Dr. Robert Jeffress

Dr. Robert Jeffress - A Legacy of Faith (Part 2)

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Dr. Robert Jeffress - A Legacy of Faith (Part 2) | May 11, 2026

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From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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Of dallas, texas,
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This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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Hi, i am robert jeffress
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And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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In one respect, faith is something deeply personal.
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It's a private relationship between you and your creator.
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But in another way,
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Faith is something that should be openly shared
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And passed on to the next generation.
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Last time we talked about abraham,
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A man who understood this dynamic,
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And today i'm going to show you how to model abraham
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And how to pass down your faith in god
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To the next generation as well.
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My message is titled, "a legacy of faith.'
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On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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Abraham had never heard
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Of anybody being raised from the dead.
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Abraham had never gone to an easter service before.
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Did you know that?
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He had never heard
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About the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead
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Because jesus hadn't been born yet.
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He had never read 1 corinthians 15
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About the great resurrection
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Because it hadn't been written yet.
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But abraham knew god and abraham believed
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That god could be counted on so much
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That he would even raise his son from the dead if need be.
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And so he obeyed god.
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It's interesting when they get
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To mount moriah three days later in genesis 22:5,
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God took his son isaac and he said to his servants,
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"stay here with the donkey
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And i and the lad will go over there
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And we will worship
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And we will return to you."
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He believed isaac was going to come back.
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You know, whenever we talk about this story,
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We talk about the remarkable faith of abraham.
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But look at this story from isaac's perspective.
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At this point, isaac was a young teenager,
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Perhaps 18 or even 19 years of age.
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He was stronger than his father.
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He could have resisted his father,
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He could have crawled off the altar if he wanted to,
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But he willingly submitted
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To his father's will.
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The bible says he was a type of jesus christ
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Who was equal with god the father,
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But he willingly offered himself
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As a sacrifice for your sins and my sins.
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Why did isaac submit to abraham's command?
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Because abraham had passed on his faith to his son isaac.
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If god had said it, that settled it for isaac.
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He willingly submitted to abraham
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Because abraham had passed on his faith to isaac.
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And that's what we talk about in these verses.
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The laboratory of faith is the home,
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But the legacy of our faith is our children
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And our grandchildren.
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Abraham had told isaac the miraculous stories
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Of how god called him out of ur,
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How god had protected his mother from abimelech,
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Even after abraham had sinned,
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About how god had brought them to the promised land.
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And hearing all of those stories of faith from his dad
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Made isaac assured that he could trust in god too
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To fulfill his promises.
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But the faith message didn't stop with isaac.
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Isaac passed on that message as well.
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Look at verse 20:
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By faith isaac blessed jacob and esau
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Even regarding things to come.
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You know the story of isaac passing on
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The blessing to jacob, it's a weird story.
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It's shrouded in deception and dishonesty.
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But the point is, isaac, before his death,
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Said to jacob,
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"god hadn't fulfilled all of his promise yet,
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But you can trust him."
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As isaac prepared to die, he said, "jacob follow god,
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He can be trusted to do what he's promised to do."
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And then isaac passed on that faith to his son jacob.
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Look at verse 21:
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By faith jacob, as he was dying,
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Blessed each of the sons of joseph and worshiped,
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Leaning on the top of his staff.
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When jacob was about to die,
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He called in his son joseph
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And joseph's sons ephraim and manasseh,
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And he said to his son and to his grandsons,
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"i'm about to die.
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God hasn't fulfilled his promise yet,
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But he'll do it one day.
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Trust him, follow him."
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By the way, notice he passed on that message
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Not only to his children, but to his grandchildren.
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Grandparents, don't underestimate the role you play
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In your grandchildren's faith.
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You know, julia and ryan do such a great job
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Of teaching the triplets.
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They are such better parents than i ever was in that way.
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But amy and i have a role to play too,
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Just like you do in helping, supplementing,
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Supporting what their parents are trying to teach them.
