Start A Blessing | Joel Osteen
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Thanks so much for listening to the podcast today. Want you to know that Victoria and I are praying for you and your family this summer and just asking God to bring you more peace and joy and victory than you've ever seen before. Know that God's for you. He's got you in the palm of his hand, and I hope you enjoy the message today. Well, God bless you. Great to have you with us today. I hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week. We have a daily podcast that you can download, or you can go to our YouTube channel and watch the messages anytime. Or you can follow us on social media. I promise you we'll keep you encouraged and inspired. But thanks for tuning in. Thanks again for coming out. I like to start with something funny, and I heard about this man.
He was quietly reading the newspaper when his wife snuck up behind him and hit him on the head with the frying pan. He said, What was that for? She said, That was for the piece of paper I found in your pocket with the name Mary Lou on it. He said, Oh, honey, that's just one of the horses that I bet on at the racetrack last week. She apologized and went about it. her business. Two days later she hit him on the head with a bigger frying pan. After he woke up, he said, What in the world was that for? She said, Your horse just called. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess: my mind is alert, my heart is receptive, I will never be the same.
In Jesus' name. God bless you. I want to talk to you today about start a blessing. The decisions we make don't just affect our lives, they affect generations to come. The way you live can make it easier on your children, or it can make it more difficult. You can be a stepping stone for them to do greater things or a stumbling block that holds them back. No person lives and dies unto himself. The blessing and favor that you're walking in today. It didn't just happen because of you. Somebody went before you that sowed seeds so you could be blessed. A praying mother, a grandfather that honored God, a great, great relative that you never met, but they gave, they served, and now you're reaping a harvest of what they planted.
In the same way, negative things we're dealing with have been passed down. Addictions, anger, depression. That didn't start with you. The good news is it can stop with you. You can be the one to set your family on a new course. You can start a blessing. You can start freedom. You can start wholeness. You can start victory. When you make decisions that honor God, when you're generous, when you're faithful, your life is not only going to be more rewarding, more fulfilling, but that faithfulness, that obedience is being credited to your children's account, to your grandchildren, to future generations. Just as the negative gets passed down, how much more the positive? We hear a lot about generational curses, but there's something called a generational blessing.
God is keeping an account of every good thing you do. The times you forgive when you could stay bitter, the times you're being your best when nobody's giving you the credit, that's not being overlooked. It's accruing mercy, favor, blessing into your family's account. Grandchildren that have not yet been born. Great great grandchildren that you'll never meet. Yet because of you, they will be born with a blessing on their life. Born with favor they didn't have anything to do with. It's because you started a blessing. You took the high road. You broke the addiction. You resisted the temptation. You prayed bold prayers. Not only are you going to see God take you where you've never dreamed, but generations later, your family will be walking in the blessing.
Your descendants will see favor and victory because of you. How this should challenge us to live a life of faith, a life of excellence, a life of generosity. I want my descendants to do great things because of me, not in spite of me. Our children have enough to overcome without adding our negative baggage.
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