Leaving a Godly Legacy Part Three

Genesis 17:17-22 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!" Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by this time next year." When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.”

Genesis 27:14 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, "My son." "Here I am," he answered. Isaac said, "I am now an old man and don't know the day of my death. Now then, get your weapons-your quiver and bow-and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me. Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die."

Hebrews 11:20 “With eyes of faith Isaac, looking far into the future, invoked blessings upon Jacob and Esau.”

Leaving a Godly Legacy 1. A blessing from the parent essentially asks for God’s F_____________ upon the child. 2. A blessing (or a curse) is I_________________ 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy:

Leaving a Godly Legacy 1. A blessing from the parent essentially asks for God’s FAVOR upon the child. 2. A blessing (or a curse) is I_________________ 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy:

Genesis 27:28-29 Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed. May God give you of heaven's dew and of earth's richness- an abundance of grain and new wine. May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed."

Genesis 27:30-40 After Isaac finished blessing him and Jacob had scarcely left his father's presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting. He too prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Then he said to him, "My father, sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing."

Genesis 27:30-40 His father Isaac asked him, "Who are you?" "I am your son," he answered, "your firstborn, Esau." Isaac trembled violently and said, "Who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him-and indeed he will be blessed!" When Esau heard his father's words, he burst out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, "Bless me-me too, my father!" But he said, "Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing." Esau said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob ? He has deceived me these two times: He took my birthright, and now he's taken my blessing!" Then he asked, "Haven't you reserved any blessing for me?"

Genesis 27:30-40 Isaac answered Esau, "I have made him lord over you and have made all his relatives his servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. So what can I possibly do for you, my son?" Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father!" Then Esau wept aloud.

Genesis 27:30-40 His father Isaac answered him, "Your dwelling will be away from the earth's richness, away from the dew of heaven above. You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.

Leaving a Godly Legacy 1. A blessing from the parent essentially asks for God’s FAVOR upon the child. 2. A blessing (or a curse) is I_________________ 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy:

Leaving a Godly Legacy 1. A blessing from the parent essentially asks for God’s FAVOR upon the child. 2. A blessing (or a curse) is IRREVOCABLE. 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy:

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: C_______________ –God isn’t interested in you just having a good R____________, He is interested in building your C________________ C_______________ –Change Y_____________ and you will change your children’s D___________!

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CHARACTER –God isn’t interested in you just having a good R____________, He is interested in building your C________________ C_______________ –Change Y_____________ and you will change your children’s D___________!

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CHARACTER –God isn’t interested in you just having a good REPUTATION He is interested in building your CHARACTER. C_______________ –Change Y_____________ and you will change your children’s D___________!

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CHARACTER –God isn’t interested in you just having a good REPUTATION He is interested in building your CHARACTER. CONDUCT –Change Y_____________ and you will change your children’s D___________!

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CHARACTER –God isn’t interested in you just having a good REPUTATION He is interested in building your CHARACTER. CONDUCT –Change YOURSELF and you will change your children’s DESTINY.

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: C_______________ –D___________, aspirations, and goals they held dear in life –The things they have T_____________ or valued –The M______________ that they hold dear of their lives and loves. –Their H______________ for their children and their children’s children. C_______________

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CONVICTIONS –D___________, aspirations, and goals they held dear in life –The things they have T_____________ or valued –The M______________ that they hold dear of their lives and loves. –Their H______________ for their children and their children’s children. C_______________

Joshua 4:6-7 In the future, when your children ask you, ’What do these stones mean?’ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever."

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CONVICTIONS –D___________, aspirations, and goals they held dear in life –The things they have T_____________ or valued –The M______________ that they hold dear of their lives and loves. –Their H______________ for their children and their children’s children. C_______________

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CONVICTIONS –DREAMS, aspirations, and goals they held dear in life –The things they have T_____________ or valued –The M______________ that they hold dear of their lives and loves. –Their H______________ for their children and their children’s children. C_______________

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CONVICTIONS –DREAMS, aspirations, and goals they held dear in life –The things they have TREASURED or valued –The M______________ that they hold dear of their lives and loves. –Their H______________ for their children and their children’s children. C_______________

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CONVICTIONS –DREAMS, aspirations, and goals they held dear in life –The things they have TREASURED or valued –The MEMORIES that they hold dear of their lives and loves. –Their H______________ for their children and their children’s children. C_______________

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CONVICTIONS –DREAMS, aspirations, and goals they held dear in life –The things they have TREASURED or valued –The MEMORIES that they hold dear of their lives and loves. –Their HOPES for their children and their children’s children. C_______________

Virginia Thompson

Leaving a Godly Legacy 3. The 4 “C’s” of Leaving a Legacy: CONVICTIONS –DREAMS, aspirations, and goals they held dear in life –The things they have TREASURED or valued –The MEMORIES that they hold dear of their lives and loves. –Their HOPES for their children and their children’s children. CHAFF

Psalm 1:1-6 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Leaving a Godly Legacy Part Three