June 21, 2026

Adam to Joseph: The Pattern Nobody Sees, Fathers of the Bible

Adam to Joseph: The Pattern Nobody Sees, Fathers of the Bible
The Broadcasting Seeds Podcast
Adam to Joseph: The Pattern Nobody Sees, Fathers of the Bible
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On this special Father’s Day edition of Beyond the Bible Sunday, we explore the role of fathers throughout Scripture, ancient tradition, and the spiritual battle for future generations.

From Adam and Noah to Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, and Joseph of Nazareth, fathers were more than providers. They were teachers, protectors, priests of the household, and carriers of inheritance. Their choices shaped families, nations, and generations yet unborn. This episode looks at fatherhood through the lens of legacy, blessing, failure, responsibility, and spiritual warfare. What does it mean to be a father in a world fighting for the next generation? And what can the ancient patriarchs teach modern men about faith, courage, and perseverance?

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In the minds of the people.

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Happy Father's Day, everyone, and welcome back to broadcasting seeds.

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Today we're stepping away from giants, fallen angels, ancient mysteries,

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lost civilizations, and prophetic timelines to talk about something far

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more personal, something every one of us has been affected by,

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and that is father's Whether your relationship with your father

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was good, bad, complicated, or nonexistent, the reality is that

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fathers leave marks on history. Some weave scars, some leave blessings,

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mostly the mixture of both. Today, we're going to look

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beyond the surface of Father's Day and ask a deeper question.

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Why does the Bible play such an enormous emphasis on fathers, patriarchs,

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and generational inheritance. Why our entire sections of Scripture dedicated

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to just genealogies. Why are blessings passed from father to son,

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Why do ancient Jewish writings spend so much time recording

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final words spoken by fathers before their death, And why,

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in a world that increasingly focuses on the individual, did

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Biblical cultures focus so heavily on the family line. The

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answer is simple, because every generation inherits something from a

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generation before it. Sometimes it's land, sometimes it's wealth, sometimes

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it's trauma of sometimes it's wisdom. But no generation starts

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from scratch. Tonight, today we're going to explore what the

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Bible and several ancient writings outside the Bible have to

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say about fathers and legacy and the battle for generations. First,

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we're going to talk about Adam, the First Father. When

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most people think about Adam, they think about the Fall.

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I guess, not the first father. The first father would

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be God, but the first human father. But when they

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think about the fall, they think about for hidden fruit,

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forbidden fruit, the garden of d the serpent. But Adam

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was something else. Adam was the first human father. Every

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human being has ever who has ever lived, can trace

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their lineage back to him. Think about the burden that carries.

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Adam wasn't simply responsible for himself. His decisions shaped every

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generation that followed. In many ways. Scripture presents fatherhood as

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a multiplier. The actions of one man ripple outward into

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countless lives. Adam's failure affected humanity, but so did his perseverance.

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Despite the fall, Adam continued. He worked, He raised children,

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he built a family. He endured loss after the murder

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of his son Abel, he witnessed rebellion in his own household.

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The first father experienced many of the same struggles father's

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face today, loss and I mean, can you imagine disappointment

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and fear and failure, and yet humanity continued through him.

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One lesson emerges immediately. Being a father does not require perfection.

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It really requires perseverance. Second father we're going to talk

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about is Noah and preserving the future. Noah is often

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remembered by building an arc. But Noah's greatest accomplishment wasn't

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building a boat. It was preserving a future. Imagine trying

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to explain to your children why you're building a massive

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vessel in the middle of nowhere. Imagine and during ridicule,

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I mean I ridicule for decades. Imagine teaching your family

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to trust God while the entire world laughs at you.

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Because that's what's happened. Noah wasn't simply building an arc.

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He was building conviction. His sons inherited more than survival,

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They inherited belief. And after the floodwaters were seated, humanity

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began again through a single family. And that tells us

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something profound. Civilizations do not begin with governments, do they

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They begin with families. The future of humanity wasn't preserved

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by some government or institution. It was preserved by a

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father willing to lead his household through uncertain times with

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his family. The third father we're going to talk about

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his Abraham, the father literal father of nations. And if

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Noah preserved humanity, Abraham helped shape its future. God promised

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Abraham that nations would come from him, kings would descend

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from his line and generations, yet unborn would be influenced

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by his faith. That's fascinating. What's fascinating is that Abraham

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was not chosen because he was perfect. He made mistakes

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like we all do. He doubted, he failed, He sometimes

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acted out of fear, yet he remained faithful. The Biblical

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model of fatherhood is not flawless leadership. It is faithful leadership.

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Many fathers today believe they must have every answer, but

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scripture suggests that the truth is otherwise. The greatest patriarchs

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often had more questions than answers. What mattered was their

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willingness to continue moving forward. Fourth is the Forgotten Wisdom

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of the Patriarchs, and this is an extra canonical book,

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but one of the most fascinating ancient texts. Frankly, is

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this Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs. Now, I did a

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whole episode about this a few weeks ago, I think

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maybe a month ago. So check it out. Whether one

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views it as historical devotional okay, or a historical devotional

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or simply an interesting ancient document, it preserves a recurring theme.

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As the patriarchs approach death, they gather their children and

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shared final lessons, not money, not possessions, not status. Wisdom,

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guess that's the best way to put it. Wisdom and

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warnings and faith also character. Ancient cultures understood something many

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modern societies have forgotten. A father's most valuable inheritance is

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often invisible. Its skills and beliefs and values, principles, stories, courage, integrity.