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You know, the best way, grandparents,
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For you to model faith to your grandchildren
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Is by telling them stories they will remember,
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Stories about how maybe god led you to your mate,
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Stories about how god gave you direction
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When you were confused about which way to go,
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About god supernaturally providing for you
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When you had a need.
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Pass on to them those stories that they'll remember
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About how god can be trusted
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To do what he has promised to do.
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But it didn't stop there.
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The son jacob passed on the blessing to joseph.
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Look at verse 22:
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By faith joseph, when he was dying,
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Made mention of the exodus of the sons of israel
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And gave orders concerning his bones.
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Think about it.
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Joseph had spent from age 17 to age 110 in egypt
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Away from the promised land,
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And he was going to die in egypt.
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But before he died, he wanted his children
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To remember the promise that one day god would lead
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An exodus out of egypt.
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And when he did, he wanted whoever was responsible
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To carry joseph's own bones out of egypt
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Into the promised land.
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In fact, in genesis 50, verses 24 and 25,
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We find that command joseph said to his brothers,
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"i'm about to die,
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But god will surely take care of you
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And bring you up from this land
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To the land which he promised
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As an oath to abraham, isaac, and jacob."
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And then joseph made the sons of israel swear,
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Saying, "god will surely take care of you.
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You shall carry my bones up from here."
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Whenever it's time to go,
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Have somebody dig me up (laughs)
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And take my bones with them
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Because i want to go to the promised land."
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You know how long it took for that to happen?
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400 years.
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400 years later,
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God chose a man named moses to lead the exodus.
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And look at exodus 13:19:
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And moses took the bones of joseph with him,
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For he had made the sons of israel solemnly swear,
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Saying, "god will surely take care of you.
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You shall carry my bones from here with you."
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Now, how did moses know about that?
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He had never met joseph.
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He never met jacob or abraham or isaac.
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Those were just names to him.
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How did he know about a command
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That had been given 400 years earlier?
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There was no bible yet.
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It's because every parent had passed on
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To his children and grandchildren that truth,
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That you can trust in god
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And carry the bones of joseph whenever it's time to go.
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They had passed on their faith
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From generation to generation.
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You know, dr. criswell used to say, "every civilization
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Is just one generation away from barbarianism."
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If one generation neglects to pass on its faith,
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That civilization is gone forever.
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The israelites passed that faith
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From generation to generation to generation.
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Chuck swindoll said one time,
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"there are two different ways to view your home.
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You can view your home as a holding tank,
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Where kids are fed and clothed and educated
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Until you send them out on their own, a holding tank.
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Or you can view your home as a training ground,
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Where they learn the invaluable lessons of faith
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That will sustain them through their life.
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God wants your family, your home to be a training ground
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To teach them the lessons of god."
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What are those lessons we need to teach our children?
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Let me mention two,
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The two most important spiritual lessons
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You can communicate to your children and your grandchildren.
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First of all, the sovereignty of god.
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Nothing happens by accident.
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That is, every joy in life and every sorrow,
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Every victory and every failure,
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Everything that happens is under god's control.
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There are no accidents for a child of god.
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And included in that list of all things
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Are the hurts and disappointments we have in life.
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One thing you can know for sure is
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That your children and grandchildren
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Are going to experience at some point in their life
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Is a deep hurt from somebody else.
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Your child or grandchild at some point in their life
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Is going to be hurt and hurt deeply.
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The best thing you can teach them
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Is how to handle that disappointment.
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They can either be consumed with bitterness
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And allow it to destroy their life,
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Or they can learn the lesson of forgiveness,
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Of forgiveness that is based on the sovereignty of god.
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You know, i think about abraham, isaac, jacob, and joseph.
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One thing they all had in common is they were hurt.
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They were wronged by other people.
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Abraham wronged by his nephew lot.
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Isaac, his wells were filled up by the philistines.
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Jacob cheated by his uncle laban.
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And joseph sold into slavery by his brothers.
