ideals about training children? 798 00:32:42,790 --> 00:32:44,950 It could be that we have also fallen 799 00:32:44,950 --> 00:32:46,910 while we look out there and say education 800 00:32:46,910 --> 00:32:47,670 has fallen. 801 00:32:48,010 --> 00:32:50,730 Maybe we've fallen further than we realize also. 802 00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:54,290 Christian parents, have you fallen into the same 803 00:32:54,290 --> 00:32:54,730 trap? 804 00:32:55,030 --> 00:32:55,410 Consider. 805 00:32:55,890 --> 00:32:56,350 Consider. 806 00:32:56,850 --> 00:33:00,630 Do we believe it's good for children to 807 00:33:00,630 --> 00:33:03,270 work and do their chores at an early 808 00:33:03,270 --> 00:33:03,930 age? 809 00:33:04,470 --> 00:33:05,270 I know. 810 00:33:05,590 --> 00:33:07,790 Shitty life has changed a lot of that. 811 00:33:08,130 --> 00:33:10,990 The family farm kind of leaned that way. 812 00:33:11,090 --> 00:33:12,670 You know, I mean, you had to have 813 00:33:12,670 --> 00:33:12,970 help. 814 00:33:13,090 --> 00:33:14,290 We were on the family farm. 815 00:33:14,650 --> 00:33:15,990 One man couldn't do it all. 816 00:33:16,350 --> 00:33:18,290 But the question is, what is your view 817 00:33:18,290 --> 00:33:18,950 of that today? 818 00:33:19,210 --> 00:33:20,550 As you sit here and hear it, do 819 00:33:20,550 --> 00:33:23,410 you think, my, that's terrible to do that 820 00:33:23,410 --> 00:33:24,610 to a little boy. 821 00:33:24,890 --> 00:33:26,350 Why don't you let the little boy have 822 00:33:26,350 --> 00:33:27,070 a little fun? 823 00:33:27,910 --> 00:33:30,230 Yeah, you let that little boy have a 824 00:33:30,230 --> 00:33:32,450 little fun, and he'll still be having fun 825 00:33:32,450 --> 00:33:33,210 when he's 21. 826 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:37,620 What about the mental disciplines? 827 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,360 How about memorizing many portions of Scripture? 828 00:33:40,980 --> 00:33:42,500 Do we look at our children and say, 829 00:33:42,700 --> 00:33:44,120 my children can memorize Scriptures. 830 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:45,660 I'm going to guide them this way. 831 00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:47,360 I'm going to give them the opportunities. 832 00:33:47,540 --> 00:33:49,120 I'm going to sit them down and work 833 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:49,380 with them. 834 00:33:49,460 --> 00:33:50,540 I'm going to put them in a room 835 00:33:50,540 --> 00:33:52,920 where they can memorize chapters of the Bible, 836 00:33:53,220 --> 00:33:54,860 so that when they grow up, they are 837 00:33:54,860 --> 00:33:56,020 full of the Word of God. 838 00:33:56,980 --> 00:33:58,040 Do we look at it that way? 839 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:00,620 Is it okay to train your children to 840 00:34:00,620 --> 00:34:02,240 run the house or the business by the 841 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,000 age of 12? 842 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:04,760 Or do we look at that as a 843 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,739 terrible thing on poor Johnny boy? 844 00:34:09,020 --> 00:34:11,040 Here in Lancaster County, we see it all 845 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,159 the time, bless God. 846 00:34:12,659 --> 00:34:14,080 I mean, when I moved here, I started 847 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:14,780 taking notes. 848 00:34:15,420 --> 00:34:17,120 You know, I looked around and I saw 849 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,480 these little boys out there jumping in there 850 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:20,360 doing their work. 851 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,480 One of the first jobs that I had 852 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,260 was repairing electric motors and one of the 853 00:34:25,260 --> 00:34:27,239 other ones was repairing small engines. 854 00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:29,860 Bless God, one of the most embarrassing things 855 00:34:29,860 --> 00:34:31,639 was this nine year old boy that would 856 00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:33,219 come up and stand next to me at 857 00:34:33,219 --> 00:34:35,219 my workbench and say, no, you don't do 858 00:34:35,219 --> 00:34:35,620 it that way. 859 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:36,300 You do it this way. 860 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:37,040 Here, give it to me. 861 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:38,520 And he would fix it right in front 862 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:39,900 of my eyes, nine years old. 863 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:42,540 Oh, man. 864 00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:45,780 But I was taking notes while I was 865 00:34:45,780 --> 00:34:47,179 embarrassed, you can be sure. 866 00:34:48,020 --> 00:34:48,840 What's our attitude? 