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Those things can survive long after material wealth disappears. And finally,

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Joseph the over a column, the overlooked father on Father's Day,

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Joseph deserves special attention. As far as I'm concerned, Joseph,

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the earthly father of Jesus, is often entirely overlooked. He

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performs no recorded miracles, and he didn't write. At least

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you know, he doesn't write. Any books, He delivers, no

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famous sermons, yet he wasn't trusted with protecting the most

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important child in human history. When danger came, Joseph acted.

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When guidance came, Joseph listened. One responsibility appeared, Joseph accepted it.

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He reminds us that fatherhood is often super quiet. A

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world celebrates attention, God often celebrates faithfulness. Some of the

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most important fathers in history never became famous, yet their

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influence shapes generations. And that's the next area that covers

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the battle for generations. This brings us to today, and

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when we look around our culture, we see something frankly

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super troubling. We see confusion and isolation, broken families, father

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listeners as rampant children and fathers have lost identity. The

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battle for generations just has never ended. In ancient times,

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fathers fought with swords. Today the battle is often fought

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spiritually and culturally and psychologically. And every generation asks who

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am I, why am I here? And what should I believe?

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Someone will answer those questions, and the question is whether

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fathers will be part of that answer. Throughout scripture, fathers

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are repeatedly called to teach and guide, and protect and

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prepare the next general, not because they're perfect, but because

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their influence matters. And in closing, as we close this

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Father's Day edition of Beyond the Bible Sunday, remember this.

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Every father leaves an inheritance. Some leave money, some leave property,

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some leave businesses. Right, but the greatest inheritance are often

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the ones that cannot be measured. Faith and character and wisdom, integrity, courage, love.

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Generations may forget what a father owned, they rarely forget

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what a father taught them. Though, to the Father, to

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all the fathers listening to day, thank you for the

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sacrifices that no one sees. Thank you for the burdens

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that you carry, and thank you for the lessons that

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you teach. Thank you for fighting the battle for generations

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you had unborn, because long after we're gone, right, the

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seeds we plant today may still be growing. Happy Father's Day,

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and until next time, keep asking questions, keep seeking truth,

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keep looking beyond the bikele Happy Father's Day.

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Again the side once the ones still standing even when

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nobody claps for it.

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Beyond the Bible Sunday, Father's Day, Let's talk legacy. Yeah,

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first man in the garden, first breath in his chests.

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First father with a burden, first man put to the test.

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Adam had the world and watch Paradike's fall, but still

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had to raise kids with the weight of it all.

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This fatherhood, brother, it ain't clean, it ain't neat.

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It's working through the dust with throngs under your feet.

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It's learning from failure, still showing your face, trying to

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build up a home after losing your place. Camee went wandering,

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Abe hit the ground. First blood cried up and the

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silence got loud. Imagine that pain.

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First family torn Still another son came in, another seed bombs.

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See, fathers ain't perfect. That was never the clean.

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Some carry the blessings, some carry the blame for every

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choice echoes every word leaves a scar. Or what light

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for your children when the night gets hard?

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This is the bottle.

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Blood loud, good lines lessens.

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What would we leave when the dust settles down? They

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when wol Now we're not around. This is the fight

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that no fighters. Prayers in the.

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Dark heads all his father stand talk.

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Through the fire and rain. You're not just raising in kids.

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Your guarding no hand wood nails faith in the plan.

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While the world laughed loud at or righteous man he

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wasn't just building to survived the way he was teaching this, sons,

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what the'll beady hits gave when the.

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Scot broke open and the deep came alive.

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It was one household that was chosen to survive. Not

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a kingdom, not a crown, not a thrown out of sword,

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just the father and his family walking into the lord.

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Then Abraham left everything that he knew, chasten the promise.

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That he couldn't prove starts and the sky saying done

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to his feet. A Jason in his bones, but no

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son in the seat.

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That's faith when the math tad, when the dream looks

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dead and the boat looks.

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Bad, the father keeps walking when the.

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Promise feels false, trusting that guy still knows where you are.

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The battle, bloodline, blood lines, bless us. What will we

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leave when the dust settles down? They are who they

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are when when we're not around. This is the fighting,

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nobody's prayers in the dark, heads on our knees, father's

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dance all through the fire, and Raine, you're not just

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raising your god.

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Jacob wrestled in the night, came out with a limp,

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which sometimes the scars where the blessing gets stamped its

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real bomb from a struggle in the darker, new name given.

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With a fire in the heart.

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Joseph got so thrown down, locked the way, but Providence

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was moving through the pain every day, from the pit

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to the palace, from change to command. God can turn

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the broken son into a saving hand. In this Joseph

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and Nazareth quiet.

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And strong, no sermons recording, no holy theme song. But

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when the Angel said movie move right, then protected the

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child from the violence of man. That's the father right there,

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no spotlight, no fameous obedience, courage and protecting.

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The names, some sounds, legacy.

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And what the world gets to see is who sleeps

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safe because you chose to leave. Teach them the names,

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Teach them the flame.

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Tell them, Tell them of kings, the still speaks through

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all things. Tell them they nose. Tell them it's more

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than a host. Tell them doesn't get the last words.

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Tell them the truth, even when it.

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Ate us, blood, lies, lines, lessens sounding.

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What will we leave when nis settled down? Who they are?

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Where?

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No woo?

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Where woo?

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Where?

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This is the fight that nobody sees prayers in the dance,

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Father stands all through the fire of it Ran, and

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not just praise.

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In kids your God.

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Even every father leaves something behind a womb, a warning,

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a blessing, a name.

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So playing good sea speak like stand guard

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Because generations are listening even when they act like they're not,

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even