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But remember, god used that wrong of his brothers
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To place joseph ultimately
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As pharaoh's right-hand man in egypt.
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And when joseph was finally reunited with his brothers,
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They thought joseph would surely kill them
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For what they had done.
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He said, "no, you meant it for evil,
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But god used it for good."
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Folks, the greatest thing
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You can teach your children and grandchildren
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Is god can use the worst things that happen to them,
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The worst offenses by other people.
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And god is so powerful,
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He can take those horrible things that happen to them
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And use them for your children's good
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And for god's ultimate glory.
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Teach them about the sovereignty of god.
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Nothing or no one
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Is going to thwart god's purpose for their life.
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Secondly, we need to teach our children
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The sufficiency of god.
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That is, god can be trusted.
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God can be trusted to do what he's promised to do,
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To provide for our needs.
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You know, one way parents, you can teach your children that,
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Especially when they're younger and at home,
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Is have a family prayer list,
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A list of things you pray together
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For regularly as a family,
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And then see how god answers those requests with a yes,
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With a no, with a maybe, wait.
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That'll teach them about god's faithfulness.
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When i think about that, i think about my old mentor,
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Now in heaven, from dallas seminary, howard hendricks.
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He used to love to tell the story
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About a family that came to dallas seminary.
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They had owned a business, but they felt god's call,
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And so they gave up the business
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And they came to the seminary.
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They were struggling financially,
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But every night they would have a family prayer time
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With their four sons.
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And one of those prayer times, the youngest son timmy said,
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"could i ask for a new shirt?
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I need a new shirt."
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They said, "sure."
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So they put down a new shirt for timmy.
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The mom added size seven.
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And every night they prayed for that shirt.
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One day out of the blue, the mom got a phone call
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From an owner of a clothing store here in dallas.
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He knew the family and knew some of their difficulties,
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And he said, "we just had our july liquidation sale
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And we have some leftover shirts for boys.
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Wondered if you could use some."
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She said, "what size?"
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He said, "size seven."
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But mom said, "how many of them do you have?"
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He said, "12."
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Now, most parents would kind of, you know,
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Say, "oh, guess what, timmy?
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We got some shirts today," and so forth,
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And give them to him.
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Not this mom and dad.
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They wanted to make this a faith lesson.
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So they had their prayer time that night
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And timmy said, "don't forget to pray for the shirt."
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They said, "no, we're not going to pray for the shirt tonight."
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He said, "why not?"
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Said, "god's answered the prayer." "he has?"
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And on cue, it had already been prearranged,
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One of the older brothers went into the other room
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And brought out one of the shirts
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And plopped it in front of timmy.
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His eyes were bigger than saucers.
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He went out and got another shirt
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And another one and another one,
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Piled those shirts up until timmy was sure
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God had gone into the clothing business.
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(congregants laugh)
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But dr. hendricks used to say,
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"today there's a little boy named timmy
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Who believes in a god who cares about his needs enough
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To provide a shirt for him."
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Do your children know that?
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Do they know how to trust in the sufficiency of god?
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You know, we teach our children about the sufficiency of god
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Not only through answered prayer and blessings,
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But also through the adversities that we face.
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I think it's interesting that these men,
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Isaac, jacob, and joseph,
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They passed on the blessing.
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They passed on their message of, you can trust in god,
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While they were dying.
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Not while they were living, but while they were dying.
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"you can trust god. you can trust god."
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You know, my parents were wonderful christians.
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They taught me a lot of lessons in life,
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Most of which i have forgotten
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Just because of age and stage.
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But i will never forget their final words
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Each of them spoke to me before they died.
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Never forget 'em.
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"be faithful to your calling.
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Follow god with all of your heart."
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Those final words were lasting words,
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And they will be for you as well.
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We teach faith by not only how we live, but also how we die.
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Listen to this true story.
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After only four hours of illness, becky fremont died,
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Leaving her husband adam
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And their young daughter carrie crushed with grief
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When the funeral was over.