867 00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:50,219 How do we look at it? 868 00:34:50,580 --> 00:34:53,000 Have we given in to the philosophies of 869 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,480 this world and we don't know it? 870 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,380 I tremble at the silly reading materials that 871 00:34:58,380 --> 00:35:00,680 go on these days instead of just a 872 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,400 good old King James Bible. 873 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:02,780 Amen? 874 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,120 All the nonsense that our children are growing 875 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:06,600 up on. 876 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,620 We Americans think that childhood is fun and 877 00:35:09,620 --> 00:35:12,000 play and we want to extend it as 878 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,640 long as we can for little Johnny boy. 879 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,480 This did not our forefathers. 880 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,400 And it produced serious-minded, mature young people 881 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,820 who could run their households at the age 882 00:35:24,820 --> 00:35:25,460 of 12. 883 00:35:25,980 --> 00:35:26,860 Do it again, Lord. 884 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,320 I don't know about you, but I'm raising 885 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,320 adults, not children. 886 00:35:33,260 --> 00:35:35,280 And there's a big difference between the two 887 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:35,800 of those. 888 00:35:36,340 --> 00:35:39,520 I agree with Eve when she said, as 889 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,440 she held her first little baby in her 890 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,720 hands, I have gotten a man from the 891 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:45,120 Lord. 892 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:46,780 Do you ever ponder that? 893 00:35:47,020 --> 00:35:48,120 That's what Eve said. 894 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:48,760 Oh! 895 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:50,860 She had this little boy in her hands 896 00:35:50,860 --> 00:35:53,440 and she said, I have gotten a man 897 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:54,400 from the Lord. 898 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,120 Have you gotten a man from the Lord? 899 00:35:57,660 --> 00:35:58,940 Or did you get a little baby? 900 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,000 A little fella who's going to run around 901 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,160 and play and goof off all his life? 902 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:04,320 Which one is it? 903 00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:06,080 I'm raising adults. 904 00:36:06,460 --> 00:36:08,500 There's a difference in the goal you have, 905 00:36:08,580 --> 00:36:10,460 in what you see, if while you work 906 00:36:10,460 --> 00:36:12,860 with them, all the time, you see one 907 00:36:12,860 --> 00:36:15,200 of those mature plants standing there ready to 908 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,800 bear fruit at an early age. 909 00:36:17,020 --> 00:36:18,800 You're surely going to guide that plant differently 910 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,060 than if you look at it and say, 911 00:36:20,060 --> 00:36:23,660 well, someday, someday, he'll get straightened out. 912 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,620 Someday, he'll do something for God. 913 00:36:25,940 --> 00:36:28,720 Until then, don't let the poor fella have 914 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:30,280 too hard of a life, you know. 915 00:36:30,540 --> 00:36:32,800 Let him have his fun and play and 916 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:33,780 his goofing off. 917 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,580 And I tell you what, that whole mentality 918 00:36:36,580 --> 00:36:40,260 has ruined several generations of children. 919 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,200 The goal is adults, brothers and sisters. 920 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,940 We have enough children in this land that 921 00:36:46,940 --> 00:36:48,540 are 21 years old. 922 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,900 Still filled with play and frolic and jokes 923 00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:55,740 and silly mindedness, and I'm one of them. 924 00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:58,740 I was 23 years old before I finally 925 00:36:58,740 --> 00:37:00,900 woke up and realized there's a real life 926 00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:01,460 to live. 927 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:03,140 And that's when I got born again. 928 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:04,620 All of a sudden, my eyes were opened 929 00:37:04,620 --> 00:37:07,460 up and I realized, uh-oh, I am 930 00:37:07,460 --> 00:37:08,800 way behind. 931 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:11,720 And by the way, I feel it all 932 00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:13,020 the time, even to this day. 933 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:14,960 I feel way behind. 934 00:37:15,860 --> 00:37:18,180 But bless God, we're going to do better. 935 00:37:18,860 --> 00:37:20,220 We're going to do better with ours. 936 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,020 There's lots of talk about revival these days 937 00:37:23,020 --> 00:37:24,300 and I'm glad for all of it. 938 00:37:24,420 --> 00:37:25,120 Praise God! 939 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:26,400 I believe in revival. 940 00:37:26,700 --> 00:37:27,800 I pray for revival. 941 00:37:28,260 --> 00:37:29,220 We need revival. 942 00:37:29,420 --> 00:37:30,680 No doubt about it. 943 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,180 I pray for a visitation from God upon 944 00:37:34,180 --> 00:37:35,540 charity Christian fellowship. 945 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:38,420 I pray God, make us like that Chinese 946 00:37:38,420 --> 00:37:39,000 church. 947 00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:41,500 By the way, it seemed a bit Chinese 948 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:43,220 around here in that prayer meeting this morning. 949 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:44,600 I really appreciated that. 950 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,140 That fervency is good. 951 00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:48,220 And it's healthy. 952 00:37:49,180 --> 00:37:49,780 But listen to me. 953 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,260 If all we think of when we think 954 00:37:52,260 --> 00:37:55,040 about revival is preaching and souls getting saved, 955 00:37:55,340 --> 00:37:58,360 we have only seen half the picture, remember? 956 00:37:58,880 --> 00:37:59,520 Two ways. 957 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:00,460 Two ways. 958 00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:01,260 Not one. 959 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:02,860 It's not just winning souls. 960 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:03,880 I believe in that. 961 00:38:04,020 --> 00:38:06,000 But it's raising up a godly seed. 962 00:38:06,540 --> 00:38:09,540 One of the clear biblical fruits of true 963 00:38:09,540 --> 00:38:12,760 revival is a family that loves God with 964 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:13,540 their whole hearts. 965 00:38:13,540 --> 00:38:17,900 If your revival has not touched your family, 966 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:19,240 it's spurious! 967 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:22,120 It's spurious! 968 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,760 Because the Spirit of God is brooding over 969 00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,040 the hearts of the fathers, turning the hearts 970 00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,300 of the fathers toward the children, and brooding 971 00:38:30,300 --> 00:38:32,380 over the hearts of the children, turning the 972 00:38:32,380 --> 00:38:33,800 hearts of the children to the fathers. 973 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:35,980 That's what the Spirit of God is doing. 974 00:38:36,820 --> 00:38:39,400 We need revival this week. 975 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:40,740 We need revival. 976 00:38:41,060 --> 00:38:45,180 One that will purify and sanctify and empower 977 00:38:45,180 --> 00:38:48,760 us to lay a many-generation foundation in 978 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:49,580 our homes. 979 00:38:50,260 --> 00:38:52,140 Will we pay the price? 980 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:53,520 That's the question. 981 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,180 Will we pay the price of the long 982 00:38:56,180 --> 00:38:58,780 -term commitment that it takes in order to 983 00:38:58,780 --> 00:39:01,700 produce a generation of children who grow up 984 00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:02,660 and love God? 985 00:39:03,220 --> 00:39:04,460 That's the question. 986 00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:06,900 And the greatest price that you could pay 987 00:39:06,900 --> 00:39:09,420 is the price that you pay along with 988 00:39:09,420 --> 00:39:11,660 God as you wait before Him and allow 989 00:39:11,660 --> 00:39:14,160 Him to probe your heart to such a 990 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,000 depth that He can find your heart to 991 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,620 such a yieldedness that He could honor you 992 00:39:19,620 --> 00:39:22,420 by pouring His Spirit out in your heart 993 00:39:22,420 --> 00:39:23,240 and your life. 994 00:39:23,500 --> 00:39:25,180 That is the greatest thing you can do 995 00:39:25,180 --> 00:39:27,920 for the foundation of the generations to come 996 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,180 is to be filled with the Holy Ghost 997 00:39:30,180 --> 00:39:32,840 and walk in that filling every day of 998 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:33,280 your life. 999 00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:35,680 You can't do anything more for your children 1000 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:36,280 than that. 1001 00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:38,640 Nothing is higher than that goal. 1002 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,620 We need a revival this week. 1003 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:42,480 Amen. 1004 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,540 But we are so busy, aren't we? 1005 00:39:47,420 --> 00:39:50,280 Oh, us Americans, we are so busy. 1006 00:39:50,900 --> 00:39:53,260 Our busyness is killing us and our families. 