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Kind friends advised adam, "you can't go home now.
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Bring carrie and stay with us for a few days
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Until you can face going home again."
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Adam fremont refused.
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"i've got to fight it out in the same place,
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In the same room where i lost becky.
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I've got to go back to where i lost her and win the battle,
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If i can win it at all."
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So adam went back to his hollow house
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With his little flaxen-haired daughter.
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He moved carrie's bed next to his
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And they settled down to sleep.
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It was a moonless, starless night
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With a blackness as cold and black
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As the grief that smothered him, crushing his breath.
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His daughter carrie's sobs brought him back
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From the abyss that threatened him.
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Pathetic, heartbreaking cries,
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Such as only can come from a little girl
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Who knows her mother will never come back.
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Adam reached across with his big hand, patting her,
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Speaking softly, trying to comfort her.
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"i'm trying to stop, daddy.
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I really am.
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I really am, but i can't stop."
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He lifted her into his bed
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And put her damp face against his chest.
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She laid there several minutes,
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Her sobs subsided,
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And then her small voice came quietly.
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"daddy, it's so dark. i can't see you.
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Do you love me, daddy, even though i can't see you,
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Even though i don't know where you are?"
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"yes, sweetheart, you know i love you."
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"but daddy, it's so dark."
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He spoke softly and gently until she fell asleep.
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Sleep alluded adam fremont that night.
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His burning eyes searched through the blackness
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For a hint of light, and he found none.
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Alone, so utterly empty and alone.
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So he took the cry from his daughter's lips,
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Took it as his own, and passed it up to god.
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"it's so dark, lord, so dark.
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I've never known it to be so dark before.
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Lord, do you still love me?"
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His voice trembled as he spoke.
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"i need your help, lord, i can't make it alone."
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The wonder of god's reply still clung to his voice
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As he told the story to concerned friends the next day.
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"there came a light into the room, an illumination.
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No, i didn't see anything,
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But i felt a loving presence right there,
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And i turned my grief over to the lord.
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He took my burden
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And carrie and i went free."
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♪ music ♪
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Carrie fremont learned about faith in her home,
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And so do we.
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♪ music ♪
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God designed parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles
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To become torchbearers for his truth.
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After all, no one is more qualified
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To instill faith in children
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More than the family that loves them.
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Well, before we wrap up today,
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I want to share an encouraging note i received
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From a dedicated us soldier serving abroad.
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He wrote, "pastor jeffress, i wanted to thank you
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For your daily 'pathway to victory' podcast.
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I'm deployed for a year
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And your daily messages are the soundtrack to my sanity.
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God is speaking to me
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And teaching me through my trials here,
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And these messages are like a universal translator.
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Thank you."
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Well, thanks to friends like you and our ministry together,
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A colonel on the front lines
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Is hearing god's voice through the noise of the battlefield.
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God bless you for helping me
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Proclaim the truth of god's word.
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Now please stay right there.
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I'll be back in just a moment
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With one final word of encouragement.
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Isaac was abraham's promised son,
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Yes, abraham truly understood
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The importance of leaving a legacy of faith.
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And as parents and grandparents, it's our responsibility
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To pass along our faith to the next generation.
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Well, most of our bad decisions in life
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Can be traced back to a major hurdle: fear.
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And next time we will look at several old testament heroes
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Who were able to conquer their fear and move on.
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Stay tuned for a preview
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Of our next message in the series, "spiritual fitness."
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Somebody has said,
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"fear doesn't empty tomorrow of its troubles,
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But it does empty today of its faith."
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There are many downsides to worry, to fear,
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But perhaps the greatest downside is this,
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Fear always leads us to make bad decisions.
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In fact, if you look back
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Over some of the worst mistakes you have ever made,
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The worst decisions, i bet you can trace many,
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If not all of them, to fear.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress - A Legacy of Faith (Part 2)

May 11, 2026 | 27:29

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