1007 00:39:53,740 --> 00:39:54,900 We need to get back to the basics. 1008 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,720 We live in an unusual society, brothers and 1009 00:39:58,720 --> 00:39:59,060 sisters. 1010 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,260 We live in a society where it's easy 1011 00:40:01,260 --> 00:40:02,420 to make lots of money. 1012 00:40:02,940 --> 00:40:05,520 We are a nation of men that will 1013 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:06,740 be rich. 1014 00:40:06,740 --> 00:40:09,260 And this is destroying the foundation of our 1015 00:40:09,260 --> 00:40:09,760 homes. 1016 00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:14,140 It's easy to be successful today, but the 1017 00:40:14,140 --> 00:40:17,920 question is, what is success? 1018 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,380 A big pile of money? 1019 00:40:21,860 --> 00:40:24,620 Or a bunch of arrows in a quiver 1020 00:40:24,620 --> 00:40:25,560 ready to go? 1021 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,660 Which one is success? 1022 00:40:27,980 --> 00:40:29,220 That's the question. 1023 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:31,980 The prisons are overflowing. 1024 00:40:32,420 --> 00:40:34,720 The divorce rates are on the increase. 1025 00:40:34,720 --> 00:40:37,420 The streets are dangerous for us to walk 1026 00:40:37,420 --> 00:40:37,700 in. 1027 00:40:38,140 --> 00:40:39,720 I talked to a brother here just last 1028 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:41,820 evening who was down in the prison crusade 1029 00:40:41,820 --> 00:40:43,960 for a week here not long ago, and 1030 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,940 he came with tears running down his face 1031 00:40:45,940 --> 00:40:48,760 and he said, Brother Denny, they're all in 1032 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:48,980 there! 1033 00:40:49,140 --> 00:40:51,260 They're all in there because they didn't have 1034 00:40:51,260 --> 00:40:51,760 a dad! 1035 00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:54,640 Maybe we're putting the wrong ones in prison. 1036 00:40:54,780 --> 00:40:54,920 Amen? 1037 00:40:56,700 --> 00:40:57,900 Yes, we need a revival. 1038 00:40:58,060 --> 00:40:59,240 Listen to this and it will be done. 1039 00:40:59,620 --> 00:41:00,440 We need a revival. 1040 00:41:00,780 --> 00:41:03,480 But the end time move of God's Spirit 1041 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,760 will be a mighty move of God that 1042 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,760 will move the hearts of the parents and 1043 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,220 turn their hearts toward their children and move 1044 00:41:10,220 --> 00:41:12,260 the hearts of those children and turn them 1045 00:41:12,260 --> 00:41:13,380 toward their parents! 1046 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:15,220 It will do it. 1047 00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:19,680 Our children are the most precious possession that 1048 00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:20,320 we have. 1049 00:41:20,860 --> 00:41:23,760 May God open our eyes to the reality 1050 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:24,200 of it. 1051 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:25,440 Let's pray. 1052 00:41:27,980 --> 00:41:29,040 Oh, thank You, Father. 1053 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:31,820 Thank You this morning, God, for Your Word. 1054 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:33,500 It is precious. 1055 00:41:33,500 --> 00:41:35,780 Thank You, Lord, for those songs that preceded 1056 00:41:35,780 --> 00:41:36,780 Your Word this morning. 1057 00:41:37,420 --> 00:41:39,580 We believe, Lord, yes, the promises. 1058 00:41:40,180 --> 00:41:42,340 They give us a bright today and a 1059 00:41:42,340 --> 00:41:43,980 bright hope for tomorrow, Lord. 1060 00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:47,340 God, we do not despair this morning, though 1061 00:41:47,340 --> 00:41:49,800 it may be hard to sit in here 1062 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,480 and examine where we are at. 1063 00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:53,560 But, oh, Father, our hearts rise up this 1064 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,900 morning in faith and confidence and trust in 1065 00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:56,140 You. 1066 00:41:56,580 --> 00:41:59,140 You are well able to help us with 1067 00:41:59,140 --> 00:41:59,860 all these things. 1068 00:41:59,940 --> 00:42:03,020 Oh, God, please do help us with our 1069 00:42:03,020 --> 00:42:07,660 children, we pray in Jesus Christ's name, Amen.